Research Collaboration Between BAU and Boston University

Through an agreement between Bahçeşehir University (BAU) and Boston University (BU), a research partnership and a doctoral student scholarship program have been launched between the two universities. Under the agreement, Bahçeşehir University covers the salary expenses of students who qualify for the scholarship during their doctoral studies, while Boston University covers their tuition expenses.

Under the agreement between Bahçeşehir University and Boston University, students who graduate from BAU with honors, or high-achieving students who wish to pursue a master's or doctoral degree at BAU, are nominated to Boston University and supported in starting their doctoral studies there.

Bahçeşehir University covers the salary expenses of students who qualify for the doctoral program during their doctoral studies, while Boston University covers their tuition expenses. Students take their first-year doctoral courses at Boston University, and each year, for set periods, they come to Türkiye to take part in projects carried out jointly with Bahçeşehir University and continue their research in the laboratories at Bahçeşehir University.

RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN MEDICINE AND ENGINEERING

Stating that research will be conducted on many important interdisciplinary topics through the doctoral program, BAU President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın said: "Work in areas where medicine and engineering intersect will hold a particularly important place. The laboratories at both Bahçeşehir University and Boston University will benefit students who will be trained as 'physicians with PhDs' through the MD-PhD program at the BAU School of Medicine, students of the Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering in particular, as well as students of other related departments."

Stating that the agreement with Boston University will bring continuity to scientific research, Yalçın said: "In addition to our students, who have the opportunity to conduct research in Boston, one of the most important centers of science, our faculty members will also be able to carry out their work in the laboratories at Boston University. With their participation, the innovation and research center we launched with Boston University will also become more active."

The doctoral program is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Selim Ünlü at Boston University and by Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayça Yalçın Özkumur at Bahçeşehir University. Oğuzhan Avcı, the first student to qualify for support under the program, is pursuing his doctorate at the Boston University Department of Electrical Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Ünlü and working on a research project carried out jointly with Dr. Yalçın Özkumur at Bahçeşehir University.