Medipol University

Dear Students,

Banks and insurance companies are two major corporations in financial markets. The function and role of giant financial corporations have been increasing in the economy with the advanced techniques and communication. In the globalization process, risk management and international banking activities are increasing rapidly. This growth in financial industry is expected to continue due to the increase in trade volume and services in emerging markets.

Banks are pioneering corporations are the leading industry of growing economies. Banks have crucial role to boost the economy via credit mechanism for individuals and entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, insurance companies manage risks of individuals and firms in the market economy. The insurer is equipped with the skills and talents of all transactions required by insurance activities. 

The increasing role of Banking and Insurance in today’s globalized world economy enhances the characteristics of industry and provides career opportunities day to day. Banking and Insurance Industry with its career potential grows two times in the last decade. In addition to this, new business and career opportunities are also increasing recently. It has been known that banks have crucial role in sustaining fund transfers for the economy, risk management, financial intermediation, investment management and portfolio management in addition to its classic activities. This growing spectrum of activities of banking and insurance students proves new career opportunities for the graduates. In the field of insurance, the latest advances in risk management and fund management provide new career opportunities day to day. By owning the insurance agency, it is also possible to be entrepreneur in the market. 

In our department of Banking and Insurance, it is aimed to provide our students with the skills and talents which are required by industry and prepare our students as strong candidates of future executive members of boards and top management in the field. Our curriculum in the department of Banking and Insurance has been designed to respond the latest economic and business issues in the industry. Based on its requirement, the courses related to economy, finance, and management are available for our students to provide them with skills and talents. With this well designed curriculum, our student may monitor the latest ongoing advances or changes in capital markets at globally. Our students completing the 4 years-basis curriculum with advanced training program and academic activities in the field, will be specialized. Moreover, the skill transfer from industry to our students will be empowered with a full training in the last semester before graduation. 

We believe that our students with sophisticated academic background and skills transferred from the sector will deserve their place in banking and insurance industry following their graduation. 

Interior Architecture and Environmental Design is a profession based on meeting the expectations of the user; creating an aesthetic identity; providing solutions for the functional requirements using scientific and technical data in order to design the most comfortable environment.

Architectural integrity requires planning for every open/closed environment with respect to the values of volume; analyzing functionality taking into consideration the human factors, ergonomics, physiological, psychological and universal values, socio-environmental criteria and organizing the theories related to scientific, artistic and technical schools of thought.

This organization is realized with the integration of structure, volume, function, individual, society, form, color, material, technic, time, economic theories, scientific, artistic, environmental systems on information, ability and design talent.

At the department of interior architecture and environmental design, students will be trained as professionals with analytical thinking skills who are able to find solutions for interior design problems by taking user needs at the center. In addition, the interdisciplinary approach enables students from different departments to interact with well-known national and international professionals known for their pioneering innovations. Therefore in this context, we aim to train interior architects, who are creative and innovative; who combine the relation of form and function with aesthetics; who are able to produce the original solutions by taking advantage of computer- aided design and environmental technology.

Civil Engineering (CE) aims to understand the civilization developments with invention of innovative engineering design methodologies, algorithms, managements and procedures.

Furthermore, CE depends on scientific and technological applications and develops approaches that cover basic scientific application principles and complex engineering designs to cope with some of the greatest challenges at different scales.

  Civil engineering education provides firm and sustainable foundations with up to date challenges to solve the problems related to social and civil services in construction, transportation, environment and energy sectors. CE department undergraduate program is established on elastic background in science applications from engineering point of view with emphasis on hand made design to application research projects that provide services to the society and both prior to own country and world at large. 

The undergraduate program educates and prepares students for careers in fields as diverse as engineering design, application and management. Graduates have opportunity to work in local and international diverse companies and firms, to initiate their own business, to hold leadership positions in government or private organizations. 

Industrial Engineering (IE) is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that applies science, mathematics, and engineering methods to complex systems which basically involves human, material, and machine parts.

So rather than applying skills to very specific areas, industrial engineers have the opportunity to work in a variety of businesses fields from manufacturing to service industries with help of their strong education that supports building a foundation of science, mathematics, economics, and engineering principles that prepares them achieve a standpoint at solving a wide variety of problems. The curriculum of IE focuses on teaching key notions to students about planning and optimization of production and manufacturing processes together with productivity and quality improvement by considering human factors and supporting systems thinking.

Thus, besides the technical perspective, IE program also gives students the ability of looking at problems from the managerial point of view for monitoring the overview of the whole systems picture. Like all other engineering programs in the School of Engineering and Natural Science, students are required to do summer internship after their fourth and sixth semester to practice their knowledge. The graduates of the department may work in many areas including security, transportation, energy, and manufacturing industries. Industrial engineers also apply their skills and knowledge in various fields, such as health care, retail, utilities, information systems, financial, and other service industries. Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Medipol University allows you to see the big Picture of engineering and use communication skills to bring people, machines, materials, information and energy together in a harmony using collaboration between industry and academia. We make this possible at Medipol, since we have established cross-departmental collaborations.

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Istanbul Medipol University was established in 2014.

Our department provides individual oriented education with few selected students, aiming to have graduates with fully equipped, aware of the importance of life-long learning and open to improvement, through an education program that emphasizes hands-on learning, involves undergraduate students in research projects, and promoting creativity. Our department, with its a growing number of experienced and dynamic faculty members, is aiming to be a leader in both research and education. Our faculty members and graduates contribute to the development of science and technology and address the needs of our country through collaboration with national and international industry, state agencies, and research labs.

İstanbul Medipol University, Department of Biomedical Engineering has been established in 2014.

The students, who successfully graduate from the 4-years bachelor's degree program of the department, are entitled Biomedical Engineers. Each year the department accepts 20 students with full scholarship. The education language is English, where language preparation class is mandatory. However, those who can prove their efficiency in English, can directly start with the regular program.

The faculties of the department all have deep international experience gained by spending long years in research and education abroad.

Besides technical courses, students are also offered additional electives such as “Technology, Society, and Professional Development” and “Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, to excel in the social responsibilities and personal career development. In concordance with the philosophy of the department paying special attention to industry-academia partnership, several distinguished internship opportunities both in local and international companies are provided.

The Department of Computer Engineering of Medipol University is designed to provide its students broad perspective in the field of computer engineering, which is and will be one of the main driving forces of globalization and technological advancement.

At Medipol University, our mathematics, science and engineering based curriculum is supported by compulsory non-technical and elective courses, enabling students to improve their Professional capabilities, social, career and ethical responsibilities and also to understand the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship.

We provide the opportunity to study up to two semesters in Europe through the Erasmus programme, as well as pursuing a double majör or major/minor program. Students gain hands-on experience through the laboratory-based education and participation in the research projects. Compulsory internships in the summers following the fourth and sixth semesters enable students to gain experience in the application areas of their interests. At Medipol, Computer Engineering students are also given the chance to work in research projects starting from the third year. As the university provides a diverse collaboration between its departments, Computer Engineering students can work in projects from the medical area to the civil engineering. A vast application potential of Computer Engineering broadens students envision.

The Department of Computer Engineering has the strategy to equip the students with the qualifications to solve real-life problems and sustain continuous professional development. Being in an age of technology, the graduates will have lots of opportunities such as hardware and software development in various fields if the field of computing is right for you, the Department of Computer Engineering at Istanbul Medipol University is the perfect place for you to be innovative, creative, team worker, design new products and solve problems.

Mission

With the education it gives and the difference it creates, Istanbul Medipol University adopts the principle to generate individuals who have acquired permanent high qualifications, who have a focus on the production of science and technology and who can respond to ever changing demands of the society and it takes it a responsibility to contribute to the scientific knowledge as well as to the welfare of the society.

Vision

To be a leader university that will give directions to science and society with a strong organizational culture, a sprit of entrepreneurship and a stable dynamism.

• The European Qualifications Framework
• European Credit Transfer System
• What is European Credit Transfer System?
• The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a student-centered system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a program of study. These objectives should preferably be specified in terms of learning outcomes and competences to be acquired.
• ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits measure the workload of a full-time student during one academic year. The student workload of a full-time study program in Europe amounts in most cases to around 1500-1800 hours per year and in those cases one credit stands for around 25 to 30 working hours.
• Credits in ECTS can only be obtained after successful completion of the work required and appropriate assessment of the learning outcomes achieved. Learning outcomes are sets of competences, expressing what the student will know, understand or be able to do after completion of a process of learning, long or short.
• Student workload in ECTS consists of the time required to complete all planned learning activities such as attending lectures, seminars, independent and private study, preparation of projects, examinations, and so forth.
• Credits are allocated to all educational components of a study program (such as modules, courses, placements, dissertation work, etc.) and reflect the quantity of work each component requires to achieve its specific objectives or learning outcomes in relation to the total quantity of work necessary to complete a full year of study successfully.

ECTS Guide

European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) is a student oriented credit system based on the workload of the student. It is a value that represents all the studies (theoretical courses, applications, seminars, independent studies, examinations, assignments, etc.) that a student needs to complete in order to be successful in a course.

ECTS is one of the most important fields of study in the application phase of Bologna Process in Turkey. In recent years, many universities in Turkey intensified their studies for adjusting their credit and grading systems to ECTS principles.

Istanbul Medipol University has prepared this specially designed ECTS Information Guide with the aim of clarifying details about the academic programs and the understanding of education for Istanbul Medipol University which have been formed in tune with Bologna Process. Each detail in the ECTS Information Guide regarding the implementation of ECTS credits of courses, student workloads, evaluation process and the relation of all these components with each other have been explained step by step.

All of the information provided in the ECTS Information Guide is a complete package which integrates the National Qualifications defined by Higher Education Council of Turkey (YÖK) and their compatibility with the implementation of Bologna Process.
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