Istanbul Okan University

• Okan University, one of the youngest and the most dynamic universities of Turkey, was founded by Okan Culture, Education, and Sports Foundation in 1999 and began its academic life in 2003-2004.
• Since the 2006-2007 academic year, the rapidly growing university has been located in its new and modern Akfirat campus. Now, it reached 63 undergraduate, 41 master and 13 Ph.D programs under eight faculties

Our vision is to become a world-class university which contributes to the betterment of the nation and its business life by providing education of the highest standards and thereby preparing its students to enter the modern business world, ensuring that they are open to domestic and foreign competition, and instilling them with social responsibility and environmental consciousness.

• European Union Research Center
• Eurasian Center
• Computer Research and Application Center
• Intercultural Dialogue and Studies Center
• Confucius Institute
• Okan Tourism Research Center
• Social Entrepreneurship and Social Responsibility Application and Research Center
• Transportation Technologies and Intelligent Automotive Systems Application and Research Center

Our Center enables students to work in the positions of our collaborators or do internship as part of the ‘’Business Life Program’’ depending on the companies’ needs. Thus, our business life experienced students start to earn money while they are still studying. In this process, our institute pays the insurance premium for possible occupational diseases and occupational accidents. Most of the part time workers and long-term interns among our students continue to work as full time after their graduations.