ÃÂsküdar University is a foundation university established in 2011 in ÃÂsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey by the Human Values and Mental Health Foundation under the leadership of Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, who served as the president. The law concerning the establishment of the university was published in the Official Gazette on March 3, 2011, under number 27863.
Founded with the title of "Türkiye's first thematic university", ÃÂsküdar University welcomed its first students in the 2012-2013 academic year. In June 2014, the university graduated its first students.
NP Feneryolu Medical Center and NP Etiler Medical Center became part of ÃÂsküdar University as of October 2011, forming the "NPSUAM Neuropsychiatry Health, Practice, and Research Center." In 2011, the Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Graduate School of Health Sciences were put into operation with the establishment of the university. The Graduate School of Natural Sciences was founded in 2013. In June 2014, 270 students graduated from the Health Services Vocational School after successfully completing the 2-year program. In July 2014, ÃÂsküdar University established the Institute for Sufism Studies, marking another first in Turkey.
The Rector of ÃÂsküdar University, under the leadership of President Prof. K. Nevzat TARHAN as the President of Supreme Council of Management, is Prof. Nazife GÃÂNGÃÂR. The university's academic staff includes many notable names such as Prof. Sevil Atasoy, Prof. Deniz ÃÂlke Kaynak, Prof. Gökben Hñzlñ Sayar, Prof. Tayfun Uzbay, and Prof. Türker Tekin Ergüzel.
At the beginning, NP Group opened the Turkish branch of Memory Centers of America on May 25, 1999, on Baghdad Street in Istanbul with the participation of the President of the Republic, Süleyman Demirel. Memory Centers, having accomplished implementing the "Brain check-up" and "Magnetic stimulation Treatment (TMS) (first in Turkey), continue to uninterruptedly offer new treatment methods in psychiatry effectively with its highly qualified, expert staff.
Memory Center adopted relying on scientific measurements in the diagnosis and the treatment of brain functions dealing with neurological and psychiatric diseases, realizing one year later, the second stage opening of its Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit on October 3, 2000 with the participation of Wenon Wells, the President of "Memory Center of America".
In February 2003, NP GROUP put into service a five-story center for Adult Neurology and Psychiatry in Feneryolu, and allocated the villa behind it for young children and adolescent psychiatry.
Since November 2006, NP GROUP has been using functional and volumetric MR visualization techniques. Then on March 20, 2007, they established the first and the only Neuropsychiatry Hospital in Turkey, and began meeting the needs for an in-patient institution and with the participation of Bülent Arñnç, President of Grand National Assembly of Turkey, inaugurated the hospital.
In June 2009, NP GROUP started the first Clinical Pharmacogenetic Laboratory in Neuropsychiatry in Turkey, and on August 10, 2009, established the service of Child and Adolescent Psychology and adult psychiatry at NP ISTANBUL Polyclinic at Etiler.
ÃÂsküdar University has been officially established since March 3, 2011.
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences'
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Communication studies|Communications
School of Medicine
School of Dentistry
As part of the National Space Program led by the Turkish Space Agency, one of the 13 scientific projects carried out by Alper Gezeravcñ at the International Space Station was the "Message (Microgravity Associated Genetics) Science Mission", developed by ÃÂsküdar University's TRGENMER. The project, selected in May 2023, aimed to research the "identification of genes that are affected by microgravity, whose functions are yet to be discovered, and to determine, using CRISPR gene engineering techniques, which immune cells are directly affected by gravity in space missions.",
ÃÂsküdar University has 412 international university agreements within the scope of the Student Exchange Program.
ÃÂsküdar University has 39 Research and Application Centers and 86 laboratories. Between 2023 and 2024, the number of publications indexed in international databases (SCI, SCI-exp, AHCI) was 2,364. The total project support amounted to 6.2 million TRY.
ÃÂsküdar University has 4 libraries:
The university's libraries collectively hold 86,475 printed books, 1,114,627 e-books, 68,422 e-journals, 3,187 theses, 70 video tutorials, 473 CDs, and 22 subscribed databases. The total library space is 7,974 mò, with a seating capacity of 3,507.
Since 2014, the Science and Idea Festival has been organized annually at ÃÂsküdar University, where high school students participate. The festival, which combines fun with science, aims to encourage young people to develop creative projects and conduct scientific research under the supervision of project mentors in the fields of Social Sciences, Science and Technology, and Health Sciences. The festival also aims to contribute to the development of multifaceted thinking and entrepreneurial skills. Prizes are awarded to the projects that rank highly in the festival.
Since 2016, the rectorate of ÃÂsküdar University has been awarding the High Human Values Award annually to individuals who have contributed to society in areas such as Transformational Leadership, Social Empathy, and Contribution to Democracy Culture, becoming role models in the community.
ÃÂsküdar University has five campuses located in the ÃÂsküdar and ÃÂmraniye districts. The Main Campus and South Campus are located in Altunizade. The ÃÂarà Âñ Campus is in the center of ÃÂsküdar; the Faculty of Medicine NP Campus, NP Health Campus, and ÃÂsküdar Dental Hospital are located in ÃÂmraniye. The Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences is located at the Main Campus; the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Communication are at the South Campus. The Faculty of Medicine is located at the NP Medicine Campus. The Faculty of Dentistry is at the NP Health Campus. The Health Services Vocational School and various departments of the Faculty of Health Sciences are located at the ÃÂarà Âñ Campus and NP Health Campus.