Beykent University Ranking

Yıldız Technical University (Tr.Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, often simply referred to as YTU or Yıldız) is a prominent technical university dedicated to engineering and natural sciences as well as social sciences recently, and is one of the oldest educational institutions in Istanbul, Turkey. The central campus lies within the Beşiktaş district. The new Davutpaşa campus&#;[tr] lies within the Esenler district. The university has 10 faculty,^[2] 3 vocational schools,^[3] and 2 institutions.^[4]

History[edit]

Yıldız Technical University has a distinguished history that dates to YTU was founded as Kondüktör Mekteb-i Âlisi (Conductors School of Higher Education) in order to meet the "science officer" (known previously as conductors, and today as technicians) needs of the Municipality Public Works Section. The school was modeled on the syllabus of the "Ecole de Conducteur" and was affiliated with the Ministry of Public Works. The school's name was changed to Nafia Fen Mektebi (School of Public Works) in The duration of education was increased to two and a half years in and three years in ^[5]

Following the increase in public facilities and the requirement for technical services, a ruling ordered the closure of Nafia Fen Mektebi and the establishment of a Technical School to supply the workforce for the gap between technical officers and professional engineers. The school provided a two-year program for technical officers and a four-year program for engineers. Buildings were granted from the Yıldız Palace annexes, which are still in use today.

In the early period, the school consisted of civil and mechanical departments, educating students as technical officers and engineers. Starting with the semester, electrical and architecture departments were added as part of the Department of Engineering. The school was established as an autonomous higher education and research institution in With a law which ruled for the closing of special vocational schools in , engineering schools were affiliated with the Istanbul State Engineering and Architectural Academy.

Campuses history[edit]

Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul, Faculty of Architecture

Yıldız University was formed by the merger of the Istanbul State Engineering and Architectural Academy along with affiliated schools of engineering, and related faculties and departments of the Kocaeli State Engineering and Architecture Academy together with the Kocaeli Vocational School. The new university incorporated a Science Institute, a Social Sciences Institute, and the departments of Science-Literature and Engineering, Foreign Languages, Turkish Language, Atatürk Principles & the History of Revolution, Physical Education and Fine Arts.

The university took its final name in as Yıldız Technical University. The Faculty of Engineering was divided into four faculties and restructured as: Faculty of Electrical-Electronics, Faculty of Construction, Faculty of Mechanical and Chemical-Metallurgy, and Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. The Kocaeli Faculty of Engineering and the Kocaeli Vocational School were separated from the university to be restructured as Kocaeli University.

Faculties[edit]

• Faculty of Electric and Electronics
• Faculty of Literature and National Culture Studies
• Faculty of Arts & Sciences
• Faculty of Art and Design
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences
• Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty of Naval Architecture and Maritime
• Faculty of Architecture

Institutes and schools[edit]

• Institute of Science and Engineering
• Institute of Social Sciences
• School of Vocational Studies
• School of Foreign Languages

Affiliations[edit]

The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association.^[6]

Rankings[edit]

In , Times Higher Education ranked the university top in the world.^[12]

In the QS World University Rankings , YTU is ranked at th and th in the subject area "Electrical & Electronics Engineering" and "Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering", respectively.^[13][14]

In the Academic Ranking of World Universities , YTU is ranked at th in the subject area "Civil Engineering" and th in the subject areas "Physics" and "Chemical Engineering".^[15][16][17]

The Best Global Universities Ranking of the U.S. News & World Report ranks YTU th in the world and nd in the subject area "Engineering" as of ^[18]

By CWTS Leiden Ranking , YTU is ranked at nd (overall), th in the subject area "Physical Sciences and Engineering" and nd in the subject area "Mathematics and Computer Science".^[19]

By URAP , Yildiz Technical University is ranked at th (overall) and st in the subject area "Engineering".^[20][21]

By Round University Ranking , YTU is ranked at st in the world, th in the "Technical Sciences" and th in the "Natural Sciences".^[22][23][24]

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  University vehicle entrance

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  Çukursaray building

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  Faculty of Architecture

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  Main building, A block

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Coordinates: 41°03′05″N29°00′43″E / °N °E / ;

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