Istanbul Kultur University

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU), which was established by the Kültür College Education Foundation (KEV) in accordance with the Law No. 4281 adopted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on July 9, 1997, provides a high quality higher education services with the awareness that it is possible for the Republic of Türkiye and the Turkish nation to achieve its unchangeable goal of "exceeding the level of contemporary civilization", with the awareness that it is possible for our youth to receive a qualified education.In the 1997-1998 Academic Year, IKU started its activities in three faculties consisting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Department of Mathematics-Computer), Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (Department of Business Administration), Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (Departments of Civil Engineering and Computer Engineering) with 157 students and an academic staff of 32 people and Vocational Schools of Business Administration and Technical Sciences (Program of Business Administration and Computer Programming). IKU had its first associate degree graduates from Business Administration and Technical Sciences Vocational School in 1999, and its first undergraduate graduates (38 graduates) and first graduate graduates (10 graduates) in 2001. At the end of the 2021-2025 Academic Year, 887 graduates from associate degree programs, 1786 graduates from undergraduate programs, 300 graduates from master's programs and 15 graduates from doctoral programs, totalling 2973 graduates. The total number of graduates of IKU between 1999 and 2022 has reached to 40903.