Istanbul Okan University in Turkey

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

The vision of Okan University
Our vision is to become an innovative, leading “World University” that meets the requirements of society and business life in the universal standards.

The mission of Okan University
Our mission is to become a World University that trains individuals who :
Internalize the basic values of the Republic, sensitive to national and global issues, reflect the universal development and requirements of the education system, and use and improve new education methods.

Trains individuals who think analytically and have problem-solving ability, questionary, multiple foreign languages, learned to access, use and share information, internalize ethical values, respectful to different cultures, self-confident, innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial.

Contributes to science, culture, and art with genuine research, studies and publications.

May reflect student-oriented, universal development and changes to the education system, use contemporary education techniques and methods, gives education for problem solving.

Gives particular importance to the exaltation of humanity, human dignity, social responsibility, social gender equality and environmental consciousness in its studies and produces the projects in this field.

Become a university having strong communications with students and team spirit, sensitive to social problems and pays regard to employee satisfaction.

People-oriented, innovative, having solidarity and team spirit, self-improvement.