History

Fenerbahçe University, founded by Fenerbahçe Education, Culture, and Health Foundation, gained its legal personality with the law published in the Official Gazette dated 24 November 2016.

At the University, education proceeds at 7 undergraduate level faculties in 31 departments in total and in 14 programs within the Vocational School of Health Services. Additionally, in the Graduate Education Institute there are 12 master’s and 2 doctorate program.

Fenerbahçe University, from the first day of its establishment, has carried out activities which strengthen its teaching staff, increase the number of English undergraduate and graduate programs, provide its students with an impressive language learning opportunity both during and post preparatory education by structuring its foreign languages department. Fenerbahçe University guides scientific studies through its own international periodicals in the fields of Health, Social Sciences, and Sports Sciences as well as Architecture and Engineering. The University has started publishing its international periodicals in the fields of Health, Architecture and Engineering on the DergiPark platform.

Fenerbahçe University maintains research and application activities through the research centers of: European Studies and Research Center; Innovation, Technology Application and Research Center, Cyberspace Research Application and Research Center, Sports Research Application and Research Center, Continuing Education Application and Research Center, Turkish Teaching Application and Research Center, and Distance Education Application and Research Center established within the scope of CoHE Application and Research (YÖK UYGAR). International partnerships, project studies, and exchange programs have become active thanks to these seven centers.

On 29 October 2021, the University has been accepted to the Erasmus+ Exchange Programs and bilateral agreements have started in this context.

Fenerbahçe University aspires to raise individuals who are fluent in world languages, open to innovative and creative thinking, focused on their scientific growth, who have completed their individual, social, and academic development, and thus, being among the leading universities in the world.

Acting with the goal of internationalization, Fenerbahce University, while offering education opportunities to international students, is determinedly on the way to become an internationally respected university by creating a learning environment that embraces multiculturalism and diversity. In this regard, the number of international students and teaching staff increases with each passing day.