Biruni University

Biruni University was founded by the inspiration of Ebu Reyhan Al Biruni, a Turkish scientist, who had his name written in letters of gold in the history of science. The name itself gives us the inspiration to be the best in the field of science. That is why we defined our motto as “The Future of Science” embellished with the idea of “a university of diversities”.

Our universtiy is comprised of health departments with its six faculties and vocational college. In line with the needs of our country, our priority is to educate young people – Next Generation Birunis – who will contribute to our country’s production and prosperity through science by focusing on research and development within the field of health.

There are a myriad of reasons for you to study at our university where there are all the departments relating to health. Firstly, we offer you a campus life that has an extensive social connection in Topkapı district in the center of İstanbul, opposite the historical city walls. We provide special scholarships to our students that range between 25%, 50% and 100%. Additionally, 950 hours of English curriculum will be taught in your first year along with your departmental courses. In this context, the curriculums of all the years are rearranged for your academic success. This model to be implemented for the first time in our country, will enable students to acquire a language without losing a year. In addition, after your first year, we offer double major opportunity, minor specialty and other academic avenues with flexible interdepartmental transfers, allowing you to specialize in different areas of health. We are proud that our university holds some of our country’s most modern and cutting-edge laboratories, coupled through the partnerships of our world’s best research centers and universities like Baylor College of Medicine, King’s College ve Aachen Universitat.

There are plenty of options and opportunities ahead. The decision of your university will affect every aspect of your life and in many ways will be one of the most impactful decisions you will ever make.To be a leader university acknowledged as a global and domestic touchstone with our education, research and services. To provide a university education being aware of the responsibility of fulfilling the prospects of the whole humanity through producing knowledge and applying it in healthcare areas; respectful to the diversity and value judgments of people; meeting the expectations of the students at global standards.

• To have an academic cadre from the best ones in their fields.
• To have an infrastructure, wages policy and performance measuring system that motivates academic staff to work more eagerly.
• To elicit the best students of our country, to support them economically and to award their success.
• To obtain national and international accreditation.
• To establish research laboratories which are equipped with the latest technology.
• Within the sphere of TSİGDR Vision 2023 (Turkish Human Resources Report for Healthcare Professionals Vision 2023) and SAİK Vision 2023 (Healthcare Human Resources Vision 2023) to establish new departments and programs.
• Within the sphere of SAİK educating professionals in all required areas of healthcare
• Giving high quality education in allocated fields by YÖK (Counsel of Higher Education)
• Being a thematic university in healthcare field (including interdisciplinary ones) to render interdisciplinary studies and researches within our university and among other universities.
• To have graduate programs with a strong academic cadre.
• To have an academic exchange support program for masters and PhD programs.
• To train future well-qualified researchers and academicians who are able to make researches on health problems of our country.
• To urge our students doing research projects from the very first year and make them finish a project before they graduate.
• To offer our students the best training and practice opportunities in any field of healthcare in hospital atmosphere.