International Office Web Site is Now Online
Istanbul University Faculty of Economics International Office web page is become online today (25.01.2021). On this occasion, we are taking firm steps towards our goal of internationalization, which is one of the main goals of our faculty. Our International Office, which will carry out activities for the academic needs of our foreign students and guide our current students in their education abroad, is located on the 1st floor of the Faculty of Economics Annex Building 2. With more than 600 international students, more than 50 agreements with reputable universities for exchanging students and faculty members and high acceptance rates every year, we are achieving our goals as a faculty, to be an institution that strengthens its position in the international arena.
Evaluating the opening of our International Office website, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Prof. Dr. Sayım Yorğun remarks;
“The three main goals of our faculty are; To become international, to be student and teacher oriented, and to combine tradition with the future. Our faculty has around 600 foreign students from 59 countries. Our goal is to increase the number of foreign students to 1000. " With his words, he gave the good news of the steps to be taken in the future, especially to increase the number of foreign students. Mentioning that intensive efforts have been made to increase the mobility of teachers and students, to improve Erasmus, bilateral and multilateral relations, Prof. Yorğun; “Our prepared web site will be a bridge between us and those who want to establish a relationship with our faculty. We have created a virtual world where both our current students and potential students can access the information they are looking for, and their questions and problems will be solved. The more we meet in this world, the more our faculty will be recognized and attracted. " Prof. Yorğun also drew attention to the importance of the website, and finally wished it to be beneficial for both student and academic staff and ended his words by congratulating those who contributed.
Again, answering our questions about the opening of our website, International Office General Coordinator Dr. Billur Engin Balın;
“The International Office is a vital step formalizing our Faculty’s internationalization project. Currently, we have at least 50 outgoing students via Mevlana, Erasmus programs and University’s bilateral and multilateral agreements and we host 10-15 incoming students in our Faculty. Our goal is to increase these numbers and achieve higher levels of internationalization. I hope the Office’s webpage will be useful for both incoming and outgoing students and staff and it will lead us to our goal.”
Said Erdogan, Web Master and content creator for The International Office web page, underlined the efforts of the Faculty of Economics management and office coordinators and stated that the English section of the page is an exciting start. Stating that all coordinators, course lists, announcements, application forms and auxiliary documents were revised in this process, Erdoğan stated that all content except Mevlana is ready and Mevlana menu options will be implemented as soon as possible with the Turkish website.