Bahcesehir University is a private university in Istanbul that offers undergraduate, diploma, master, and PhD study options across health, engineering, business, law, education, media, and design fields.
Its academic units are distributed across several campuses in central Istanbul, including Beşiktaş, Göztepe, and Galata, which helps connect students with different learning environments and urban access points.
The university is especially known for the wide number of English-medium programs it offers, alongside selected Turkish-medium options in different academic levels.
Bahcesehir University was founded in Istanbul as a private foundation university and developed into a multi-campus institution with programs that serve local and international students.
- The university offers a strong English-medium portfolio across medicine, engineering, business, social sciences, arts, and graduate studies.
- Its campuses are spread across central districts of Istanbul, giving students access to different academic environments and city locations.
- Students can choose from bachelor, diploma, master, and PhD pathways within one institution.
- The program list covers both academically oriented and professionally oriented fields, including medicine, pilotage, law, architecture, game design, and logistics.
- Graduate studies include thesis, non-thesis, and in some cases distance-learning options depending on the program.
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- Many Bahcesehir University programs are taught in English, especially in medicine, engineering, business, design, and graduate studies.
- The university also offers Turkish-medium options in selected bachelor, diploma, master, and PhD programs.
- If a student does not meet the language requirement, the university offers English or Turkish preparatory study according to the target program and degree level.
- Cash discount: 0%.
- Sibling discount: 10%.
- English preparatory school for medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry: 8,500 USD.
- English preparatory school for regular programs: 5,950 USD or 8,500 USD depending on the specialization.
- English preparatory school for master programs: 8,500 USD.
- For PhD students, TOEFL is mandatory, so they do not study in the preparatory school.
- Turkish preparatory school for all programs: 3,500 USD.
Required documents for bachelor applications
Bachelor applicants should prepare identity documents and high-school records before beginning the application.
- Passport copy translated into English or Turkish.
- Personal photos.
- High-school transcript translated and certified in Turkish or English.
- Latest school-year transcript if the student has not yet graduated from high school.
- High-school graduation certificate translated and certified in Turkish or English.
Required documents for diploma applications
Diploma applicants generally prepare the same core documents used for undergraduate applications.
- Passport copy translated into English or Turkish.
- Personal photos.
- High-school transcript translated and certified in Turkish or English.
- High-school graduation certificate translated and certified in Turkish or English.
Required documents for master applications
Master applicants should prepare university graduation documents and transcripts before applying.
- Passport copy translated into English or Turkish.
- Personal photos.
- Bachelor graduation certificate.
- Bachelor transcript.
Required documents for PhD applications
PhD applicants should prepare all previous university degree documents and transcripts.
- Passport copy translated into English or Turkish.
- Personal photos.
- Bachelor and master graduation certificates.
- Bachelor and master transcripts.
Beşiktaş South Campus
Includes the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering, graduate institutes for natural sciences, social sciences, health sciences and graduate programs, education programs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Engineering, Conservatory, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Dentistry, and Faculty of Applied Sciences.
Yıldız, Çırağan Cd., 34349 Beşiktaş/İstanbul
Beşiktaş North Campus
Includes the Faculty of Architecture and Design and the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Abbasağa, Ihlamur Yıldız Cd. No:8, 34353 Beşiktaş/İstanbul
Göztepe Campus
Includes the graduate institute for natural sciences and applied sciences together with the Faculty of Medicine.
Sahrayı Cedit, Batman Sk. No:66, 34734 Kadıköy/İstanbul
Galata Campus
Includes the Faculty of Communication.
Müeyyetzade, Kemeraltı Cd. Karaoğlan Sk. 24/A, 34425 Galata/Karaköy/Beyoğlu/İstanbul