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ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Founded in the year 1991 by the Istanbul Marmara Education Foundation T.C. Maltepe University is the newest member of the Marmara Education Institutions family. The University received its first admissions in the year 1997at the heritage buildingin downtown Maltepe and since 2003has been continuing its quest for academic and social leadership in higher educationat the100 square hectometers of campus area rightfullynamed The MarmaraEducation Village. Situated at the midst of the pine forest the tranquil campus provides an ideal environment for study and research whereas being only minutes away from the upbeat and dynamic tempo of the metropolitan lifeof Istanbul. Other than the Education Village the University operates at two other venues; the Dragos Campus at the Marmara shoreline where the Nursing and the Vocational School operates and the School of Medicine in downtown Maltepe.
At present the University comprises 9 faculties, 3 institutes, 1 vocational school and 1 nursing school, and makes contributions to the Turkish and world science with scientific research and publications.
Having largely completed its institutionalization, the university has secured its place in the Turkish University system in high esteem with its distinguished academics and administrative staff.
The Academic Staff
The Academic Staff is meticulously selected amongst candidates whose educational and/or professional background proves to be in compliance with the educational philosophy of the University and the demands of the competitive, creative and disciplined nature of academic and professional prowess. The Academic Personnel of our University offers a unique balance of the energy and enthusiasm of the younger generation of academicians who are either at the beginning or relatively younger stages of their careers and the more senior and veteran academicians who have gained respect, credibility and experience through years of dedicated study, research and teaching.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
As an Institution we strongly advocate cooperative partnerships and/or fellowships. Our objective is to develop lasting Academic, Social and Recreational liaisons with institutions all over the world. As a member of EUA, we are strongly pursuing the credentials set forth by the Bologna Process and have been an active member of the Life Long Learning / Erasmus Program. Currently we have bi-lateral agreements with more than 40 Universities for the purposes of students and teaching staff mobility. Our students can study English one year at The Ball State University or Arkansas University. The The International UNESCO Chair of TİSBİ Academy of Management in Tataristan Besides we are a member of European League of the Institutes of Art and has initiated the screening process with International Association of Film and Television Schools and other accreditation bodies will surely follow. We are always on the search for expanding the limits of our relationships.
We also believe in the benefits of conducting and the active involvement of our students and academicians in workshops, social, recreational activities and festivals both at the national and the international level.
MARMARA EDUCATION VILLAGE
Marmara Education Village, located away from the tiring city life, comprises almost all facilities essential for a campus which is built utilizing all means of the modern technology. The motto of the Marmara Education Village is “From Kindergarten to University”.
Marmara Educational Institutions were founded on the principle of "First education, then academic improvement" in İstanbul-Maltepe in 1991 with its kindergarten, primary school and high school. Our institutions are equipped with modern classrooms with the capacity of 20 to 200 students, auditoriums with the capacity of 500 to 850 people, gymnasium with a capacity of 3500 people , olympic swimming pool, pool for the children, billiard saloons, basketball and voleyball courts, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, football pitches, badminton court, ice rink, gymnastics saloon, mini golf course, fitness saloon, squash saloon, ballet saloon, amphi-theatre, parent recreation rooms, zoo, lodgings, health center, refectory, cafes, markets book stores, greenhouse and hobby gardens, as well as guest recreational facilities, etc
DRAGOS CAMPUS
Dragos campus is located in Dragos by the Kartal coastal road on the Asian side of Istanbul. Covering an area of 1,5 hectares, the campus houses the Vocational School offering day and night classes.
MALTEPE CAMPUS
The Faculty of Medicine and Practice and Research Hospitals serve at Maltepe centre, on the campus where the university was first founded.
OUR OBJECTIVE and The language of education
Maltepe University aims to make contributions to the urban culture and art in the academic sense through production, to competently educate its students within this culturally-rich environment, to further raise the bar of science with distinctive research, and to share the knowledge produced with the Turkish and the around the world people. Graduates of Maltepe University launch into life with critical and creative thinking abilities, and protect the fundamental values of the democracy, the Republic and secularism, integrating their social sensitivity and responsibility with moral principles.
The language of education is in Turkish but it is obligatory for the students to possess a certain level of English proficiency as that speaking a foreign language is an indisputable requirement in this globalizing world. New students, who fail to pass the Department of Foreign Languages Proficiency Exam given at the beginning of each academic year, are provided with a one-year intensive English language program at the Department of Foreign Languages which applies modern language teaching methods and techniques. English language education continues throughout the 4-year undergraduate education with professional foreign language courses included in the undergraduate curricula.Besides,30 per cent of the courses in each department aretaught in English. Whereas some departments like the Department of Software and Computer Engineering, International Relations and EU, International Trade and Logistics are offering a full curriculum in English as an alternate.
EVENTS
Life at university is enriched with cultural, art and sports events. In this context, students establish clubs in line with their fields of interest, or participate in already existing ones, to improve their personal aptitudes and skills, and have the opportunity to gain experience in different fields and contribute to their personal development.
Some of the annual events organized particularly by students and young academicians are as follows:
• Family School
• Informatics Days
• ELT (English Language Teaching) Seminar
• Philosophy Talks
• Career Days
• Communications Pinnacle Awards
• Human Sciences and Philosophy Symposium
• Youth and Guidance Symposium
• Canteen Talks
• Maltepe Meetings
• Maltepe University International 10 km Coastal Road Race
• Inter-University Theatre Fest and Competition
• Traditional Football Tournament
• Football Tournament Organized by the Office of the Rector
• Newroz Celebrations
• Traditional Turkish Cuisine Competition
• Spring Fest
• Documentarists Week
• Statue Biennial
STUDENT CLUBS
Anatolian Culture Research and Promotion Club, Club of Atatürk’s Reforms and Principles Idea Club, Informatics Research Club, Environment and Nature Club, Cartoon-Making and Animation Club, Dance Club, Language and History Club, Nature Sports Club, ELT Club, Industrial Engineering and Quality Club, Philosophy Club, Photography Club, FRP (Fantasy Role Playing) Club, Excursion Club, Folk Dances Club, Law Club, Communication Club, Business Administration-Economics Club, Career and Management Club, Maltbat (Maltepe University Scientific Research Group) Club, Architecture Club, Debating Club, Music Club, Free Thinking Club, Pardus Club, Literature Club, Psychology Club, Guidance and Psychological Counselling Club, Chess Club, Movie Club, Design Club, Theatre Club, Social Service Club, International Law Club, International Relations and EU Club, Distance Learning Club, New Generation Development Club.
STUDENT ADMISSION / SCHOLARSHIPS
Application Requirements
- A graduate or last year (senior year) student of an accredited secondary education institution (high school, lyceum or equivalent) in any foreign country.
- A graduate or last year (senior year) studentwho studied in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus should take the Turkish Student Selection Examination (ÖSS) for placement in these programs.)
Acceptable examinations andminimum scores to be eligible to apply
- Candidates seeking admission to the freshman class and the undergraduateprogram are required to submit acceptable test scores from one of thefollowing list of standard examinations:
Type of Test / MinScore/points
Maltepe Online Examination* / Basic Learning Skills / 50
YÖS* / Basic Learning Skills / 40
SAT / Scholostic Assestment Test / 1000
ACT / American College Test / 21
ABITUR / Total score / 4
GCE / Minimum 2 certificates / Level: A
French Baccalaureate / 12
IB International Baccalaureate / Total score / 25
Baccalaureate Libanais / For students from Lebanese / 60
Libanais Diploma Grade / in Scientific Stream / 13
Tawjihi Jordan / GPA in Scientific Stream / 70
Tawjihi Palestine / GPA in Scientific Stream / 70
GAOKAO / University Entrance Examination in China / 480
Al-Shahada-Al-Thanawiyya / For students from Syria / 170
National University Test / For students from Kazakhstan / 80
Diplome Debirestan and Pisdanesgahi / For students from Iran / 15
International Science Olympiads: / A gold, silver or bronze medal from one of those Olympiads that are recognized by The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).
*Maltepe OnlineExamination for Foreign Students is organized by Marmara Educational Institution every year for the selection and placement of foreign students in Maltepe University. MOEFS is only for those applicants who wish to enroll in undergraduate programs but have not taken any other College Entrance Examination. For conditions and application procedures please be sure to visit website all the latest booklets and updated information.•
PLEASE NOTE: Meeting the stated minimum applications criteria to does not guarantee admission to the programs.
TUTION
Maltepe University is a foundation university. Those international students who are admitted to a degree program other than Medicine at Maltepe University are required to pay a yearly tuition fee 13000 US Dolar. Tution fees for enrollment to the Faculty of Medicine, is 17000 US Dolar. Tution fee including room and boarding for one year University Preparatory English Course for English-medium Undergraduate
Programmes is 13500 Euros.
International exchange students who are admitted to a program through Bilateral Agreements or Erasmus Program are exempt from tuition fees.
SPORTS COMPLEX
The Marmara Education Village Sports Complex aims to help everyone with an interest in sports adopt the habit of a “Healthy Life” with special programs based on scientific data and carried out by academic staff. You will find warm and affectionate attention at the Sports Centre located in the middle of the nature and consider sports an important part of your life.
LIBRARY
Our library gathers sources of knowledge in line with the requirements of the faculties, institutes and vocational schools of our University and is in a perpetual development with the currency of the periodical publications. Providing support to education, training and research programs, our library also provides all sources and facilities for the academic personnel, students and administrative personnel.
Online access to databases, e-magazines and e-books is available.
Interlibrary Loans (ILL) service is available at the Central Library.
The Library is open between 8.30-22.00 on weekdays and between 8.30-13.30 on Saturdays.
STUDENT RESIDENCE HALLS
Marmara Education Village Student Residence Halls with its 504-student capacity and 14 buildings which are in 15-minute distance to Maltepe downtown. They were built 100 % resistant against all hazards of a possible earthquake and equipped in a sense that make you feel as if you were home.
In each floor of our three-storey buildings, there are two flats and there is a studio flat in the middle. In standard flats, there are three rooms, a bathroom with a toilet, a shared space and a kitchen. In studio flats, there are two rooms with a bathroom with its toilet, a shared space and a kitchen. Rooms are for maximum three students. Female and male students stay in different buildings.
To provide our students a safer atmosphere to live, there are electronic door entrance and camera systems in the building entrances.
Marmara Education Village combining nature with life is providing opportunities for youth to be healthier, more dynamic and more productive.
MALTEPE UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
Faculty of Education
Computer Education and Instructional Technology
Department of Primary Education Mathematics Program
Department of English Language Teaching
Department of Preschool Education
Department of Guidance and Psychological Counselling
Department of Special Education
Teacher Education for Gifted Children
Teacher Education for Handicapped Children
Faculty of Science and Letters
Department of Philosophy
Department of Mathematics
Department of Psychology
Department of Social Service
Department of Sociology
Faculty of Fine Arts
Department of Cartoon Making – Animation
Department of Visual Arts
Department of Acting
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Department of Banking and Finance
Department of Economics
Department of Human Resources Management
Department of Business Administration
Department of Accounting and Supervision
Department of International Relations and European Union
Department of International Trade and Logistics
Faculty of Communication
Department of Visual Communication and Design
Department of Public Relations and Publicity
Department of Radio, Cinema and Television
Department of TV Broadcasting and Programming
Faculty of Architecture
Department of Graphic Design
Department of Interior Design
Department of Architecture
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Computer Engineering
Department of Electronic Engineering
Department of Industrial Engineering
Department of Software Engineering
Civil Engineering
Faculty of Medicine
Nursing School
Vocational School
Hospitality Management
Banking and Insurance
Computer Programming
Computer Programming (Distant Learning)
Office Management and Executive Assistance
Child Development
Public Relations and Publicity
Business Administration (Distant Lerning)
Logistics
Accounting and Tax Execution (Distant Learning)
Radio and TV Programming
Medical Documentation and Secretarial
GRADUATE PROGRAMMES
INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Education Management and Supervision
- Educational Philosophy
- Ethics and Applied Ethics
- Philosophy
- Philosophy and Social Politics
- Marketing Communications
- Interior Design
- Banking and Finance Economics
- Economics
- Human Rights
- E-MBA
- Business Administration
- Accounting Finance
- Civil Law
- Philosophy Group Education
- Private Law
- Forensic Psychology
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Radio, Cinema and Television
- Sociology
- English Language Teaching
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
-Computer Engineering
- Electronics Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Financial Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Building and Earthquake Engineering
- Mathematics
- Architecture
POST GRADUATE PROGRAMMES (PhD)
INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Philosophy
- Economics
- Communication Sciences
- Psychology
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
- Computer Engineering
- Midschool Mathematics Teaching
- Building and Earthquake Engineering
- Architecture
Marmara Eğitim Köyü 34857, Maltepe / İstanbul / TURKEY
Phone: +90 216 626 10 50 Pbx Faks: +90 216 626 10 70