Head Of Department’s Message

As the Department of Architecture at Istanbul Gedik University, we continue our efforts to educate the best representatives of our profession who understand and embrace the responsibility towards the city, the environment, and all living beings, maintaining and enhancing its significance from the past to the future.

Through a well-structured, high-quality, and interdisciplinary educational process, we produce graduates with multi-dimensional thinking abilities and critical minds. Together with our students, who experience the difference and advantages of receiving architectural education in Istanbul, we carry the determination to work ethically and with integrity in our profession. We take pride in the education you receive from our academic staff, consisting of instructors graduated from reputable educational institutions. Our aim is to prepare you as technically competent professionals who embrace universal design principles, have a profound understanding of sustainability, follow and effectively utilize technological innovations.

Our fundamental professional education is student-centered and carried out through theoretical and applied courses. Our educational system is supported by numerous workshops, conferences, seminars, studio works, technical and social excursions, exhibitions, internships, competitions, and other activities. Various scholarship and discount opportunities are available to support students throughout their undergraduate education. Our students graduate from our Architecture Department with the title of ‘Architect’ through our Bachelor’s Degree Program. With this title, our graduates can take on authority and responsibility, engaging in various fields within the profession of architecture and having abundant domestic and international job opportunities.

We extend our congratulations to all students aspiring to become architects, and we wish you success in creating beauty together.

Assoc. Prof. Özlem BELİR

Head of Department