Istanbul Kultur University (IKU) Chairperson of the Board of Trustees Dr. Bahar Akıngüç Günver has published a message regarding the changing IKU agenda with COVID-19.

Dear Kültür Family,

We are going through a very thought-provoking and difficult period for human, community and environmental health. After the fires at the end of July, the flood disaster in the provinces of Bartın, Kastamonu and Sinop was extremely sad.

We reached our students residing in fire and flood areas. Knowing that our young people and their families are well and safe is our greatest comfort in this process. I would like to take this opportunity to convey my best wishes to my colleagues who work in our Kültür Family or whose relatives reside in disaster areas.

Dear Kültür Family,

Being an educator is a job that brings serious and large-scale responsibilities to people, nature and the environment, as well as a sense of meaning. In this context, as Kultur University, we launched our Solidarity Scholarships last week. We announced our 100 percent education scholarship opportunity to student candidates residing in the fire area and whose families were harmed. “As an educational institution that commits to the article “Kültür Person is Sensitive to Nature and Environment” in its corporate constitution, we will continue to take part in projects that will support social solidarity. 

We are trying to provide support with our means to all areas that require solidarity, especially the pandemic. However, we need a sustainable, systematic and organized effort to improve our sphere of influence and to touch more people and the wider environment. In this context, the opinions and evaluations of all members of Kültür are very important. I kindly ask you to participate in the survey, where we will share your feedback on corporate and social solidarity in the coming days.

Dear Kültür Family,

The preference period, in which 2021 candidates applied, brought about quite different developments. The results were disappointing for a significant part of the university candidates preparing for the exam under the conditions of the pandemic. Following the extension of the application calendar until August 20, there was a change in the thresholds last week. This year, all universities will experience two additional placement periods.

According to our report released, we saw that around three thousand candidates visited our university. Our table visits reached four thousand. About a thousand candidates received support from our university for preference and career counseling. If we take into account today's conditions and the changes taking place, the numbers are lower than in previous years. I sincerely believe that the entire Kültür Family will work with the same determination as we enter the last week of the election period.

Dear Kültür Family,

We all wish the first placement results to be good for both our university and the candidates. After the results, there are three critical periods in which we need to work with a high level of cooperation. Enrollment period and additional placement schedules.

The satisfaction of our candidates who will enroll in our university with their first placement and the smooth management of the registration processes are very important. We should keep communication at the highest level with every student who chooses our university and completes their registration. The happiness of our students and their families who prefer our university during the registration process is important both for our reputation and for the communication activities we will carry out during the additional placement period. I strongly request that all of our academic and administrative staff work without compromising their cooperation for the healthy communication of Kültür University with the candidates.

Dear Kültür Family,

In the busy traffic of the preference period, very valuable initiatives are being undertaken on behalf of our university. Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Prof. Dr. Nazif Ekin Akalın and the academic staff of our faculty started their studies at our Motion Analysis Center located on Floor B1 of our Ataköy Campus. I sincerely believe that our center will carry out very valuable studies in the name of healthy life starting from the 2021-2022 academic year, and I wish success to the valuable academicians of our faculty.

In addition to the studies that support our education-research-social responsibility mission at our university, there are also news of very valuable projects for the future of our country and youth. In July, with the contacts of our Rector, we shared the news of the internship protocol with the German Management Academy Niedersachsen, whose short name is DMAN (Die Deutsche Management Akademie Niedersachsen).

A multi-faceted protocol was signed with MODOKO last week within the scope of contribution to qualified workforce and university-industry cooperation studies. The first step of the protocol was signed with our Faculty of Architecture on Monday, August 9, 2021. The aim of our cooperation with MODOKO is to provide qualified graduates that our country needs on a sectoral basis. In this context, I would like to share that new projects will be realized with our Faculty of Law and Faculty of Engineering.

Dear Kültür Family,

Despite all the exams that affect the ordinary course of life, it is very important for us to be able to work and produce. Every business we undertake is the responsibility and success of the Kultur University Family. We wish to share many beautiful works that we will share their success, pride and sense of meaning together as well as their difficulties.

See you in healthy days,

Dr. Bahar Akıngüç Günver
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees