Student Clubs

E-mail

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk pointed the youth the need for reaching modern civilization stage as a significant target, and Işık University's Kemalist Thinking Club made reaching this ideal a primary goal. Kemalist Thinking Club, which embraces a democratic and secular perspective in line with the basic principles of the Turkish Republic's Constitution, undertook the adoption of the Republic's achievements by university students as its duty. The club fulfills this duty by organizing activities that enable university students to integrate with the public as modern individuals.

Press Club was formed in order to publish journals, newspapers, and brochures so that our students will be able to have the chance to research, exchange their knowledge, reveal their talents, have fun, and share information. Press Club believes that students are the best venues to publicize our university, thereby releasing information to mass and print media regarding the academic and social activities taking place at the university. The club, which is open to any sort of work or article produced by our students, aims to form a platform where everyone is able to find a particular aspect to match one's own talents.

Computer Club's main objective is enabling Işık University students to keep pace with recent technology and help them to improve themselves with regards to this. Within this framework, the club organizes courses on highly demanded topics, such as Linux mathematical logic and number theory, conducts workshops on technological issues that we are likely to encounter in everyday life, and sets up visits to national fairs.

Dance Club was established with the objective of teaching pas de deux ballroom dances such as the tango, rhumba, mambo, jive, cha cha, and fox trot. Professional educators give these dance lectures. Show groups composed of Dance Club members have the opportunity to present their shows in a number of activities at the university while also participating in interuniversity dance contests.

The objective of the Işık University Outdoor Sports Club is to increase interest in outdoor sports and enable university students to learn outdoor sports such as camping, climbing, and trekking. Outdoor Sports Club is able to conduct several various activities, as the University's Şile campus is nested with convenient places for outdoor sports such as paintball, trekking, climbing, and ATV paths.

The goal of Electronics Club is to contribute to the cultural and social activities of students who are interested in electronics and its applications in engineering outside their curricular schedule. In this respect, the club organizes conferences, workshops, and trips in order to inform their members about the developments in the area of electronics.

Industrial Engineering Club conducts activities enabling engineering students to avail themselves of all sorts of extracurricular social and cultural activities so that they will become engineers with strong social skills along with technical capacities.

Erasmus and Global Interaction Club was established with the goal of organizing symposiums and workshops that provide information and raise consciousness on the politics, programs, and adaptation strategies of the European Union (EU). The club, which is in charge of providing information on student exchange programs such as Socrates and Erasmus, provides assistance to students coming from abroad.

The Işık University Philosophy Club was founded with the objective of teaching philosophy, which provides important gains to humanity, turns humanity's dream of resisting and even overcoming nature into reality, and is responsible for the emergence of classic and modern sciences in a systematic form, to students. Meanwhile, the club also organizes symposiums, conferences, and panels with this goal in mind.

Folklore Club's goal is to teach and popularize dances of different regions that are components of people's culture. The club initiates courses under the supervision of professional instructors throughout the whole academic year. Folklore Club Show Group represents our university in the interuniversity folklore contests.

Photography Club's objective is to spread, introduce, and teach amateur photography. Club members organize workshops, conferences, and panels; conduct trips for outdoor shooting, and stages individual or mixed exhibitions in order to attain this goal.

This club organizes all the activities oriented toward weekends, and activities such as trips, the cinema, concerts, theaters, sports, etc., with a team spirit and makes social life and being in the company of one another meaningful.

The goal of the Fenerbahçe Supporters from Işık Club is to create social activities and projects that will bring together students who are supporters of Fenerbahçe and academics.

The objective of the Galatasary Supporters from Işık Club is to be a club where students supporting the Galatasaray Sports Club come together and where the members are capable of reflecting the light of education and culture acquired from Işık University in a way conscious and participative of social issues. The club also aims to be able to appeal to students from different segments of society.

The objective of Eagles from Işık Club is to be a club where students supporting Beşiktaş Gymnasium Club come together and where the members are capable of reflecting the light of education and culture acquired from Işık University in a way conscious and participative of social issues. The club also aims to be able to appeal to students from different segments of society.

The Club aims to enable Işık University students to have a greater knowledge about the IT sector and enhance their social and cultural developments. The club also engages in activities that help strengthen the interaction between the members and students and activities that publicize the university in coordination with the university administration.

Management and Economy Club was established in order to inform students about the career opportunities in the business world and to organize activities that help introduce the business world to students. Management and Economy Club conducts symposiums, conferences, panels, and exploratory trips in the areas of Human Resources, career options, and preparation for business life in order to enlighten their members. The club introduces Işık University students to managers in the business world and professionals working in areas of Human Resources, through the Career Days organized regularly.

The goal of Mathematics Club is to contribute to the cultural and social activities of students who are interested in mathematics and its applications in engineering outside their curricular schedule. To this end, the club follows all publications, organizes conferences and workshops in order to follow the developments in mathematics nationwide and world-wide, and plans trips in order to enlighten their members about the developments in the area of electronics.

The club brings students who are interested in automobiles and motor sports together and helps disseminate information on motor sports by means of different activities and presenting workshops. Meanwhile, the club also helps university students acquire information about recent developments in the area of motor sports. Go Card and Safe Driving Training are among the activities carried out by the club.

The goal of this club is to bring together students who are interested in music in a professional or amateur way and enable the groups organized under the umbrella of the university to present concerts. Furthermore, the club also brings professional groups to campus and organizes concerts during the academic term.

This club broadcasts music at Işık University's Student Center. In addition, the club also conducts discussions with the objective of introducing a variety of radio programmers to students.

The goal of this club is to bring out theatrical talents and to improve existing talents by developing a scenario through improvisation. The club carries out organizations in order to fulfill this objective at the university.

The club was founded with the goal of making chess enjoyed by a wider range of students and enabling it to become more widespread. In line with this objective, the club organizes education symposiums and holds intra- and interuniversity tournaments.

The club was established with the goal of introducing the art of cinema to students and to contribute to this culture. In addition to activities that help students increase their knowledge and practice of this art, the club also shows classical and contemporary movies in the pocket cinema.

This club was founded in order to contribute the enhancement of students' social life. The club provides assistance in the attendance of students at commemorations, concerts, theaters, and celebrations organized by the university administration. The club also organizes activities such as parties, trips, and workshops that students will be able to avail themselves of during times outside courses.

This club was established in order to organize activities enabling students who are interested in different branches of sports to practice at the professional and amateur levels. Sports Club organizes tournaments, workshops, and education activities in the areas of sports.

This club was founded in order to introduce students' research and studies done on underwater sports and bring together students who work on this topic. Underwater Sports Club also organizes trips to convenient places in addition to presenting courses and symposiums during each semester.

Theater Club aims to provide opportunities to students who are interested in the art of theater, who have experience in this field, and who would like to improve themselves. In addition, the club aims to organize these activities, thereby making interest in theater more widespread. The club presents a musical or a play accompanied by professional instructors.

The club, which can be thought of as the Community Volunteers Association at Işık University, produces social responsibility projects. Community Volunteers Club supports campaigns under this scope and presents various activities in order to raise awareness of these campaigns inside the university.

International Relations Club was formed in order to inform students about the sphere of International Relations, enhance coordination by realizing a mutual exchange of information, enlighten its members about the evolving events across the world. In addition, the club also aims to encourage its members to be active, by developing analyses on contemporary events. Accordingly, members of International Relations Club organize open sessions, panels, and conferences in collaboration with other universities.

This club was founded with the goal of introducing Far East sports and making them more popular. The club organizes activities for students interested in Far East sports, enabling them to pursue this sport. The club continues its activities and courses throughout the academic year under the guidance of instructors.