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Founded in 1996, Işık University currently offers 22 undergraduate programs across three faculties, 10 associate degree programs in one vocational school, and 54 master’s (both thesis and non-thesis) and 6 doctoral programs through its Graduate Education Institute in both Turkish and English. Additionally, the School of Foreign Languages provides language education opportunities.
Rooted in the 139-year educational heritage of the Feyziye Schools Foundation, Işık University operates with a modern infrastructure that meets contemporary needs. The university serves students with classrooms, dormitories, libraries, social and sports facilities, an art gallery, and two campuses: a 490,000-square-meter campus in Şile and another in Maslak, situated at the heart of Istanbul’s business district.
 

Mission

With the strength of the 139-year legacy of the Feyziye Schools Foundation, Işık University aims to equip its students with the ability to understand and adapt to social, global, and technological changes, and to become leaders in shaping the future. The university fosters individuals who:

  • Utilize scientific knowledge as a tool for innovation and societal benefit
  • Have strong problem-solving skills and high adaptability
  • Are multi-disciplinary thinkers with diverse skill sets
  • Possess critical, analytical, and creative thinking abilities
  • Are fluent in foreign languages and open to different cultures
  • Are ethically strong, dignified, and environmentally conscious

Işık University is a progressive, pioneering institution that creates and implements its own academic and institutional culture to produce high-quality academic and social outcomes. The university firmly believes that the future will be built by students who embody these values.

 

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Vision

Işık University’s top priority is the academic production that results from its academic culture and structure. Every strategic plan and institutional decision is made with this goal in mind.

The university commits itself to delivering the most advanced scientific and technological knowledge to its students. It prepares them to be:

  • Analytical thinkers with strong problem-solving abilities
  • Fluent in advanced languages and communication skills
  • Innovative, entrepreneurial, and forward-thinking individuals
  • Guardians of their country's enlightened values

To achieve these outcomes, Işık University is a trusted, innovative, competitive, and productive institution where all stakeholders play an active role. The university considers scientific knowledge production as a core resource and integrates industry collaboration, patents, research projects, and entrepreneurial investments into its financial sustainability model.
The university fosters a talent-based management approach, ensuring that its academic and administrative stakeholders feel valued, recognized, and rewarded for their contributions. Işık University believes in a decentralized management model, where responsibilities, authority, and decision-making processes are optimized across all levels. Consistency in goals and principles is prioritized over rigid rules.

 

A Global University for a Sustainable Future

Through its scientific research, high ethical standards, and commitment to universal and national values, Işık University strives to educate socially responsible individuals who can shape the future. It continuously evolves and innovates to strengthen both national human development and global competitiveness while maintaining its economic sustainability.

Işık University’s quality policy ensures that education, research, management, and community service activities align with the institution’s mission, vision, and values. It adopts a total quality management approach embraced by all stakeholders and committed to continuous improvement.

As members of Işık University, faculty, administrative staff, and students adhere to the highest standards of academic integrity and ensure its enforcement.
1. Academic Integrity
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:
For Students:

  • Cheating during exams, assisting others in cheating, or ignoring dishonest behavior
  • Unauthorized assistance in exams, assignments, or project
  • Plagiarism: Presenting another person’s work as one’s own, falsifying or distorting data
  • Reusing assignments or projects from one course in another without permission
  • Unauthorized reproduction or use of copyrighted materials
    For Faculty Members:
  • Plagiarism, forgery, data manipulation, duplicate publication, and unjust authorship claims
  • Failure to acknowledge contributors in research supported by individuals or institutions
  • Violation of ethical standards in research and peer review processes
  • Misuse of research funds, facilities, or equipment
  • Unsubstantiated accusations of ethical misconduct
    2. Ethical and Professional Conduct
    All Işık University members must maintain:
  • Respect and honesty in academic and personal conduct
  • Behavior that upholds the reputation and prestige of Işık University both on and off campus
  • Zero tolerance for discrimination based on religion, language, race, sect, or gender
  • Ethical leadership without abuse of power in hierarchical relationships
  • Freedom of expression while respecting the academic freedoms of others
  • Respect for campus life and property, refraining from any damage to nature, buildings, or institutional resources

This honor code serves as the ethical foundation of Işık University, fostering an environment of integrity, responsibility, and mutual respect.
 

SIKÇA SORULAN SORULAR
 

Işık Üniversitesi, hiçbir cemaate, dini ya da siyasi oluşuma bağlı değildir. Işık Üniversitesi, 1885 yılında kurulan ve 139 yıllık geçmişe sahip olan Feyziye Mektepleri Vakfı'na bağlı bir vakıf üniversitesidir. Kurumumuzun temelinde laik, çağdaş ve bilimsel eğitim anlayışı yer almaktadır. Atatürk ilke ve inkılaplarına bağlılık, kurumsal kimliğimizin vazgeçilmez bir parçasıdır.

Osmanlı İmparatorluğu Dönemindeki vakıfların Cumhuriyet Dönemine taşınmasında önemli bir yeri olan ve Türkiye’deki en eski vakıflardan olan okul, 16 Aralık 1934’te Büyük Önder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’ün onayıyla kuruluşunun 50. yıl dönümünde IŞIK adını aldı.

FMV Işık Okulları, 14 Aralık 1885’te Selanik’te Mümeyyiz Tevfik Efendi tarafından Feyz-i Sıbyan adıyla kuruldu. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’ün öğretmeni Şemsi Efendi’nin katılımıyla, Türk çocuklarını Işık ile aydınlatma geleneği başladı. Balkan Savaşı sırasında İstanbul’a taşınan okul, her dönemde eğitim ve öğretimdeki misyonunu sürdürerek büyüdü. Cumhuriyet dönemiyle birlikte, 16 Aralık 1934’te Atatürk'ün onayıyla IŞIK adını aldı ve Türkiye’nin en köklü eğitim vakıflarından biri haline geldi. Bugüne kadar anaokulundan liseye kadar her seviyede eğitim veren Feyziye Mektepleri Vakfı, 1996’da kurduğu Işık Üniversitesi ile yükseköğretim alanında da katkı sağlamaya devam ediyor.

Işık Üniversitesi; eleştirel düşünen, etik değerlere sahip, küresel düzeyde rekabetçi bireyler yetiştirmeyi hedefler. Eğitim sistemi, Atatürk’ün “Hayatta en hakiki mürşit ilimdir” sözüyle şekillenmiş; bilimsel özgürlük, düşünce çeşitliliği ve akademik etik ilkeleriyle desteklenmektedir.

Işık Üniversitesi’nin vizyonu; yenilikçi, çağdaş ve evrensel değerlere açık, hem ulusal hem uluslararası düzeyde saygın, öncü ve lider bir üniversite olmaktır.
Bu vizyon doğrultusunda:
•    Karmaşık sorun çözme becerisi gelişmiş,
•    Çok disiplinli düşünebilen,
•    Eleştirel, yaratıcı, analitik bireyler,
•    Yüksek yabancı dil bilgisine sahip,
•    Farklı kültürlere açık,
•    Çevreye duyarlı öğrenciler yetiştirmek hedeflenmektedir.
 

Işık Üniversitesi, kuruluş felsefesi gereği Atatürk ilke ve inkılaplarına sıkı sıkıya bağlıdır.
Eğitim anlayışı;
•    Laiklik
•    Bilimsel düşünce
•    Özgür ve eleştirel zihinler yetiştirme
•    Modern ve çağdaş eğitim politikaları
temelleri üzerine inşa edilmiştir. Bu değerler, Işık Üniversitesi’nin sadece eğitim sistemini değil, tüm kurumsal yapısının temelini oluşturur.