Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University is a higher education institution that contributes to building a strong future for its students through the provision of high-quality education and training, strives to carry forward the rich heritage of our scholarly tradition to the present day, and operates with academic, administrative, and financial autonomy.
Our University aims to educate individuals who possess critical thinking skills and respect ethical values in the fields of science, culture, sports, and the arts through the high-quality education it provides; to generate knowledge and technology through research driven by its entrepreneurial spirit and to present these for the benefit of society; and to contribute to the development of human capital at both national and international levels with a strong sense of social responsibility.
At our University, through activities carried out under the headings of international education, international research, and internationalization on campus, all members are encouraged and supported to engage in global cooperation and competition.
Within this framework, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University:
✓ Ensures and sustains cultural diversity across its campuses,
✓ Promotes an international perspective and quality awareness in its educational activities, and encourages interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity, and interculturality within the curriculum,
✓ Aims to increase the number of international students and foreign academic staff,
✓ Establishes collaborations with qualified higher education institutions from all around the world to conduct joint education and research activities, thereby enhancing the University’s international cooperation capacity,
✓ Provides mobility opportunities for its members through various programs and bilateral agreements, and hosts students and researchers from partner institutions,
✓ Establishes information and incentive mechanisms to encourage its members to participate in interdisciplinary and multi-partner international research collaborations by hosting international projects, research activities, and conferences,
and thus adopts a comprehensive internationalization policy.