Istanbul Ticaret University (Turkish: İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi) is a foundation university which was founded in 2001 by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Education and Social Services Foundation.
Istanbul Ticaret University, which provides education and training in two different campuses in Istanbul has the intense support of ITO. It is a city university which is located in the most central points of Istanbul with six faculties, 24 departments, four institutes and 65 postgraduate programs.
The aim of the university is to educate qualified human capital will contribute to the life of commerce and industry and Turkey's economy; monitoring technological developments using this source and transfer the information it produces to the changing world and its community
The university is among the most preferred foundation universities in the country.
History
Mehmed Said Pasha (1838-1914), who was brought to the vice president in 1879, started to work to make an organization that would gather sector representatives under the same roof with regard to the problems of trade and industry. As a result of the works, the foundation of the chamber has been approved with the certify of Sultan II. Abdülhamid, Dersaadet Chamber of Commerce was founded completing the organization actions in 1882. [5] Dersaadet Chamber of Commerce provided the qualified personnel required by commercial life mostly from Darülfünun. This case would eventually evolve into the process of training the already trained manpower of himself.
The name of Darülfünun Dersaadet Chamber of Commerce changed to Istanbul Chamber of Commerce during the Republic period. The offer to establish a university within the chamber was officially offered by İsmail Özarslan in 1992 in ITO General Assembly. The offer was approved under the name of Ticaret University and studies started on this date.
ITO started its efforts in terms of establishing the university, established the university by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Education and Social Services Foundation. Article 5 of Law numbered 4633 and dated 14 April 2001, which is the founding law, was as follows:
The university's Establishment and Home Organization Regulation No. 24592 of the date 23 November 2001 published in the official newspaper and therefore with 73 students graduate in 2001, it began teaching as one of Turkey's first private university.
The support of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce has been one of the key stones of the university's teaching philosophy and a teaching model which is close to the business world has been adopted. The support of ITO was approved to continue more effectively than before. The name of İsmail Özarslan, the originator of the idea, was given to the conference hall in Eminönü Campus of the university with the cooperation protocol signed between the university and ITO on July 11, 2012.
Administration
The highest decision-making body of the university is the board of trustees. The board of trustees has the authority to make all kinds of decisions in financial and administrative cases and it is elected by the Education and Social Services Foundation of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce.
As of 2018, the members of the delegation consist of the following names:
Rector, who is elected by the board of trustees, is the authorized person for the administration and representation of the university. Currently, the rector of the university is Prof. Dr. Yücel Oğurlu.
Campuses
Sutluce Campus
The campus which includes Business, Communication, Humanities and Social Sciences and Law faculties was established in 2013 on the Golden Horn coast. There is a Practical Courtroom for law school students; a broadcast studio (decor room, montage, radio, director), animation workshop, media workshop, photography and application workshops, MAC laboratories for the students of the Faculty of Communication in the campus. Students of the Faculty of Business can practice in the Virtual Bank Hall and BistLab Stock Exchange Hall available in the Sütlüce campus. Additionally, there are application areas such as Psychology Laboratory, Aviation Simulation Class, Sociopark.
Kucukyali Campus
There is a 3,000 square meter night reading room, 19 study rooms and a library which has a seating capacity of 500 people, with 226,000 printed and electronic books.