Özyeğin University’s mission is to create, share, and apply knowledge in the service of society. Our applied research agenda creates useful knowledge. We share our knowledge through our educational programs which transform the lives of our students. Application of this knowledge generates economic benefits to the society through start-up and spin-out companies, and through improved efficiency and productivity for existing companies.

  The leading values of Özyeğin University are freedom, flexibility, multidimensionality and accessibility. The university will be an advocate of academic freedom and institutional autonomy. The university will provide extensive flexibility to students, staff members and the institutions with which it cooperates. With characteristics such as flexible structures, dynamic programs and freedom in the choice of courses, the university shall provide its students and researchers with the possibility to adapt to rapidly changing business life as well as education and research opportunities which can be customized in accordance with individual differences. 

  The university will adopt a multidimensional approach which will offer different possibilities and characteristics, and develop an environment including different cultures and points of view. The university will evolve in an environment of diversity providing different opportunities for intercultural exchange, and supporting creativity, learning and discovery. In this context, great importance will be attached to international exchange programs for students and professors and international academic cooperation. The University endeavors to be financially accessible to students from different corners of Turkey and the region through its effective operation and financial support model, while also offering opportunities to outstanding and talented students with limited financial resources through its effective scholarship system.

  A Brand New, Green Campus OzU Çekmeköy Campus is a serene and peaceful university campus, away from the chaos of the metropolis, where you get the feeling that you live in nature. Created by a leading architecture firm, the designer of the Cambridge and Princeton buildings, OzU Cekmekoy Campus takes pride in having Turkey’s first LEED Gold Certificate. Situated on a 220 thousand square meters land, our campus houses 5 faculties and 3 schools. Through our 13,000 square meters Athletic Center, 2600 square meters library, 350-person auditorium, modern classrooms and high-tech laboratories, and quiet and comfortable study rooms, here on OzU Çekmeköy Campus, we offer all necessary amenities and facilities to foster our students’ academic, social, athletic and cultural development in a quest to prepare them for life.