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Kadir Has University
Kadir Has University (Turkish: Kadir Has Üniversitesi), often abbreviated as KHAS, is a private non-profit university in Fatih, Istanbul, established in 1997 by Kadir Has, the late Turkish industrialist and philanthropist.
Research centers at Kadir Has University include the Centre for Energy and Sustainable Development, Istanbul Studies Center, Sports Studies Research Center, Gender and Women’s Studies Centre, the Center for International and European Studies, and the Centre for Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection. Additionally, Kadir Has University supports its students with financial aid and consultancy services through entities such as the Creative Industries Platform.
Kadir Has University was established by the Kadir Has Foundation, named after the late industrialist and philanthropist Kadir Has. The university is located by the Golden Horn in Cibali, Fatih, a historic district in Istanbul on the European side of the city. The campus occupies a building that was originally a tobacco factory, constructed in 1884 by the Ottoman Armenian architect Hovsep Aznavur. For nearly seventy years, the factory was operated by TEKEL, the state-owned tobacco company. Following a period of disrepair and eventual abandonment, the Kadir Has Foundation decided in the late 1990s to transform the dilapidated factory into a university campus, securing a twenty-nine-year lease from TEKEL in 1997. This building, restored by the university to preserve its original architectural integrity, is also a recipient of the Europa Nostra Award, recognizing its cultural heritage significance. Spanning over 45,000 square meters of indoor space, the campus houses classrooms, laboratories, the KHAS information center, all university faculties, institutes, the Rezan Has Museum, the rectorate, and deaneries.
After four years of extensive renovations, the university officially opened on 30 December 2002. Subsequently, the Cibali and Selimpaşa campuses operated simultaneously. In 2007, the Cibali Campus was renamed the Kadir Has Campus, and by the end of that year, a new modern D block was added to expand the facilities. In 2008, the Fatih Municipality and the university collaboratively built a gym and related facilities. Today, the campus includes over 35,000 square meters of indoor space plus additional grounds.
Additionally, the Cibali campus hosts the Rezan Has Museum, named after Kadir Has's wife. The museum is notable for housing an 11th-century cistern, one of the few remaining Byzantine structures outside the old city walls, and the ruins of an Ottoman-era bath.[citation needed]
As a research university, it is committed to producing high-quality research and cultivating students with top-tier competencies through a new education model that is application- and project-based. The university's Core Program seeks to revolutionize traditional education methods by equipping first-year students with creative and critical questioning skills necessary across all societal sectors. Since 2019, the university has also implemented the New Education Model, designed to prepare graduates for global employment opportunities.
It is an educational model that aims to enable students to have knowledge about other fields besides their own fields and to become enlightened individuals with the equipment required by the age. In this educational model covering the first grade, instead of the traditional exam system, assignments and projects are included so that students can be constantly active in the program. The core program, which has courses from almost every faculty and every field, aims to involve the student in the developments and situations in the world and to provide the student with the ability to comment in detail on it. The students' perspective on the events is tried to be enriched while the lessons are processed in a controversial way. In addition, during the seminars held under the name "Core Talks", academicians and experts in their field put certain issues on the agenda and inform students and all interested individuals about these issues.
Kadir Has University comprises five faculties: the Faculty of Art and Design; Faculty of Communication; Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences; Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences; and Faculty of Law.
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Kadir Has University
Kadir Has University (Turkish: Kadir Has Üniversitesi), often abbreviated as KHAS, is a private non-profit university in Fatih, Istanbul, established in 1997 by Kadir Has, the late Turkish industrialist and philanthropist.
Research centers at Kadir Has University include the Centre for Energy and Sustainable Development, Istanbul Studies Center, Sports Studies Research Center, Gender and Women’s Studies Centre, the Center for International and European Studies, and the Centre for Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection. Additionally, Kadir Has University supports its students with financial aid and consultancy services through entities such as the Creative Industries Platform.
Kadir Has University was established by the Kadir Has Foundation, named after the late industrialist and philanthropist Kadir Has. The university is located by the Golden Horn in Cibali, Fatih, a historic district in Istanbul on the European side of the city. The campus occupies a building that was originally a tobacco factory, constructed in 1884 by the Ottoman Armenian architect Hovsep Aznavur. For nearly seventy years, the factory was operated by TEKEL, the state-owned tobacco company. Following a period of disrepair and eventual abandonment, the Kadir Has Foundation decided in the late 1990s to transform the dilapidated factory into a university campus, securing a twenty-nine-year lease from TEKEL in 1997. This building, restored by the university to preserve its original architectural integrity, is also a recipient of the Europa Nostra Award, recognizing its cultural heritage significance. Spanning over 45,000 square meters of indoor space, the campus houses classrooms, laboratories, the KHAS information center, all university faculties, institutes, the Rezan Has Museum, the rectorate, and deaneries.
After four years of extensive renovations, the university officially opened on 30 December 2002. Subsequently, the Cibali and Selimpaşa campuses operated simultaneously. In 2007, the Cibali Campus was renamed the Kadir Has Campus, and by the end of that year, a new modern D block was added to expand the facilities. In 2008, the Fatih Municipality and the university collaboratively built a gym and related facilities. Today, the campus includes over 35,000 square meters of indoor space plus additional grounds.
Additionally, the Cibali campus hosts the Rezan Has Museum, named after Kadir Has's wife. The museum is notable for housing an 11th-century cistern, one of the few remaining Byzantine structures outside the old city walls, and the ruins of an Ottoman-era bath.[citation needed]
As a research university, it is committed to producing high-quality research and cultivating students with top-tier competencies through a new education model that is application- and project-based. The university's Core Program seeks to revolutionize traditional education methods by equipping first-year students with creative and critical questioning skills necessary across all societal sectors. Since 2019, the university has also implemented the New Education Model, designed to prepare graduates for global employment opportunities.
It is an educational model that aims to enable students to have knowledge about other fields besides their own fields and to become enlightened individuals with the equipment required by the age. In this educational model covering the first grade, instead of the traditional exam system, assignments and projects are included so that students can be constantly active in the program. The core program, which has courses from almost every faculty and every field, aims to involve the student in the developments and situations in the world and to provide the student with the ability to comment in detail on it. The students' perspective on the events is tried to be enriched while the lessons are processed in a controversial way. In addition, during the seminars held under the name "Core Talks", academicians and experts in their field put certain issues on the agenda and inform students and all interested individuals about these issues.
Kadir Has University comprises five faculties: the Faculty of Art and Design; Faculty of Communication; Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences; Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences; and Faculty of Law.
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