Istanbul Commerce University

Istanbul Commerce University (ICU)

File:Istanbul Commerce University logo.jpg
Type	Private, Technical
Established	2001
Chairman	Prof.Dr.Erhan Erken
Rector	Prof.Dr.Nazım Ekren
Students	5000+
Location	Istanbul
Website	Official Website

Istanbul Commerce University (ICU) (Template:Lang-tr) is a private university founded in 2001. The University is founded and supported financially by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce was found in 1876 which is the second biggest commerce chamber after London Chamber of Commerce .

The university campuses are located in Üsküdar, Küçükyalı, Eminönü and Sütlüce . Üsküdar campus is home to the English Preparatory Department and 11 undergraduate degree programs. The Continuing Education Centre, Career Planning Unit, Self-Development and Psychological Counselling Unit, Erasmus Coordination Office, TV-Radio studio and other studios are all located in this campus. The Vocational School and Faculty of Engineering are spread over a wide area; two buildings are in Küçükyalı Campus. The Faculty of Law, Data Security Research Centre, EU Application and Research Centre and Institutes for graduate courses in business, psychology and computing are located in Eminönü, on the coast of Golden Horn on the European side of Istanbul.

Achievements and Remarkable Prospects

It is one of the five Turkish universities traditionally participate the Willem C. Vis Moot. University supports, funds and encourages its senior law students to participate the national and international moot court competitions.

The university runs a research center aims to mesaure the credit ratings of the large companies of Turkey.

It is a cooperative partner of teknoparkistanbul which is a tecnology complex worth US$2 billion. It also has comprehensive cooperations with the industrial players, since it is founded by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce.

Faculties

• Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• Faculty of Commercial Sciences
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Communication
• Faculty of Engineering and Design

Graduate Institutes

• Institute of Social Sciences
• Institute of Natural Sciences
• Institute of Foreign Trade

Research & Application Centres

• European Union Research R/A Centre
• Intellectual Property and Competition Law R/A Centre
• Continious Education Center
• TOEFL Center
• Career Planning Center
• Psychological Counseling Center

Bilateral academic cooperation

Istanbul Commerce University is actively cooperating with several academic institutes in Turkey, in Europe and in the United States in order to enhance progress in the universal knowledge and science.

National Agreements

• Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey, [1]
• Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, [2]

Bi-lateral Agreements in Europe

• University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom / CITY College, Affiliated Institution of The University Of Sheffield, Thessaloniki, Greece, [3]
• De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, [4]
• EU Business Research Centre of University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, [5]

Bilateral Agreements in the United States of America

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, [6]
• Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA, [7]
• Boston University, Boston, USA / Brussels, BelgIum, [8]
• Montana State University, Bozeman, USA, [9]

Erasmus pertners

• Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, [10]
• Institut d'études politiques de Rennes, France, [11]
• Linköping University (Linköpings Universitet), Linköping, Sweden, [12]
• University of Udine (Universita degli Studi di Udine), Udine, Italy, [13]
• Fachhochschule des BFI Wien ( University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna ), Vienna, Austria, [14]
• Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart HfT (Stuttgart University of Applies Sciences), Stuttgart, Germany, [15]
• Universita Degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy, [16]
• University of Patras, Greece, [17]
• TEI of Chalkis, Greece, [18]
• University of Salzburg, Austria [19]
• University of Macedonia, Greece [20]