KARABUK UNIVERSITYINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE

Demir Çelik Kampüsü, Rektörlük Binası C Blok 3. Kat100. Yıl 78050 Karabük/TÜRKİYE

Phone: +90 370 433 66 87 Fax: +90 370 433 66 97Mail: erasmus@karabuk.edu.tr

The Iron and Steel Instıtute is the first institute in Turkey

25000 seat capacity Stadium with the shape of the star and crescent in Turkish Flag

Universities have the right for selection of foreign students.Foreign students are admitted to the institutions of higher education

in Turkey on condition that applicants fulfill the requirements for student admission determined by the relevant institution of higher education and approved by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK).

- The applicants may be the students who are either high school graduates or are studying their last year in high school.

- Students with dual nationality who abandoned their Turkish or TRNC citizenship and who complete their entire high school education abroad.

- Citizens of TRNC who have completed their entire high school and have GCE A/L result is accepted.

- Students are accepted to the undergraduate programs according to the score of one of the international exams they take such as ABITUR, SAT1 etc. The accepted exams are listed in the link below.

http://oidb.karabuk.edu.tr/yabanciuyruklu/puanturleri.pdf

Foreign students can apply to Karabuk University and get a diploma and apply with their national exam results or enter the exam administrated by Students Affairs Office at Karabuk University. Further info can be found at

http://oidb.karabuk.edu.tr/en/defaulteng.htm#The Scholarships in Turkey: The public universities in Turkey do not provide

any scholarships to foreign students but there are some scholarships available by the governmental organizations. Please visit the web site below.

http://www.trscholarships.org/

Mevlana Exchange Program is a program run by Turkish Higher Education Council(YÖK). The program aims the exchange of students and academic staff between Turkish higher education institutions and higher education institutions of other countries. Students and academic staff exchange between Turkish higher education institutions and higher education institutions of other countries started with the regulation published 23 August 2011. The difference between Mevlana Exchange Program and other exchange programs, Mevlana Exchange Program includes all higher education institutions in the world regardless of their region.

There is a public dormitory on campus run by The Higher Education Credit and Accommodation Institution and can accommodate nearly 3000 students. The price of State owned dormitory (YURT KUR) in the campus is relatively cheaper than that in many European countries. The dormitory offers students some facilities such laundry and dining hall. Students share the room with a roommate and each room includes private bathroom, personal desks, wardrobes and chest of drawers. The cost of YURT KUR is roughly 60€ per month.

There is a public dormitory on campus run by The Higher Education Credit and Accommodation Institution and can accommodate nearly 3000 students. The price of State owned dormitory (YURT KUR) in the campus is relatively cheaper than that in many European countries. The dormitory offers students some facilities such laundry and dining hall. Students share the room with a roommate and each room includes private bathroom, personal desks, wardrobes and chest of drawers. The cost of YURT KUR is roughly 60€ per month.

There are also many Private dormitories around the campus. Accommodation fee in private dormitories is approximately 175€ per month, including bed, breakfast, dinner and heating and Wi-Fi internet connection.

And also students can live in flats on their own or may share the flat with friends. The prices are varied.

The students can have lunch and dinner with their students ID cards at the campus between 11:30 – 19:30 in week days. Menus are prepared by a dietician thinking the students’ daily energy and nutritional needs.

Students at KBU participate in the various activities such as recreational sport clubs, cultural clubs, Chess club, Folk dances club, Drama clubs, Dance clubs, and Photography club. Students can find ways of entertainment to meet their needs by joining one of these clubs. There are volleyball, basketball and tennis courts and 25000 seating capacity football stadium. And also there are different sports teams Bicycle Group, Taekwondo Team, Basketball team, Volleyball team, Boxing Team, Table Tennis Team, Canoe Team, Diving Team, and Rafting Team.

IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE

STUDENT LIFE

FOREIGN STUDENTS FOR FULL DEGREE

MEVLANA EXCHANGE PROGRAM

ACCOMMODATION and FOOD FACILITIESKarabuk University’s International relations office has been

established to manage and develop International intuitional connections, staff and student exchanges and research programs. It has undertaken projects both at the graduate and undergraduate levels and staff mobility studies in Erasmus programmes. It is crucial that KBU involve in cooperative activities with universities having EUC to improve and innovate the quality of education. Major objective of the university is to become an integrated institution with the international curriculum in accordance with the principles of ECTS.

http://uluslararasi.karabuk.edu.tr/en/default.html

INTERNATIONALIZATION

The province of Karabuk is located in the Western Black Sea Region, and is a tourism paradise with its historical Safranbolu Houses and ancient cities. Karabuk is also close to Amasra which is a small port town. The town is today much appreciated for its beaches and natural setting.

Karabuk carries the rightful honour of representing the industrialization process in the history of Turkish Nation. Karabuk province was chosen for the foundation of the first integrated Iron&Steel Factory of Turkey.

Reaching to the province of Karabuk is possible via highway and railway. The nearest airport to the province is Ankara Esenboğa Airport (240km).

Karabuk city has also a town called Safranbolu. The town is in ‘the List of World Heritage Cities’ by the ‘UNESCO’. Safranbolu is famous for its historical wooden houses many of which are under legal protection .

Karabuk University (KBU is a public public university which offers B.A., M.A., MSc. and PhD programme studies, intended to be compatible with the requirements implies by the Bologna Process.

KBU holds a valid (2014-2020) Erasmus Extended Charter and has been awarded Diploma Supplement Label (DS) 2011-2014 and ECTS Label 2013-2016 by European Commission.

KBU has 14 faculties, (Letters, Science, Fine Arts and Design, Economics and Administrative Sciences, Technology, Theology, Business Administration, Engineering, Forestry, Tourism, Medicine, Dentistry, Architecture, Technical Education), 4 Institutes, 4 Higher Schools, and 7 Vocational Higher Schools, where approximately 36.000 students take education at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

At KBU, every freshman student is assigned to an advisor who guides students about the subjects related with education, training and other problems.

European students can apply to Karabük University as exchange students, provided that their university has a bilateral agreement with KBU applicable for the departments or programs they are registered.

Date of Foundation : 2007 EUC Number : 249262Erasmus ID code : TR KARABUK01 Legal Status : Public

Reaching to the province of Karabuk is possible via Ankara- Istanbul Highway. Karabuk is 220 km far from Ankara and 385 km far from İstanbul.

If you fly to Ankara Esenboğa Airport, you can get to AŞTI (Main bus station in Ankara) by EGO or HAVAŞ buses and take a bus to Karabuk from AŞTI.

If you fly to İstanbul Atatürk Airport(European Side), there is subway directly from the airport to ESENLER (Main bus station in İstanbul) and take a bus to Karabuk from ESENLER .

If you fly to İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (Asian side),you should get to HAREM coach Station and take a bus to Karabuk or Safranbolu.

HOW TO REACH KARABUK

KARABUK UNIVERSITY

> Nursing > Midwifery

> Occupational Health and Safety> Rail Systems Electrical and Electronic Technology> Electromechanical Carriers> Information Security Technology> Property Protection and Safety> Rail Systems and Machinist

> Computer Programming> Mechanical Programme> Gas and Plumbing Technology> Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology> Electrics> Automotive Technology> Civil Defence and Fire Fighting Programme> Transportation Traffic Services> Bus Driver Training> Electromagnetic Carriers

> Tourism and Hotel Management> Applied English Translation> Accounting and Tax Application > Tourism Animation> Business Administration> Radio & TV Programming> Architectural Restoration

> First and Emergency Aid> Physiotherapy> Oral and Dental Health> Medical Laboratory Techniques> Medical Agency and Marketing

> Management of Health Institutions> Elderly Care> Physiotherapy> Medical Documentation and Secretarial

> Clothing Production Technology> Traditional Handicrafts> Furniture Design and Decoration> Child Development> Elderly Care> Computer Technology> Interior Design

> Physical Education and Sports Teacher> Sport Management

> Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation> Child Development

VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS(Short Cycle)

APPLIED HIGH SCHOOLS (First Cycle)

SCHOOL OF HEALTH

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

ESKIPAZAR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

THE UNION OF CHAMBERS AND COMMODITY EXCHANGES OF TURKEY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES

SAFRANBOLU VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

VOCATIONAL SCHOOL of HEALTH SERVICES

JUSTICE VOCATIONAL SCHOOLYENİCE VOCATIONAL SCHOOLEFLANİ VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

HASAN DOĞAN SCHOOL OF PHYSICALEDUCATION AND SPORTS

> Tourism Management

> Computer Engineering> Mechanical Engineering> Electric-Electronic Engineering > Mechanical Education > Metal Education > Furniture and Decoration Education > Architecture > Manufacturing Engineering > Metallurgical and Materials Engineering > Energy Systems Engineering > Forest Product Engineering > Industrial Design Engineering

Master of Science > Computer Engineering > Mechanical Engineering > Electric-Electronic Engineering > Metallurgy and Materials Engineering > Energy Systems Engineering > Mechatronics Engineering > Electronic and Computer Education > Mechanical Education > Metal Education > Furniture and Decoration Education > Physics > Chemistry > Architecture > Manufacturing Engineering > Industrial Design Engineering > Forest Product Engineering

> History > Business Administration > Public Administration > Sociology > Turkish Language and Literature > Economics > International Relations > Geography > Art history > English language and Literature > Entrepreneurship > Basic Islamic Sciences

DoctorateGeographyBusiness AdministrationHistory

INSTITUTESIRON AND STEEL INSTITUTEGRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATUREL AND APPLID SCIENCES

Doctorate

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES (Master’s Degree)> Child Development And Education> MidwiferyGRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES(Master’s Degree)

SAFRANBOLU FACULTY OF TOURISM

FACULTY OF MEDICINE

FACULTY OF DENTISTRYFACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

> Archaeology > Art History> English Language and Literature> Geography

> History> Philosophy> Psychology> Sociology> Turkish Language and Literature

> Business Administration> Actuarial and Risk Management> Public Relations and Advertising

> International Business> Entrepreneurship

> Forestry IndustryEngineering> Forestry Engineering

> Landscape Architecture

> Mechanical Engineering (English)> Electrics-Electronics Engineering(English)> Computer Engineering(English)> Metallurgical and Materials Engineering(English)> Automotive Engineering(English)> Medical Engineering

> Transportation Engineering > Biomedical Engineering> Industrial Engineering> Mechatronics Engineering> Civil Engineering> Railway Engineering > Environmental Engineering

> Architecture> Industrial Product and Design> Painting> Music

> Turkish Art Music> Turkish Folk Music

> Business Administration> Public Administration> Economics

> International Relations> Social Work> Econometrics

> Mechatronics Engineering> Energy Systems Engineering

> Manufacturing Engineering> Industrial Design Engineering

> Mathematics

FACULTIESFACULTY OF LETTERS

FACULTY OF THEOLOGY

FACULTY OF BUSINES ADMINISTARION

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF FORESTRY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY

SAFRANBOLU FETHİ TOKER FINE ARTSAND DESIGN FACULTY

The 29th of May, 2007 marks the anniversary of the founding of our university, which bears the name of the city where University is located, Karabuk,Turkey.

Pursing a higher education, starting with an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree, perhaps working up to master’s or doctorate-level studies, leads to better job prospects and higher paying positions. Besides that it may help you to become more sensitive to cultural differences and be able to respect the beliefs of all types of people.

Higher education skills will help you find a lucrative career while teaching you how to deal with a variety of other real-life situations. The ability to solve problems and the ability to communicate with other people are even important in personal relationships. Higher education is more than a stepping stone to a career. It’s about learning how to develop a better you.

The primary value of a university and its faculties lies in the people who work and study there: we are a community of people educating ourselves, educating others and ourselves through research activities.

We are facing considerable challenges to be dealt with: the economic crisis; unemployment, especially for young people; changing demographics; the emergence of new competitors; new technologies and modes of working.

We need more creative, flexible and entrepreneurial young people who are equipped for the challenges of today’s ever changing work environment.

We consider contributing to our students’ development to become creative thinkers and professionals that will meet the society as competent, critical, and reflective citizens, a decisive duty of the society.

One of our main goals is to create a thriving international study environment and the presence of students from abroad is a valuable necessity.

Our university cooperates with other educational institutions and the private sector for the needs of implementation of practical work of our students, where at the same time explore the possibilities of creating jobs for graduate students of our University. We are here for you!

Prof. Dr. Refik POLATRector