Welcome on Board!

You could visit us in our office, in Kağıthane Campus first floor, in A108. You will be provided a KENT digital identity and a university card to use the facilities in the university. Also, we advise you to stop by especially two offices:

• Health, Culture and Sports Office to ask about student clubs (in the first floor).
• To the Fitness Center to register (in the -2 floor).
• Have a look at library in the 2nd floor

You could get in contact with our office via erasmus@kent.edu.tr.
Dentistry Faculty and Graduate program courses are held in Taksim Campus.

Course Catalogues of English Taught Programs

Bachelor Programs

• Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
• Nursing
• Nutrition and Dietetics
• Dentistry
• Gastronomy and Culinary Arts
• Digital Game Design
• Visual Communication Design
• Business Administration
• Psychology
• Political Science and Public Administration
• Economics and Finance
• International Relations

Graduate Programs

• Political Science and Public Administration

Preparing the Academic Program, Your Academic Advisor and OLA

You could prepare your Learning Agreement roughly checking the course catalogues. Please consider that the announced courses of the semester could be slightly different than the catalogues and the courses are announced just one or two weeks before the academic semester.If you have questions in mind about the courses, please don’t hesitate to contact your academic advisors. They are also the responsible persons who will be signing your OLAs.

Click for List of the Erasmus Academic Advisors.

Grading Regulations

Click for the regulations about the grading.

Accommodation

Our university doesn’t have a dorm however there are many options around university; you can see a list and WhatsApp communication numbers here: https://www.kent.edu.tr/yurtlar-0011784

If you think about shared houses/houses, you can check here: https://www.sahibinden.com/en or Airbnb.

Transportation

We advise you to get İstanbul Card, you could get from underground metro stations. As the traffic jam is a characteristic for Istanbul during peak hours, consider using the underground metro network. Click for the map.

You could check ferry schedules and rotes here.

You could check bus routes here.

Dont miss out while you are in Istanbul

• Be aware of Cercis Siliquastrum trees blooming around end of the March and begining of April. Some Turkish poems has been inspired by the view of Cercis Siliquastrum trees in Pierre Loti Hill.
• Check ‘Hıdırellez’ festivals in 5-6 May, especlally around ‘Ahırkapı’ district. It is the festibal of Welcoming the spring.
• Check Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts programs of film, theatre and jazz festivals: https://www.iksv.org/en
• You should have a look around the art galleries:
  • AKM: https://akmistanbul.gov.tr/homepage
  • Istanbul Modern: https://www.istanbulmodern.org/en/visit/museum
  • Arter: https://www.arter.org.tr/hours-ticket-info
  • Salt: https://saltonline.org/en/home
  • Sabancı Museum: https://www.sakipsabancimuzesi.org/en
  • https://www.borusansanat.com/en/
  • Yapı Kredi: https://art.ykykultur.com.tr/exhibitions
• You should get lost in characteristic neighborhoods like Balat, Kuzguncuk, Cukurcuma, Cihangir, Bomonti.
• Check for the temporary antique bazaar (Bomonti Flea market) on Sundays.
• Find the green place that consists of the facilities you are looking for: https://yesil.istanbul/yesil-alanlar
• Recently renovated historical buildings to visit and enjoy some time:
  • Casa Botter
  • Narmanlı Han
  • Bulgur Palas
• Check for the monuments has been added to the silhouette of the city in the last 10 years: Gataport, Camlica Tower, Grand Camlica Mosque.
• Spend time in Sultan Ahmet Square which has the most iconic buildings of Istanbul: Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque and three obelisks from different times

Key Person

Emel Magriso, 
Erasmus+ Coordinator
Erasmus+ and International Programs Office 
erasmus@kent.edu.tr