Research at a Glance
Facts and figures about research at Koç University
The University
There are currently
| Over 300
world-renowned faculty members
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And over
1300 graduate students at Koç University |
1st
İn Turkey in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016 and 36th in the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 Ranking 2016 |
| The university’s teaching and research is organized into 7 undergraduate colleges and 4 graduate schools | There is research conducted in law, business, social sciences, engineering, sciences, life sciences and medicine | We are training the next generation of scientists through 32 master’s degree (thesis and non-thesis) and 22 doctoral programs |
| There are 112 research laboratories | 16 Research Centers and 4 Research and Education Forums contribute to interdisciplinary research | 95% of our faculty members have received their PhD degrees from the top universities of Europe and US.
Most of them worked as faculty members in leading American and European universities before coming to Koç University. |
Funding
| Between 2004-2016 the university received
228 MM Turkish Lira in research grants and contracts |
9 Starting Grants, Consolidator and Advance Grants from the European Research Council – more than any other university in Turkey | There are almost
200 ongoing R&D projects as of 2016 |
Partnership
| The university works with over 50 industrial partners in Turkey and abroad
And over 200 academic organizations overseas for research collaboration |
As a result of its research, the university has signed
2 licensed IP patents …filed 45 new patents and received 7 granted patents |
…and supported
50 startups and new businesses in our incubation center raising over $2.6 million dollars in funding rounds since 2015
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Research in action
| Citation impact
40% above the world average (SCOPUS FWCT 1,40)
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Almost
2000 publications in the last five years and amongst top 3 universities in Turkey for publicaton output per faculty |
1st
in Turkey for number of Turkish Academy of Sciences Young Scientists Awards (TUBA GEBIP Awards)
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| In 2015 faculty members published 27 books and nearly 55 chapters and presented papers at over 200 conferences
Koç University press published 27 books in 2015 has published almost 100 books since it started in 2010 |
16
faculty members of Koç University have been elected to the Turkish Academy of Sciences |
Every year Koç University organizes over 10 research summer schools and intensive programs for Turkish and international participants |
Research excellence
| Molecular Medicine Molecular Biology and Genetics Nanomedicine
ar Biology and Genetics Nanome on of scientists through Biomedical visualization
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Computational biology Bioinformatics
Photonics / Optics Optical microsystems ICT Broadband and wireless networking
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Energy / clean energy
Cognitive pschology Neuroscience Creative design Human-machine interaction Creative industries |
| Social policy research
Psychology of children and family |
Archaeology
Art-history |
International relations
Migration research
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Public engagement with research
| Over 300 academic events hosted at Koç University each year | Koç University launched in 2014 the 1st popular science website in Turkey to inform the public about scientific and technological breakthroughs taking place in the university, within Turkey and abroad – KURIOUS has over 100,000 users | Over 1000 high school and undergraduate students from Turkey and abroad have participated in the popular Koç University Summer Research Program |