Izmir University of Economics, established in 2001 by the Izmir Chamber of Commerce Education and Health Foundation, is a significant educational institution as the first foundation university in Izmir. Located in Balçova, the university promises a unique academic and cultural experience by offering numerous opportunities to international students.

Campus Life and Facilities: Izmir University of Economics provides students with a contemporary living space on its campus. Facilities such as student dormitories, cafeterias, restaurants, a library, and a health center meet students' needs and enrich their social lives. Various student clubs operating on campus offer opportunities for social and cultural activities, adding value to students' educational experiences.

Ease of Transportation: Izmir University of Economics is conveniently located near the central points of Izmir and is easily accessible through various transportation options. It is possible to reach central areas like Alsancak and Konak within 25 minutes using various means of transport, including buses, metro, and sea routes.

Educational Programs and Languages: The university offers a wide academic spectrum to international students. Except for the Faculty of Health Sciences, all undergraduate programs are taught in English. The Faculty of Law offers 30% English and 70% Turkish education, while the Nursing and Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation departments provide education in Turkish. The university generally offers Turkish education in associate degree programs. Second foreign language courses such as French, German, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese are also available, providing students with opportunities to enhance their language skills.

Scholarship and Discount Opportunities: The university offers various scholarship opportunities based on higher education exam results. Full scholarships, half scholarships, and partial scholarships are available. Students can benefit from these scholarships based on their achievements. Additionally, special discounts are available for members of the chamber of commerce, athletes, those who prefer basic sciences, and many other categories.

Admission Requirements for International Students: Izmir University of Economics admits international students based on criteria such as high school grade averages and language proficiency exams. The university's international student application process is conducted online, and the submission of necessary documents is required.

Job Opportunities: Graduates have career opportunities in a wide range of fields. Students graduating from different areas such as medicine, law, psychology, communication, and engineering have job opportunities in both the public and private sectors. Graduates can also choose to pursue an academic career or start their own businesses.

Izmir University of Economics offers international students an attractive educational experience, combining Izmir's historical and cultural richness with quality and diverse educational programs, modern campus life, and extensive scholarship opportunities.

    Justice

    4.000 USD/Annual
    • Associate
    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Banking and Insurance

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
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    Computer programming

    4.000 USD/Annual
    • Associate
    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Foreign trade

    4.000 USD/Annual
    • Associate
    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
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    Graphic design

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    Interior Design

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    Construction Technology

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    Occupational health and Safety

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    Architectural restoration

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    Radio and Television Programming

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    Civil Air Transport Management

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Civil Aviation Cabin Services

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    Tourism and hotel Management

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    Applied English Translation

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    • English

    Child Development

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Physiotherapy

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    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    First and Emergency Aid

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
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    Optically

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    • Turkish

    Medical Documentation and Secretariat

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Medical Imaging Techniques

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Medical Laboratory Techniques

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Elderly care

    4.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Medicine

    15.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 6 year(s)
    • English

    Physics

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    English Translation and Interpreting

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
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    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Mathematics

    8.000 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Psychology

    8.000 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Sociology

    8.000 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Industrial design

    8.000 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Visual communication design

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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

    8.000 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    architecture

    8.000 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
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    Law

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • 30% english

    Public relations and advertising

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Cinema and Digital Media

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    New Media and Communication

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Economy

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Business

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Logistics Management

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Political science and international relations

    8.000 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    International Trade and Finance

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Computer engineering

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Biomedical Engineering

    8.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Electrical and Electronics Engineering

    8.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
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    Industrial Engineering

    8.000 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Genetics and Bioengineering

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Aerospace Engineering

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Civil Engineering

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Mechanical Engineering

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Mechatronic Engineering

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Software engineering

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Physical therapy and rehabilitation

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
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    Nursing

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Gastronomy and culinary arts

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English
claudia lourdes funes belloso
  • 5.0

excellent, magnificent university, and highly qualified staff

Mariam Marzuq
  • 5.0

My former university. Clean. Wonderful yurts (dormitory). Good security in and out of the school. Close to a busstop. Not far from the city centre and other touristic sites.

Patrycja M.
  • 1.0

The one thing that I would advise to those who plan to study at Izmir University of Economics is to check twice all information you get from anyone working there. Administrative staff of Graduate School of Social Sciences lack basic English skills. Moreover, they lack knowledge of the University rules! They often provide wrong information, which might have detrimental effects on your student’s status. It also happens that they loose documents that students provide. The worst thing that the University does is changing tuition fee payments as it suits them (at least for PhD program in Political Science and IR). During my two years there, they charged me as international student first, then as Turkish student and when Turkish Lira devaluated in 2018, they started charging me as international student again. They asked for Dollars in cash only. I informed Vice Rector, Head of the Department and International Office but nobody investigated this suspicious changes. Nobody reacted. Ms Hulya Icekara from International Office, first accused me that I made those payments myself and when I showed her payment history on the University website, she said “rules changed”. Potential students should know that things like this might happen depending who “rules” the University. Everything might change the day “new cadre” takes over the University. You will not receive any kind of guidance when problems occur; the person who supposed to be a contact between international students and the University lacks basic people’s skills and treats students with no respect. Always save the receipts of tuition payments. Take screenshots of your online student profile. You will need it when some payments disappear from your profile and you will be asked to pay missing money from your total tuition. Never give up on your rights and be persistent, otherwise they will suck all money you have. They will tell you then “it was a mistake”. Lack of professionalism and competence results in negligence of basic duties such as opening necessary courses on time, which means a student spends longer time in the program than necessary. Nobody takes responsibility for this kind of negligence. The positive thing is that the University have some good professors, who in fact, are too good and too accomplished to teach there. Many students at undergraduate and master level do not speak English enough to follow the lectures and often professors need to repeat some parts in Turkish. Izmir University of Economics does not recognize their own education. If you took some courses from them before, and then you want to come back to the program after one or two semesters, they do not recognize those courses. They ask you to take half of them again, which basically means you pay for them again!

Ahmad Salaymeh
  • 1.0

Very bad school, communication is horrible. They don’t answer mail or on the phone, nothing.

Hubert Elak
  • 1.0

Online classes while other universities have hybrid studies 👎

Izmir
  • Population 4.462.056
  • Student Count 191.345
  • Foreign Student Count 8.352
  • University Count 10
  • Library Count 15
  • Museum Count 18
  • Coastal? Yes
  • Train Station Available Yes
  • Airport Count 1
  • Nearest Airport Adnan Menderes Havalimanı (ABD)
  • Train Station Count 2

İZMİR

Turkey's third largest city, Izmir, is a contemporary, developed province and, at the same time is a busy commercial center. It is a city for which Heradotus from İzmir said "They established their cities in the most beautiful skies and the most beautiful climates we know on earth” and Aristotle warned Alexander “If you don't see it, you'll miss it!” and Victor Hugo wrote a poem even without seeing it ever and said “İzmir is a princess”. İzmir, which extends as a pearl along Aegean Coast, has a great historical and cultural richness with its 8500 years history.

 

TRANSPORTATION

You can reach İzmir by road, railway, airway, and sea. 

Popular Destinations

Pitane Ancient City

One of the most remarkable historical areas of İzmir is Pitane Ancient City. This historic building, located between the districts of Aliağa and Bergama in Izmir, welcomes those who want to enjoy the sun, the sea and the history.

Ephesus Ancient City

Izmir is among our famous provinces with ancient cities. The ancient city of Ephesus, one of the other famous and very valuable historical locations is among the important places included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. This ancient city is actually a library and it is thought to have hosted 14000 books in the past.

İzmir Historical Elevator

İzmir, which hosted different civilizations and different cultures, is a province that tries to keep all cultures and history alive. Historical Elevator, which has many different historical features and that maintains existence for many years, is one of the most popular places of the people of İzmir.