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Prof. Tanju Yorulmazer

With over 500 graduate students and 28 graduate programs, Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities (GSSSH) is embracing a wide range of disciplines including Law, Economics, International Relations and Political Science, Design and Technology, History, Archeology, History of Arts, Sociology, Philosophy and Psychology. The mission of GSSSH is “to develop scholars and leaders to contribute to science and practice in fields of social sciences by providing competencies and skills necessary to conduct high-quality and visible research with potential to contribute to knowledge as well as social policies”. We are proud of our students and their achievements in Türkiye and internationally. Our primary responsibility is supporting the academic and career development of our students.

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Assoc. Prof. Atay VURAL received the Eczacıbaşı Medical Incentive Award Awards and Honors

Assoc. Prof. Atay VURAL received the Eczacıbaşı Medical Incentive Award

Assoc. Prof. Atay Vural, faculty member of the Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine contributed to the diagnosis of thousands of patients by bringing MOG and neurofascin antibody tests, which he developed within the scope of his studies on translational immunology, to Turkey, and contributed to the diagnosis of thousands of patients, Faculty of Engineering faculty member Assoc. Dr. Savaş Taşoğlu received the "Eczacıbaşı Medical Incentive Award" for contributing to the development of automated systems in his laboratory that can measure the reactions of various drugs to bioactive molecule combinations, and devices that make point-of-care disease diagnosis at an affordable cost and measure and analyze various health parameters in the long term.

KOLT 2023 Fall: Teaching Improvement Grants Awards and Honors

KOLT 2023 Fall: Teaching Improvement Grants

KOLT Teaching Improvement Grant program is a funding opportunity for advancing learning and teaching at Koç University. Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs), Virtual Exchange Projects, Teach-Research-Publish, Gender Inclusive Teaching and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications in Courses were the five priority areas for the Fall 2023 grants.

Assoc. Prof. Atay VURAL received the Eczacıbaşı Medical Incentive Award Awards and Honors

Assoc. Prof. Atay VURAL received the Eczacıbaşı Medical Incentive Award

Assoc. Prof. Atay Vural, faculty member of the Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine contributed to the diagnosis of thousands of patients by bringing MOG and neurofascin antibody tests, which ...

KOLT 2023 Fall: Teaching Improvement Grants Awards and Honors

KOLT 2023 Fall: Teaching Improvement Grants

KOLT Teaching Improvement Grant program is a funding opportunity for advancing learning and teaching at Koç University. Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs), Virtual Exchange Projects, Teach-Research-...

The Best PhD Thesis Award Awards and Honors

The Best PhD Thesis Award

PhD Thesis of Dr. Cansel Vatansever, who currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at KUISCID, has been awarded as the best outstanding thesis by Council of Higher Education (YÖK) under Health and...

Project Funds Received by Faculty of Medicine Faculty Members Since June 2023 Awards and Honors

Project Funds Received by Faculty of Medicine Faculty Members Since June 2023

Project Funds Received by Faculty of Medicine Faculty Members Since June 2023

Koç University Faculty Members Won Dr. Nejat Eczacıbaşı Medical Awards Highlighted News

Koç University Faculty Members Won Dr. Nejat Eczacıbaşı Medical Awards

Assoc. Prof. Savaş Taşoğlu from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Assoc. Prof. Atay Vural from the School of Medicine received the Medical Incentive Award, while Prof. Tuğba Bağcı Ön...