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Prof. Dr. Aykaç said “These results illustrate our achievements in the field of internationalization. We are an internationally accredited university. We keep our hands the record in Turkey with our 54 accredited program. We have attracted attention in the world with our work and international cooperations. We took place as the only university from Turkey in the final of the category of 'Internationalization Strategy of the Year' in Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Awards 2019 also called Oscars of Higher Education and we ranked among first 7 universities in the world. We have over 30 international faculty members and all of them are scholars who are specialists in their field having international publications. All these achievements have been following in our country. Students consciously make their preferences. Students who currently enrolled in our university is now a member of IGU, our huge family. I welcome you all.”

Stating that the occupancy rate of state universities and foundation universities are very close to each other, IGU Chairman of Board of Trustee Abdulkadir Gayretli said: “The current generation gives a lot importance to the education. The opportunities provided by the foundation universities are very important in the preferences of students. We created an awareness by providing foreign language support, overseas flight ticket support to our students and helping them set up a business.”

Stating that they are now working to make value added projects to Turkey, Gayretli said: “This year, our “Flying Car” project, which we presented to the public at the IGU 8th Media Award Ceremony, has drawn attention. We attracted attention by our projects such as Pharmaceutical Device and The Car with Auxiliary Braking System.

Gayretli referred to the Chairman of The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) Prof. Dr. Yekta Saraç’s internationalization goal of the universities and stated that they have received all recompense for their work with this goal in Turkey and in the world, and that they will put signature under more important successes.