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Boğaziçi University

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

Former names: Robert College (1863–1971)

Type: Public

Established: 1863; 161 years ago

Number of Academic staff: 915

Number of Administrative staff: 811

Number of Students: 16,706

Undergraduates: 9,786

Masters students: 3,773

Doctoral students: 1,076

Location: Istanbul, Turkey

Campus 7 campuses: total 1,816 square kilometres (448,743 acres)

Language: English

Boğaziçi University (Turkish: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. It has six faculties and two schools offering undergraduate degrees and six institutes offering graduate degrees. Traditionally, the language of instruction is English.

Founded in 1863, as Robert College, it was the first American higher education institution founded outside the United States. Though under Turkish administration today, the university still maintains strong ties to the American educational system.

Boğaziçi University consistently ranks as Turkey's top university and has the greatest number of applicants via the Turkish university entrance examinations, making it the most selective university in Turkey.