Üsküdar Communication prepares you for business life after graduation!

The countdown has begun for the 2024-2025 academic year preferences. Üsküdar University Faculty of Communication awaits young university candidates with its qualified staff and up-to-date curriculum.

Faculty of Communication, Head of the Department of Journalism Prof. Süleyman İrvan pointed out why students who want to study at the faculty should choose Üsküdar Communication and said that "As of the next 2024-2025 academic year, the New Media and Communication English program is also being opened. The richness of the courses helps students to educate themselves better."

Head of Visual Communication Design Department Prof. And Algül stated that "We have advanced facilities for implementation."

Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assoc. Prof. Esennur Sirer stated that "All the technical equipment used in the sector is waiting for our students."

The countdown has begun for the 2024-2025 school year preferences. Students will make their choices this year, as they do every year, to determine the education they will receive in the coming years. Üsküdar University Faculty of Communication, quotas of which were full last year, awaits university candidates this year with its qualified staff and up-to-date curriculum.

Prof. Süleyman İrvan: "5 reasons to choose Üsküdar Communication"

Üsküdar University, Faculty of Communication, Head of the Department of Journalism Prof. Süleyman İrvan explained to the students who want to study at the faculty why they should choose Üsküdar Communication under 5 subjects.

Stating that students who want to study in the field of communication should consider many factors when making a choice, Prof. Süleyman İrvan said that "First of all, I would like to tell these students that they can choose Üsküdar Communication with peace of mind. Therefore, why Üsküdar Communications? The first is that we have a strong academic staff. At Üsküdar Communications, 4 professors, 10 associate professors, 18 assistant professors, 3 instructors and 13 research assistants who are highly competent in their fields work full-time. In addition, more than 20 experts from the sector teach as part-time instructors."

The richness of lessons helps students to train themselves better

Noting that the second is the richness of the program, Prof. Süleyman İrvan said that "Üsküdar Communication currently provides undergraduate education in 7 departments: Cartoon and Animation, Journalism, Visual Communication Design, Public Relations and Publicity, Radio, Television and Cinema, Advertising, New Media and Communication. From the next 2024-2025 academic year, the New Media and Communication English program is also being offered. This richness of the program also means the richness of elective courses. While our students take 8 of the 15 elective courses from their own programs, 5 from other programs in the faculty and 2 from other faculties as university electives. This richness of courses helps students to train themselves better."

There are also double major and minor opportunities

Emphasizing that the third reason is the opportunity of double major and minor, Prof. Süleyman İrvan stated that "These opportunities are widely used in Üsküdar Communication. Üsküdar University is an educational institution that rewards successful students. A large number of our students can get a second diploma by studying in a second field of their choice, especially by taking advantage of the double major programs."

Students are also offered many activities

Explaining that the fourth reason is that Üsküdar Communication is not only limited to courses and many activity opportunities are offered to students, Prof. Süleyman İrvan stated that "In the last academic year, 111 events were organized in the faculty. These activities include workshops and competitions. Moreover, our students participate in competitions with their work and receive awards every year. Finally, Üsküdar Communications is in one of the most accessible locations in Istanbul. It is possible to reach Üsküdar Communication by all types of public transportation. It should also be taken into account that transportation is easy in a metropolis with a very high traffic density like Istanbul."

"Accreditations are an indicator of the quality of the education we provide"

Stating that the goal of the Faculty of Communication is to continue to grow steadily and to increase the quality day by day, İrvan expressed that "Currently, our Journalism, Visual Communication Design, Public Relations and Publicity, Radio, Television and Cinema and Advertising departments have ILAD accreditation. These accreditations are an indicator of the quality of the education we provide. Our main goal is to ensure that all our departments have ILAD accreditation and to become a faculty whose graduates are preferred by the sector."

Prof. And Algül: "We have advanced facilities for implementation"

Head of the Department of Visual Communication Design Prof. And Algül said that the students of the Faculty of Communication have advanced opportunities to easily perform the applications, and Algül stated that "Our applied courses take place in MAC and PC Laboratories. Our 2 MAC Labs and 2 PC Labs are always open to students during class and extracurricular times. Within the scope of these courses, students have the opportunity to apply current knowledge and issues in the field, thus organizing and realizing their portfolios. This makes a positive contribution to the business life of the students after graduation. Internship is included in our curriculum as a compulsory course within the scope of the faculty. The student cannot graduate without completing this. The internship, which is carried out close to graduation, provides the opportunity for the student to create a permanent job opportunity close to graduation."

In the 4th year, they can work and study at the same time

Stating that most of the students can both work and study in the 4th year, Prof. And Algül made the following remarks:

"Therefore, they experience the field before they graduate. Regarding the applied courses, all departments in the faculty constantly hold meetings with external and internal stakeholders. Our faculty members in all departments constantly follow the dynamics of the field. It attaches importance to the integration of field dynamics into the current curriculum. In this context, our faculty cooperates with external stakeholders for both curriculum and internship. In addition to these, the quality process, which is a very important issue, attaches importance to the training of qualified manpower according to the current dynamics of the field. It is seen that the quality process contributes positively to the students within the scope of the feedback obtained from internal and external stakeholders, monitoring the field, creating opinions and applied courses. Competitions and accreditation documents prove this."

Assoc. Prof. Pınar Aslan: "We attach importance to internationalization and student exchange programs"

Assoc. Prof. Pınar Aslan from the Department of Public Relations and Publicity emphasized that in line with the school's internationalization policy, the Faculty of Communication attaches importance to the increasing progress of international collaborations and student exchange programs.

Aslan stated that "Üsküdar University Faculty of Communication has international exchange agreements, especially Erasmus. We care about our students benefiting from student exchange programs to experience international education and have a vision, and we do our best to keep this issue on the agenda from the first year. International student exchange is of great importance to experience education and training in different countries, especially cultural interaction, to get to know people and cultures from various countries of the world and to have the opportunity to speak foreign languages fluently. For this reason, we attach importance to the fact that our students' education and training experience goes beyond national and international borders during the four-year period they will spend in our faculty, and we constantly inform and encourage them in this regard. In this way, they can evaluate the international dimension in their post-graduation lives and career journeys."

Assoc. Prof. Esennur Sirer: "All technical equipment used in the sector is waiting for our students"

Head of the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema Assoc. Prof. Esennur Sirer stated that there are 2 television studios in the use of the Faculty of Communication and said, "One of these studios is allocated to the use of our students in the South Campus and the other is used for the studies of our students in the Central Campus. Television studios consist of a picture desk, sound desk, light desk, subtitle computer and ingest recording unit used in professional broadcasting. There is also a radio studio in the Central Campus where our students perform radio/podcast studies."

There is also a voice-over and editing unit allocated for the use of students

Assoc. Prof. Esennur Sirer also noted that there is a voice-over unit and a professional editing unit allocated to the use of students in the South Campus, and gave the following information:

"Our students do their editing lessons in the Mac Laboratory, and they can use the Mac Laboratory whenever they want outside of class. In our school, there are 18 professional cameras, 9 professional studio cameras and 14 professional cameras that can shoot, together with the tripods used by our students for outdoor shooting. Moreover, there are 6 camera lenses and 6 reference monitors suitable for professional use. Along with the cameras, 3 handheld microphones, 4 lavalier microphones and 3 boom microphones are allocated to our students to use in their shootings. In addition, there are 12 warm and 14 cold light sources and 2 ring lights used in social media applications in our school."

Practice-oriented training is provided

Assoc. Prof. Esennur Sirer stated that the school provides practice-oriented education with its experienced instructors who are professionals in their fields as well as wide technical facilities, and said, "The courses are supported by newspaper, advertising, cinema, television and social media workshops, and sector-student interaction is ensured by hosting media professionals in the sector throughout the academic year. In addition, as a result of collaborations with agencies, radio, television and production companies, which are external stakeholders, our students can both participate in professional practices and find internship opportunities."

Scholarships and financial supports

There are also various scholarship opportunities for students who will choose Üsküdar University. Among these, there are tuition fee scholarships and discounts given to students who are placed and enrolled in this program by ÖSYM (Student Selection and Placement Center) by choosing one of the programs of Üsküdar University specified as Scholarship and 50 percent Discount in the ÖSYM Scholarships and Discounts Higher Education Programs and Quotas Guide. Apart from this, in the Preference Scholarship for the students enrolled in Üsküdar University paid undergraduate and associate degree programs, 35 percent for those who are placed in one of the departments of our university from their first choice, and 15 percent for those who are placed from their second choice. A 10 percent discount is applied to those who settle from their third, fourth and fifth preferences.

In the First 5 Preference Scholarship, an additional discount of 25 percent is applied to the ÖSYM discount among the students who enroll in Üsküdar University undergraduate and associate degree programs, all of whose first 5 preferences are Üsküdar University and who are placed in one of these preferences. Apart from these, within the scope of the Sibling Scholarship, each of the siblings studying at Üsküdar University is given an additional 10 percent discount, including the siblings of graduate students.

 

Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)