The 2024-2025 academic year at Üsküdar University commenced with the orientation program for the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry. On the first day of the orientation program, held with the participation of academic and administrative staff, students from the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry gathered. Within the scope of the program, departments and directorates operating under Üsküdar University provided pre-class information to the new members of the Üsküdar family.
The orientation program was held at the Ibn-i Sina Auditorium on the Health Campus.
The opening speeches of the new academic year orientation program, held in two different sessions, were delivered by Üsküdar University Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Hikmet Koçak, Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine Dean Prof. Dr. Haydar Sur, and Faculty of Dentistry Dean Prof. Dr. Ergün Yücel.
Prof. Dr. Hikmet Koçak: “Medicine is a lifestyle rather than just a profession”
Üsküdar University Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Hikmet Koçak stated that medicine is based on love for humanity. Koçak said: “Today is the first day for our students who have enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine. They are no longer just students; they have embraced a profession and become our colleagues. I welcome all of you. Medicine is a lifestyle rather than just a profession. It is based on love for humanity. I want to remind you that first impressions are important; today, all our departments will introduce themselves to you.”
Prof. Dr. Haydar Sur: “University life is like the rough draft of real life”
Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine Dean Prof. Dr. Haydar Sur spoke about the importance of university life. Sur said: “University life is essentially like the rough draft of real life. You must be the kind of person you want to be in life during your university years. Otherwise, you cannot live with one personality at university and then change that personality in real life.”
Following the Faculty of Medicine orientation, an orientation was held for students of the Faculty of Dentistry.
Prof. Dr. Ergün Yücel: “A faculty's sine qua non is its students”
Üsküdar University Faculty of Dentistry Dean Prof. Dr. Ergün Yücel provided information to the students. Yücel said: “I am very happy to see you here. You have reached another stage of your arduous educational journey. I hope that together we will complete this stage here and send you forth as doctors to the dentistry family. The sine qua non of a faculty is its students; without students, it wouldn't be a faculty. Therefore, you have completed us this year as well.”
Attention was also drawn to the “META-TIP” project…
Subsequently, Emre Kaan Şanverdi, a third-year Computer Engineering student at Üsküdar University, provided information about the META-TIP project, which was established under the leadership of Üsküdar University students. Şanverdi spoke about the project, which enables the scanning and digitalization of real organs using 3D VR headsets to provide better education for students and researchers, especially in medical faculties. He stated: “We established a company called META-TIP at the intersection of medicine and engineering. We saw the limited practical opportunities in cadaver training and the costs of cadavers as a problem and developed a solution for it. Some universities do not have cadavers, but our university does. We encountered this problem due to cadaver costs and lack of practical application, and we created a solution. Our solution here provides digitalized cadaver access in VR. We offer VR cadaver access 24/7 from your home or anywhere. And we are doing this with a 3D system, not a 2D one.”
Students were provided with information
Within the scope of the program, departments and directorates operating under Üsküdar University provided pre-class information to newly enrolled students at Üsküdar University.
Head of Corporate Communications Tahsin Aksu stated that they carry out all corporate communication and promotional activities of the university. Aksu provided information on the areas of work undertaken by the units operating under the Department.
Serkan Kışmir, Acting Head of the Department of Student Affairs, stated that students can check their attendance status, exam grades, course registration matters, and exemption request results through the student information system.
Head of the Library and Documentation Department Sinan Eker informed students about the libraries on campuses, electronic resources, and book borrowing.
Remziye Çopur, Director of the Career Center, in her speech providing information about the Career Center Department, informed students about internships, alumni relations, and post-graduation employment opportunities.
Özcan Demir, Head of the Health, Culture, and Sports Department, provided information regarding the activities of the Health, Culture, and Sports Department.
Information was also given to students about the International Relations Department, and details regarding Erasmus were explained to them.
Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr. Nuri Bingöl, provided students with information about distance education.
Yüksel Aral, Hardware Unit Manager of the Information Technologies Department, informed students about the internet service available on every campus, student email addresses, smart boards in classrooms, and computer laboratories.
The program concluded with a group photo session.
Orientation will continue on October 7-8 and 16
The program will continue on October 7 with the School of Foreign Languages and Preparatory Program, and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
on October 8 with the Faculty of Communication, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Vocational School of Health Services.
Subsequently, on October 16, a Conference on Combating Addiction will be held with Prof. Dr. Sevil Atasoy within the scope of the program.