Institute For Sufi Studies Institutional

1. About Us 
The Uskudar University Institute For Sufi Studies was established in July 2014. The aim of the Institute is to create an environment of science and art, based on interdisciplinary studies that employ the holistic and profound perspective of Sufism, that will serve humanity in attaining peace and happiness. Through the programs it will offer as a specialized institution, the Institute aims to train individuals who are dedicated to better understanding science, themselves and the world; who have internalized human and moral values; who are sensitive to art; and who are thoughtful, inquisitive, creative, hardworking, broadly tolerant and aware of the value of time. According to Sufism, the purpose of science is not merely to know these values as knowledge, but to put them into practice in one's life and to use them for the happiness and progress of humanity.

Graduate Programs of the Department of Sufi Culture and Literature
The content of the Sufi Culture and Literature Graduate Programs has been structured by integrating the subjects of Sufi thought in particular, as well as the history of Sufism and Sufi literature, with one another and with the fundamental Islamic sciences, and by relating them to various disciplines of the social sciences, especially the history of Islamic thought and civilization. The program also aims to contribute to the production of interdisciplinary cultural studies based on the perspective of “Islamic civilization, Sufi thought and culture,” focusing on our own cultural geography. On closer examination, it becomes clear that almost every study related to civilization and culture in this geography must refer to the field of Sufism. It can offer new opportunities for our country in the fields of Area Studies and Religious Studies. Today, research on Sufism can also bring new perspectives to those interested in sociology and human psychology.

Sufi Culture and Literature Master’s Programs
The Institute For Sufi Studies launched its master’s program titled “Sufi Culture and Literature” in February 2016 and admitted its first students in the Spring semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. The program offers those from all disciplines the opportunity to pursue graduate education in Sufism and related subjects. The program is organized as master’s programs with and without thesis.

Thought, History, and Literature of Islamic Civilization Doctorate Degree
The education the Institute provides within its Sufi Culture and Literature Master’s Programs has been enriched by the opening of the Thought, History, and Literature of Islamic Civilization Doctorate Degree, which offers deeper and broader scholarly opportunities. In our country, there are very few stand-alone interdisciplinary doctoral programs in core fields such as literature, history, religious studies, anthropology and psychology. This program aims to contribute to the development of interdisciplinary studies and the search for new methods in the Humanities. The program admitted its first students in the 2019-2020 Fall semester.

2. Management Structure and Operation of the Institute For Sufi Studies 

 Graduate education at the Institute For Sufi Studies is conducted in line with the aims and principles of Higher Education Law No. 2547 and in accordance with the provisions of the “Regulation on the Organization and Operation of Graduate Education Institutes” and the “Graduate Education Regulation”, within the framework of the “Uskudar University Graduate Education and Examination Regulation” published in the Official Gazette No. 28876 dated 08. 01. 2014.

3. Institute Management 

4. Institute Board 

5. Institute Executive Board
 

6. Department Heads

7. Boards, Coordinatorships and Commissions Operating in Coordination with the Management 

8. Internal Stakeholders of the Institute For Sufi Studies 

Our Graduate Students,

Our Academic Staff,

Our Administrative Staff

9. External Stakeholders of the Institute For Sufi Studies 

Our Graduate Alumni,

Turkish Women’s Cultural Association (TÜRKKAD)

Kerim Education, Culture and Health Foundation

29 Mayıs University Arabic Teaching Center ARÖMER

Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB)

Turkish Diyanet Foundation Center for Islamic Studies (İSAM)

Kyoto University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kenan Rifai Center for Sufi Studies

Nef Foundation Ken'ân Rifâî International Research Center for Sufi Culture

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Religious Studies

Duke University, Islamic Studies Center

Carleton University, Center for Islamic Studies

Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society (Oxford)

The Kenan Center for Turkish Cultural Studies

Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA)

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA)
 

10. Advisory Board of the Institute For Sufi Studies 

11.  Number of Applications to the Solution Center by Program at the Institute For Sufi Studies

 12. Satisfaction Rates by Year at the Institute For Sufi Studies  

 
 13. Annual Number of Students by Program at the Institute For Sufi Studies