As the academic units of Uskudar University, we aim to disseminate a culture of quality and achieve continuous improvement in education and training, research and development, social contribution, and administrative processes. The core principles we have adopted to this end are as follows:
1- Continuous Improvement and Development
We base our quality processes on sustainable development through systematic monitoring, evaluation and improvement practices.
2- Participatory and Transparent Management
We adopt an open and accountable approach to management by ensuring the active participation of all stakeholders in the process.
3- Ethical Values and Academic Integrity
We uphold commitment to ethical principles, fairness and academic integrity in all academic and administrative activities.
4- Student-Centered Approach to Education
We support a contemporary and interactive approach to education that aims to develop students’ knowledge, skills and competencies.
5- Social Responsibility and Human-Centeredness
We consider it our duty to contribute to society with an approach that is sensitive to its needs and respects human dignity and rights.
6- Data-Driven Decision Making
In all quality management processes, we act on the basis of reliable data and objective, measurable criteria.
7- National and International Alignment
We base our practices on alignment with the Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK) and international quality standards.
Institute For Sufi Studies Mission, Vision, Establishment and Objectives
Vision
To create an international environment of science, culture and art that serves humanity in attaining peace and happiness, based on interdisciplinary studies that draw on the holistic and profound perspective of Sufism.
Mission
As a specialized institution, through the programs it offers, the Institute aims to educate individuals who are dedicated to better understanding science, themselves and the world; who have internalized humane and moral values; and who are sensitive to the arts, reflective, inquisitive, creative, hardworking, broadly tolerant and aware of the value of time. According to Sufism, the purpose of science goes beyond knowing these values as knowledge; it is to put them into practice in one’s life and to use them for the happiness and progress of humanity.