The Strategic Plan of the Institute of Science for the period 2024-2028 aims to determine the necessary strategies to ensure the continuity of institutional development by evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the institute as well as its opportunities and threats. In this context, traceable strategies have been developed to guide the improvement of quality in the institute's activities.
OUR STRENGTHS
The Institute of Science provides education and training in the fields of biology, health and engineering sciences with 7 English and 9 Turkish graduate programs in a strong cooperation in a multidisciplinary sense.
Applications and registrations to our programs in our institute can be made online. A total of 16 graduate programs are actively carried out by expert faculty members in various fields, with strong research infrastructure and equipment.
Our postgraduate education processes are carried out within the framework of the education and training regulations.
As the Institute of Science, we are located in a perfect location in the Üsküdar University Çarşı campus, within walking distance to Marmaray and the metro.
Our faculty members have the ability to teach professional English and are very active in thesis preparation processes in a foreign language.
Our Institute of Science has a social scientist, project production and solution-oriented education vision, always receiving the support of our university's senior management.
Our institute conducts self-assessments with the aim of developing its goals in terms of leadership, education-training, research-development and social contribution with all department heads and our quality commission.
The education-training process in our Institute of Science is carried out with a focus on projects, research and publications.
Under the leadership of Üsküdar University R&D and Innovation Policies (ARGEYEP) Directorate, academic studies are supported and encouraged through the BrainPark Technology Transfer Office and Scientific Research Projects unit.
With 13 working groups and 7 application-research centers, it closely follows scientific researches conducted all over the world and aims to raise its mission-vision criteria to the highest standards with its scientific studies.
The databases that the university library is a member of provide access to a large number of scientific research, which provides a great advantage in academic research and in the realization of studies.
Through important collaborations and meetings with our internal and external stakeholders, opinions and suggestions are received for each stage of the Institute's operation through surveys, and improvements are made in line with the feedback.
Our academic staff and students always use STIX, a strong communication network where they can write course materials, course announcements and all their questions.
We have a Career Center where the strong communication of our graduate students with our university is maintained.
With the survey evaluations conducted through OBS every semester, the student and academic-administrative staff satisfaction results are always above average and our satisfaction rate is high.
IMPROVABLE ASPECTS
Conducting the necessary studies to open doctoral and postdoctoral programs,
Increasing the number of internal and external stakeholders,
Strengthening participation in the graduate information system platform,
Developing international projects and collaborations,
Increasing the participation of foreign faculty members and students in international exchange programs (ERASMUS),
Increasing the number of publications, projects and patents resulting from postgraduate theses,
Determining project or patent targets in thesis topic proposals,
Increasing the participation of postgraduate students in projects carried out with external resources such as TÜBİTAK and EU funds and increasing studies that provide added value and have product development potential.
OPPORTUNITIES
We have an important responsibility in meeting the need for scientists and providing the potential to direct research. Postgraduate education, which is one of the most critical steps in the process of training scientists, is of great importance in terms of the future goals of our country. Our institute, with its programs covering Engineering, Basic and Health Sciences, contributes to the strengthening of our country in the field of education; and by building a bridge between basic and clinical sciences, it serves to support the development of new and innovative technologies from the laboratory to the clinic or industry.
The THE Impact Ranking 2024 ranking, which was held in October 2023, was announced. Üsküdar University was deemed worthy of receiving all 17 labels it applied for. While it ranked 7th among foundation universities in Turkey with the 3 labels it received the highest score in the Overall Rankings category, we are a university that managed to enter the top 500 universities in the world rankings in 13 of the 17 labels it received within the scope of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in 2023. In addition, it achieved a significant success by ranking 1st in Turkey in the Overall Rankings category among foundation universities with all 17 labels. Scientific studies and R&D-focused multidisciplinary studies are of great importance at the basis of all these successes.
The programs in our institution have an English option,
The cultural richness and growth of the network with the participation of students from many international countries,
The accumulation and experience in the MÜDEK and FEDEK accreditation processes are also used at the Institute level,
Our students can actively work in 13 working groups and 7 research centers, collaborations with international institutions within the scope of Erasmus+,
Education and internship opportunities abroad, Üsküdar University has over 500 universities with which it has agreements on the basis of Erasmus; related link
https://erasmusexchange.uskudar.edu.tr/KION.UI.Web.ExchangeProgram/Public/AgreementList.aspx?pId=7317&language=tr-TR
THREATS
As the Institute of Science, the biggest threat is to be in an activity point that repeats itself and stops at the same point, and our Founding Professor Prof. Dr. Based on Nevzat Tarhan's words, "The real victory is the victory a person wins against himself", our main goal is to always support advanced and internationally standardized research and increase our country's competitive power in the global market. Within this framework, we aim to provide a leading education and training in the scientific world by considering the goals of training qualified faculty members for universities, training productive and career-oriented researchers who are aware of developing technologies and economic market needs, contributing to contemporary scientific developments and using resources effectively to save.
Our graduate programs are trying to conduct many patents, scientific discoveries and scientific researches, especially in the fields of biology, health and engineering.
In order for all these goals to go in the best way, we work with all our might to increase the number of important measures and advantages in terms of motivation and the best evaluation of economic resources.
On the other hand, regardless of the increasing population, climate change, existing or future problems in social, cultural and economic terms, it is important to always think towards developing solutions and progress. In this context, our career center and our internal and external stakeholders are trying to create opportunities for our graduates' job search processes.
The resources required for the execution of theses are supported by our university's BAP support, increasing TÜSEB and TÜBİTAK supported projects in cooperation with professors and advisors, and active use of laboratories.
