Bilkent University

İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University was founded in 1984 by Prof. Dr. İhsan Doğramacı as Türkiye's first private, non-profit university, and admitted its first students in October 1986. Its name is an abbreviation of 'bilim kenti', meaning 'city of science'. The campus covers about 500 hectares and is around 12 km from the centre of Ankara.

English is the medium of instruction, and more than a quarter of the faculty come from 39 different countries. According to the university, about 13,000 students study at Bilkent. It was the first university in Türkiye to receive the Gold Certificate of the FISU Healthy Campus Program. Students enjoy both campus life and the amenities of the city of Ankara.