21 Architecture and Urban Design Degree Programs in Turkey

The Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture prepares future professionals whose designs will enhance the quality of urban life by means of natural and built elements.

The Department of Architecture aims to educate architects and designers who can perceive design from a multidisciplinary perspective, who can follow and contribute to contemporary developments both at a national and international level, who can develop creative solutions, and who have a solid knowledge of design/construction law and project management as well as sustainability.

The Department of Architecture's curriculum provides a strong foundation in architectural theory and prepares students for the innovative field of contemporary architectural practice.

The Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design was established in 2012 within the Faculty of Fine Arts of our university.

The program aims to cultivate scholars who formulate and conduct original scientific research in the field of Architecture and sub-research areas such as History of Architecture, Theory and Criticism, Cultural Studies, Environmental Control and Building Technology, Building Information, Urban Design. The target of the program is to provide students with basic theoretical approaches and accumulation of knowledge in the field of architecture and the listed sub-research areas at international, national and local scales.

The re-establishment of the Faculty was decided due to the split of the former Faculty of Engineering and Architecture into two units, as the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Architecture, after the meeting of the Council of Ministers on 15.03.2013.

The Architecture program at Hasan Kalyoncu University embraces the art of making. We are committed to the traditional role of the practitioner and master builder: to design and construct buildings that contribute to society and enrich people’s lives.

The department of Architecture draws its inspiration on a fusion of the sciences, technology and the arts. Students are trained in the professional knowledge and skills needed by the successful architects of tomorrow, possessing advanced skills in design, sensitive to the needs of the human race, aware of the environment, and demonstrating a researching, questioning and reflective approach.

The aim of this first-degree professional program is to educate and train architects who are capable of practicing within their field in both the national and the world-wide context. The objectives are those stated in the UIA/UNESCO Charter for Architectural Education and by the Commission of the European Communities; namely, knowledge and understanding of architecture as a multi-dimensional phenomenon are attempted through courses in the following study areas: - Fundamentals of design and visual communication - Architectural design and theory.

The basic goal of TED University Department of Architecture is to provide an architectural education that aims to train students to become architects who are able to meet the contemporary world’s increasing demand for flexible thinking and production; and who can follow technological, social, and practical developments day today. The Department of Architecture incorporates the student-oriented education policy of TED University and the practice of learning by doing, which is an essential requirement of architectural education and aims to define an education environment that facilitates interdisciplinary information exchange.

Our aim as Faculty of Architecture and Design educates the students to become architects who are creative, and have environmental and historical awareness, ethic and aesthetic values, besides; who can deal with the issues which contributes to the technology, fine arts, humanities-social sciences and philosophy. Our Faculty of Architecture’s and Design’s opportunities which are provided with its location, the teaching staff, accumulation of knowledge, education and research are expected to enhance the increase of the quality of built environment.

Students are admitted to this four-year-undergraduate program with their MF-4 points in YGS. The department of Architecture requires a strong content knowledge of mathematics, geometry and real interest in visual arts and philosophy.

The architectural field currently undergoes significant transformations at both theoretical and practical levels due to the development of digital technologies and the rising importance of globalization processes and sustainability issues. As a result, while the content and specialization areas of architecture change, unprecedented research areas emerge.

Having accepted its first cohort of students in Fall 2013, Architecture is a small but steadily expanding department. While we aspire to match the academic standards of the best architectural schools across the globe and incorporate cutting-edge thinking in architectural pedagogy and practice, we also seek to install in our students, a strong sense of social engagement, environmental responsibility, and professional ethics.

Our program emphasizes the responsibility of architects for their impact on the environment. Our graduates will contribute to a new understanding of design based on an ethically responsible approach towards the environment and thus, will become involved actively in the creation of a better world. We envision a future where our graduates lead the way to developing more environmentally resilient ways of designing not only in Turkey but also all around the world.