Istanbul, Turkey
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 9,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* + €15,675 per year
Key Summary
Introduction
Students who apply to the pilotage department of our university and qualify to participate in the program first complete the English Preparatory Program successfully. They, subsequently, participate in the Pilotage Undergraduate Program which will last for 8 semesters. While the program is in progress, students are trained as aviators with knowledge of aviation and engineering-based academic courses for the first three semesters. Beginning from the 4th semester, they receive their theoretical pilot training prepared by international standards in real and virtual classes of Bahçeşehir University supported by modern technical education opportunities. In the 4th term their first actual flights and become entitled to receive a Private Pilot License (PPL-A) before starting their fifth term.
Actual flight training is given by the seasoned flight instructors of our partner flight school on new training aircraft and special simulators. In the following four semesters, graduates receive flight training and theoretical pilot training by the specified stages, which become even more difficult with their increasing skills. Our graduates will be entitled to receive the Airline Transport Pilot License (ATP-A) from the DGCA (Directorate General Of Civil Aviation of Turkey) together with their Bachelor’s Degree.
Admissions
Program Outcome
The students who completed Bahçeşehir University Pilotage Program:
- Hold Airline Transport Pilot License (ATP-A)
- Have he values and awareness of being an aviator,
- Adopted aviation culture,
- Can speak English at ICAO Level 4,
- Internalizing personal discipline and aviation discipline
- Can make accurate and quick decisions despite stress and/or time pressure or operational pressures,
- Attaches importance to aviation safety as a priority,
- Have the ability to meet the pilot needs of airlines not only in Turkey but also abroad,
- Have scientific suspicion, research curiosity, and research motives,
- Have the ability to increase teamwork skills,
- Have developed leadership characteristics,
Career Opportunities
After completing the English Pilotage Education at Bahçeşehir University Pilotage Department, students who are entitled to have an Airline Transport Pilot License (ATP-A) will have the opportunity to easily find jobs in wide-body aircrafts, the symbol of the rapidly growing air transport sector. Our graduates, with their knowledge of English, will be able to work as a co-pilot in airline companies at home and abroad as a result of their self-confidence, post-graduation type and line trainings.
In addition to the opportunities offered, various activities are organized under the leadership of our aviation clubs, where our students have the opportunity to develop leadership and effective communication skills, and come together with exemplary names with their achievements and experiences in aviation. Activities include, but are not limited to, sports aeronautics such as parachutes and gliders and / or flying unmanned aerial vehicles, model aircraft manufacturing and flight training is planned to include.
Curriculum
Course Structure
1st Semester
- Communications Skills and Academic Reporting I
- Atatürk's Principles and History of the Turkish Republic I
- Calculus I
- Physics I
- Introduction to Civil Aviation
- Introduction to Computers and Programming
- Turkish Language and Literature I
2nd Semester
- Communication Skills and Academic Reporting II
- Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Republic II
- Child Law and Child Psychology
- Calculus II
- Physics II
- Civil Aviation Regulations
- Introduction to Flight Mechanics for Pilots
- Turkish Language and Literature II
3rd Semester
- Aviation English I
- Aerodynamic
- Departmental Elective
- Non-Departmental Elective
- GE-Elective
4th Semester
- Aviation English II
- PPL Theoric
- Flight Technical Training
- PPL Flights
- PIC Flights I
- Simulator Flights I
- GE-Elective
5th Semester
- ATP Theoric Module-1
- Simulator Flights II
- PIC Flights II
- NR – Night Rating Flights
- Departmental Elective
- GE-Elective
6th Semester
- ATP Theoric Module-2
- Simulator Flights III
- PIC Flights III
- IR-Instrument Rating
- Departmental Elective
- GE-Elective
7th Semester
- ATP Theoric Module-2
- Simulator Flights IV
- PIC Flights IV
- Departmental Elective
- GE-Elective
8th Semester
- Instrument Flight Applications
- Commercial Flight Applications
- Multi-Engine Flight Applications
- Simulator Flights V
- PIC Flights V
- Departmental Elective
- GE-Elective