A doctoral dissertation titled “Academic Mobility and Knowledge Networks in Higher Education,” prepared at the YTÜ Institute of Social Sciences, was awarded the Doctoral Dissertation of the Year Award as part of the YÖK 2026 Outstanding Achievement Awards. The thesis author, Dr. Süleyman Yıldız, and his advisor, Prof. Dr. Aydın Balyer, received their awards from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Yıldız Technical University’s culture and arts event, “Culture and Arts Under the Stars,” kicks off its season with a “Welcome to Youth” talk and concert for our new preparatory and first-year students who have recently joined the Yıldız family. Our faculty members will take the stage during the program, and our Rector, Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik, will be the special guest speaker.
Our YTÜ Rector, Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik, visited the booths of our “Yıldızlı” teams at TEKNOFEST Southeast and examined the projects developed by our students firsthand. While 47 YTÜ teams advanced to the finals at TEKNOFEST 2026, the “Yıldızlı” teams secured a total of 13 awards, including 4 first-place finishes, 2 second-place finishes, 5 third-place finishes, and 2 special awards.
The 2026 Evaluator Advanced Training Program, organized by the Higher Education Quality Council to strengthen the quality assurance system in higher education and enhance the competencies of evaluators involved in evaluation processes, will be held at Yıldız Technical University. The training will be attended by 150 participants from 83 different universities and institutions.
Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir, Somalia’s Minister of Education, Culture, and Higher Education, and her delegation paid a visit to Yıldız Technical University. During the meeting with YTÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik, discussions focused on developing cooperation in higher education, sharing academic knowledge and experience, and exploring opportunities for collaboration.
Inventions developed by researchers at Yıldız Technical University were showcased at the 11th International Invention Fair, held as part of TEKNOFEST Southeast—TÜRKPATENT ISIF’26—where they won a total of 6 medals: 1 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze. The invention titled “Synthesis of Layered Materials from Eggshell Waste” was awarded not only a gold medal but also the TÜRKPATENT Special Award for Best Academic Invention.
Yıldız Technical University stood out at TEKNOFEST Southeast with the 47 teams that advanced to the finals and the awards they won. Submitting 336 projects across 64 different categories with 292 teams at TEKNOFEST 2026, Yıldız students won a total of 11 awards—including 4 first-place, 2 second-place, and 5 third-place finishes—as well as 2 special awards.
YTÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik met with YTÜ faculty members whose projects have been accepted, are receiving funding, or are registered under national and international funding programs. The meeting addressed efforts to increase the number, budget, and quality of externally funded projects; support high-impact publications; attract international faculty members and doctoral students to YTÜ; and strengthen project support mechanisms.
A delegation from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) visited Yıldız Technical University. During the meeting with YTÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Eyüp Debik and faculty members, discussions focused on potential dual-degree programs in engineering, student and faculty exchanges, and opportunities for joint research.
