The address used in the online application will be the delivery address of your SRP. Therefore, we advise all students to use the address provided in the application guide so that SRP’s are safely delivered to the university.

Foreigner ID number: The number starting with 99 on your residence permit is the permanent number that you will use in public and private institutions. Take a note of this number or save it on your phone. You can obtain a PVC card cover from the copy center located at the Student Center lower 2nd floor as well.

Istanbul has one of the best public transportation networks in the world. There are several options to reach any location for 24 hours, and a Taxi is a convenient option compared to large metropolitans in the world and other cities in Türkiye. Below is a list of main transportation categories specifically for the KU community. The list contains bus numbers or metro stations and brief descriptions so as to offer you important keywords to remember in your daily commute or occasional transportation. IETT buses are operated by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and they require refill transit cards (Istanbul Kart) described in the airport transportation section.

In response to the global events surrounding COVID-19 (Coronavirus), we, as Koç University, have undertaken certain precautions to preserve the well-being, safety and health of our community.

We would like to share with you important information regarding an important change with STUDENT residence permit applications. Effective as of September 1st, 2019, the Immigration Directorate of Istanbul (Istanbul Il Goc Idaresi) does not require students to visit the immigration office for residence permit first-time application and does not require students to post mail their documents for renewal applications. The paperwork collection process has now been officially assigned to the respective offices of universities, in our case our office – the ICO – not only for first-time applications but also for renewals.

Contributor I am Dr. Muhammad Anwaar Nazeer. I came to KOC University in Fall 2013 under Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) scholarship. I did my PhD in Biomedical Sciences & Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Iskender Yilgor. My topic of research in PhD was “Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Biodegradable Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications”. In simple words, tissue engineering involves development of artificial tissues and organs by using biomaterials. Biomaterials are materials of natural or synthetic origin that are used to direct, appendage or provide substitute to the functions of native tissues/organs and they are not toxic to biological systems. Results obtained from research which focused on a wide range of applications, it has been demonstrated that tissue engineering has tremendous potential for bone, skin, cartilage, liver, kidney, muscle and nerve regenerative medicine applications. During my PhD research, I worked on synthesis of bio-compatible materials and utilized these materials to fabricate scaffolds for skin and bone repair. Now, I am working as a post-doc researcher with Prof. Seda Kizilel and working on a very core issue of tissue engineering. The engineered scaffolds are lacking blood vessels, so we need to generate organized blood vessels network in these artificial tissues, specially in thick scaffolds for true clinical translation of engineered tissues and strategies.

First of all, please do not panic! If your permit card gets lost or stolen, it is very important that you go to the nearest police station and ask for a report immediately. Below, you can find our instructions on what steps you should follow in such an incident.