Dear Young Artists and Designers, Future Creators of Art and Design,

The primary purpose of universities is to provide high-level education, conduct research, generate knowledge, and share this knowledge with society. In line with this mission and the vision we aim to achieve, our faculty was established to cultivate the creative, original, free-thinking and innovative societal force of the future. We firmly believe that structuring, experiencing, and sustaining a collaborative process with our highly qualified academic staff each an expert in their field will lead to greater productivity and success, and we are honored and delighted to guide and teach you throughout this journey.

Our faculty embraces an interdisciplinary approach to education, encouraging you to question, research, and experiment with diverse ideas and techniques. Our curriculum is enriched with national and international conferences, technical trips, seminars, talks, workshops, art and design competitions, social responsibility projects, and exhibitions. These activities aim to contribute to your professional, cultural, and intellectual development.

The courses and training provided in social responsibility design, universal design, environment, climate, and sustainability offer opportunities to explore and question how future socio-economic and socio-cultural dynamics might evolve.

Dear young minds, artists and designers are pivotal in peace-building, sensitive, aesthetic, and creative forces that can unify humanity with a universal language. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk regarded progress and advancement in all fields of fine arts as a principle of vital importance and an indispensable necessity. He believed that enlightenment, progress, and development could only be achieved through science and technology and the aesthetic, emotional, and functional dimensions of art and design.

With the knowledge, skills, experience, and awareness of production you will acquire during your academic journey, I am confident that you will elevate our nation to even greater heights in art, design, and culture.

I extend my warmest regards and wishes for your success.

Prof. Dr. Şirin Şengel

Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design