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Kadir Has University

University in Istanbul, Turkey

Kadir Has University (KHAS) is a university in Istanbul, founded in 1997. Its main campus is in Cibali, in the historic peninsula a few metres from the Golden Horn (Haliç). The campus occupies the former Tekel Cibali Cigarette Factory, which the Kadir Has Foundation converted into a university between 1998 and 2002; it opened on 13 February 2002.

KHAS has five faculties:

  • Art and Design
  • Communication
  • Economics and Administrative Sciences
  • Engineering and Natural Sciences
  • Law

It offers undergraduate, master's and PhD programmes. Its School of Foreign Languages runs English placement and proficiency exams at the start of each semester, as well as a preparatory programme. Through the LİSAR@KHAS programme, undergraduate students can take part in faculty research and develop their own projects. International students are welcomed with an orientation day at the start of the academic year.

On the Cibali campus, the university has a residence for female students with 69 beds; there is no university residence for male students, and the university refers them to private residences nearby.

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Programmes

Undergraduate programmes by faculty:

  • Law: Law
  • Communication: Visual Communication Design, Radio, Television and Cinema, Advertising, New Media and Communication
  • Art and Design: Industrial Design, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Architecture, Theatre
  • Engineering and Natural Sciences: Computer, Electrical-Electronics, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering
  • Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences: Economics, Business Administration, Psychology, Political Science and International Relations, International Trade and Finance, Management Information Systems

Undergraduates can join faculty research through the LİSAR@KHAS programme.

Housing

KHAS has a residence for female students on the Cibali campus, with 69 beds in triple, double and accessible single rooms. All rooms have a shower, toilet, wardrobe, mini fridge, study desk, bunk bed and internet; there is a shared kitchen, a laundry and ironing room and 24-hour security. Fees for the 2026-27 academic year (VAT included): 297,000 TL in a triple room, 320,000 TL in a double room and 355,000 TL in an accessible single room. Applications are taken during the university registration period.

There is no university residence for male students; the university points them to private residences nearby, such as KonforIst and GenHouse.

Accreditation

Turkish Higher Education Council

Subjects taught

  • Architecture, Building and Landscape
    • Architecture
    • Landscape Design
  • Arts, Design and Crafts
    • Industrial Design
    • Interior Design
  • Business
    • MBA
    • International Affairs
    • Business Administration (BBA)
    • Business Administration
    • International Business
    • Advertising
  • Communications
    • Film TV and video
    • Cinema/Film Studies
    • Radio/TV/Video
    • Media Communication
    • Communications
    • Advertising Communication
    • Communications Graphic Design
  • Engineering
    • Industrial Engineering
    • Computer Engineering
    • Electronic Engineering
    • Biomolecular Engineering
  • Finance
    • Finance
    • International Finance
  • Law
    • Law