British University of Nicosia

British University of Nicosia

Lefkoşa İngiliz Üniversitesi
Type	Private
Established	2014
Rector	Hasan Ali Bıçak
Location	Kazafani, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus 35°19′30″N 33°20′42″E / 35.325°N 33.345°ECoordinates: 35°19′30″N 33°20′42″E / 35.325°N 33.345°E
Website	www.bun.edu.tr

British University of Nicosia (BUN, Turkish: Lefkoşa İngiliz Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus. It was founded in 2014.^[1]

The university belongs to the Özok Companies Group.^[2] Its rector is Hasan Ali Bıçak.^[3]

Organization, education and research

The education in the university is modeled after the British educational system, with heavy English courses in the first year paralleling the foundation system in Britain.^[4] The university is, as of 2015, home to five faculties which offer various degree programs, these are:^[5]

• Faculty of Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechatronics Engineering
  • Computer and Software Engineering
• Faculty of Economic, Administrative and Social Sciences
  • Business Administration (in English)
  • Business Administration (in Turkish)
  • Civil Aviation Management (in English)
  • Tourism and Hotel Management
• Faculty of Educational Sciences
  • Psychological Counselling and Guidance
  • Special Education
• Faculty of Law (in Turkish)
• Faculty Of Health Sciences
  • Nursing
  • Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

The university is home to the Center of Innovation for Artificial Intelligence (CiAi), whose chief aim is to research into artificial intelligence, its real life applications and modelling artificial neural networks.^[6] The center has research projects into a number of areas and has developed a system to automatically identify the species of sea turtles called "Intelligent Machine Identification of Sea Turtles".^[7]

Campus

The campus is located near the city of Kyrenia, in the Kazafani (Ozanköy) area^[8] and consists of two buildings and a pool.^[2] A campus will be constructed in Nicosia and the university moved there in the future.^[9] The university is home to various student clubs and activities, such as dance, photography, theater, swimming and Model United Nations.^[10]

In its first educational year of 2014-15, the university had 377 students.^[11]

References

1. "Kuzey Kıbrıs'ta ilk butik üniversite". Yeni Düzen. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
2. "Özok Şirketler Grubu, British University of Nicosia'nın kampüsü ile gündemde". adabasini.com. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
3. "Rector's Office". British University of Nicosia. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
4. "İngiltere eğitim sistemi, Kıbrıs'ta British University Of Nicosia'da hayat buluyor!". Kıbrıs Postası. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
5. "Faculties". British University of Nicosia. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
6. "Centre of Innovation for Artificial Intelligence". British University of Nicosia. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
7. "BUN'lu bilim insanları deniz kaplumbağaları peşinde". Kıbrıs Postası. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
8. "Campus Location". British University of Nicosia. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
9. ""Gençlere hayallerini sunuyoruz"". Havadis. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
10. "Student Clubs". British University of Nicosia. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
11. "2014-2015 Güz Dönemi KKTC Üniversitelerine Uyruklarına Göre Kayıtlı Öğrenci Sayıları.". TRNC Ministry of National Education. Retrieved 21 September 2015.