ABOUT THE CONTEST

METU NCC Sustainable Environment and Energy Systems Graduate Program, which has been established as a unique academic program in the Middle East to serve the most critical needs of our globe in the 21st century, proudly presents the Green Brain of the Year Contest. The contest has been devised to increase and enhance the international awareness of the Vital Triad: Sustainable Environment, Sustainable Energy, and Sustainable Water Resources among youth, specifically high school and university students.

Green Brain of the Year Contest accepts submissions from university students. The contest is also known as the International Project Competition (IPC), and emphasizes original ideas which have been evaluated for feasibility. The competitors are expected to form a team of two, come up with an original project to tackle a sustainability problem in support of the Vital Triad, analyze feasibility, and submit their work in a properly formatted paper (according to the provided IPC guide) of up to 2000 words in English. A limited number of figures and tables can be used to describe the addressed problem, the solution as a system and/or a process flow, feasibility and results. The electronic submissions through the IPC web site will be evaluated by a jury panel based on:

*Problem Relevance to Sustainability,
*Originality, Feasibility, and Impact of Solution,
*Verification of Feasibility through Analysis or Experimentation,
*Quality of Writing and Illustrations.

Application deadline is 25 May 2016.

The five finalist teams from both ICPC and IPC will be invited to METU NCC (all expenses paid) in September 2016 to present their project in front of the jury.

The winner team will earn the title of “Green Brain of the Year 2015” (IPC). All finalists will attend a guided tour in Northern Cyprus. The first, second, and third runner-up team members will be rewarded a cash prize. (Both  team members have to do the presentations on the campus personally)

We would like to hereby invite talented university students to submit their projects to IPC 2016, and start contributing ideas to a sustainable future for our beautiful globe.

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University of Kyrenia will be hiring Faculty Members to current, recently established and prospective foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate programs which will commence in Fall Term 2016/2017. Applications should be submitted to info@kyrenia.edu.tr along with a CV and purpose statement until 15th of June.

Faculty
Faculty of Education
Psychological Counseling and Guidance
Teaching of Special Education
Faculty of Law
Private Law
Public Law
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Banking and Finance
Business Administration
International Relations
Tourism and Hotel Management
Department of Social Work
Faculty of Architecture
Architecture
Interior Design
Faculty of Medicine
Division of Internal Medicine
Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Dept. of Forensic Medicine
Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrics
Dept. of Pediatrics
Dept. of Dermatology & Venerology
Dept. of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious
Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Dept. of Thoracic Diseases
Dept. of Internal Medicine
Dept. of Cardiology
Dept. of Neurology
Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Dept. of Radiology
Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dept. of Sports Medicine
Dept. of Medical Pharmacology
Dept. of Medical Genetics
Division of Surgical Sciences
Dept. of Anesthesiology and Reanimation
Dept. of Neurosurgery
Dept. of Pediatric Surgery
Dept. of General Surgery
Dept. of Opthalmology
Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology
Dept. of Ortopedics and Travmalogy
Dept. of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Dept. of Medical Pathology
Dept. of Urology
Division of Basic Sciences
Dept. of Anathomy
Dept. of Biophysics
Dept. of Physiology
Dept. of Histology and Embryology
Dept. of Medical Biochemistry
Dept. of Medical Education and Informatics
Dept. of Medical Microbiology
Dept. of Medical History and Ethics
Faculty of Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Cardiopulmonary and Rehabilitation
Protez Ortez Biomechanics
Faculty of Health sciences - Nursing Department
Principles of Nursing and Nursing Management
Internal Diseases Nursing
Surgical Diseases Nursing
Gynecology and Obstetrics Nursing
Faculty of Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electronic and Electronic Engineering
Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Vocational School of Health Services
Medical Imaging Techniques
Physiotherapy
Emergency and First Aid
Mouth and Dental Health
Anesthesia
Medical Documentation and Secretarial

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The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, founded in 2004, provide the definitive list of the world's best universities, evaluated across teaching, research, international outlook, reputation and more. THE’s data are trusted by governments and universities and are a vital resource for students, helping them choose where to study

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African universities must become more “audacious” and instill a “spirit of subversion” into their missions if they are to assist in the continent’s transformation, according to an expert on African development.

Adebayo Olukoshi, regional director for Africa and West Asia at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, told the Times Higher Education Africa Universities Summit that many African institutions have “become too normal”.

“Universities must define themselves as sites of continental renaissance – a renaissance in which the power of ideas and the reconciliation of ideas and policy, which has been missing, will become an important driving force for change,” he said.

He added that poverty reduction would be welcome, but it “cannot be a strategy for [Africa’s] development”.

Speaking as part of a panel discussion on reputation building, he added that it is important for African universities to “define notions of excellence” that “speak to the immediate and specific needs of our context” and reject “abstract” goals, such as achieving “world-class excellence” or producing “world-class leaders”. He said that this is necessary to ensure that institutions do not become “completely irrelevant” even when they “appear to be defined as the gold standard in higher education”.

RANKING BELOW:

1. Harvard University, United States (1)

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States (4)

3. Stanford University, United States (5)

4. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (2)

5. University of Oxford, United Kingdom (3)

6. University of California, Berkeley, United States (6)

7. Princeton University, United States (7)

8. Yale University, United States (8)

9. Columbia University, United States (10)

10. California Institute of Technology, United States (9)

11. University of Chicago, United States (11)

12. University of Tokyo, Japan (12)

13. University of California, Los Angeles, United States (13)

14. University of Michigan, United States (19)

15. Imperial College London, United Kingdom (14)

16. University of Pennsylvania, United States (23)

17. Cornell University, United States (20)

18. Tsinghua University, China (26)

19. ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland (15)

20. University College London, United Kingdom (17)

21. Peking University, China (32)

22. Johns Hopkins University, United States (18)

23. University of Toronto, Canada (16)

24. London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom (22)

25. New York University, United States (20)

26. National University of Singapore, Singapore (24)

27. Kyoto University, Japan (27)

28. Duke University, United States (34)

29. University of Washington, United States (33)

=30. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States (30)

=30. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation (25)

=30. Northwestern University, United States (47)

33. Carnegie Mellon University, United States (28)

34. University of Texas at Austin, United States (46)

=35. University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States (38)

=35. University of California, San Diego, United States (41)

37. University of British Columbia, Canada (37)

38. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (29)

39. McGill University, Canada (35)

=40. Georgia Institute of Technology, United States (49)

=41. LMU Munich, Germany (35)

42. University of California, San Francisco, United States (38)

43. King’s College London, United Kingdom (31)

44. Pennsylvania State University, United States (61-70)

=45. University of California, Davis, United States (44)

=45. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (51-60)

=45. Seoul National University, South Korea (51-60)

48. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (48)

=49. University of Manchester, United Kingdom (50)

=49. University of Melbourne, Australia (41)

=49. University of Minnesota, United States (71-80)

51-60. Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (51-60)

51-60. Heidelberg University, Germany (38)

51-60. Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (41)

51-60. Karolinska Institute, Sweden (45)

51-60. University of Maryland, College Park, United States (91-100)

51-60. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States (61-70)

51-60. Ohio State University, United States (81-90)

51-60. Osaka University, Japan -

51-60. Purdue University, United States (71-80)

51-60. Technical University of Munich, Germany (61-70)

61-70. University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (51-60)

61-70. Australian National University, Australia (51-60)

61-70. École Normale Supérieure, France (61-70)

61-70. KU Leuven, Belgium (51-60)

61-70. Michigan State University, United States (71-80)

61-70. University of Southern California, United States (61-70)

61-70. University of Sydney, Australia (51-60)

61-70. Tohoku University, Japan -

61-70. Washington University in St Louis, United States (81-90)

71-80. Boston University, United States (71-80)

71-80. Brown University, United States (71-80)

71-80. University of California, Santa Barbara, United States (61-70)

71-80. Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong -

71-80. Free University of Berlin, Germany (51-60)

71-80. Fudan University, China -

71-80. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (71-80)

71-80. University of Pittsburgh, United States (71-80)

71-80. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China -

71-80. Texas A&M University, United States (81-90)

81-90. Indiana University Bloomington, United States -

81-90. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea -

81-90. Leiden University, Netherlands (61-70)

81-90. London Business School, United Kingdom (91-100)

81-90. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (91-100)

81-90. National Taiwan University, Taiwan (61-70)

81-90. Pierre and Marie Curie University, France -

81-90. RWTH Aachen University, Germany (91-100)

81-90. Saint Petersburg State University, Russian Federation (71-80)

81-90. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan -

81-90. University of Warwick, United Kingdom (81-90)

81-90. Zhejiang University, China -

91-100. Arizona State University, United States -

91-100. University of Colorado Boulder, United States -

91-100. École Polytechnique, France (91-100)

91-100. Insead, France -

91-100. Lund University, Sweden -

91-100. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russian Federation -

91-100. Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Paris 1, France (51-60)

91-100. University of São Paulo, Brazil (51-60)

91-100. Utrecht University, Netherlands (71-80)

91-100. Wageningen University and Research Center, Netherlands (61-70)

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Two degrees agreement has been made between European University of Lefke (EUL) and England’s leading university Brandford University. Within the “Academic Protocol”, EUL students got the opportunity to receive two degrees.

EUL Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali Yükselen, who gave information about the protocol that is signed with Bradford University, has emphasized that the students that will get educated within this schedule will receive both universities’ diploma after their four years of intensive education. Yükselen also emphasized that the students will get the two degrees chance after studying first three years in European University of Lefke and the last year in Bradford University.

Scholarship will be granted to the students

Yükselen has mentioned that within the protocol, which has been signed between European University of Lefke and Bradford University, Economy, Banking and Finance, International Relations within Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences; Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering within Faculty of Engineering have been included into the “Two Degrees Programme”. Yükselen stated that within the agreement, various scholarships such as scholarship, high honor scholarship and special scholarship for EUL will be given to EUL students according to the national distribution.

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25%,50%, 75% & 100% Tuition Fee Waiver Scholarships on Admission!

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus (METU NCC).
 
Application for Fall 2016 has commenced on 22nd March.

Please visit our prospective students and admission requirements pages  prior to your application: http://international.ncc.metu.edu.tr/admission-criteria-for-your-country
 
Note: in case you are not sure whether you meet the minimum requirements for application or not, please contact us for advice.

If you have any questions, please contact us via nccmetu.edu.tr  or call +90 392 661 21 07 Est: 09, 10

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You are, by this, invited to Finance Seminars that are going to take place during the Spring semester of 2016 at EMU. The department of Banking and Finance is honoured to present greatly experienced and specialized speakers in their fields:

1. EMRE DEGIRMENCIOGLU
   "Global Crisis: A Strategic Approach"
   Date: 10th March 2016
   Venue: BEA 3
   Time: 12:30pm

2. HAKAN UREN
   "Financial Crimes: Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism"
   Date: 18th March 2016
   Venue: BEA 5
   Time: 12:30pm

3. MELEK BAR
   "Powered by Technology"
   Date: 1st April 2016
   Venue: Mehmet Tahiroglu Ha;;
   Time: 11:30am

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TRNC Minister of National Education Kemal Dürüst announced that the Nişantaşı University from Turkey will be opening up a campus in Güzelyurt.

Speaking during an event he attended, Dürüst said that the new university campus will be serving and offering education to around 500 students.

The Minister of National Education also expressed the view that the opening of the Nişantaşı University’s North Cyprus campus will contribute to the development of businesses and services in the area.

He also announced that initiatives will be launched for development loans to be given to local businesses and investors so as to build new investments such as dormitories and housing for students.

Also touching upon the Cyprus negotiations during his speech, the Minister of National Education said that it was out of the question to return Güzelyurt to Greek Cypriots in the event of a settlement after all this investment and struggle waged for the area.

“Be prepared for development and growth in Güzelyurt” he said.

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Near East University is proud to announce that postgraduate scholarships will be granted to International Students, which will give them an opportunity to proceed their postgraduate studies in an international environment.

7 Master and 3 PhD scholarships will be given for each program under the Graduate School of Applied Sciences and 7 Master and 3 PhD scholarship placements will be available for each program under the Graduate School of Social Sciences.The scholarships will be on the applicant’s CGPA.

*** Please note that Master Degree Applicants who will be granted a scholarship have to write a thesis upon the completion of the courses.

Application deadline is 25th of January, 2016; results will be announced on 2nd of February, 2016.

Applications should be submitted through info@neu.edu.tr with the reference sign “ISO-2016”.

International Students Office Near East University 
E-mail: info@neu.edu.tr
Tel.: + 90 392 6800 2000 (ext.143)
Website: neu.edu.tr

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The 2hrs44mins HD video which was uploaded on Youtube this week brouguht back nostalgic feelings amongst recent graduates and prospective graduates from CIU, including other Universities in TRNC.

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AS the Times Higher Education (THE) Africa universities summit kicked off July 30 at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, the main buzz of the event was the landmark unveiling of a new African university ranking.

And it’s here, just released Friday July 31, though only ranking the top 30 of Africa’s approximately 2,600 higher education institutions.

These results are essentially based on the amount of citations there are for the university’s work.

They are derived from the methodology for the current world university ranking, using the 13 factors (below), combining THE’s own enormous database of statistics along with the Elsevier’s Scopus database - a system that highlights some of the continent’s top performers in terms of how often research papers are referred to and cited by other academics globally.

This methodology is designed for the research-led globally facing university. Times Higher Education emphasised that not everyone in Africa will find the metrics appropriate to their mission or their strategic priorities making this ranking a starting point of a longer, inclusive conversation involving African institutions.

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Taking its place in the newly established campus located on the coastal line of the city of Kyrenia, the University of Kyrenia, is adding 5 new faculties with 17 departments to its current structure consisting of 4 faculties, 12 departments and 2 schools.

Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Architecture, the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering will come under the umbrella of the University of Kyrenia.

According to the press release issued by the Directorate of Press and Public Relations Office of the University of Kyrenia, five new faculties would be established and implemented in the academic year 2015-2016 Committed to making a difference by steering the wheel of science towards the future within the frame of its innovative vision and contemporary approach to education, the University of Kyrenia continues to grow by opening new horizons with its new faculties and departments to be opened.

Alongside the five faculties and 17 departments to be opened in the new academic year, the University of Kyrenia currently houses four faculties with 12 departments and two vocational schools that solely focused on aviation and maritime studies.

Speaking on the issue, Prof. Dr. Ilkay Salihoğlu, Vice Rector of the University of Kyrenia, stated that international higher education criteria, Kyrenia city's structure and its developmental vision, the expectations of Kyrenia's people, and social benefit-oriented studies aimed at actualizing the integration of Kyrenia with the world in practical and scientific sense was taken into consideration and all issues were evaluated carefully while taking the decision regarding the establishment of the new faculties and departments.

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