Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Architecture
Applications open
Tuition and study format
Academic year: 2026/27
Intakes and application dates
- 2026/2027 Ön BaşvuruApplications openJanuary 1, 2026 — August 31, 2027
Programme information package
The programme's definition and learning outcomes, as the university publishes them in its official information package.
Programme definition
History
The Department of Architecture was established in 2013 and continues its activities within the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. The Architecture (Turkish) program accepted its first students in the 2013-2014 academic year and had its first graduates in 2017.
Qualification Awarded
Degree: Bachelor of Architecture Title: Architect
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle)
Bachelor's Degree (EQF-LLL Level 6)
Specific Admission Requirements
Turkish Citizens: Students are admitted to the program by central placement according to SAY score type. Students who are placed in the program by OSYM are required to complete their financial obligations and register on the announced registration dates. Foreign Nationals: Foreign students are accepted in accordance with the criteria determined by the University Senate. Please review the relevant web page. Transfer Students: A student who has started his/her education in an equivalent program in Turkey or abroad can apply for transfer. The acceptance of the student is examined and evaluated individually before the start of the semester, taking into account the conditions of each student and the degree applied for. Please review the relevant legislation. Nişantaşı University Associate and Undergraduate Education Transfer Directive Regulation on the Principles of Transferring Between Associate and Undergraduate Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer Exchange Students: Students coming from Turkey and abroad within the scope of student exchange programs approved by the University and framed by an agreement can take the courses given in the program.
Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)
Students' previous education and achievements can be recognized in accordance with the "Istanbul Nişantaşı University Directive on Recognition of Previously Acquired Qualifications, Course Equivalency and Adjustment Principles" and exemption from the necessary courses can be provided accordingly. Link to reach the directive:
Qualification Requirements and Regulations
Qualification Requirements and Regulations are as described in the section “Graduation Requirements”.
Profile of The Programme
Vision: To become an institution where professional and academic activities are carried out at international scale and standards, based on national identity and values. Mission: To train professionals and academicians who will carry out interdisciplinary studies on a local and global scale with the participation of the departments that make up the faculty, and who will raise the architectural environment to a universal level. Aims and Objectives: Architecture is one of the oldest professions in world history, depending on the need for shelter since the first human being. It is clear that as long as humanity exists, the need for the architectural profession will continue, even if its form changes.The aim of the Architecture Program affiliated with Istanbul Nişantaşı University is to equip young architects with all kinds of contemporary technical knowledge and skills, while educating them as people with moral and ethical values, who love their country, who aim to be beneficial to humanity, who are enlightened, contemporary and have a world-wide vision. General İnformaion: The undergraduate program of Architecture is four-year and admits students with Math-Science-4 exam score. It has a four-year training period, consisting of eight semesters based on the system of passing the courses. The department requires a high level of basic mathematics, geometry and an interest in visual arts and philosophy. The program offers in-depth information in four main fields, i.e. architectural design and construction knowledge, history of architecture, control of physical environment and construction technologies, project and production management. The student’s production and presentation of projects of different scales and functions with their experience and information at workshops and laboratories every semester constitutes the part of the undergraduate education concerning the vocational practice, in which the student is active. The undergraduate program of architecture gives technical education on the design of any sort of construction, fittings of venues, production of the objects likely to be needed by the users, planning and coordination of the construction process. In this program, the students are taught to run after personal development based on art and culture lifelong and, in this way, to solve the professional problems they face.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples
Students who graduate from the department receive the title of architect. Our graduates of the Department of Architecture can work in design offices, architecture offices and construction sites, as well as work in the materials industry, project management and pursue an academic career. They can work at public institutions, private sectors, or independently as licensed architects in architecture and construction projects.
Access to Further Studies
The student who successfully completes our architecture undergraduate program can apply for postgraduate education programs in the field of architectural design. Undergraduate students can receive postgraduate education in fields such as architectural design, urban design, architectural history, architectural restoration, construction management and technologies, building knowledge, engineering, interior architecture and industrial design.
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading
Students who register for the relevant course at the beginning of the semester must have attended at least 70% of the theoretical courses and at least 80% of the applied courses in order to take the final exam. Students are subjected to midterm and final exams for each course. The contribution of the midterm exam (the scores obtained from measurement tools such as homework, laboratory exam, quiz, etc. can also be taken into evaluation) to the success grade is 40% and the contribution of the final exam is 60%. You can click on the course name in the Curriculum (below) for the assessment and evaluation criteria of each course. You can review the relevant regulations and directives. Nişantaşı University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations Exam Success and Evaluation System Directive ve basari degerlendirme sistemi vonergesi 23.06.2015.pdf Nişantaşı University Department of Foreign Languages Education and Examination Directive Nişantaşı University Turkish Language Teaching Application and Research Center (Nişantaşı Tömer) Education and Examination Directive ogretim-ve-sinav-yonergesi-676221518.pdf
Graduation Requirements
To graduate, students must have successfully completed all the courses included in the curriculum (for a total of at least 240 ECTS) and their grade points sverage must be at least 2.00 out of 4.00; also the students must have successfully completed an internship or graduation project. Please review the relevant regulations and guidelines. Istanbul Nisantasi University Regulation on Associate Degree and Undergraduate Education and Examination: Istanbul Nisantasi University Directive for On-the-job Professional Practices in the 8th Semester: Istanbul Nisantasi University Directive on the Diploma, Diploma Octets and Other Documents:
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )
Tam Zamanlı
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent
Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Soner ŞAHİN Email: dsoner.sahin@nisantasi.edu.tr Telephone: +90(212)2101010 Address: Neotech Campus, Maslak Mah., Taşyoncası Sok. No: 1V and No: 1Y, 34398 Sarıyer/Istanbul
Facilities
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Programme outcomes
- Pre-Design: The building program may be defined in line with the needs of the client and user, who play a role in the function of the building and the creation of building complexes. Reviewing hardware requirements and the condition of the site may provide information about its built environment.
- Design Thinking Skills: The student can formulate questions using clear and accurate expressions; can interpret information using different levels of abstraction; can reach well-reasoned conclusions by reasoning from different perspectives; and can generate different alternatives based on defined criteria and standards.
- Visual Communication Skills: The student can effectively use drawing/design/simulation tools used in traditional and digital environments at different stages of the design process and in design representation.
- Basic Design Skills: The student can understand the concept of design as both a process and a product and can interpret basic design principles in a creative and productive manner.
- Building Materials and Assemblies: Students can understand the basic principles regarding the performance of building materials and products, taking into account their components and how they are assembled, their intrinsic characteristics, and their sustainability.
- Accessibility and Inclusion: Students can design spaces where individuals with physical, sensory, or other disabilities can gain experience independently.
- Environmental Systems: The student can understand the basic principles of active and passive heating-cooling systems, daylighting, and acoustics, along with appropriate performance evaluation tools.
- Sustainability: Students can address topics such as natural and artificial resources; creating a healthy built environment, bioclimatic design, and energy conservation within the framework of optimization, conservation, and reuse in design.
- Historical Traditions and Global Culture: Students can recognize local, global, regional, and national principles related to architecture, landscape, and urban design, as well as cultural factors. They can understand the needs, values, behavioral norms, and variations in the social roles and responsibilities of architects among different cultures and individuals.
- Conservation of Historic Sites, and Restoration Skills: : Students can learn about the historical environment and gain an awareness of conservation; they can understand the basic techniques necessary for documenting historical monuments and structures and preparing restoration projects.
- Research Skills: Students can gather information from visual and audio media sources within the framework of fundamental concepts in architectural terminology and innovative architectural movements and phenomena in their field, and can compile, compare, and interpret this information.
Programme outcomes and the Turkish Qualifications Framework
Each line is an item of the Turkish Qualifications Framework; the numbers beside it are the programme outcomes that meet it.
KNOWLEDGE
- 1
Possess advanced level theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks with updated information, practice equipments and other resources
Programme outcomes5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10
SKILLS
- 1
Use of advanced theoretical and practical knowledge within the field
Programme outcomes1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 6 · 11 - 2
Interpret and evaluate data, define and analyze problems, develop solutions based on research and proofs by using acquired advanced knowledge and skills within the field
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 6 · 11
COMPETENCES ( Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility )
- 1
Conduct studies at an advanced level in the field independently
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 2
Take responsibility both as a team member and individually in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the implementations in the field
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 6 - 3
Planning and managing activities towards the development of subordinates in the framework of a project
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 11
COMPETENCES ( Learning Competence )
- 1
Evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired at an advanced level in the field with a critical approach
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 2
Determine learning needs and direct the learning
Programme outcomes2 · 4 · 11 - 3
Develop positive attitude towards lifelong learning
Programme outcomes2 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 9 · 11
COMPETENCES ( Communication and Social Competence )
- 1
Inform people and institutions, transfer ideas and solution proposals to problems in written and orally on issues in the field
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 2
Share the ideas and solution proposals to problems on issues in the field with professionals and non-professionals by the support of qualitative and quantitative data
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 3
Organize and implement project and activities for social environment with a sense of social responsibility
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 11 - 4
Monitor the developments in the field and communicate with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 11 - 5
Use informatics and communication technologies with at least a minimum level of European Computer Driving License Advanced Level software knowledge
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4
COMPETENCES ( Field Specific Competence )
- 1
Act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethic values on the stages of gathering, implementation and release of the results of data related to the field
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 2
Possess sufficient consciousness about the issues of universality of social rights, social justice, quality, cultural values and also, environmental protection, worker's health and security
Programme outcomes2 · 5 · 6 · 8