Bahçeşehir Cyprus University Department of Architecture program aims to educate graduates who have the requirements of the profession of architecture, who encourage the architect candidates to learn, who have active participation, and who have advanced skills of relating, synthesizing, criticizing and interpreting. With its expert and experienced academic staff in various fields, program aims to train contemporary architects who have a say in the profession, are open to critical thinking, aware of social responsibility, and are sensitive to the environment and plan their creative ideas. For this purpose, Bahçeşehir Cyprus University’s architecture program has taken charge of itself to train contemporary and world-class architects with high knowledge and skills on subjects such as people, environment, history and culture by supporting them with workshops and field practices.

* Architecture is a worldwide protected profession. In order to be entitled to use the title “Architect” professional practice and registration with the Chamber of Architects is obligatory.

Within the scope of 4-year education, students of the department of architecture meet international standards; Technical and applied trainings are provided in areas such as the design, development, application, material and planning of all kinds of buildings that are sensitive to professional ethics and the environment.  In the first year of architectural education, the program provides to learn the basic principles of architecture such as materials, construction techniques, and architectural history and theory, as well as basic design criteria. They also have the chance to learn computer software programs that they will use in design development. During the third and fourth years, students develop design projects of increasing scale. Since the selected topics and fields of study have different purposes, students get the chance to improve their design development skills by doing research. In addition, they have the chance to adapt the designs to the existing environment and learn the principles of urban scale design. Within the scope of the architecture program, students who take elective courses in different fields of architecture starting from the second year and have the chance to enrich their knowledge are encouraged to discover their own personal skills and determine their path in professional life.