The “intelligence” of intelligent systems that pervade our daily lives is mostly enabled by software. Software development, which once was referred as “programming” has currently become a full-fledged engineering discipline. Software ability and quality, versatility, modifiability and extendability and software product lines are some concepts which constitute the foundations of this discipline. Now, developing software requires a systematic approach, infrastructure, tools and techniques as well as collective and coordinated work by teams consisting of up to thousands of members.

At a global scale, training sufficient personnel to satisfy the demand in the areas of information technologies in general and software engineering in particular is not considered possible until the 2030’s with the current educational capacities. That is why, prominent universities worldwide have been investing strongly in programs in this area.

With this understanding, Istanbul Okan University Faculty of Engineering has started the Software Engineering undergraduate program in 2017. We aim to have our students work in industry for at least two one-month traineeship periods, followed by a two-day per week COOPerative Learning work period during their last year in the program, so that while acquiring experience on industry needs and applications, they also contribute to the supply of the needed work force in parallel with their undergraduate studies.

Since 2017, the Software Engineering Department has been offering classes at Akfirat Campus, where students can benefit from state-of-the-art computer labs and learn from a growing faculty body comprised of leading academics.

The program is designed to graduate software engineers capable of coping with the realities, expectations, and requirements that they encounter in their careers. Educated by an experienced and qualified academic staff, students are encouraged to apply the knowledge they acquire.

We believe that, thanks to their theoretical knowledge and practical ability, our graduates will be at the vanguard of the information technology world, as preferred employees and trailblazers alike.