The food and beverage industry which has spread in a wide region and become a giant sector has a big share in the World economy apart from its significant importance in improving, protecting, and sustaining community health. The need for a qualified labor force is growing rapidly and this widely generates employment. 

Educate students to have the knowledge of Turkish and World cuisine as well as having the theoretical and practical knowledge for food and drinks industry to compete in both national and international levels

Graduates of this program will become Gastronomy Specialists, who will both be a chef and a manager who can offer a variety of interdisciplinary subjects such as painting, sculpture, philosophy, etiquette, business, tourism, and engineering.

Gastronomy Specialist; It is equipped with food and beverage management, cost control and menu engineering with modern and classic cooking techniques, which provides the development of a rich Turkish culinary culture, internationalization and dignity. It is both a chef and a manager who can offer a variety of interdisciplinary subjects such as painting, sculpture, philosophy, etiquette, business, tourism, and engineering.

The Gastronomy and Culinary Arts undergraduate program is planned with an innovative approach to training future leaders in this field.

The industry background of our academic staff enables our department to give better education to our future graduates, with online simulation management courses, seminars, airport, and hotel visits, as well as local and international distinguished guest speakers, enabling our students to learn about the industry and get better equipped for their future careers.

We are dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the rich Turkish culinary culture in an academic milieu and to the promotion of this culture throughout the world.

Organized theoretical and practice programs and provides training in cooperation and coordination with tourism enterprises. Our aim as a department; To train qualified employees and managers equipped with up-to-date knowledge and skills within the framework of the contemporary tourism management approach.

Physical education and sports, which have become a part of life today and are a multidisciplinary field of science, have a very important place in the development, protection and continuity of public health.

To train Recreation Leaders who will help people to have fun, rest and add something to their quality of life after getting rid of all responsibilities and physiological needs.

The aim of the Sports Management department; It is aimed to train well-equipped, high-quality sports managers who can demonstrate their competence in national and international areas to be involved in the management and administration of sports in our country.

Sports Management

To train chefs who can use current technologies in the field with the awareness of authentic elements, talent, and creativity, and integrate them with an improved sense of quality.

Sports Management, which covers a part of the multidisciplinary social sciences, include management, marketing organization, human resources, management of sports and economy. Sports Management courses are critical for all departments of Physical Education and Sport Schools. Department offers theoretical courses for students to give a broad perspective on organizational skills in the field of sport management . Department of Sports Management offers courses for students to develop their theoretical and practical knowledge. Our students have also the possibility of the Minor and Double Major programs. The European Union can take advantage of exchange programs with universities contracted within the framework of the Erasmus Programme.

The department, which started education in 2008 under the name of "Sports Sciences", has been converted into the "Sports Management" Program since the 2010-2011 academic year. The main purpose of the Sports Management Department; Equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills, ready for the competitive environment of the national and international area and willing to bring the candidates to the sports industry.

Gastronomy is an art. It is the art of cooking, of learning how to use kitchen equipments, tableware, how to display food. Culinary cultures differ from country to country and globalization has brought into closer contact people living in different areas, having different customs, different celebrations, different traditional foods. How food preparation has evolved through time, how culinary culture has developed, what kind of menus are prepared during ceremonial occasions, feast, weddings, small or large dinner parties, in restaurant, fast food stands, spa's are topics covered in great details by the Department of Gastronomy.

Our department is part of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of Okan University. The department conducts one programs in Turkish. Learning a foreign language, and being equipped with management and accounting skills is a must. Those wishing to learn more about us can visit the other pages made available on the web. Wishing you all the very best.

Gastronomy is an art. It is the art of cooking, of learning how to use kitchen equipments, tableware, how to display food. Culinary cultures differ from country to country and globalization has brought into closer contact people living in different areas, having different customs, different celebrations, different traditional foods. How food preparation has evolved through time, how culinary culture has developed, what kind of menus are prepared during ceremonial occasions, feast, weddings, small or large dinner parties, in restaurant, fast food stands, spa's are topics covered in great details by the Department of Gastronomy.