Frequently Asked Questions

Yeditepe University History Department started to offer undergraduate education in the 1996-1997 Academic Year and started to offer graduate education in the 2003-2004 Academic Year. At the end of the four-year undergraduate programme, our students gain knowledge of various periods and cultures in history and gain research methods skills. To watch our department introduction by our Head of Department Prof. Dr Ahmet Taşağıl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuCTsZy4dGw

Our department was accredited for the first time in 2015 by the Commission for Evaluation and Accreditation of Curricula of the Faculties of Science, Literature, Science-Literature, Language and History-Geography "FEDEK" and has been accredited once again in 2023.

History is a discipline that analyzes the events of the past within the framework of place, time, cause and effect. Department of History is an academic field where history is taught in 4-year undergraduate programmes of universities. Departments of History can be under the Faculties of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Letters, Faculty of Literature, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences or Faculty of Humanities. The Department of History at Yeditepe University belongs to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Students who prefer to study in the Department of History are students who are curious about history and like to do research and learn something in this field. In this context, students not only enjoy the courses they take but also attend the courses passionately. High school students who intend to choose to study at the Department of History should keep their social-oriented courses strong in this period and make a preference with their verbal score at the end of their university entrance exams.

The Department of History at Yeditepe University has set a goal for itself to be based on contemporary principles on the scale of human history. The first of these is to provide an international level in history education. In addition, it aims to present the data obtained by conducting research on the neglected subjects of Turkish History to the service of both our country and the world. The Department of History at Yeditepe University tries to teach its students how the future should be shaped by looking at what happened in the past. Students of the Department of History are not only confronted with theoretical knowledge of history in the courses they take: With field trips to historical sites, historical knowledge is reinforced on-site. With field trips to historical sites, historical knowledge is reinforced on-site and the student's knowledge is strengthened in this context by seeing historical artefacts. History can only develop by reading to a great extent. In addition, visual material is presented to students in all courses and visual environments are prepared. The fact that the courses are taught in the light of visual documents increases retention. In addition, Department of History students have the opportunity to meet people who have an important place in the science of history who come to our university as guest speakers from Turkey and abroad and to benefit from their knowledge. 

When the history department ranking list of universities in Turkey is examined, it is seen that Yeditepe University has a considerable place in this sense. The Department of History at Yeditepe University offers very important knowledge to its students and prepares them for their future studies. It prepares the ground for them to produce science as a well-trained and well-equipped individual.

As a result of the four-year undergraduate programme, our students gain knowledge of various periods and cultures in history and acquire research methods skills. Our students have the opportunity to study in modern equipped classrooms with no more than 10-15 students. They have the opportunity to fully benefit from this education by meeting face-to-face with the lecturers at least twice a week during the specified meetings. Students can also benefit from different disciplines by taking elective courses from other fields in addition to the related courses according to the fields they want to specialise in. Successful students also have the opportunity to take minor or double major education in various fields during their education period. Click here for information about the courses of the Department of History: https://fenedebiyat.yeditepe.edu.tr/tr/tarih/dersler 

Furthermore, “The History Society,” founded by the students of the Department of History, provides an environment of discussion and reflection for students interested in history. The History Society is a student club where students organise various activities such as cultural trips, meetings and film screenings.

Erasmus: Yeditepe University Department of History implements student exchange programme activities perfectly with the agreements made with distinguished universities of Europe. In this context, there are students coming from abroad as well as department students sent abroad. Students who meet the necessary prerequisites are evaluated upon their application and if deemed appropriate by the board, they receive education in contracted universities for one or two semesters. Efforts are underway to increase departmental activities for Erasmus.

The universities with which our department has Erasmus agreements are as follows:

• Georg-August-Universitat Göttingen - Germany 
• University of Oulu - Finland 
• University of Szeged - Hungary 
• University of Bialystok - Poland 
• Democritus University - Greece 
• Maastricht University - Netherlands 
• Wyzsza Szkola Nauk University - Poland 
• Erasmus University Rotterdam - Netherlands 
• University of Cologne - Germany 
• Balkan Studies and Technology Centre - Bulgaria 
• Birkbeck College, University of London - UK 
• Sofia University - Bulgaria
• Leopold Franzens Universitat - Austria 
• Pavol Jozef Safarik University - Slovakia 
• Wroclawski University - Poland 
• Ionian University - Greece
• Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Spain 
• University of Peloponnese - Greece 
• Philipps Universitat Marburg - Germany 
• Ioannina Universitai - Greece

Double Major and Minor: The Department of History students can benefit from double major and minor opportunities. In this context, students of our department;

• Department of Anthropology,
• Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies,
• Department of Philosophy,
• Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts,
• Department of Journalism,
• Department of Visual Communication and Design,
• Department of Public Relations and Publicity,
• Law Department (Unilateral),
• Department of Public Administration,
• Department of Mathematics,
• Department of Psychology,
• Department of Radio, Television and Cinema,
• Department of Guidance and Psychological Counselling,
• Department of Advertising Design and Communication,
• Department of Arts and Culture Management,
• Department of Political Science and International Relations (English),
• Department of Sociology,
• Department of Turkish Language and Literature, 

can participate in double major and minor programmes with the above-mentioned departments. Students who complete the programmes successfully are entitled to receive a second bachelor's degree with a double major and a certificate with a minor. For more detailed information about double major and minor programme requirements, please click here.

Graduates of the Department of History at Yeditepe University can work in a wide range of different sectors as individuals who have the broadest background in the field of human sciences, equipped with various languages, as researchers and inquisitive individuals. The job opportunities of the graduates of this department are related to their career goals and success. Graduates can find jobs in the following fields:

• After undergraduate education, they can continue their academic careers with master's and doctorate degrees and work as academics in universities.
• There are counsellor guide positions in museums. They can work as a counsellor by taking part in these positions.
• They can take formation by taking advantage of the Pedagogical Formation Certificate Programme of universities and work as history teachers in the public and private sectors.
• They can work as archaeologists.
• They can work as a tourist guide on tourist trips.
• They can become civil servants. (In fact, with the amendment made in the law, graduates of the Departments of History can take the district governorship exam and become district governors). 
• They can work in military institutions.

Please click here for detailed information about the careers of our graduates.