Dean's Message

Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine (YUTF) has accepted its first students in the 1996-1997 academic year and became the first Medical Faculty of a Foundation University in Turkey. YUTF is 6 years after the language school period and teaching is in English from its first day. Our faculty had 1209 graduates in 18 terms since 2002. Currently, there are 761 students including the preparatory language classes. 135 full-time and 60 part-time, a total of 163 lecturers and 27 research assistants work in YUTF.

In our faculty, basic medical information is given with an integrated education system in the first 2 years. The 3rd year is the period of admission to the clinic and the diseases of the systems described in the first two years are given in an integrated manner. Our students, who continue and successfully complete their compulsory clinical internship in the fourth and fifth years, are entitled to work as interns in the 6th year and graduate with the title of "Medical Doctor" at the end of this period.

The purpose of our training program is to train physicians who; knows the health problems of Turkey and the world; is equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes sufficient to provide and manage health services in primary care; knows, observes and applies the ethical rules of the profession; is open to up-to-date information at national and international level, thinks systematically; is researching and questioning, constantly renew and develop; can work as a team; uses technology sufficiently in medical science and related fields; has effective communication skills and leader qualifications.

Also, Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine has played a pioneering role by being among the firsts in all accreditation systems in order to ensure that the education program achieves all goals. The Medical Education program to train the physicians of the future, is one of the few Private Faculty of Medicine that has the National Medical Education Accreditation. Since the National Medical Education Accreditation Board is recognized by the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME), our YUTF graduates have the chance to continue their careers in any country in the world. In 2007, YUTF with all its hospitals and units, became the first university hospital in Turkey to receive the Joint Commission International (JCI) with Academic Research Hospital accreditation, which focuses on international patient safety. YUTF has shown that success is not a coincidence by renewing the same success in 2010, 2014 and 2018.

If our successful students meet the necessary conditions, they can be accepted to our MD-PhD integrated doctorate program and graduate from our Faculty of Medicine by obtaining their PhD degree.

The high quality of the medical education given by the leading expert academicians in our clinical environments, equipped with the most advanced technologies and where the most advanced diagnosis and treatment methods applied, is an assurance for the future doctors