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BILKENT UNIVERSITY ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN
HIGHER EDUCATION? Ayhan Altintas Chair,
Department of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering Bilkent University, Ankara,
Turkey altintas_at_bilkent.edu.tr
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OUTLINE

• Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Students
• Faculty
• Facilites
• Accreditation

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ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

• 27 Faculty Members
• 150 Graduate students (all with scholarships, 60
  PhD)
• 650 Undergraduate students (about 200 with
  scholarships)
• About 90 ISI journal papers per year
• About 250 ISI citations per faculty member
• 4 IEEE Fellows
• Many National Awards
• Current External funding about 60 Million USD
• Funding sources
• Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council
  (Tubitak)
• European Union (FP7)
• Local Industry
• State Institutions

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STUDENTS

• In Turkey, undergraduate University entrance is
  centralized and
• governed by OSYM (Student Selection and
  Placement Center)
• Almost 2 million students take the exam annually
• 94 State Universities
• 45 Foundation (Private) Universities
• Bilkent is a foundation university (regular
  tuition is about 10 000 USD)
• How do we attract top students? (Scholarship
  high quality education)
• Good students attract other good students
• Grad students scholarship on-campus
  accomodation high quality degrees
• To graduate with a PhD, should have at least one
  ISI (Institute of Scientific Information) Journal
  publication.
• Award given for each paper published by the
  univeristy and by Tubitak (Turkish Scientific and
  Technical Research Council).

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FACULTY ANNUAL REVIEW

• Annual Review
• contributions in international research/scholarshi
  p/art
• contributions in teaching,
• contributions in service to the University,
• contributions to University resources in the form
  of grants from external sources.
• Annual Faculty Survey Forms
• Evaluations by Department Chair and Dean/Director
• Academic Evaluation Committee
• Provost
• Associate Provost
• Dean/Director

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RESEARCH/SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

• Evidence of recent work in the previous year
• Bilkent affiliated publications
• books
• articles in refereed journals
• chapters in books
• book reviews
• acknowledgment/use of the work by others
  citations by others to any of the faculty
  member's publications

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TEACHING/SERVICE PERFORMANCE

• Teaching and Service Points given by Chairs and
  Dean/Directors
• Academic Evaluation Committee evaluates with the
  Chair
• Student course evaluations
• Course syllabus
• Service Points given by Chairs and Dean/Directors

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OVERALL ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

• Base Salary Levels
• Professor - levels P1 through P5
• Associate Professor - levels D1 through D5
• Assistant Professor - levels Y1 through Y5
• Promotion from one level to another is not
  automatic, based on academic/scholarly/creative
  performance

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SPONSORED RESEARCH

• Knowledge and approval of the university
• Project/activity parallel to Universitys mission
  and objectives
• Sponsored research comiittee
• Provost approval
• Formation of centers around focus areas
  (Nanotechnology, Medical Imaging, Computational
  Electromagnetics, Spectrum Management, Space
  Technologies, etc)
• Tubitak Funding for reasearch and development has
  increased 30 times since 2000.

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PROMOTION FROM ONE RANK TO ANOTHER

• Candidate fills out
• Standard information form
• CV
• Courses taught
• Publications
• Citations
• Theses directed
• Projets conducted
• Awards
• Patents
• External grants
• Professional activities
• Academic and administrative activities
• Referee Information Form

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PROMOTION FROM ONE RANK TO ANOTHER

• Department Chairs Level
• Pre-Evaluation Committee
• the applicants standing in relation to the
  minimum standards of the department
• research and/or artistic work
• teaching experience and performance
• academic, administrative and professional
  services
• Chairs own report
• Names of Three Referees

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PROMOTION FROM ONE RANK TO ANOTHER

• At the Deans Level
• copies of letters sent to the referees
• evaluations of the referees (as confidential
  communication)
• the Dean's report

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AT THE PROVOST AND RECTOR LEVEL

• The Promotion and Appointment Committee, headed
  by the Provost, evaluates the application folder
  that has been forwarded by the Dean, hears the
  opinions of the Dean, and presents the result of
  the voting to the Rector within one month.

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MERIT SALARY BASED ON RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

• Evidence of recent work Bilkent affiliated
  publications (in the preceding 5 years or
  accepted for publication, in leading
  international outlets)
• books
• articles in refereed journals
• chapters in books
• book reviews
• acknowledgment/use of the work by others
  citations by others to any of the faculty
  member's publications in the preceding 5 years
• The individual weight of the publications or
  citations is determined by such factors as
• Impact factor and half-life of the journal as
  determined by the Institute of Scientific
  Information (ISI).
• Relative position of the journal in the journal
  rankings of that particular area(s).
• The ISI/non-ISI status of the journal.
• Area normalization factor Since different
  disciplines have different publication rates, a
  normalization factor is used. The statistics
  published by National Academy of Sciences (of the
  USA) are used for this purpose.
• Number of authors in the publication.
• Full paper/letter status of the paper.

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FACILITIES

• Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Facilities
  are paid for by the university
• Research Facilities are developed and built by
  external funding
• Faculty members and graduate students can receive
  addtitional income from external projects
  according to the rules of the Sponsored Research
  Committee.

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PROGRAM ACCREDITATION

• Engineering School
• ABET Reviews (Substantial Equivalency)
• Industrial Engineering 1995, 2001
• Electrical Engineering 1997, 2003
• Computer Engineering 2006
• Full ABET Accreditation review
• Industrial Engineering 2007
• Industrial, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  2011
• Total ABET Reviews in Turkey
• 44 Programs in 4 Universities
• MÜDEK (Turkish Engineering Accreditation
  Association)Future accreditations will be done by
  MÜDEK (2003)
• 14 Higher Edecation Institutions
• 115 Programs
• 76 Accredited
• 2009-2010 Cycle, 52 Programs in 9 Institutions
  will be visited.

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QUESTIONS

• Thank you!
• altintas_at_bilkent.edu.tr