Istanbul Kültür University Architecture Program is proud to be the first Foundation University  Architecture Program among the architecture programs of foundation universities still providing education in Turkey, to be granted Accreditation.

Accreditation is a quality assurance system that ensures that the quality of the educational program is carried out in accordance with the accepted standards. In today's world of many countries in the world establishing separate quality assurance standards in line with their own education system, the assurance of quality in education is the accreditation given by national or international independent quality assessment agencies, in other words by accreditation boards.  Architectural Education Accreditation Association Architectural Accreditation Board (MIAK-MAK), the only institution with the authority to accredit  architectural education programs in Turkey, also assesses and accredits architectural education institutions in line with global criteria.

Istanbul Kültür University Architecture Program, having been one of the two architecture departments to apply to the Architecture Accreditation Board (MIAK-MAK), first received a 3-year accreditation in 2010.  Then, for the time period spanning the years 2014-2020, the 6-Year Accreditation with Specialized Evaluation per Year was granted with the decision of the board bearing the date 16.02.2018  thanks to the positive result of the specialized evaluation made on the 2017 Annual Report, granting “6-Year Accreditation”. IKU Department of Architecture has established itself as a powerful educational institution providing Architectural education with being granted the six-year accreditation which is granted only to the most successful institutions. Finally, with the decision of MİAK-MAK dated 20.02.2023, Architecture (Turkish) Undergraduate Program was granted "Conditional 6-Year Accreditation". 

Necessary initiatives have been taken to implement this successful process of accreditation of the Architecture Turkish program for the English program which bears the same faculty members and the curriculum.  The conditions necessary to apply for accreditation namely that the program is to have had a background of providing education uninterrupted for 6 years, and that at least 60 students is to have been graduated from it, have been fulfilled as of the end of the 2017-2018 academic year. With that, the application process for accreditation started off with submitting a letter of intent to MİAK at the beginning of 2019.  The process has been completed, and the Architecture English program has been granted a 3-year accreditation with the decision of the Architecture Accreditation Board (MIAK-MAK) bearing the date 22.02.2023.

With that, Istanbul Kültür University Architecture Department has reinforced it’s present high reputation in the international stage with its national accreditation.  The international academic recognition of the faculty members,  highly regarded scientific publications put out and extensive educational experience have played significant roles in this success.  Having a robust faculty, whose members have been trained with different backgrounds, who have the self-assurance of being a part of an institution that has come a long way in national and international accreditation, and with its goal of a student-centred education within the framework of a constitution in line with the requirements of up to date education, makes IKU Architecture Department an important academic centre of high interest in the field of Architectural education.

One of the main goals of the Department of Architecture is to carry the quality of education of IKU Architecture (Turkish) and Architecture (English) undergraduate programs from the national stage through to the international stage.  Both programs have the background and the faculty that is equipped to be granted Accreditation. Given that IKU Architecture Turkish and English programs have already been granted national accreditation, initiatives have been taken to be considered for Accreditation at the international level.