Since 2012, the School of Foreign Languages, established to provide foreign language preparatory classes and compulsory common foreign language courses for students enrolled in associate, undergraduate, and postgraduate programs at Istanbul Medeniyet University, operated under the Departments of Basic English and Modern Languages until 2018. In 2018, pursuant to a decision by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) to merge all departments operating under schools of foreign languages into a single “Department of Foreign Languages,” the Basic English and Modern Languages departments were brought together under the Department of Foreign Languages.
As of the 2025–2026 academic year, our School of Foreign Languages serves at the Tuzla-Orhanlı Campus with a total of 43 instructors—32 in English, 2 in Spanish, 4 in Arabic, 2 in German, and 2 in French. Within our department, the Curriculum and Materials Development, Testing and Assessment, Professional Development, Special Courses, Distance Education, Common Foreign Language Courses, and Erasmus Coordination units work diligently to ensure that the foreign language education provided by our school is delivered at a high quality, in a healthy and well-organized manner.
Our school aims, in the compulsory foreign language preparatory program required for students enrolled in programs where the medium of instruction is partially or entirely in a foreign language—and optionally offered to students enrolled in programs taught entirely in Turkish—to develop students’ reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills so that they can follow courses in the language required by their programs, conduct research in their fields, and use the foreign language effectively in both their professional and social lives.
In addition, in order to provide our associate and undergraduate students with the foreign language skills they will need in their programs and professional lives after graduation, the School of Foreign Languages is responsible for planning and delivering, in addition to compulsory, elective, and professional English courses, courses in Spanish, German, and French.
We believe that our dear students will make the most of the foreign language education provided at our school, and we wish everyone a successful and healthy academic year.