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Izmir University of Economics will be offering both the classical education and the advantages of technology via a digital education platform. Students will be able to take course notes, share their assignments in a digital environment in addition to the traditional course structure when the new registration period begins on September 1.  Students and lecturers will have access to academic information on digital campus without time and location limitation.

Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, announced that the Cabinet Decree regarding the establishment of IUE Faculty of Medicine was published on the Official Gazette dated August 26, 2014. Demirtaş said, "We asked for help from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during his visit to Izmir. Soon after, it got approved by the Cabinet. We would like to express our gratitude to the Prime Minister. Our Faculty of Medicine will start enrolling students next year. Our target is to train doctors who will be serving humanity and to make our city become the capital of health tourism.” 

It has been indicated that logistics sector in Turkey was the second sector with the most potential after tourism sector, and that the market would reach between $120-150 billion in 2015. It has been reported that the logistics sector, which is also the main theme of 83^rd Izmir International Fair,   has made a significant progress in Turkey in the last 10 years.

Turkish and Japanese students designed electric bicycles for Izmir. Izmir University of Economics (IUE) and Shizuoka University of Art and Culture (SUAC) Department of Industrial Design students designed electric bicycles for different uses by tourists, stallholders, garbage collectors, and university students. Students of IUE, whose travel to Japan funded by Izmir Chamber of Commerce Education and Health Foundation, were offered to perform their internships at Suzuki in the coming semesters.  

Physical therapy will become less of a burden and be more fun with computer games. Rehabilitation exercises became more motivating for patients in the computer game developed by Asst. Prof. Dr. Gazihan Alankuş, Lecturer at IUE Department of Computer Engineering. Patients earn points as they do their exercises. 

Students will get ready for exams via sorubankam.net website. Thanks to students of Izmir University of Economics, people preparing for exams will be able to do this anytime, anywhere they like with the help of online education site.   

Bicycles will become part of house decorations and be safe at the same time. With more and more people using bikes nationwide, thefts started to increase which motivated designers to come up with smart solutions. Can Geren, graduate of Izmir University of Economics (IUE), Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Industrial Design, designed a bike hanging rack called ‘Woody’ for indoors. Bicycles will no longer be left in front of buildings or in balconies, and will be protected against burglars.

Education regarding health institutions management is being reshaped at Izmir University of Economics. IUE Graduate School of Social Sciences Health Institutions Management Graduate Program, which will be admitting its first students, will also help students from different disciplines to get a new career. The informative meeting will take place on August 19, and the deadline for applications is August 29.

Zeynep Mayruk, Graduate of IUE Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Fashion and Textile Design, is shaping the fashion with the beach apparel she designs. Mayruk sells her lacy designs at the store within Alaçatı Before Sunset Beach Club and adds new dimension to the competition of elegance on the beaches.