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Izmir University of Economics (IUE) is getting ready to host youth who wants to promote their designs in the international arena. Pre-registrations for IUE Department of Fashion and Textile Design, which admits students through an aptitude test, started already. The deadline for pre-registrations is August 1.

Working moms will no longer worry about how their babies are fed. Başak Yunatcı, Graduate of IUE Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Industrial Design, designed “Sentiva – Breast Milk Warmer” for moms who pump breast milk because they cannot breast feed their babies during work hours and keep it in the freezer. Yunatcı is waiting for investors to start mass production. 

IUE software developers reached a turnover of 1Million TL by bringing the investors and youth with ideas together with the web project they developed. Graduates of IUE Development of Software Engineering provide software and design services to many companies in Germany, Italy, and Spain along with Izmir with their company named Atölye 15.  And, their growth target is Europe rather than Istanbul.

It has been reported that Turkey, among other European countries, is a country where youth is most satisfied with how they look. The European Union Project titled “EDGE: Education and Gender” studied the youth’s perception of their bodies in 6 European countries. According to the study, Turkish youth is 45% satisfied with their looks, followed by Austrian youth with 40.4 %, and Polish youth by 34.5 %. Hungarians have 33.3 % and Germans have 26 %. The country who is least happy with their looks is Norway with 15.7 %. 

Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Department of Computer Engineering have been accredited for 5 years. The accreditation certificate issued by Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs (MUDEK), which is recognized as a national quality reassurance institution by the Turkish Higher Education Council (YOK), certified the quality of IUE Department of Computer Engineering.

The students of the two shores learn about each other’s cultures by shooting documentaries. Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Cinema and Digital Media, and Aegean University (Lesbos – Greece) Department of Cultural Technology and Communication came together at a documentary summer school where living cultural components of Izmir and Lesbos become subject to short documentaries. 14 students, who studied documentary techniques at IUE Faculty of Communication and produced 4 short documentaries in Izmir are chasing after cultural textures today in the streets of Lesbos Island.

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) ranked in 1^st place in language, communication, and culture based on the “2014 Report of Turkish Universities in World Rankings in terms of General and Field Specific Status” conducted by URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance) Research Lab of Middle East Technical University Informatics Institute. Izmir University of Economics ranked among the first 500 universities worldwide where only 23 universities from Turkey were able to make it. IUE, one of the two foundation universities that made it in the world ranking, moved up to 6^th place in studies in creative arts and writing, and history and archaeology.  

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Economics ranked among the first 10 universities in Turkey in research in Economics, and achieved phenomenal success. According to the ranking by RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Organization, publications of 609 academicians and economists were included, and IUE Department of Economics ranked in the 7th place with 196 publications and 107 academic studies.

Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE), who ranked in first place at "Inter University Investment League Portfolio Competition" held by İş Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. (IS Investment), were presented their awards by Erdal Aral, ‎CEO of IS Investment, in Istanbul.  Students of IUE Department of International Trade and Finance, Ceyhun Cihat Yıldırım, Melih Kabadayı, Eren Beksal Bektaş, and Çağın Demirağ left behind 20 groups from 6 universities and became champions. The students were awarded their championship cup and plaques at the ceremony held at IS Investment Yeniköy branch.

Scientist from 26 countries worldwide are working to conduct search and rescue efforts based on the position of the individuals. Only one scientist from Turkey participates in the research where scientists from different fields such as computer sciences, geography, and mapping take place. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Akcan, Lecturer at IUE Department of Software Engineering, participates in the project which aims to identify the location of the victims and communicate the map information to the search and rescue teams in the event of disasters.