Çankaya University

Overview

Çankaya University

Çankaya University (Çankaya Üniversitesi in Turkish) is a private research university in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1997 by the Sıtkı Alp Education Foundation. It is among the leading Turkish institutions of higher education, with recognized programs in urban and regional planning, banking and finance, and MBA.

Çankaya University Key Statistics

The university comprises several faculties, institutes, and departments that offer undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate programs. These include the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Law, and Faculty of Architecture. It has two degree-granting institutes, namely, the Institute of Natural Sciences, which offer M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, and the Institute of Social Sciences, which offer Master in Business Administration and Doctor in Business Administration.

Çankaya University's student population is approximately 7,786 and employs around 350 academic staff.

The other Çankaya University key statistics include several affiliated institutions, including the Preparatory School of English, Çankaya Vocational Training School, and the Vocational High School of Justice. It is affiliated with the Caucasus University Association.

Çankaya University Research

The top fields of Çankaya University research are mathematics, fractional calculus, and physics. Its research outputs have been published in prestigious journals like Advances in Difference Equations, Chaos Solitons & Fractals, and Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. Its researchers have attended major scholarly conferences such as ESPI: European conference on Software Process Improvement, SIU: Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference, and ACMSE: ACM Southeast Regional Conference.

The most cited Çankaya University research publication is Atangana and Baleanu’s (2016) “New fractional derivatives with nonlocal and non-singular kernel: Theory and application to heat transfer model.” This article was featured in Thermal Science and has been cited 1,655 times to date.

The university’s second most cited publication is Sun et al.’s (2018) “A new collection of real world applications of fractional calculus in science and engineering,” which appeared in Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation and has received 524 citations.

Moreover, the university’s third most cited publication is Magin et al.’s (2018) “Anomalous diffusion expressed through fractional order differential operators in the Bloch–Torrey equation,” which appeared in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance and has received 401 citations so far.

The other most cited Çankaya University research publications are Abdeljawad’s (2011) “On Riemann and Caputo fractional differences” (Computers & Mathematics With Applications, 397 citations), Wu and Baleanu’s (2014) “Discrete fractional logistic map and its chaos” (Nonlinear Dynamics, 346 citations), and Özdamar and Ertem’s (2015) “Models, solutions and enabling technologies in humanitarian logistics” (European Journal of Operational Research, 336 citations).

The university has several research centers and institutes. These include the Legal Research, Consultation and Implementation Center, Atatürk's Principles and Revolution History Research and Implementation Center, and Alternative Dispute Resolutions Research and Implementation Center.

Its other research units are the Center for Continuing Education, Consultation, and Application, Urban, Regional and Environmental Research and Implementation Center, and the Center for Research and Application in Women's Studies.

To ensure that the output of every notable and applicable research project is utilized, the university has its Technology Transfer Office Research and Implementation Center.