Campus and city
Koç's main campus sits at Rumelifeneri in the Sarıyer district at the northern tip of Istanbul, a modern, purpose-built complex (around 60 buildings) overlooking the Bosphorus and Black Sea, with extensive on-campus housing that gives it a genuinely residential, English-speaking community feel uncommon in Turkey. The selective ~7,000-student body (about 10% international, faculty ~12% international) and 250+ partner universities create an internationally minded environment. The trade-off is location: the campus is some distance from central Istanbul, so daily life is campus-centred with shuttle/commute time into the city. Beyond it lies Istanbul itself — one of the world's great historic and cultural cities — while Turkey's economic and political climate forms a real backdrop to student life.