Student Clubs

To cultivate entrepreneurial, technically proficient, and team-oriented leaders by transforming the academic knowledge of Istanbul Gelişim University students into socially beneficial projects through innovative technologies.

It is aimed to provide IGU Associate and Undergraduate students with the ability to write scientific research projects, especially BAP Undergraduate and TÜBİTAK Undergraduate projects. By actively organizing activities throughout the academic year, it is aimed to increase the awareness and competence of scientific research projects through interactive, participatory and instructive activities. 

Çeviri alanında çalışmalar ve etkinlikler yaparak kulüp üyeleriyle birlikte hem İngilizce hem de Türkçe dilimizi geliştirmeyi amaçlıyoruz.

The Language, Thought and Literature Club was established to improve knowledge about language, literature, art and culture, to gain and gain different perspectives, to provide practical skills and outputs in this field, and to raise awareness through social responsibility projects. Our main idea is to create our own worlds with our members by stepping into the fascinating journey of literature and art within our culture.

To increase interest in the fields of economics and finance at our university, to encourage the exchange of information among students and to raise awareness of the sector.

The Quality in Development Club, affiliated to YÖK, was established to closely follow the quality studies carried out throughout our country and to convey this to our student friends and to organize studies and activities to ensure that our friends have equal opportunities with other universities throughout the country. Our club aims to classify quality trainings (ISO) according to the departments of our student friends and to reach world standards in their professions.

By analyzing social structures, changes, and human interactions from a scientific perspective, it aims to develop students' critical thinking skills, raise awareness of current social issues through field research and panels, and cultivate individuals who are sensitive to all segments of society and possess an analytical perspective.

The club's primary goal is to enable students to learn about the mythological stories, heroes, and traditions of different cultures.

As the Istanbul Gelisim University Political Science and Public Administration Department Mülki Maarif Community, the general purpose of our club is to contribute to the development of our students' academic achievements, talents and free thinking skills within the framework of the vision of our university, to prepare this environment for them, as well as teamwork, social skills, to come together with people with certain statuses, to consult with them and to carry out studies with them, to give our students the chance to educate themselves in their own clubs on issues that closely concern political and social sciences.

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The Psychology Club at Istanbul Gelişim University should be an inclusive platform that blends academic knowledge with campus culture, contributing to both the professional and personal development of students; in this context, the primary goal is to raise awareness about the subfields of psychology, organize case studies and workshops while upholding ethical values, and combat stigma in society through a scientific framework by increasing mental health literacy.

Management and Technology Club is a student club established within the scope of the #HerKampüseYöntek project at Istanbul Gelisim University in the 2022-2023 semester. As Yöntek Community, we aim to expand our student network by opening in other universities in Istanbul within the scope of the project and to run jointly in many projects hand in hand as Turkish youth.

By analyzing local and global political developments from a scientific perspective, it aims to develop students' strategic thinking, negotiation, and academic research competencies, to create awareness of foreign policy through panels and simulations, and to train its members to become visionary analysts who can shape the global system.

Our goal is to support students’ academic, social, and professional development in the field of books and libraries, and to provide our members with a broader perspective by combining theoretical knowledge with practical projects.

It is aimed to create the investors of the future on the stock market and investment through our club. It is the most active club of our school and it is aimed to try to make both our members and the students of our school economically prosperous.

The aim of our club is to spread the entrepreneurship ecosystem, to raise awareness of students in the electronic commerce sector, to participate in certificate programs that they can add to their CVs, and to expand their perspectives on the world by taking part in current culture and art projects.

To be a pioneering entrepreneurship club that encourages innovative thinking, experimentation, and skill development led by students; aiming to bridge the needs of academia, industry, and society by creating scalable ventures.

To provide students with a comprehensive knowledge of supply chain management processes and to support them to gain experience in this field.

The main goal of the Personal and Development Club is to help individuals understand themselves, recognize their strengths and areas for growth, and guide them in using their potential most effectively by boosting their self-confidence.

The club aims to contribute not only to members' academic success but also to their emotional, social, and mental development. In this regard, it aims to contribute to the development of individuals who are:

Able to set conscious goals,

Have advanced decision-making skills,

Can communicate effectively,

Are responsible,

Have high problem-solving skills,

Are open to continuous learning.

Furthermore, the club aims to foster a lifelong development mindset among its members, cultivating individuals who can adapt to a changing world, renew themselves, and contribute value to society.

The Club focuses on strengthening the bond and interaction between brands, institutions, businesses, and society. It aims to treat each unit as a communication strategy within a systematic relationship context. Club members gain insights that contribute to the brand at the strategy and implementation levels through events organized within this framework. Individuals gain field-specific competencies by living and working closely with the sector, field, strategy, and implementation.

Istanbul Gelişim University Advertising Club should enable students to gain an industry-specific vision in brand management, digital marketing, and content production by combining theoretical communication strategies with creative application processes; and in this regard, it should aim to encourage creative thinking through agency simulations, portfolio workshops, and campaign competitions, thereby preparing students to become strategic communication professionals ready for the rapidly changing dynamics of the advertising world.

The aim of the GastroArt club is to organize events, seminars, excursions, socialize and provide information about the department. The club organizes workshops, trainings given by our chefs and famous chefs within the school, seminars, social aid projects and gastro tours.

GastroZone was founded with the aim of preserving, propagating, and passing on to future generations the local knowledge and cultural memory accumulated by heirloom seeds over generations. In the face of the decline in genetic diversity and the erosion of local production knowledge caused by global agricultural practices, the club advocates that seeds are not merely biological material, but also a cultural heritage and a shared social asset. The club’s primary objective is to ensure ecological resilience, food sovereignty, and cultural continuity through the conservation, propagation, and dissemination of heirloom seeds. To this end, the club conducts simultaneous and integrated initiatives across the pillars of production, education, research, and community sharing.

It was established with the aim of educating our students to store and consume food, which is the most important element for our health, in the right way and to create health awareness with food.

The Coffee Club views coffee not merely as a consumer product, but as a global cultural heritage and a social unifying force.

Aiming to create an academic, cultural, and social platform, the club seeks to provide university students with intellectual knowledge and practical skills across a wide range of fields, from history to economics to art.

It also aims to strengthen students' social support, sharing, and communication skills during their adaptation process to university.

What sets the Coffee Club apart is that coffee creates a common bond for everyone. In this way, the club offers not only activities but also a community structure where human relationships, sharing, and cultural interaction flourish.

The Art & Communication Club should aim to be an interdisciplinary platform where students can transform creative thinking into concrete projects by combining the aesthetic language of art with the strategic power of communication; in this regard, it should aim to develop a unique language of expression using visual arts, digital design, and media tools, organize events that create cultural awareness, and nurture its members to become visionary individuals who can offer creative solutions to the communication needs of the modern world.

The Dance Club should aim to increase social interaction on campus through the universal rhythm of dance, develop students' physical and aesthetic skills through the training it will offer in different disciplines, and cultivate confident, team-oriented individuals through stage performances.

The Digital Media and Communication Club should aim to develop students' digital competencies through its work focused on new generation publishing and strategic content production, to promote the campus's digital voice with academic and ethical values, and to train professional communicators who guide technological transformation.

It is aimed to organize screenings, talks, movie nights and events with a holistic approach to cinema. It is aimed to contribute to the cinematic development of the students who are members of the club by organizing screenings, talks, movie nights and events.

The aim of our club is to do more fun activities, to bring people such as directors, actors, screenwriters to the school to do activities, to go to places such as nature, sea, mountains with students and take photos, and to do more fun things like these.

Developing creative thinking, communicating through visuals and videos, strengthening teamwork and sharing, preparing for the industry, creating social culture and awareness.

Developing members' creative and critical skills, organizing workshops and training sessions, strengthening teamwork, using design as a tool for social responsibility, sustainability, and cultural awareness.

The aim is to equip students with creative thinking and designskills, enhance their professional competencies, and contribute toportfolio development processes.

Guided by our university's institutional identity and the ancient Turkish cultural heritage symbolized by the Hüma bird, our mission is to strengthen the bond between the university and prospective students, conduct the selection and promotion processes with a professional student discipline, formalize these activities with data-driven reports, and cultivate qualified future leaders.

The Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Club aims to address the current gap in landscape and environmental design education by providing students with the opportunity to understand the holistic conception of space. This initiative helps students broaden their professional vision by enabling them to develop a design perspective that extends beyond interior spaces to encompass various scales.

In accordance with school regulations and rules; to create an environment where students can feel happy, free, and valued through stage choreography, hip-hop and rap music performances, visual arts, and creative activities. The main purpose of the club is to increase unity, motivation, and a culture of sharing among students, as well as to organize activities that reduce school stress and energize the student community through these activities.

It aims to bring together students interested in the art of cinema to exchange theoretical and practical knowledge, to contribute to the development of our members' cinema culture, to learn filmmaking processes and to explore different film genres.

The club aims to foster cultural awareness and social consciousness in individuals by encouraging them to recognize, understand, and respect different cultures. It seeks to support the development of its members as individuals who are open to universal values, capable of empathy, able to think critically, and approach differences with tolerance.

In this regard, its main objectives include promoting local and global cultural heritage, increasing the sharing of information about art, literature, history, and traditions, strengthening social awareness through social responsibility projects, and organizing events that will increase intercultural interaction.

Our club’s primary goal is to bring together everyone interested in interior and furniture design to create a dynamic community where they can develop their creativity, exchange ideas, and connect with the industry.

The Fashion Design Club aims to combine textiles and design with an artistic perspective, transforming students' creative talents into technical skills, raising awareness of sustainable fashion, and contributing to the campus's aesthetic vision through original collections.

The aim of our club is to bring together our students who add meaning to their lives with music regardless of religion, language and race, to organize beautiful events and concerts at school, to cooperate with other clubs and to add color to the vision of our school by announcing the opportunities our school provides to students interested in art.

The goal is to bring students' thoughts, concerns, and suggestions to the campus through podcast-based content, aiming to “be a voice from student to student.”

The Design Club, planned to be established within Istanbul Gelişim University

Club, planned to be established at Istanbul Gelişim University, is to develop students' knowledge and skills in graphic design, visual communication, typography, digital design, and interdisciplinary production, to support creative thinking processes, and to strengthen the culture of academic production. The club aims to develop students' artistic and design forms of expression, to provide them with a critical perspective, and to increase their professional awareness.

The primary purpose of the Theater Club, which Bi'Çığlık Theater Group manages, is to ensure the continuity of theater at Istanbul Gelişim University, where it brings theater. While providing basic theatrical trainings to the students of the school, it aims to provide the students with a sense of responsibility and to be a part of the teams in this process and to teach them to manage the teams, while making them love the art of telling human, human, human, humanly and humanly and bringing them together with their lovers.

To contribute to students' professional, academic, and social development; to closely follow current developments in journalism and new media, combining theoretical knowledge with practical applications; to support their active role in media production; to develop their critical thinking skills; and to promote a media culture committed to democratic and ethical values.

The Speech and Language Therapy Club aims to raise awareness of language, communication and speech disorders and to raise awareness of the society, as well as to increase the knowledge and case experience of the students of the department through various trainings and interviews.

As the Occupational Therapy and Social Rehabilitation club, the main aim of our club is to understand the working areas, activities, purpose, client profile and how it works with other professional groups.

As the Nursing Club, our aim is to contribute to the personal knowledge, professional development and progress of the students of Istanbul Gelisim University nursing and health departments, as well as all students who are interested in this field, based on the spirit of “Developing” by taking strength from the name of our university.

It aims to spread awareness of healthy living and proper nutrition throughout the campus based on scientific foundations, to enhance students' knowledge of professional ethics and current dietary approaches, and to contribute to raising healthy generations through social awareness projects.

The aim of our club is to spend fun and quality time with our friends in our faculty by working to raise awareness of oral and dental health in the community.

It aims to raise professional awareness about heart-lung machines and extracorporeal circulation technologies, to enhance students' technical competencies through clinical simulations and case analyses, and to cultivate qualified healthcare professionals by highlighting the critical importance of the perfusionist profession within the healthcare system through scientific events.

Our club is a club that conducts various symposiums, conferences, volunteering and social responsibility projects and practices with the support of our valuable professors in the field of Audiology in order to promote the science of Audiology and our profession, to protect hearing, to ensure healthy communication, to prevent hearing and balance disorders socially, to reveal the problems and priorities and to find solutions to eliminate these problems.

The aim of the health management club is primarily to inform our friends about our department of the same name so that they have an idea. It was established in order to answer questions such as how management in health should be, how it should be realized, who can be a manager.

The Accessible İGÜ Club aims to ensure the full participation of students with disabilities in academic and social life by increasing accessibility across the campus, to foster a culture of empathy through awareness projects, and to carry out solution-oriented activities for an accessible university life.

IGU Young Red Crescent Club aims to promote volunteerism on campus in line with the humanitarian principles of the Turkish Red Crescent, to provide social benefits through blood donation and social responsibility projects, and to create a sensitive youth community that embraces a culture of solidarity.

Aims to build a student community to raise awareness about sustainability among students and encourage them to take actionable steps towards a sustainable future

The Future of Goodness Club aims to promote human rights, justice, humanitarian aid, and social responsibility awareness.

It seeks to raise awareness about the wars, disasters, poverty, and injustices occurring around the world and to encourage students to take an active role based on knowledge, conscience, and volunteerism.

In this regard, the club promotes human values through social projects and aims to develop a culture of awareness and solidarity where goodness prevails globally.

Our club's goal is to spread love for animals, raise awareness about animal rights, and foster an awareness of nature and living creatures among students.

Social service club; It aims to identify disadvantaged groups (individuals, children, women, elderly, disabled people) in society and provide them with various aids. It carries out social activities to reintegrate them into society and tries to raise their standard of living both psychosocially and economically.

And it aims to provide social service awareness to all age groups.

Aims to raise awareness on sustainability and encourage individuals to develop a healthy diet and environmental responsibility

The mission of Istanbul Gelişim University is to instill campus spirit in its students, strengthen the university's identity, establish a strong communication and collaboration network among students, and contribute to students' personal and professional development through social, cultural, and academic activities.

The main purpose of the club is to bring together the students of Istanbul Gelisim University to support our team, take part in social responsibility projects and make university life more enjoyable. We, who are brought together by Galatasaray, are not limited only to Galatasaray, but also announce the name of ultrAslan UNI everywhere with the organizations and social responsibility projects carried out, and we continue to give the message of ‘WE ARE EVERYWHERE’ by going beyond the borders of Turkey every day.

Founded in 2001 based on the principle of “Knowledge from the school, life from Beşiktaş”, University Beşiktaş Fans is a university organization that aims to gather Beşiktaş supporters from higher education institutions in Turkey under one roof. As Gelişim UNIBJK family, we aim to come together with our Beşiktaş friends who are studying at our school, to support our team by going to sports competitions together, to organize social responsibility projects and most importantly to make old friendships.

University Student Young Fenerbahce Club is a student organization that has kept the name of Young Fenerbahce alive on campuses since the day it was founded and aims to keep it alive in the future.

The aim of our club is to represent Trabzonspor with more than a hundred representatives at home and abroad. Through the unifying power of Trabzonspor on campuses, we aimed to ensure the formation of UNIGG by joining forces with the 2018 Gurbetçi Gençler fans. In addition to our tribunal activities, we aim to take part in many more projects with our social responsibility projects.

The E-Sports Club aims to embrace electronic sports as a discipline, foster a competitive gaming culture on campus, develop players' strategic thinking and teamwork skills, and cultivate professional teams to represent the university in national tournaments.

The Entrepreneurial Athletes Club aims to inform our student friends about the latest developments in the sports sector, business contacts, participation in seminars, congresses and panels, career days, organizing sports organizations and creating a sports culture within I.G.U. Since sports is a big industry, it is to follow all the activities and news that will provide professional development with our members and to provide production as a stakeholder.

Our club is a club that organizes various trips, brings travelers together with students and organizes various cultural and entertainment activities in an effort to introduce and get to know many cultures. In Turkey, we continue our camping (excursion) activities to take students away from the stress of the city, to spend time in nature and to have a peaceful life. At the same time, it is among our sole goals to entertain, inform and introduce students to new places and to pioneer friendships that will form on these journeys.

The Archery Club was established to contribute to the physical and mental development of university students, to promote archery as a sport and cultural heritage, and to foster and spread its popularity.

The goal is to introduce and popularize pickleball, a new sport, and to make it an enjoyable sport by contributing to the physical, social, and athletic development of individuals of all ages.

Our club is a club that conducts various symposiums, conferences, volunteering and social responsibility projects and practices with the support of our valuable professors in the field of Audiology in order to promote the science of Audiology and our profession, to protect hearing, to ensure healthy communication, to prevent hearing and balance disorders socially, to reveal the problems and priorities and to find solutions to eliminate these problems.

A comprehensive aviation club that appeals to people from many different fields such as aviation, psychology, and software, and engages in new projects and initiatives. It combines aviation technologies with entrepreneurship, design, sustainability, and artificial intelligence; discusses aviation with human factors, stress management, communication, and innovative culture; and combines AI with the aviation sector to develop innovative and future-oriented projects.

The primary goal of the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Club is to develop students' knowledge, skills, and vision in the fields of artificial intelligence and technology, which play a major role in shaping the future.

Our club brings together students who aim to create, research, and think innovatively, rather than relying solely on theoretical knowledge.

Our goal is to produce projects that make a difference in fields such as engineering, software, data science, and automation, to offer our members opportunities to connect with the industry, and to position our university as a leader in its field.

The Artificial Intelligence and Technology Club aims to help students realize their potential and become individuals who not only follow technology but also develop it.

As Istanbul Gelisim University Anka Club, we aim to bring together the students of our university with professionals in the field through events and panels that we will organize on this path we set out to improve the aviation sector and train competent aviators.

Avionics Club is a club established within the Health, Culture and Sports Department of Istanbul Gelisim University. Our club does not only consist of students in the field of aviation, but also hosts every student of our school. Our aim is to inform about aviation and aviation avionics, to make trips and to endear them through social media.

The Maritime Club wants to show its members not only career days but also how the maritime sector has a wide range of working areas. We aim to show that the maritime sector is not only about ship captaincy, but also how important the port part is and how the sector is divided into very wide sections.

As The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) club, our main goal is to represent our school in competitions such as Teknofest by gathering all engineers under one roof, conducting R&D studies and producing projects. In addition to these, it is to cooperate with IEEE clubs of other universities by taking advantage of the global connections of IEEE and to acquire new networks, to provide seminars and trainings to contribute to the personal development of the members.

The Industrial Engineering Club aims to contribute to the training of industrial engineers ready for the changing and developing business world by organizing technical trips, organizing training programs, organizing conferences with executives and industrial engineers of top companies and interviews with graduates.

The mission of the Istanbul Gelişim University Young Software Developers Club is to enhance students’ knowledge and skills in software development, information technology, and digital transformation; to help them reinforce their theoretical knowledge through hands-on projects; and to develop their innovative thinking skills.

In line with this, the club aims to support members in gaining awareness of current programming languages, technological advancements, and industry innovations; encourage their active participation in project development processes; and strengthen their teamwork, problem-solving, and analytical thinking skills.

The Aircraft Maintenance Club aims to examine the structure, materials and principles of aircraft in general and to carry out activities related to this.

Istanbul Gelisim University Aviation Club was established in 2017, has continued its activities until today and has carried out many activities by touching every field of aviation. We are a club that appeals to all aviation enthusiasts. As aviation volunteers who touch every field of aviation from military aviation to sport aviation and take part in social responsibility projects, we aim to learn more from the aviation world and globalize.

The Aviation and Space Sciences Project Club aims to combine theoretical aviation knowledge with engineering projects to produce practical solutions for UAVs, model satellites, and rocket systems; to represent the university in national and international technical competitions; and to provide students interested in aerospace technologies with professional technical skills.

The G-Force Club aims to bring together students interested in engineering and technology to develop innovative, sustainable, and high-performance projects. The club specifically aims to produce electric and autonomous vehicles capable of competing on national and international platforms such as TEKNOFEST. In this regard, it helps students develop their technical knowledge, teamwork, problem-solving, and project management skills.

To make learning, collaboration and problem solving processes more efficient and fun by using game design and gamification techniques

To enable students to develop projects at a level to compete in large-scale competitions such as Teknofest by blending engineering, science and technology.

The Machine Club aims to develop students' design, manufacturing, and analysis skills by combining the principles of mechanical engineering with practical applications, to produce projects on sustainable energy and robotic systems, and to train its members to become visionary engineers prepared for the technical requirements of the industrial world.

To contribute to the gaming industry with original ideas; to support students in actively participating in game development processes by developing their creativity, software, and design skills.

The aim of the SKYNET Club

is to go beyond equipping students with theoretical knowledge in aviation, space and other technology-oriented sectors and to bring innovative individuals to the sector by combining this knowledge with practical projects and entrepreneurship opportunities.

As Code of Duty Club, our vision is to become a pioneering student community in the field of Management Information Systems, to produce innovative ideas and to contribute to the world of technology and management. Our mission is to bring students together and provide an environment where they can share information, organize projects and events to develop the skills needed in our field, and help individuals interested in technology to develop themselves. Our aim is to enable students to put their theoretical knowledge into practice, to make a difference with projects in the field of software, management and technology, to create a strong community by encouraging teamwork and to develop together based on teaching while learning. This club aims to build a strong solidarity network while supporting individual development.

Our club's primary goal is to contribute to the development of students' technical and creative skills by bringing together artificial intelligence technologies that shape the future with different disciplines such as design, art, engineering, and architecture.

The club aims to instill in its members the idea that artificial intelligence is not just a tool, but also a way of thinking. It seeks to develop innovative visions through training, collaborative projects with emerging industries, panels, and workshops.

Building a community that embraces cultural diversity and strengthens international cooperation.

It aims to facilitate campus integration processes by bringing together students from different cultures on a common platform, to foster a global vision through cultural exchange activities, and to enrich the university's multicultural structure by strengthening solidarity among international students.

By analyzing global political developments and foreign policy strategies, it aims to develop students' negotiation, public speaking, and analytical thinking skills, teach diplomatic protocol rules, and prepare its members to become competent, visionary global citizens in the field of international relations.

The International Student Union Club, established within Istanbul Gelişim University, aims to create a common platform to represent and support international student communities. The club seeks to establish a strong communication network between international student unions and the university to ensure that students’ needs and requests are heard.

The Mindset Club was created to embrace diversity at the university to create equal opportunities for everyone in all departments.

Through United Nations simulations, it aims to develop students' skills in diplomacy, public speaking, and advanced English, to equip them with the ability to produce solutions to global issues through negotiation, and to build an academic network by representing the university at international conferences.