Students not affiliated with Binghamton are welcome on the program. Built on hills overlooking the Bosphorus and Golden Horn waterways, it is a city of vast panoramas. With a population of nearly 10 million, the city manifests the political, economic, religious and social conditions growing out of massive rural migration from other parts of Turkey and the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Turkophone Central Asia. Travellers make their way with ease in Istanbul. In areas accustomed to the lively tourist industry, enough English is spoken for one to be understood.
Public transportation is easy to use and inexpensive.
Turkish culture has a highly developed ethos of hospitality and attentiveness to the well-being of the community. Students will encounter a welcoming and helpful environment. They can put students in contact with Bosphorus University students or alumni on the Binghamton campus. In 1971 it became part of the national university system. The University has retained the original facilities and its liberal arts college character in undergraduate education.