page_title: Istanbul University
section_title: Campus
hierarchical_section_title: Istanbul University / Campus
caption_attribution_description: Interior view of the main building of Istanbul University.
context_page_description: Istanbul University is a prominent Turkish university located in Istanbul. The main campus is adjacent to Beyazıt Square in Fatih, the capital district of the province, on the European side of the city. Some pre-1923/1930 western sources refer to it as the University of Constantinople, after the previous name of the city.
  Istanbul University is associated with 2 Nobel laureates, Aziz Sancar and Orhan Pamuk.
context_section_description: The university has seventeen faculties on five campuses; the main campus being on Beyazıt Square, which was originally built by Constantine the Great as the Forum Tauri and was later enlarged by Theodosius the Great as the Forum of Theodosius during the Roman period.
  The main campus building with its landmark gate was previously used as the headquarters of the Harbiye Nezareti (Ministry of War) by the Ottoman government. Located on the grounds is the Beyazıt Tower, an 85 m (279 ft) tall fire-watch tower. The grounds were previously the location of the Ottoman era Eski Saray (Old Palace). Some Roman and Byzantine ruins are still visible on the grounds.
  The university has a teaching staff of 2,000 professors and associates and 4,000 assistants and younger staff. More than 60,000 undergraduate and 8,000 postgraduate students follow the courses offered by Istanbul University every year.
  The main gate was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 500 lira banknotes of 1971–1984.
caption: Interior of the main building
exif: {}