3. ESN AT A GLANCE
Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is a non-profit international
student organisation. Our mission is to represent international
students, thus provide opportunities for cultural understanding
and self-development under the principle of Students Helping
Students.
We are 12.000 members from 302 local sections in 32
countries working on a volunteer base in Higher Education
Institutions. We are offering services to 150.000 students.
Bilkent.
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4. Who Are We?
We are volunteer students who
operate the Bilkent branch of ESN
We organise activities for the
exchange student community
Some of the things we organise are:
Orientation
Trips
Themed Parties
Movie Nights
Intramural sports
6. Academics
The average credit load for a Bilkent student is 18-20
units. 1 credit roughly corresponds to one hour of class.
More hours and lab time await engineers.
Attendance is mandatory, classes are in English
We don’t recommend an early leave but if you decide to
do so let your professors know as early as possible
Stay in touch with your academic advisor in your home
university to make sure your classes count
Pick your professors not classes
Ask us!
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7. Dorms And Facilities
You are NOT allowed to drink on campus or the dorms
There is a curfew at the dorms but it doesn’t apply to
international students
The gendarme (military police) patrols the campus
The health center, gym and the campus shuttle
service are free, hospitals and city buses are not
PE classes taken for credit are free, others have an
additional cost
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8. Transportation
Buses, dolmuş & subway
Paid buses, buses with card, subway
“Dolmuş” is 1,7 TL for most routes
Taxi: starts with 2TL
Campus buses: TM & SM / TD & SD / TDM
14. Student Life
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There are plenty of student
clubs but their language of choice
is Turkish
ESN and MUN are the only two
student clubs that have English
as their default language
We have a school newspaper
in English for which you can work
as a columnist or reporter
