Eyüboglu Schools

Eyüboglu Educational Institution is a group of private, co-educational schools founded by Dr Rüstem Eyüboglu in 1985. EEI, which is comprised of two Elementary sections, a Secondary, and a Science Secondary section, offers a bilingual education to students aged 5-18. School policy is determined by a board of executive administrators, working within framework regulations and curriculum requirements set by the Turkish Ministry of Education. The Middle School is authorized to offer the IBMYP in grades 6 -10. In the Secondary section, in addition to the Turkish curriculum, is the option of doing the International Baccalaureate Program. Furthermore, the IBPYP is being implemented in Grades K-5; work is in progress towards seeking authorization from the IBO for this program. There is a strong ESL program in all sections of Eyüboglu, leading students to, in addition to IB qualifications, UCLES and TOEFL English proficiency examinations. Starting from Grade 7, German, French, Spanish and Italian are taught as a second foreign language. Elective subjects offer more intensive and specialized study in the fields of social sciences, sciences, arts, music, computer and astronomy. Academic courses are supplemented by a wide variety of extra-curricular activities in art, music, humanities and drama. Besides traditional sports, activities, archery, horse riding, fencing, swimming, bocce, folk dancing, and modern dancing are also offered.

Faculty members at Eyüboglu are all qualified university graduates; 29% of the subject teachers hold postgraduate degrees. Teachers have all average of ten years of teaching experience. The average tenure at the school is seven years.

Thc school campus at Eyüboglu, which covers an area of 33,000m², is situated on the Asian side of Istanbul. Facilities on the campus include an Arts and Sports Complex with a swimming pool, various art studios and sports areas for handball, volleyball, athletics, basketball, archery, ballet and folk-dancing, a theatre hall seating 480, a small theatre seating 100, a full sized gymnasium, four smaller multi-purpose PE halls, activity room, four art and ceramics studios, two libraries with 35,000 volumes, tennis, basketball and handball courts, a bocce field, and a general playing field. There are four computer laboratories; all 420 computers on the campus have 24 hour Internet and BBS access, There are eleven science laboratories. The two observatories equipped with powerful telescopes enable the school and wider community to make astronomical observations.

Adimssion to Eyüboglu is offered on the basis of a school-administered examination for the Elementary section and according to Turkish Ministry of Education regulations for the Secondary sections. Limited financial aid is available through the school’s scholarship fund.