The first graduation at BAU

We are proud of the first group of graduates from our Interior Design and Business Administration programs.

The BAU Global Chairman of the Board Enver Yücel, the Rector of the Bahcesehir University Istanbul Dr. Şenay Yalçın, the President of the BAU International University Washington D.C., the Federal State Education Supervisor Steffen Krach, the President of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center Jutta Allmendinger as well as over 50 friends and family members of our graduates were all present at the ceremony.

“We need this university in Berlin to support the intercultural dialogue, the economic co-operations, as well as the Turkish-German relations," said Enver Yücel and announced further cooperations with universities around the world. “It is very important that students from 43 countries are formed here and became important members of BAU. This is a development that makes us happy. We must support young people, they will be examples for the whole world by strengthening ties that we have established in the economy, in science and in art."

Our Business Administration Graduates:

• Melisa Aslan - BA Thesis: Innovative marketing strategies for the hotel industry
• Antonja Darakci - BA Thesis: How to create a successful luxury brand image through digital marketing?
• Valentin Olisejindu Degen - BA Thesis: The economy of social media
• Furkan Gafar - BA Thesis: How to overcome the weaknesses in the journey of the customer in a retail outlet with the help of digitalization?
• Ali Tolga Yilmaz - BA Thesis: Digital marketing as a communication tool: How did digital marketing change the way of communication in B2C?

Best Student of the Year 2016/17 in Business Administration is Georgia Mae Humphries

Our Design Graduates:

• Aylin Tamer - BA Thesis: Take over. Temporary dwelling structures for emergency situations
• Lazia Serdar Othman - BA Thesis: Victotia’s secret meets Berlin: Retail and context
• Zuhal Kilicaslan - BA Thesis: Creating multi-functional retail spaces with flexible furniture
• Amara Courtney  Goodwin - BA Thesis: Model of Modernity. The Frankfurt Kitchen and domestic reform (Best Bachelor Thesis 2017)

Best Students of the Year 2016/17 in Design are Mirjam Faber and Lisa Herkendell

Here you can read the opening speech of our President Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Hans-Dieter Klingemann.

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