- The department faculty consists of young members with valuable scientific productivity and training skills that have obtained their Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation doctorate degree from well-known universities such as Hacettepe University and İstanbul University. Our faculty members are specialized in Cardiopulmonary, Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Neurological and Rheumatological Rehabilitation and are currently expanding with new academicians who have specialized in other subspecialties of Physiotherapy.
- The training language of the department is Turkish. There is no preparatory English course. However, an English training program and professional/academic courses teaching English that are the equivalent of a preparatory English training course have been included in the 4-year undergraduate program. This makes it possible for our students to graduate from the Istinye University Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department with an academic level of English in 4 years, without attending a preparatory English course.
- Our department's curriculum has been prepared taking the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Undergraduate Training National Core Training Program (FTRÇEP) criteria as its basis and meets all the requirements of a qualified Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Undergraduate Program.
- It will be possible to provide internship opportunities for our students so that they can gain experience in various subspecialties of physiotherapy such as neurological rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, orthopedic rehabilitation, and pediatric rehabilitation, by using every opportunity; primarily the 25-year experience and established system of the Medical Park and Liv Hospital chains located at our university and secondarily contracted institutions providing physiotherapy services in various fields within the context of the department's curriculum. In addition to these, exercise counseling is provided at İstinye University Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Application and Research Center (İSÜFİZYOTEM), which has been in service since January 2022 within our university. This enables our students to gain clinical experience in collaboration with our academicians.
- Six (6) Physiotherapy Practical Application Laboratories within the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department enable practical training for the students. Istinye University has both the qualified academic staff necessary for excellent theoretical training and the laboratories with the latest in technological equipment for practical training and research. These laboratories include the following:
- Therapeutic Exercise and Neurological Rehabilitation Laboratory (T-2B01A)
- Healthy Life Laboratory (T-1B06A)
- Manual Therapy Laboratory (T-1B06B)
- Electrotherapy and Electrophysical Agents Laboratory (T-1B06D)
- Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Laboratory (T-1B06E)
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation Laboratory (T-1B06F)
- Our students will have the opportunity to be participate in research and publish this research if they wish within the context of the Project course in our curriculum.
- The department's students are actively encouraged to participate in the annual Turkish Physiotherapists Association Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Student Congress. The willing students can participate in the congress with their scientific research conducted with an academic advisor's supervision from the first year of school. Our University supports the participation of these students at such meetings.
- The university makes it possible to attend a masters degree with thesis program in the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation field after graduation. We provide scholarships of up to 100% to our students for their masters degree training according to their Success Score Average.
- Our department's capacity is 8 students on a full scholarship, 20 students with a 50 discount, 40 students with a 25% discount, and 12 fully-paying students.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation