International Islamic and Religious Studies Program

Hello friends, my name Safa Kazıbwe I am fromUganda. I am a 4th year student at Istanbul 29 Mayıs University in the International Islamic and religious studies department. I will tell you about our department. The department was established to train academics internationally. For the growth of these scholars it is necessary to have a very dominant universal Arabic language. We have a very good prepatory school for this. When classes begin, we have a program we call the AGP program. We have an environment where we can learn all the languages such as Persian and English. There are more than 25 students in our class. Our professors are very well-equipped teachers. We have very interesting courses available to us. We have the opportunity to communicate with the Professors about the courses. There are many courses I took in college. Sociology of religion, psychology of religion, moral philosophy, Quran and expansion courses such as historic denominations are some of them. In our department, we do not need a lab. But we have a very rich and sophisticated Islamic research center library. We can use this library anytime we need it. I can work as an Academician. I could be a mufti. Whatever I choose I will have the opprotunity to work ther. There are many scholarship opprotunities here at Istanbul 29 Mayis University forInternational students. That is one of the main reasons I chose to come here. I was interested in having these possibilities offered to me because I am an international student. The Dormitory and accommodation facilities are very nice. There are monthly scholarship opportunities. Return tickets are going to be provided to our country. One time I got ill and they really took care of me. It made me feel like I was at home with family. İ know they will take care of me. My Arabic, Turkish and English have improved so much. When it comes to social activities. We have an international club and team. Here everyone can promote their own culture and their own country in a nice way. We have alot of activities like basketball, table tennis, and we have Futbal matches My university helped me to gain confidence in myself. It helped me to learn foreign languages and developed a lot in this regard. The ultimate aim after I graduate from this school is to a graduate student in Islamic law and to complete my PhD. Tell your friends about Istanbul 29 Mayis University. Thisshould be their first choice if they are international students and if they want to grow in a way that will appeal to the whole sphere of religion. Here you will develop Arabic and English. This will give you an advantage in all of your courses.