Alliance of Business Schools offering this program. Research Koç University is one of the leading research universities in Turkey and the region. The university strives to be a global center of research and aims to influence intellectual, technological, economic and social developments on a global scale. Koç University has been the top recipient of TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) research awards. Koç University is also the most successful higher education institution in Turkey in bids for ERC grants, coordinating 8 of the 15 active projects in Turkey as of March 2018. In addition, Koç University is the best performing institution (including industry organizations) in Turkey after TÜBİTAK in the European Commission's Horizon 2020 funding scheme. The university is currently hosting 10.2 million Euros worth of Horizon 2020 projects. Between 2004 and 2017 the university was awarded a total of 761 externally funded projects valued at 320 million TL (US$86 million). The university has 132 research laboratories, 20 research centers, and 5 research and education forums. People Presidents Seha Tiniç (1993–2001) Attila Aşkar (2001–2009) Umran Inan (2009–present) Notable professors İrşadi Aksun Tekin Dereli Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı K. Aslihan Yener Ziya Onis Amir Hetsroni Sports Students of Koç University founded the American football team Koç Rams, also known as the Istanbul Rams which will play in the European League of Football in the 2022 season. Campus History Koç University's central campus at Rumelifeneri is located north of Istanbul, overlooking the Bosphorus and the Black Sea. The campus has 60 buildings, covering 230,000 square meters of built area. The university first began operations in 1993 in converted factory buildings in Istinye, Sariyer. After the university moved to its new home at Rumelifeneri, the Istinye campus was remodelled to serve as a high-end conference and training center. Other Koç University campuses and locations include West Campus dormitories and residences (Rumelifenri, Sariyer), Koç University Hospital (Topkapi, Istanbul), ANAMED (Beyoğlu, Istanbul), KWORKS (Şişli, Istanbul), AKMED (Antalya), and VEKAM (Ankara). The Koç University Suna Kıraç Library has five branches and holds some 322,000 print volumes plus nearly 160,000 ebooks and 64,000 online serial titles. The Library also holds about 2,000 rare materials in the areas of Ottoman and European history, literature and religion. Architecture Koç University's Rumelifeneri campus was designed by prominent Boston based American-Iranian architect Mozhan Khadem. Khadem is the chief design architect of all Koç University buildings as well as the master planner