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Purpose of Department
The aim of the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts is to provide students with knowledge, skills and competence in multidisciplinary fields such as food, art, tourism, design, engineering, anthropology, agriculture, digital media on the basis of Turkish and world cuisine culture and practices. Our accredited department transfers every stage from the kitchen to the business to the students with sustainable technologies and techniques accompanied by expert academic staff. It aims to research basic quality criteria such as food hygiene and safety, current trends and culinary trends, approaches and philosophies in gastronomy at an academic level, especially to promote and advance Turkish culinary culture in the international arena, and to train future influential, successful and leading chefs, managers and experts in their fields at a level that can compete.
 

Target of Department

The purpose is educate qualified authorities in Gelisim who can see change and development as indispensable element of life, make difference on his job, focus on solution, believe in teamwork, lead people, approach on gastronomy wih scientific perspective, have philosophy of occupation, be responsive to community, creative and genuine, know about Turkish and world cuisines and different food cultures.

 


Career Opportunities

The students who graduate from gastronomy department can work in five stars hotel kitchens and F&B departments, in food industry businesses, corporation's kitchens, catering firms, in the cruise ships as gastronomy and profession experts, chefs, managers, etc. Moreover the graduated student can proceed their career academically, as academic staff.


Departments Allowing Horizontal Transfer

Gastronomy department accepts students in undergraduate transfer within quotas in the direction of "Regulations Regarding Transition Between Bilingual and Bachelor Level Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Credit Transfer of Double Major, Minor and Minor Institutions".

 


Departments Allowing Vertical Transfer

All students who want to pass the Vertical Transfer to the Gastronomy Department are placed by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) when they get enough points from the Vertical Transition Examination. Students who fulfill all the requirements are thus entitled to four years of undergraduate education at our school. In addition, the VTS(DGS) students in Istanbul Gelişim University will have a chance to read 50% scholarship if their pre-license student VTS(DGS) earns their paid quota.