Üsküdar University

Üsküdar University is a foundation university established in 2011 in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey by the Human Values and Mental Health Foundation under the leadership of Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, who served as the president. The law concerning the establishment of the university was published in the Official Gazette on March 3, 2011, under number 27863.

Founded with the title of "Türkiye's first thematic university", Üsküdar University welcomed its first students in the 2012-2013 academic year. In June 2014, the university graduated its first students.

NP Feneryolu Medical Center and NP Etiler Medical Center became part of Üsküdar University as of October 2011, forming the "NPSUAM Neuropsychiatry Health, Practice, and Research Center." In 2011, the Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Graduate School of Health Sciences were put into operation with the establishment of the university. The Graduate School of Natural Sciences was founded in 2013. In June 2014, 270 students graduated from the Health Services Vocational School after successfully completing the 2-year program. In July 2014, Üsküdar University established the Institute for Sufism Studies, marking another first in Turkey.