The Office of the Dean of Students is the center for students' development through a large variety of means where they build their skills, a sense of responsibility, maturity, and belonging along with teamwork efforts in an environment where their imagination and creativity spirits can also be stimulated that will hold them in good stead in the future.

Student Activities

The variety of activities offered on the University campus add a social component to students' academic life.

The Student Union organizes students' social and cultural activities. Student representatives are elected by the student body; they are responsible for managing the Student Union and creating a program of activities. Located in the center of the Main Campus, the Student Union building houses multifunctional rooms, offices and a small conference hall. All the clubs are established to cater to students' various interests and needs are coordinated by the Student Union. Some of these clubs are:

• Aviation Club
• Bridge Club
• Chess Club
• Cinema Club
• Computers Club
• Environment Club
• MBA Club
• International Relations Club
• Management-Economics Club
• Music Club
• Operational Research
• Photography Club
• Theater Club

In addition, meetings, seminars, debates and trips are regularly organized allowing students to participate in various activities with many facets.

The Student Union Coordination Office provides the necessary liaison between the university administration and the Student Union. In addition, the office offers students advisory services about their personal or institutional representation in domestic or international activities. The Coordinator's office is located in the Student Union building for a better accessibility. Working closely with the Student Union, the Student Union Coordinator also provides guidance when needed for clubs and extracurricular activities.

Radio Bilkent is a voluntary student radio station which is broadcasting on FM frequency 96.6 to the campus and citywide. Radyo Bilkent provides an opportunity for Bilkent University students to gain social and professional experiences as well as adds value to the social and cultural life of Ankara with its organizations and programmes. Radio may be listened live through internet at www.radyobilkent.com. In addition, Bilkent University syudents can follow the recent news about the station from the university newspaper, Bilkent News, and also from the radio's web site. Radio Bilkent's main studio is located in the Engineering Building top floor, and the second studio "Radyo Bilkent Orçun Gül", is located in the food court on main campus.

This Center guides Bilkent students through their self-development journey towards unique identities and individualities. It helps them to understand themselves, to become aware of their potential and to apply this information in their academic professional, social and personal lives.

The services offered include individual and group counselling; seminars, workshops, talk groups and written materials for preventive purposes (stress management, coping with examination anxiety, interpersonal communication skills, concentration and study skills, time management, realistic self-evaluation, guidance on intimate relations, restructuring cognitive styles problem solving, how to live with roommates, effective presentation skills, enhancing cognitive skills in learning, stages of life, importance of identity in personality development, etc.)

The Center also conducts survey-type studies to explore the expectations, needs and goals of the students. The outcome of such studies contributes to the ongoing program development in the Center.