The Koç School
The school that pioneered the IB in Türkiye, and the campus MUNDP has called home since 2001.
A wooded campus on the Asian side of the city, built by one of Türkiye's great philanthropic foundations and home to MUNDP for over two decades.
The Koç School opened in 1988 as a project of the Vehbi Koç Foundation, established by Vehbi Koç, one of Türkiye's most celebrated entrepreneurs and philanthropists, who received the United Nations Population Award in 1994. That same year the school became the first in Türkiye to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, and its graduates go on to universities like Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Oxford and Cambridge.
The campus covers 151 wooded acres in Tepeören, in the Tuzla district, a deliberate distance from the noise of the city. Around 2,200 students learn here from kindergarten through grade 12, some of them boarding on campus, with facilities to match: a 900 seat auditorium, the Suna Kıraç Library, a dedicated science building and a full sports complex. Since 2001 it has also hosted MUNDP, the first Model United Nations conference in the world built around the UN Development Programme.
the year the school opened its doors
of wooded campus in Tuzla
from kindergarten to grade 12
the year MUNDP first met here
Find your way around campus
Open the map, then hover over the plan — or tap, on a phone — to see what each building is.
The places you will actually be
Atakan Demirseren Conference Hall
The school's auditorium, where the whole conference gathers as one room for the opening and closing ceremonies and the plenary session.
Science Building
The conference's home base. Committee rooms are spread across its floors, so most of your debating hours happen here.
The Pyramid
The glass roofed atrium at the crossroads of the campus, and its natural meeting point. If you lose your delegation, start here.
Cafeteria
The school cafeteria sits right next to the conference hall, which keeps the walk between morning session and lunch mercifully short.
The Alley
The covered walkway that runs through the school, linking the entrance, the courtyards and the Pyramid. You will walk it many times a day, rain or not.
Main Entrance
The gatehouse on the road, where buses and visitors arrive on campus each morning and depart each evening.
MUNDP at the Koç School
The Koç School opens in Tuzla as a project of the Vehbi Koç Foundation.
First IB Diploma Programme in Türkiye. The same year, Vehbi Koç receives the United Nations Population Award.
The first MUNDP convenes on campus, the first Model UN conference in the world organized around the UN Development Programme.
MUNDP 2027 continues the 27-year long commitment.
The Pyramid
Lab
Science Building
AB Block
School history and campus details from the Koç School and the Vehbi Koç Foundation. IB authorization from the International Baccalaureate Organization.
