Istanbul CCNA Certificate and CCNP Training Providers

For those who are curious, I have researched the training institutions in Istanbul where you can get the Istanbul CCNA Certificate (Cisco Certified Network Associate) and CCNP(Cisco Certified Network Professional) certification programs, which is a cornerstone for network administrators. It seems that this research article will be a bit of a comparison article.

Basic Network Systems

If you want to get training on Network Systems, which is the cornerstone of Information Technologies, I can recommend the Certification programs organized by Cisco. The most important aspect of Cisco Certificates is that they are valid all over the world. Although the training phase consists of content mainly in Turkish, Cisco conducts the exam online over the internet. Moreover, the language used in the exam is English.

Why Do We Prefer Cisco Certificate Programs?

Actually there are many network switch manufacturers. They all have their own configuration language. Certified or non-certified trainings are organized for these brands. However, whether it is sales figures or usage rates, the most widely preferred brand in the world is undoubtedly the Cisco brand. As a natural consequence of this, there is no harm in saying that Cisco is the dominator of the Network world.

Let’s not intend to create a monopoly here. For example, among the network trainings I have received are HP-N (HP Procucve Network End User, Bilge Adam) and Extreme Network (Enterasys “S&C-Series and 800-series” Certificate Program, Corporate Training) certificates.

Where to Get Cisco CCNA and CCNP Training in Istanbul?

As long as the training content, instructor and materials are at Cisco standards, there is no problem. After all, Cisco itself, not the academy, gives the certificate if you are successful in the online exam.

Universities Providing CCNA and CCNP Training in Istanbul

• Istanbul Technical University – Cisco Network Academy(Maslak Campus)
• Istanbul University – Information Technologies Unit(Fatih)
• Bahçeşehir University (Beşiktaş Campus)

Major Private Courses Providing CCNA and CCNP Training in Istanbul

• Bilge Adam (Bakirkoy, Besiktas, Kadikoy)
• Career Architecture (As of 2019, their agreement with cisco has ended. Bahçelievler, Şişli)
• Network Academy
• BT Academy Istanbul
• Informatics Education Institutions Istanbul
• IBB Ismek (Note: courses may not always be offered)
• IT expert Istanbul
• IT Education
• Udemy App (You cannot get a certificate, but it can be useful as an auxiliary resource)

Cisco CCNA and CCNP Prices

Some of the private academies offered high prices that I could not understand. In fact, the training institution, whose initials start with “K”, continued to call me for 6 months with great patience, even though I told them that I received a certificate from another institution. But since the officials I spoke to on the phone were very polite, I will not make a negative comment about them here 🙂

Other private training academies offered prices almost close to each other. What you need to pay attention to here is not only the price ratio, but also the quality of the training and the trainer and the trainer should be experienced and knowledgeable about the subjects. In addition, the training materials(switch, cable, router, computer, etc.) must be complete and up-to-date, as well as the Turkish and English documents to be used during the training must be up-to-date.

Istanbul Technical University – Cisco Networking Academy , which provides Cisco CCNA and CCNP training, offers a price list. If you are a student or Master’s & PhD, they also provide a discount.

Istanbul Technical University – Cisco Networking Academy Price List