Robert College is a co-educational high school founded in 1863. Admission is based on the standardized high school entrance exam developed by the Ministry of National Education. Robert College of Istanbul is an independent private high school in Turkey. Robert College is a co-educational, boarding school with a 65-acre (260,000 m2) wooded campus on the European side of Istanbul between the two bridges on the Bosphorus, with the Arnavutk_y district to the east, and the upscale Ulus district to the west. The 150-year-old institution is the oldest American school still in existence in its original location outside the United States.[3] Robert College is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools.