Sümeyye Ceylan is graduated in Mathematics from the University of Vienna. She defended her master thesis in Fourier Analysis and did a second master in Pedagogy at the University of Vienna. During her stay in Vienna, she took Astronomy courses from Kuffner Observatory. In 2013 She enrolled in Philosophy PhD at the Department of Philosophy, Istanbul Medeniyet University.

Her main academic interests are science education, philosophy of mathematics, logic, history of science, STEAM education and social entrepreneurship. After finishing her studies in Vienna, she returned to Turkey in 2012 and wanted to create a more child-friendly, play and imagination-driven education methodology. Therefore, Ceylan established Usturlab, a social enterprise that produces content, plays, toys, and games for children to learn and design scientific exhibitions.