Academic Unit: Department of Economics

Program Objectives: This program is designed for the students, whose BA or MA degree is in Economics. Program’s primary goal is to provide a PhD degree of universal standards in theoretical and applied economics. The curriculum is based on economic theory and quantitative economics. In this context, the aim is to equip student with the necessary tools and knowledge with the help of a wide variety of compulsory and elective courses, which will help them acquire and improve their analytical thinking skills in the first year. PhD students are expected to write a qualified thesis that will contribute to the Economics literature. Special emphasis is given to raise future academicians. Besides being academicians, graduates of the programs can work as researchers at public and private enterprises or universities.

Medium of Instruction: Turkish

International Student Quotas: International student quotas are announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

Admissions Calendar: Admissions calendar is announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

Application Link: https://lisansustu.yildiz.edu.tr/sbe/en/ (Applicants are advised to check the academic calendar first and send their applications only during the application period.)

Admission Requirements: Admissions requirements announced on the Graduate School of Social Sciences web site (http://www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr/en) before the applications are open, each fall and spring semesters.

Who can apply?

Compulsory Courses:

Elective Courses:

Academic Staff:

• Prof. Dr. Ensar YILMAZ
• Prof. Dr. Ercan EREN
• Prof. Dr. Feride GÖNEL
• Prof. Dr. Gülsün YAY
• Prof. Dr. Hüseyin TAŞTAN
• Prof. Dr. Melike E. BİLDİRİCİ
• Prof. Dr. Meral UZUNÖZ
• Prof. Dr. Murat DONDURAN
• Prof. Dr. Nevin COŞAR
• Prof. Dr. Sait ÖZTÜRK
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asuman OKTAYER
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fazıl KAYIKÇI
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kasım EREN
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Senem ÇAKMAK ŞAHİN
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Burak ÜNVEREN
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Özge KAMA MASALA
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Seçkin SUNAL
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Tolga AKSOY
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Tuna DİNÇ
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Zeynep KAPLAN
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Hasan Ağan KARADUMAN

Graduation Requirements:

In order to graduate from this program;

• Students who were admitted to the PhD program with an MA degree are required;
  • to take at least 7 courses (21 local credits/ 240 ECTS), two of which are required by the department,
  • to take Seminar and Research Methods and Scientific Ethics courses,
  • to pass all courses with at least BB grade and have at least 3.0/4.0 GPA,
  • to pass the PhD Qualifying Exam, to submit a thesis proposal and 3 thesis follow-up reports,
  • to comply with the publication requirement,
  • to pass the PhD thesis defense successfully,
• Students who were admitted to the PhD program with a BA degree are required;
  • to take at least 14 courses (42 local credits/ 300 ECTS), two of which are required by the department,
  • to take Seminar and Research Methods and Scientific Ethics courses,
  • to pass all courses with at least BB grade and have at least 3.0/4.0 GPA,
  • to pass the PhD Qualifying Exam, to submit a thesis proposal and 3 thesis follow-up reports,
  • to comply with the publication requirement,
  • to pass the PhD thesis defense successfully.

PhD Publication Requirement: PhD students are required to make both of the following publications about their thesis in cooperation with their thesis supervisors:

a) An oral presentation at a national/ international refereed academic congress

b) At least one article published or accepted for publication at a national/ international refereed academic journal

Location: Davutpaşa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul, Turkey

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