Academic Unit: Department of Economics

Program Objectives: Economics program is designed for future professional economists in public or private sector and future academicians. The program consists of core courses and a wide variety of elective courses designed to equip students with theoretical foundations and technical and empirical tools which are indispensable in either policy or research areas. The program is especially suitable for students planning to pursue a PhD degree in Economics by laying the groundwork in economic theory, econometrics and quantitative methods.

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.

Compulsory Courses:

Elective Courses:

Academic Staff:

• Prof. Dr. Ensar YILMAZ
• Prof. Dr. Feride GÖNEL
• Prof. Dr. Hüseyin TAŞTAN
• Prof. Dr. Murat DONDURAN
• Prof. Dr. Nevin COŞAR
• 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

Who can apply?

Graduation Requirements:

In order to graduate from the program, students are required;

• to take at least 7 courses (21 local credits/ 120 ECTS), two of which are required by the department
• to pass the “Seminar” and “Research Methods and Scientific Ethics” courses,
• to pass all courses with at least CB grade and have at least 2.50/4.0 GPA,
• to comply with the publication requirement,
• to register to “Lecture on Specialized Field” and “MA Thesis” courses in order to write a thesis, after completing the required number of credits,
• to pass the MA thesis defense successfully.

Publication Requirement:

MA students are required to meet at least one of the following requirements which has to be related to their thesis and done in cooperation with their thesis supervisor(s):

1. An oral/ poster presentation at a national/ international refereed academic congress
2. An academic article published or accepted for publication at a national/ international refereed academic journal

Department Location: Davutpaşa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul, Turkey

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