Academic Unit: Department of Economics

Program Objectives: Economics PhD Program is mainly designed to equip students with in-depth knowledge of economic theory and analytical and technical tools. The program offers a wide variety of elective courses. Graduates of this program have the opportunity to work as professional economists in public institutions, private companies and finance, consultancy institutions.

Medium of Instruction: 100% English

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. 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

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

Department Location: Davutpaşa Campus, Esenler, Istanbul, Turkey

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