Bilkent University was established in Ankara in 1984, as Turkey's first private university. The Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration has a reputation for excellence in business research and is often ranked highly among Turkey’s business schools.
It offers a wide range of programmes to suit undergraduates and postgraduates, as well as executives at various stages of their careers. There are 758 students studying full-time undergraduate degrees, 96 studying part-time for masters degrees and 23 studying for doctoral degrees. Other offerings include an MS in finance, marketing, or decision science and operations management; a PhD in finance, marketing, or decision science and operations management; an Executive MBA, and a programme in Executive Education. The Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration specialises in management, CIS/MIS (computers information systems/management information systems), marketing, accounting and taxation.
There are plenty of opportunities for students to study abroad in the autumn or spring of their third year, and observe management and business in an international setting. The faculty has 50 partner universities in 22 countries.
In 2011, statistics showed that 23 per cent of alumni students were in finance and auditing, 19 per cent in production, 12 per cent in the services sector and 16 per cent in other areas. While 30 per cent are pursuing further graduate studies.
Bilkent University’s 500-hectare campus is only 12 kilometres from the centre of Ankara, granting easy access to the city’s parks, shopping areas, cultural activities, museums, and entertainment venues. Bilkent’s location in the historically rich Anatolian heartland allows easy access to other cities, traditional villages, stunning landscapes, historic sites, and places of great cultural interest throughout the country.
