Economics Program

The aim of Sabancı University's Economics Undergraduate Program is to provide students with a solid foundation in economic theory and its applications. The program is designed to be rich and flexible enough to cater to diverse expectations. For students aspiring for careers in business and management, the program offers strategic analysis and management skills. Those aiming to work as economic policy experts in both private and public sectors will acquire the necessary skills to evaluate, formulate, and implement policies in areas such as financial markets, monetary and fiscal policies, and regulation of infrastructure sectors. Additionally, a specific goal of the program is to introduce students to the challenges of the Turkish economy within a comparative perspective.

Moreover, the program ensures that students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in economics develop the requisite mathematical and technical backgrounds and acquaints them with topics covered in leading international Ph.D. programs. Information regarding the research areas of our broad and young academic staff, which includes members of TÜBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences), recipients of awards in international conferences, TÜBİTAK science awards, TÜBİTAK incentives, and TÜBA-GEBİP science awards, can be found on their personal web pages, our research web page, or the graduate studies web page. The medium of instruction is English.

Our graduates do various jobs such as:

• Strategic consulting
• Business analysis
• Political consulting
• Asset management
• Government institutions
• Market research
• Finance / Banking
• Insurance

• Meta - California
• Mondelez International -Illinois
• Activision Blizzard - London
• Amazon - Luxemburg
• Atos - France
• Bill Torres Company
• Certi ed Public
• Accountants and Consultants
• British American Tobacco - Croatia
• BSH Hausgeräte GmbH - Berlin
• American Express - Canada
• PayPal - San Fransisco
• PwC - Canada
• Getir - London
• Sun Life - Toronto
• GSK - UK
• Boston Consulting Group
• Goldman Sachs - London
• Valens Research - USA
• Franklin Templeton
• Invesment - USA
• Experian Decision Analytic - London
• Ernst & Young
• McKinsey 
• PwC
• Siemens
• Unilever
• Abbott - Turkey
• Avon

Students enrolled in undergraduate programs at Sabancı University have access to a wide range of elective courses. However, each program includes mandatory courses that must be taken. For the Economics program, to provide a few examples, courses such as Games and Strategies, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Introduction to Probability, and Statistical Modeling are included. Just like in any undergraduate field, project courses are compulsory in the Economics program. These projects can be chosen not only from within the Economics field but also from various programs such as engineering, social sciences, and finance.  Detailed information about the courses in the Economics program can be found on the program's website.