Incoming Students

We are delighted to welcome you to our diverse and dynamic academic community. As an incoming Erasmus/Exchange student, you will be joining a faculty that combines a rigorous international curriculum with a student-centered learning environment. Our courses are taught entirely in English by distinguished scholars and practitioners, and we emphasize critical thinking, active participation, and cross-cultural collaboration. You’ll have the opportunity to study alongside students from Turkey and around the world, gaining not only academic knowledge but also lasting friendships. We hope your time at FBA will be both intellectually enriching and personally rewarding.

Erasmus and Exchange programs are generated in line with our mission statement to serve our outgoing students globally through partnership opportunities with excellent business schools throughout the world. Furthermore, we aim to fulfill our education mission by providing core management education across a wide spectrum of degree competencies with global standards to serve our incoming students.

• Among the best business schools in Turkey.
• Offers a wide range of study opportunities in various areas of business such as finance, operations management, marketing, accounting, management and strategy.
• World class faculty members with diverse academic knowledge and professional expertise.
• Presents a lively cultural and social atmosphere with a 500-hectare campus just only 12 kilometers from the center of Ankara.
• Unique location to easily reach out the entire country
• First business school in Turkey accredited by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business).
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) partner in Turkey at all levels of finance programs.
• Member of NIBES (The Network of International Business and Economic Schools) that consists of 19 select business schools.

Gülgün Mammadli, Azerbaijan (IR): “I can say that Bilkent is an amazing place for international students. Besides the high quality of education, Bilkent gave me a lot of amazing opportunities.”
Ani Kristo, Albania (CS): “Bilkent FBA provides an excellent academic preparation, a great social environment and opportunities for a brilliant career. I would definitely encourage everyone who is looking for an experience abroad, to apply to Bilkent as this is the most optimal transition.”
Marc Anthony Steinbuchel, Germany (MAN): “Bilkent University is by far a great example of an academic institution that upholds an internationally-mixed atmosphere through their student and faculty bodies and their extensively ranging study abroad programs. The growing influx of international students as incoming exchange students just show how this university is being appreciated and recommended to other students. “
Elena Ailin Ma, Italy (Department of Management, Bocconi): “I spent great times with students in Bilkent FBA.  ESN group of Bilkent also worked really hard letting us doing a lot of different and nice experiences. They have created from the beginning a sense of family, and I am still glad for that. Thank you.”
Helena Bjork, Sweden (Department of Management, Jonkoping International Business School): “I had a really nice time in Ankara. It was a lot better than I expected coming here.”