Concentration Areas, Learning Goals, Tuition and Contact
* CONCENTRATION AREAS *
The PhD in Business Administration in Bilkent University is a research based program in the following concentration areas:
- Finance
- Marketing- No admission for 2025-2026
- Operations Management
Our PhD program is a full-time year program taught in English. PhD students are trained as future colleagues and academics. The doctoral program fosters close interaction between students and faculty, and every doctoral student belongs to a research group specializing in a particular field of research. Our faculty members are active in the area of Business Administration and excellent teachers who keep up-to-date in their disciplines through research and publication.
Starting from the first year, you will be working on your thesis which is equivalent to 240 ECTS. In this process, you will be supervised by one SSE faculty member (primary supervisor) from the very beginning. After you have submitted a dissertation proposal in the second year, you will work with a supervision committee of 3-4 professors to complete your PhD dissertation. The program ends with a thesis defense.
Learning Goals and Objectives
Upon successful completion of coursework and a thesis for the PhD Program, students will:
Goal 1: Individuals equipped with advanced theoretical and applied knowledge in the specialization area (Finance; Marketing; Operations Management)
- Objective 1. Have breadth and depth of knowledge in the specialization area of study
Goal 2: Individuals able to conduct impactful research in their areas of specialization for the scientific community and society at large
- Objective 2. Be able to apply appropriate specialized theories, models and tools to formulate and solve concrete business and managerial problems as demonstrated in the dissertation thesis
- Objective 3. Be able to publish their work conducted during the graduate study in the major journals of their specialization area of study
- Objective 4. Disseminate insights from the findings of the dissertation to academia and to the appropriate audiences beyond academia through conferences, academic and non-academic publications, and social media
Goal 3: Individuals equipped with teaching skills
- Objective 5. Be able to teach undergraduate courses in his/her specialization area after proposal defense
Goal 4: Individuals equipped with communication and presentation skills
- Objective 6. Be able to use written English effectively as a medium of communication of scholarly work as demonstrated in a paper accepted for publication in SSCI/SCI journals
- Objective 7. Be able to use spoken English effectively as a medium of communication of scholarly work
Goal 5: Individuals equipped with professional ethics
- Objective 8. Be honest and truthful in reporting the findings of others/ their own research.
- Objective 9. Ensure that the participants of the studies with human subjects are treated ethically, including informed consent, voluntary participation, confidentiality, anonymity, and humane treatment of subjects, when required
- Objective 10. Be able to show awareness of and commitment to (i) mutual respect for others’ opinions and beliefs and (ii) equal treatment of individuals regardless of gender and other characteristics, as demonstrated in the interaction with students in class
Tuition
For students admitted to Bilkent University through the national ÖSYM examination and placement system (YKS), tuition fees are quoted in Turkish Lira and announced annually. These fees are determined in accordance with university regulations and are subject to revision by the University’s Board of Trustees. Detailed information on tuition payments, including installment options and deadlines, is shared with students before the start of each academic year. Bilkent PhD tuition fee is determined as a per credit fee. Each semester the tuition is the total amount of credits you will take in that semester.
Merit Based Scholarships
Awards range from partial tuition to full tuition and fees. All applicants (domestic and international) are considered for merit-based scholarships. Scholarship decisions are made at the time of admission and are included in your official mailed admission letter. All scholarship decisions are final. Work experience, ALES or GRE or GMAT scores, previous academic performance, reference letter and interview performance are all factors when making scholarship awards.
Contact: PhD Program Director’s Office
Zahide Karakitapoğlu Aygün – Associate Dean
Remin Tantoğlu – MBA, MS and PhD Programs Coordinator
E-mail: fba_msphd@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +(90) (312) 290 1851