Admission Requirements

1.Bachelor’s degree

2.Master’s Degree

3. Shold have taken ALES or an equivalent exam with minimum required score.

4. Should have taken one foreign language exam which is equivalent to ÜDS / KPDS or YÖKDİL  and to have received minimum required score. Minimum acceptance scores and units are set according to the terms of Istanbul University Postgraduate Education and Training Regulations and Senate.

Head of Program

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat YASLIOGLU

Mission

Business Management Ph.D. is a program that has global AACSB accreditation within the body of the oldest and the first Faculty of Business Administration University of our country which provides contemporary education, conducts scientific research, organizes scientific activities, trains scientists, and managers at the international level.

Vision

Being one of the most prestigious doctoral programs in the world within the field of Business Management; and making  important contributions to the scientific world, business life, and economic development of our country in the international arena through education, scientific research, and university-industry collaborations.

Goals and Objectives

1-Training academicians,

2-Teaching theories and practices in the field of business management,

3-Teaching scientific research and writing methods,

4-Training PhD level managers for the business world,

5-Organizing national and international scientific events,

6- As a research university, developing projects within the scope of university-industry cooperation.

​Graduates of the program will;

Knowledge:

1- Have a comprehensive theoretical knowledge of the field of business management.

2- Have knowledge to establish the connections between the field and other related disciplines.

3- Gain knowledge required to manage the relationships with stakeholders.

4-Gain knowledge of the methodology required to research in the field of social sciences.

5- Gain ability to combine theoretical knowledge with practical application techniques and research methods to further establish cause-effect relationships.

Skills:

1- Gain ability to analyze the theoretical information about the field, evaluate its reflections in practice, and direct the decision process in this direction.

2- Gain ability to process knowledge of the theories related to the field of social and behavioral sciences and to prepare reports in business life based on these. And also to prepare works following academic rules, and to manage all kinds of scientific projects related to the field.

3- Gain ability to lead and direct by using the experience and knowledge gained in the decision-making and implementation processes.

4- Gain ability to make inferences by blending theoretical knowledge with practice.

Competencies:       

1- Gain ability do theoretical and empirical research comprehensively regarding the field of management organization

2- Be able to plan and manage all kinds of scientific or practical projects and goals related to the field.

3- Be able to expand the boundaries of knowledge by preparing and publishing at least one scientific article related to the field individually or through teamwork.

4- Be able to produce research-based solutions in line with the problems faced in the field; using the knowledge of research design, synthesis, application, and inference

5- Be able to evaluate the information obtained about the field through his/her filter of cause-effect and criticism.

6-  Follow up-to-date information on the field, national and international publications.

7- Be able to examine and develop social relations and norms that direct these relations with a critical perspective and act.

8- Be able to construct the theoretical knowledge of the field and use it in practical applications

9- Be able to make predictions for the future by the virtue of the strategic perspective

10- Be able to determinee and examine the problems in practice with an interrogative perspective.

11- Be able to achieve successful results in the field of application in line with long-term thinking ability.

12- Be able to support innovations in the context of critical thinking skills regarding the field and contribute to the generation of new ideas.

13- Act following the social, cultural, scientific, and ethical values ​​in the process of forming knowledge about the field, interpreting, and announcing the results.

Graduation Requirements

1.Minimum of 30 credits * (or 33/36 credits **) and to complete the seminar course. To have completed 240 ECTS in total.

* Students have completed the master's program of I.U. Social Sciences Institute, Department of Business will graduate with a total of 30 credits in two semesters.

** Doctoral program students have completed their undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration or a Master's Degree in Business Management and Organization Master's / MBA program, will graduate with a total of 33 credits in two semesters by taking "Evolution of Management Thought" course,

Ph.D. students who have not completed the programs mentioned above will graduate with a total of 36 credits in two semesters by taking the "Evolution of Management Thought" course and “Business Management and Organization” course additionally.

2 Being succeeded a minimum average of 65/100 and, AGNO 2/4.

3. To be successful at the dissertation

Titles/Qualifications Awarded

Students graduate from Business Management Ph.D. program, get a "Philosophy Doctorate" title in the field.