The Department of Agricultural Economics was established in 1985 within the Faculty of Agriculture of Uludag University. The Department of Agricultural Economics started to accept undergraduate students in the 1993-1994 academic year. The Department of Agricultural Economics consists of two disciplines: Agricultural Management and Agricultural Policy and Extension. In the Department of Agricultural Economics, graduate education was started in 1986 and doctorate education in 1993. The non-thesis master´s program was opened in 2014.

Students who successfully complete the program are entitled to receive a Non-Thesis Master´s degree in Agricultural Economics.

Second Cycle

Candidates must have a bachelor´s degree in a science approved by the Department of Agricultural Economics and the Board of Directors of the Institute. ALES and foreign language certificate are not required for applications made to the non-thesis master´s program. Acceptance of the candidates to the master´s degree without thesis is determined by the interview made by the Department of Agricultural Economics and the interview grade evaluated. The order of success is made according to the interview grade.

The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.

Non-Thesis Master´s program consists of 2 course periods and 1 project period. A non-thesis master´s degree in Agricultural Economics is given to students who have taken at least 36 credits (90 ECTS) from the courses available in the Non-Thesis Master´s program and have successfully completed all of them, and have achieved a weighted grade point average of at least 70 out of 100.

The basic tasks of Agricultural Economics Department are to analyze the systems, which include production, consumption and distribution, supplying inputs regarding agricultural goods and services, ensure management of natural resources through principles of Economics and train individuals who think contemporary and analytically by schooling and research. Furthermore, contributing to science and technology in related field and transferring owned knowledge to practice are also among the basic tasks of Agricultural Economics Department. In this context, in order to train individuals who have been equipped with contemporary knowledge and skills, who knows the economic problems in agriculture, agricultural businesses, especially food industry, natural resources and environment, who can produce scientific solutions to these problems, is the main target of Agricultural Economics Department by carrying out undergraduate and graduate education.