The Department of Business Administration carries out master´s programs with and without thesis and doctoral programs within the Institute of Social Sciences, which was established in 1982. This program is carried out by the Field of Management - Organization under the Department of Business Administration.

This program requires between 240 ECTS for a doctoral degree in higher education. When the program is completed successfully and the program qualifications are met, a Doctorate degree in the field of management and organization is achieved.

Third Cycle

1. Candidates´ Master´s Degree with Thesis, Candidates who have completed their master´s program with thesis in foreign countries must have a YÖK equivalence certificate. 2. Candidates should have the required score from the postgraduate education entrance exam (PEEE) valid for 3 years and the equiponderant score should be 55 the minimum. The PEEE score document and internationally accepted documents (GRE, GMAT etc.) are required for foreign students without any score clause. Foreign students (apart from those who have studied in Turkey) are required to have the TÖMER documents proving that they have sufficient proficiency of Turkish language. 3. The foreign language score must be at least 55 (YDS, YÖKDİL and other foreign exams accepted by OSYM are valid). - PEEE 50% + UNDERGRADUATE SUCCESS AVARAGE 20% + WRITTEN/INTERVIEW 30% = Candidates are ranked according to the weighted total score that they have earned from the general assessment and students are admitted according to the quota starting with the candidate with the highest score (Minimum score of 70 must be obtained for a passing grade). For Foreign Students UNDERGRADUATE SUCCESS AVARAGE 50% + WRITTEN/INTERVIEW 50% =Candidates are ranked according to the weighted total score that they have earned from the general assessment and students are admitted according to the quota starting with the candidate with the highest score.

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.

1. Students who take at least 240 ECTS from the courses in the doctoral course plan and successfully complete all of them by taking at least 75 out of 100, 2. Students who pass the Phd qualifying exam, 3. Students who successfully defend their thesis in front of a selected jury, 4. Students who make at least 1 scientific study in their field of study are awarded a doctoral degree in Management and Organization.

The main purpose of the program is to learn the information needed in the field of business, to meet the demands of corporate stakeholders, to ensure the development of managerial knowledge and skills especially of the employees working in management staff, to contribute to the development of the scientific literature by bringing together academicians and practitioners.
The doctorate program is a total of 4 years, including 1 year course stage and 3 years thesis stage. In order to start the thesis phase, it is necessary to pass the PhD qualification exam. An advisor is assigned to each student and students make their course choices with the help of advisor faculty members.