This program had been established within Bursa Vocational School in the name of “Export-Import Program” in 1993. Bursa Vocational School had been separated into two Vocational Schools, as Social Sciences Vocational School and Technical Sciences Schools in 1996. As a result of that, Export-Import program had been transferred into the Social Sciences Vocational School. It has been proceeded education in the name of “Foreign Trade” since 2004. The Foreign Trade Program had been designed to meet the medium-level work stuff, required by the private and public sector for 19 years.

Foreign Trade Short Cycle degree is given by fulfilling the 120 ECTS credits and providing program proficiency.

Short Cycle

The applicants have to be graduated from a high school or an equivalent school. The admission and registration essentials are determined by Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) in accordance with the related legislations of The Council of Higher Education of Turkey.

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.

In order to have a Short Cycle degree, students must fulfill all the compulsory and elective courses (total 120 ECTS) which are in the program curriculum and have a minimum 2.00 Cumulative Grade Point Average out of 4.00.

Foreign Trade program aims to train individuals who can work as a medium-level stuff or as an assistant of director in the foreign trade departments of public or private companies, B Carnet Custom Counselor Assistant in Customs Brokerages, founder and manager of their own Foreign Trade companies, employees in exchange departments of banks and in international logistics firms and use communication technologies efficiently and has well social relations.
Foreign Trade program gives Short-cycle education, duration of two years after high school education. Program has both formal education and secondary education, each has 30 students of quota. All students have to take and pass all of their compulsory courses. According to the program curriculum, Business Administration, Economics, Accounting, Commercial Mathematics, Law, Foreign Trade Procedures, Public Finance, and Marketing are the basic courses of the first two terms. In the second year, vocational courses such as International Economics, Exchange Procedures, Customs Procedures, Logistics, Vocational Foreign Language, International Finance, International Marketing are in the curriculum. With the compulsory courses, Work Training or vocational elective courses which enhance professional knowledge, can be taken. Also summer internship has to be applied in the field of student’s vocation. Minimum 2.00 Cumulative Grade Point Average is required to have a graduate degree.