Economics Bahçeşehir University (BAU)

Overview

The Economics programme from BahçeÅŸehir University (BAU) trains analytical economists, policy designers, financial market specialists, data-driven researchers, and strategic consultants who can model complex economic systems, forecast trends, evaluate policies, and create value in an increasingly globalized and volatile world. 

Key Facts

Graduates are immediately recognized as among the most employable and highest-paid undergraduates in Turkey. They are recruited by the Central Bank (economist and expert assistant positions with fast-track career paths), Ministry of Treasury and Finance and Strategy and Budget Directorate, Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK), Capital Markets Board (SPK), Competition Authority, Turkish Statistical Institute, international organizations (World Bank, IMF, EBRD, OECD, UN agencies in Ankara and Istanbul), global investment banks and asset managers (Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Citi, HSBC, UBS, Akbank-Garanti-Yapı Kredi investment banking divisions), management consulting giants (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, AT Kearney, Roland Berger), economic research departments of major holdings (Koç, Sabancı, DoÄŸuÅŸ, Anadolu), rating agencies (Moody’s, S&P, Fitch), fintech and big-data companies, and top PhD programmes worldwide (Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Chicago, LSE, Oxford, Cambridge) where Turkish graduates regularly receive full funding.