General Description of the Institution

The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, a non-profit state institution, is one of the oldest and most prestigious faculties of Erciyes University. It started education on January 7, 1980 with 75 students enrolled in the department of business. Currently, a total of 2800 students are in its undergraduate programs. The Faculty provides education in a way that aims at fostering students’ critical and analytical thinking skills and thus having them equipped with the capabilities necessary for active participation in the global professional life.

As of 2004 fall semester, the faculty employs a total of 65 academic staff: 15 professors, 6 associate professors, 14 assistant professors, 30 research and teaching assistants. 23 of the  academic staff have gained their undergraduate and graduate degrees from the universities in USA, England, France and Germany.

The Faculty offers three undergraduate programs each with a length of four years: business, economics, and public finance. Students take the English Proficiency Exam prior to the freshman class. Those who pass this test are entitled to directly attend classes in their respective programs.  However, those who fail the Proficiency Test are required to attend a one-year preparatory English program at the School of Foreign Languages. As a follow-up to the English preparatory education, students also take various English courses throughout their studies at the faculty such as: Advanced English, Translation from English to Turkish, Translation from Turkish to English, and Written Communication in English.

The rich curricula of the faculty, the detailed contents of which are to be presented in the forthcoming sections, consist of standard must courses and a smorgasbord of elective courses to meet the student’s needs and interests.  In some elective courses the medium of instruction is English.

The departments of business and economics offer day-time classes as well as evening classes, whereas the department of public finance, which is relatively a new program, currently offers only day classes.