In the MAN 495 Business Capstone Project 🎓, senior students at Bilkent University’s Faculty of Business Administration work on real business challenges, bringing together the knowledge and skills they have built throughout their undergraduate education in a hands-on consulting environment 💡.
During the 2025–2026 academic year, student groups collaborated with 29 partner companies from a wide range of industries, including banking, energy, healthcare, software, gastronomy, textiles, automotive, and entertainment. Working closely with company executives and faculty advisors, students developed strategic and data-driven solutions in areas such as marketing, financial analysis, digital transformation, sustainability, operational efficiency, and international expansion 📊.
Through this process, students combined academic frameworks with field research, surveys, benchmarking, and data analytics to deliver actionable business recommendations. The experience reflects the faculty’s commitment to developing analytically minded, responsible, and globally aware future leaders in line with AACSB standards and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth 🚀.
At the FBA Project Fair and Competition to be held on June 2, the top six groups selected by the course instructors from among the 21 groups that completed projects in the Spring 2026 semester will deliver their presentations, and the top three groups will be determined by the jury’s votes. In addition, the group receiving the Best Poster Award will be selected through the votes of the fair participants. Furthermore, for the first time this year, a Social Impact Award will be presented.
The brochure below includes the schedule and the project details: