About the Program, Facts, Tuition, FAQ and Contact
Bilkent MBA program invites applicants with successful academic and professional achievements to join the Bilkent MBA community. Our program is designed for young professionals aiming to build a managerial career and provides a strong foundation in all key disciplines of business administration. The program includes a core MBA curriculum covering essential management fundamentals, complemented by elective courses that allow students to tailor their studies according to their professional goals and aspirations.
Our students come from different parts of Turkey and overseas. They hold undergraduate degrees in engineering, business, economics, and science. They have diverse of work and cultural experiences. During the course of study, our students benefit from and contribute to the dynamic educational environment and gain management skills from faculty members as well as from each other.
Bilkent MBA Program is designed for young professionals with no or little formal training in management theory and practice who wish to pursue managerial careers. Our alumni have been very competitive and successful students throughout their academic lives. They have graduated from top engineering, law, social science, or medical schools. They are ready to get out of their comfort zone, and handle the challenges of being in a constant learning and development cycle. If you are so as well, then you are an ideal candidate for the Bilkent MBA!
Integrative Learning Experience
We employ a combination of teaching methods such as experiential learning through real life applications, simulations, projects, case studies and lectures with an integrative perspective. Throughout the program, our emphasis is on fostering managerial decision making and problem solving skills in a complex global world of new business models, where innovation and continuous change are essential prerequisites for value creation.
Career Mobility of Bilkent MBA Graduates
Bilkent MBA program provides its students with a flexibility based on their solid education and networking opportunities to pursue their dreams and highly versatile career paths. We provide an illustrative summary of sectoral employment data of our alumni while they were in the program and after their graduation.
The diagonal line refers to alumni that choose to follow their dreams in the sector as they entered the program. Those above and below the line indicate career mobility into different sectors. The more the circles are scattered off the 45-degree line passing through the origin, the more sector changes the participants experience after earning the degree and sizes of the circles are proportional to the size of the group. Eight percent of graduates were not employed prior to their degree and all of them were employed upon graduation. In the figure, sectoral codes are as follows: 0-Unemployed, 1-Banking/finance, 2-Construction, 3-Consulting, 4-Defense, 5-Other, 6-Energy, 7-Healthcare, 8-Industrial, 9-Retail/FMCG, 10-Telecom/Technology.
Facts for Bilkent MBA Class
- MBA Program is offered since 1986 with over +1100 alumni pursuing their dreams worldwide
- Bilkent MBA graduates are employed across diverse industries
- 12% of our alumni work abroad in global companies and organizations
- 49% of our alumni hold executive positions
- The first AACSB accredited program in Turkey and the region, maintained since 2006.
- High faculty-to-student ratio in classes, 1:14
- Non-thesis program consisting solely of coursework plus one capstone company project.
- Program Duration: 4 semesters including the academic preparation period
- Medium of instruction: English as the business language worldwide
- Tuition fees are paid per credit
- Scholarships of varying degree on awarded a competitive basis
- Average work experience of current students: 1,6 years
- Almost 88% of the students work in full-time jobs
Tuition
Merit Based Scholarships
Awards range from partial tuition to full tuition and fees. All applicants (domestic and international) are considered for merit-based scholarships. Scholarship decisions are made at the time of admission and are included in your official mailed admission letter. All scholarship decisions are final. Work experience, ALES or GRE or GMAT scores, previous academic performance, reference letter and interview performance are all factors when making scholarship awards.
Bilkent MBA tuition fee is determined as a per credit fee. Each semester the tuition is the total amount of credits you will take in that semester.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. Is work experience required for the MBA program?
Work experience is highly desirable for admission to the MBA program; however, it is not a formal requirement. Relevant work experience can compensate for a lower CGPA or ALES or GMAT or GRE scores.
Q2. Is a GMAT score required for application to the MBA program?
No. You can also apply with ALES or GRE scores.
Q3. Can I work while participating in the MBA program?
Yes. A large portion of our students choose to work while they are in the Bilkent MBA program.
Q4. Is there a minimum cumulative grade point average to apply for the MBA program?
We invite applications from all candidates holding B.S. or B.A. degrees from various fields and there is no minimum GPA requirement. However, a low GPA must be compensated for by a high ALES or GMAT of GRE score or work experience to qualify for admission.
Q5. What is the minimum score to apply for the MBA program?
The minimum ALES score for applications is 55 EA or equivalent GMAT or GRE scores. Admission to the program is highly competitive.
Q6. If I retake my standardized test (e.g., GMAT, GRE, ALES), will you take the latest or the highest score?
We accept the highest score that you have achieved on the test, so if you wish to try and improve upon your existing score before you apply, there is no reason not to do so.
Q7. What is the interview about?
The goal of the interview is to assess the applicant’s suitability for an MBA program and potential to be an executive. The interview lasts between 15 and 30 minutes and it is conducted in English. Interviews are conducted face-to-face or online.
Q8. What scores do I need to receive a tuition scholarship?
There is no fixed number of scholarships and there are no minimum requirements for a scholarship. We emphasize that scholarships are competitive and depend on the entire applicant pool. On average, at least a third of an incoming class receives the scholarship. Tuition scholarships are available at four different levels: 100%, 75%, 50%, 25%.
For detailed information please get in touch with Remin Çelebi Tantoğlu (remin@bilkent.edu.tr)
Q9. What are the rules/regulations?
All MBA, MSc and PhD students are subject to the rules and regulations of Bilkent University, Institute of Economics and Social Sciences (ESBE).
Contact: MBA Program Director’s Office
Zahide Karakitapoğlu Aygün – Associate Dean
Remin Tantoğlu – MBA, MS and PhD Programs Coordinator
E-mail: fba_msphd@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: +(90) (312) 290 1851