PhD PROGRAM

The PhD in Business Administration in Bilkent University is a research based program in the following concentration areas:

• Finance
• Marketing- No admission for 2025-2026
• Operations Management

Our PhD program is a full-time year program taught in English. PhD students are trained as future colleagues and academics. The doctoral program fosters close interaction between students and faculty, and every doctoral student belongs to a research group specializing in a particular field of research. Our faculty members are active in the area of Business Administration and excellent teachers who keep up-to-date in their disciplines through research and publication.

Starting from the first year, you will be working on your thesis which is equivalent to 240 ECTS. In this process, you will be supervised by one SSE faculty member (primary supervisor) from the very beginning. After you have submitted a dissertation proposal in the second year, you will work with a supervision committee of 3-4 professors to complete your PhD dissertation. The program ends with a thesis defense.

For students admitted to Bilkent University through the national ÖSYM examination and placement system (YKS), tuition fees are quoted in Turkish Lira and announced annually. These fees are determined in accordance with university regulations and are subject to revision by the University’s Board of Trustees. Detailed information on tuition payments, including installment options and deadlines, is shared with students before the start of each academic year. Bilkent PhD 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.

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.

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