Concentration Areas, Scholarship & Benefits and Contact
The PhD in Business Administration in Bilkent University is a research based program in the following concentration areas:
- Finance
- Marketing (No admissions for 2026-2027 AY)
- 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.
Scholarship & Benefits
- All admitted PhD students are awarded with a full tuition scholarship. Continuation of the tuition scholarship depends on the student’s progress in the program.
- In addition to tuition scholarships, PhD students may receive a monthly stipend in exchange for academic duties such as research assistance, teaching assistance and exam proctoring.
- Financial support can be also drawn as research assistant stipends from supervisor professors’ research grants.
- Recipients of graduate stipends are also provided with a private health insurance.
- Dissertation-stage PhD students, who receive a monthly stipend, are also awarded with social security premiums.
- There are limited housing opportunities (shared apartments, space in residence halls) for our PhD students who are not residents of Ankara.
Contact: PhD 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