Banking and Finance Istanbul Bilgi University

Overview

Extraordinary developments were advanced in financial activities in recent years while historic crisis has added a new dimension to global financial markets and institutions. Markets tend to move toward investment banking in USA where the capital markets are dominant while securities markets gain weight in the Continental Europe where the banking sector is dominant. In Asia, on the other hand, price competitiveness of the manufacturing sector rather than financial markets keep the dominant position. Turkey, within this context, needs a more powerful financial system and prominent professionals to consolidate and utilize its geopolitical and economic power. In such a period when the conjuncture exhibits structural changes, financial institutions have become much more critical.

Key Facts

The  Banking and Finance programme offered at Istanbul Bilgi University distinguishes through these aspects:

• Integrated course schedule and complementary courses.

• The opportunity of attending courses from connoisseur academicians and famous practitioners.

• The opportunity of specializing in different sub-fields thanks to balanced core and elective courses.

• Top-managers and professionals from the sector as guest speakers in application-oriented courses.

• The opportunity of developing projects which will enable students to generate ideas in a scientific field, to conduct researches and also to have practical purposes for their related working area via thesis and project choices.