Economy

Hello, I'm Professor Mehmet Karakaş. I am the Head of the Department of Economics at Yalova University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Here, we teach our students about the processes related to public economy, budget and fiscal policy in the public and private economic systems, after providing the fundamentals about the basic structure of the economy, markets, and the functioning of the markets. In the first 2 years, we have introductory courses that are also given in other departments. These are: Business, Law, Accounting courses. Apart from that, we teach courses such as Introduction to Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Economics. These are, of course, theoretical courses. We also provide the opportunity to integrate them with applied courses. In the following years, we teach them how to be analytical. We have a year of preparation in our department. Afterwards, our students take 30% of their 4-year undergraduate education courses in English. Thus, they have the opportunity to learn the economics jargon professionally and improve their English language skills. We provide our courses such as Statistics and Econometrics in our department with the support of the computer laboratory. Thus, our students have the opportunity to practice. We have the opportunity to provide not only theoretical courses, but also applied courses in this laboratory. Our academic staff is in close contact with the students regarding their internships. They can do their internships in the public and private sectors. Our students have the opportunity to intern in budget and treasury operations, research departments, foreign trade offices, accounting units. Nationally, we are involved in the Mevlana and Farabi Programs. Internationally, we are involved in the Erasmus Program. We have erasmus agreements with 13 different universities. The countries that we have agreements with are Spain, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Italy. We can send our students every year. Our students can work as assistant inspectors on the inspection boards of all ministries in the public sector. They can also work as assistant specialists in these institutions. They can work in all high administrative boards such as the Central Bank and the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) as assistant experts. In the private sector, our students can work in budget departments, treasury operations, foreign trade, import export departments and accounting units. Yalova University is located in the center of 3 major cities. Therefore, you get the benefits of being close to all kinds of facilities. And thanks to the fact that it is away from the big cities, you don’t have to experience the hecticness of it. I think our university is a convenient place in that regard. We invite students to become a member of the Yalova University family and Economics Department. I wish success to students who will choose our department.