Economics Department

Hello I am an economics student at 29 Mayıs University. My name is Emre PAK. I am about to complete my fırst year after a year of preparatory school. Our school enables us to obtain the ability to analyze the current economic system easily. We learn to better comment on data. We also learn the ability to understand and analyze international news and comments. The education system of our university and the English education make us qualified. We also have opportunities to discuss current economic situations with our professors in a warm and sincere atmosphere. Our school consists of a more computational content compared with other schools. This increases our ability to model economic conditions and make future predictions. We also take social science and international relations classes. We take civilization history classes and then economy history. Someone who does not know civilization history cannot comprehend economic history. Then they cannot make current comments on economy. We also have management courses. We are aware of other fields. We have special financial and stock lavatories designed for economic students. We are able to follow general and current knowledge on stock markets in these lavatories. We carry out current programs with our professors with the currently used SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). In our Econometers and Statistic classes we have a chance to follow stock markets and the fincancial sector in person. We follow foreign exchange rates and carry out procedures like conversion. This is an oppurtunity for us to develop our talents.
We are not required to do an internship but have the opportunity to do one in companies our professors chose for us in our junior and senior year. Our university’s economy department is near Istanbul’s financial center. This is great advantage. Our economy department does not require a thesis. By taking the courses AGEP (Academic Development Program) has designed for us we easily prepare ourselves to earn a degree. I came from Anatolia. Studying economics in big cities is an advantage because we are near the industry. We will be at an advantageous state after completing our study. It is easier for us to do internships. The department being English is also an advantage. Everything has a language and the language of economy is English. Everyone accepts this. I chose 29 Mayıs University’s economy department especially because it is in English and located in Istanbul. It is located in Umraniye close to the İstanbul financial center. I also chose 29 Mayıs University after seeing the academic staff which have a background in international, top government agencies and years of experience in the field.
We had a chance to join an international conference in our freshman year. As first year student, it was very beneficial for us to do a presentation in an international conference and meet people from other countries. This really improved our skills. I want to go to graduate school abroad after graduation. I believe my university has improved me in earning some scholarships. Due to the many advantages our school offered since I will have a capital market degree I want to continue in this field and work in an audit office. I also want to work in top governmental institutions like the Ministry of Economy and World Bank. My advice to friends who are considering the economics department is to follow the economic situation of the world and finance market. You need a computational talent for this. Other than this you need to learn money conversion, how to use and earn more money and think of ways to be more useful for our country. Before coming to the economics department you need to be seriously planned. Because this department requires serious work and day by day studying. I wish all our friends success.