International Trade and Finance

Description

It is well-known that vocation is a life time activity by which human being maintain their life with it, namely for earning money. For this reason, vocation obtains a degree of prospect and welfare moreover can bring opportunities to travel internationally, and develop skills to communicate with people from all over the world. In this context, “right job for right qualification” principle interplays an inevitable role in selecting your future vocation and career to be satisfied in degree of life quality and welfare.

The qualifications of the students of International Trade and Finance Department are both as bachelors or alumni are as follows:

First but not least, a student of International Trade and Finance Department are open-minded and ready to learn by employing innovative ideas throughout his/her life. Having ability to seize opportunities, to predict possible threats that can be faced with, to create innovative solution for the problems encountered, to be able to quantitatively evaluate the situation, to be able to communicate with people at least in two European languages, to be able to market the product or service he/she responsible for, to be able to make business journeys on behalf of his/her companies to international locations, and to be able to result oriented and entrepreneur.

In today’s global competitive environment, modern corporations are being highly affected by the dynamism and rapid developments in international trade and finance, and global economy. Hence, today’s successful organizations are looking for the new comers who are aware of the recent developments, able to analyze the changes, and integrate those analytic information with their accumulative knowledge that they have gained from their university education to make right and fast decisions both for their selves and for their organizations.

Recently, our country, having a rank of seventeenth largest economy in the world, increases its both export and import trade volumes, and welcomes foreign direct investments in larger scales day by day. Therefore, companies operating in our country will need much more qualified employees, i.e. knowledge workers who can monitor the recent developments analyze the results.

At this point of view, there will be an increasing demand for qualified human capital especially at managerial positions in international trade and finance in the line with this dazzling development. Izmir as an economic centre in Aegean Region is third biggest city of Turkey in which the qualified executives to be demanded. Taking the economic potential of the city and its intensive participation in international trade into account, we anticipate that our students having the qualifications mentioned above will be successful candidates to this demand.

Founded in 2005 in Yasar University, Department of International Trade and Finance is one of the most favored Departments in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.

The mission of the Department is to provide Turkish future business professionals and foreign tradesmen with the necessary academic foundation to excellence in their careers.

To better fulfill the Departments commitment to excellence in teaching and state research, the Department is dedicated to create an environment for the development new ideas and to strengthening students intellectual creativity, professionalism and close contacts with commercial corporations, SME’s and governmental institutions.

Detailed Course Facts

• USD 10500 Year (National)
• USD 10500 Year (International)

• English

Course Content

Department of International Trade and Finance furnishes the undergraduate students with three specialties:

1- International Business Economics and Trade,
2- International Finance (Banking and Investment)
3- International Economics and Law.

The other purposes International Trade and Finance Department wants to carry out are to teach at least two European languages (e.g. English and German) that are required in business life in the line with strengthening students’ knowledge in the area of Contemporary Business, Finance, Banking, and Investment Decisions.

Students in International Trade and Finance Department are required to complete 30- working days internship program. Internship program not just prepare our students to business life but also let the corporations introduce the innovative ideas to them. There is a high demand from the business environment for internship program to the department.

Our students may get detail information about the course program and descriptions on the web page of International Trade and Finance Department. In short, students in the first two years take the courses on Economics, Business, Mathematics and Foundation courses in general. In last two years, students are able to select the relevant courses for the area they want to specialize. Some of these courses are Foreign Trade Management, International Economy, International Retail Management, Cost Accounting, International Marketing, Marketing Research, International Institutions, International Finance and Banking, Custom Issues and Regulations among others.

Students in International Trade and Finance Department have a possibility to study in Europe in the framework of Erasmus Student Exchange Program. Through this program, we encourage our students to attend the Program for the fact that the course schedule of partner universities are harmonious with the program we currently implement in International Trade and Finance Department.

The Area our graduates can work:

To be executive or executive candidate in every size of national or international corporations.

To be executive or executive candidate in international trade firm, logistics firms and industrial firm which are concentrated in international business activities
To be specialist in Chamber of Commerce, Stock Exchanges, Exports Associations,

Merchant Associations
To be Specialist in export/import in SME
To be specialist or assistant specialist in national or international finance corporations in general, banks and insurance companies in particular.

English Language Requirements

TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test : 79

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

For National Students

• High School Diploma
• Placement through a centralized national university placement examination (ÖSYS). Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) is responsible to place students according to their ÖSYS scores.
• Certificate of Yasar University Foreign Language Achievement Test (FLAT) or Paper Based TOEFL (PBT) score of 550, or Computer Based TOEFL (CBT) score of 213 or Internet Based TOEFL (IBT) score of 79, or equivalent. (Applicants, who have not achieved the minimum required score from a recognized English Proficiency Examination, must enroll for a one-year intensive English Language Preparatory Programme at Yasar University English Preparatory School.)

For International Students

• High School Diploma
• Certificate of Yasar University Foreign Language Achievement Test (FLAT) or Paper Based TOEFL (PBT) score of 550, or Computer Based TOEFL (CBT) score of 213 or Internet Based TOEFL (IBT) score of 79, or equivalent. (Applicants, who have not achieved the minimum required score from a recognized English Proficiency Examination, must enroll for a one-year intensive English Language Preparatory Programme at Yasar University English Preparatory School.) (Not required for native speakers).
• Letter of Recommendation
• Photocopy of Passport

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Want to improve your English level for admission?
Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• Flexible study schedule
• Experienced teachers
• Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Alumni Study Travel Fund

  Scholarships for students who are already attending the University of Reading.

• Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

  The University of Amsterdam aims to attract the world’s brightest students to its international classrooms. Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship.

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Yasar University.

Funding

Academic Achievement Scholarship:

Undergraduate students enrolled at Yasar University are eligible for scholarships based on their academic performance. Any student, who has completed the first academic year and achieved a grade point average of above 2.30 out of 4.00, will be eligible to apply for an academic scholarship. Within the quota determined, scholarships for the following academic year, will be awarded on a 100%, 50% and 25% basis. The scholarship will continue as long as the student’s grades are maintained.

Sports Scholarship:

Yasar University offers Sports Scholarships to successful athletes playing in National teams. This year, scholarships of 100%, 50% and 25% will be offered to athletes in below fields: Tennis, Table Tennis, Archery, Athletics, Chess, Fencing, Gymnastics, Swimming and Triathlon Applications for Sports Scholarship are taken during May.

Turkish Government Scholarships:

Some international students may also be eligible for scholarships sponsored by the Turkish government.