METU-NCC Economics program
started education in the academic year of 2004-2005 with the principal aim of
establishing and improving the understanding of economic problems from the
elementary to the most complex, in an interdisciplinary manner, supported by
historical, social and political aspects and providing its students with
necessary skills and tools to undertake critical and systematic analysis of the
economic environment, with a special focus on the local economic issues, and area
studies.
Besides teaching basics of
the economic theory to develop economic understanding at the international
standards, the general structure of the program has enough flexibility to
permit interdisciplinary feedback from different programs by allowing its
students to take courses from Political Science and International Relations and
Business Administration programs. Thus the students of the program will develop
an extensive economic understanding as well as a general comprehension of
social and administrative sciences.
Career Opportunities
Turkish government institutions and public organizations like the
Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Undersecretariat of Treasury, State Planning Organization, Undersecretariat Foreign Trade, Turkish
Statistical Institute, Competition Authority, Capital Markets Board, Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, and international
institutions like the World Bank, IMF, and FAO are examples of potential job opportunities. In general a wide variety of private sector jobs
especially the ones in the banking and financial sector will be available for our graduates.