Financial Technology (English- Thesis)

The program targets candidates for managerial priorities with a strong background on applied microeconomics, macroeconomics and finance along with a thorough knowledge on Turkish and world economies.

The program intends to give a vision to the candidates which would enable them to broadly analyze the economic and financial issues they would come across. The candidates are expected to be employed in financial institutions as chief economists and market analysts. They may also be employed in research departments of banks, brokerage houses and other similar financial intermediaries.

Our graduates are mainly developing their careers in all kinds of institutions in financial industry in these positions;

Investment Banking
Asset Management
Portfolio Management
Corporate Treasury Management

Program Structure

• Masters Program in Financial Economics consist total 10 must courses and a project course.
• 70% attendance is essential in the classes of master programs .
• Our courses take place weekday evenings between the hours of 19:00 to 22:00 at Karak¶y Campus.
• Duration of the program is three semesters.
• For International Students: Please check part of  the International Office on the  Bahcesehir University web page.
• Financial economics encompasses a broad area of topics and issues, including corporate investments and financing policy, security valuation, portfolio management, the behavior of prices in speculative markets, financial institutions, and intermediation. Students must understand the economic theory on which most of the financial economics is based in addition to having strong quantitative skills.
• The financial economics program in Bahcesehir University is designed to give the student a strong background for study and research in both theoretical and empirical work in finance and related areas. Emphasis is placed on understanding the important concepts and models. In addition to having strong quantitative skills. The program offers two courses (derivatives and Business Forecasting) specifically in financial theory and its applications. Examples of potential areas of research for the financial economics dissertation include : stochastic behavior of security prices, contingent claims analysis and option pricing, equilibrium models with rational expectations

Applicants with a Bachelor degree

If English is not your first language, or you do not have an internationally recognized English qualification, you will need to provide evidence of your English language ability. You can bring one of the internationally recognized test results or you can take the proficiency test of Bahçeşehir University (For Undergraduate Programs Min. Score: 60-Graduate Programs Min. Score: 65)