The program leading to the Bachelor's degree in Economics combines training in technical economics with opportunities for a broad and balanced undergraduate education. The program aims to give the students a solid grounding in modern economic theory and accompanying skills necessary for independent and critical thinking which will allow them to acquire an understanding of the Turkish and the world economy. The aim is achieved through a flexible curriculum which is structured to provide the basic social science and quantitative toolbox necessary for all economists in the first two years, followed by elective requirements which students can choose courses geared toward a field that the student would like to excel in. Students can choose to excel in all general economics fields including academic economics which aims to prepare students for a highly quantitative graduate study, macroeconomics which emphasizes topics about the workings of the macroeconomy such as monetary and international economics, microeconomics which focuses on the decision making of individuals and firms in depth, managerial economics which captures the synergy issues between management and economics, or any combination of the fields listed. Besides electives requirements geared toward the fields listed, students are required to take a range of free electives so that they become well-rounded social scientists and furthermore well rounded university graduates.

IELTS required - 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each section. (IELTS score sheet should be sent directly from the test center to Bilkent University)