The PhD Program in Economics aims to educate students to become world class and globally competitive academicians or practitioners. Advanced core theory courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Econometrics are complemented by advanced versions of field courses. The program's language is English.

Graduate School Frequently Asked Questions: https://lee.itu.edu.tr/en/faq

Admission Requirements 

  • If the candidate has only an undergraduate degree, Minimum undergraduate GPA: 3.50/4.00 or 88.33/100.
  • If the candidate has a masters degree, Minimum master's GPA: 3.10/4.00 or 79/100.
  • Minimum ALES (Equally weighted): 80 or Minimum GRE (Quantitative): 156.
  • Minimum YDS/e-YDS/YÖKDİL/e-YÖKDİL: 65 or Minimum TOEFL: 78.
  • Reference letters: 2.
  • Statement of Purpose.
  • For additional information https://lee.itu.edu.tr/en/prospective-students/graduate-admissions


Program Structure

  • The doctoral candidate is required to complete a total of 24 credits. Four of these are compulsory courses, which are coded in the 600 series. The remaining four courses must be selected from the elective course pool, which includes courses coded in the 500 series. In addition, the candidate is required to attend non-credit seminar courses.
  • A candidate who passes the qualifying exam will be eligible to begin writing their doctoral dissertation. In order to take the qualifying exam, the candidate must have completed all 24 credits and have a GPA of 3.00 or higher.
  • PhD students who are admitted in 2022-2023 Spring and after, have to take and pass one of the career development courses(LEE Coded). (Compulsory)
  • PhD Coursework, Qualification, Thesis Submission Process: https://lee.itu.edu.tr/ogrenciler/doktora


First Semester

 IKE 601E   Advanced Microeconomics
 IKE 603E  Advanced Research Methods
   Elective
   Elective


Second Semester

 IKE 602E   Advanced Macroeconomics 
 IKE 604E  Advanced Econometrics
 IKE 696E
 Scientific Research, Ethic and Seminar
   Elective
   Elective


Elective Courses

 IKE 508E  Game Theory
 IKE 517E  Time Series Econometrics
 IKE 520E  Development Economics
 IKE 511E  Health Economics
 IKE 513E  Industrial Economics
 IKE 514E  Panel Data and Cross Sectional Models
 IKE 519E  Environmental Economics


There is a qualifying exam after completing the courses.

Executive Committee

Prof. Dr. Bülent Güloğlu (guloglub@itu.edu.tr)
Prof. Dr. Resul Aydemir (resulaydemir@itu.edu.tr)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tolga Yüret (tyuret@itu.edu.tr)