Designed to train future business professionals and entrepreneurs, the Okan Business program is being implemented in Istanbul, a natural Business laboratory, in a way that combines business education with theory and practice. Based on the principle of building the realities of business life together with business life on a strong theoretical infrastructure, the modular business education structure aims to offer positive advantages to Business graduates.
Business education has gained special importance depending on the developments in the global and Turkish economy and business world. Economic-political and technological changes are differentiating new business models and career opportunities. The most important feature of future managers will be the ability to “adapt to and manage change”.
Our academic program consists of courses that aim to shape our students’ basic managerial and leadership competencies, courses and practices focused on developing their intellectual and multicultural competencies, and modular courses in rich sub-specialty areas suitable for their areas of interest and targeted sector. Our Business students can focus on banking and finance, accounting, marketing, international trade, international logistics and entrepreneurship in their education. In our program, one year of English Preparatory is mandatory, and starting from the third year, one of the following languages is offered as a second foreign language option: Russian, German, Arabic or Chinese. In order to use modern educational technologies, TradeMaster Finance Lab. and Business Strategy Lab. are open to our students.