POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (English)

Degree Awarded:Bachelor's Degree, Relationship with Competency Frameworks: TYÇ-TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, ISCED (2011): Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle

Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples

Since our department is part of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, the fields in which our students can work are very diverse. The common goal of Yeditepe University and our department is to cultivate solution-oriented individuals with a developed sense of empathy, who can work effectively in individual and group settings. We place importance on our students being sensitive to society, capable of producing projects, and possessing analytical thinking skills and practical problem-solving abilities. Our graduates with these qualities can easily find jobs in any field they desire, as they meet the demands of employers.

Our graduates work as civil servants in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or in various other institutions. Additionally, we have graduates working in the Turkish or overseas representative offices of international organizations such as the United Nations and NATO. Our graduates also have the opportunity to work in different fields, such as non-governmental organizations.

In the private sector, they have the chance to find jobs in every industry, from the pharmaceutical sector to the automotive sector. Many of our graduates hold positions in various departments of national and international companies, such as sales, marketing, human resources, and corporate communications.

The media sector is also frequently preferred by our graduates. We have graduates working at newspapers and news channels like Daily Sabah, CNNTürk, and TRT World.

Furthermore, the banking and finance sector is among the areas where our graduates can easily find employment. We have graduates who have seized the opportunity to work at the Central Bank and in the international finance and international trade departments of private banks, as well as in audit firms. With the regulation published in 2018, it has also become easier for our graduates to become administrative judges.

Finally, if our graduates wish, they can pursue an academic career by undertaking master's and doctoral studies in Turkey or abroad. Among our students pursuing master's and doctoral degrees abroad, we currently have students continuing their education in Sweden, England, Germany, Poland, and Spain. Most of our students have achieved the success of continuing their graduate studies with scholarships.