FAQ

Our department, which has a curriculum equipped with the necessary information for sustainable agriculture, food, and economy, aims to train individuals who can bring agricultural trade and management in our country to the level of developed countries by combining essential agriculture and soil knowledge. For this purpose, it is aimed that our students become individuals who are competent in modern agriculture and business techniques that will reduce our country's dependence on foreign sources, who can analyze data with scientific methods, who can solve problems in all chains, and who have high ethical values—people who are based on agriculture and agricultural economy and who can develop projects.

The language of instruction of the Department of Agricultural Trade and Management is English. After the level of the students whose English level requires additional education is determined by a placement test, these students are placed in the appropriate courses for their level and study in English at the English Preparatory School. After completing the English preparatory class, our students start taking the department courses.

Graduates of the Department of Agricultural Trade and Management can shape their careers in all chain areas related to agriculture and trade, whether they start their businesses, provide consultancy to existing businesses, or take charge of large companies in the sector.

These chain fields are:

1. Fields related to agricultural statistics and data processing,

2. Areas related to agricultural policies and legislation,

3. Areas related to environmental economics and agricultural trade,

4. Agribusiness and sustainable food/agriculture-related fields,

5. Areas related to the implementation of different agricultural models,

6. Fields related to land management

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Our graduates can work in fields such as consultants, researchers, legal affairs officers, and financial management in all agriculture-based industries and research institutions in the public or private sector. They can continue their careers as entrepreneurs who set up their businesses.

Students of the Department of Agricultural Trade and Management have the chance to meet with our stakeholders in the sector thanks to the two summer internships in our curriculum (20 days in total, 40 days in total) and two long internships (8 weeks in total, 16 weeks each) to be applied during the semester. They have a warm and friendly experience with the sector while still students. Students will have the opportunity to build relationships. Long internships during the semester will be held at the leading institutions in the industry with which we have contracted.

Students with full scholarships and discounts are accepted to the Department of Agricultural Trade and Management. The quota information for the program is specified in the YÖK quota guide.

The fees to be applied to our Department of Agricultural Trade and Management students are available in the fees section of our website. English Preparatory School is included in the scholarship that the student deserves.

Our laboratories in the infrastructure of our university are as follows:

Analysis Laboratories: Soil Analysis Lab, Water Analysis Lab., Fertilizer Analysis Lab., Plant Analysis Lab.

Plant Biotechnology Laboratories and Greenhouses: Our laboratories have two main working areas. In plant tissue culture, studies are carried out for disease-free, clonal, and mass plant production and the production of some plant secondary metabolites used in industry. On the other hand, research studies are carried out at the molecular level for agricultural improvement. We have modern glass greenhouses established to realize the applications of our R&D and P&D studies.

Computer Laboratories: It is used for informatics lessons.

Since our department is an interdisciplinary department, our staff consists of faculty members who are experts in their fields in different disciplines.

Prof. Dr. Metin Turan:

Profession: Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

BA and PhD: Atatürk University

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sanem Argin:

Profession: Food Science and Engineering

Bachelor's: METU, PhD: University of Maryland, USA

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Derya Nil Budak:

Profession: Agricultural Communication, Food Communication

Bachelor's: Yeditepe University, Master's: Bahçeşehir University, PhD: Maltepe University

Highlights of our Agricultural Trade and Management department:

The language of instruction is English.

Original Curriculum: Our department has a unique curriculum prepared to train individuals who will contribute to the development of agriculture in line with the needs of our country by blending business and commerce courses with soil, agriculture, and food courses. Our curriculum's richness and complementarity are one of our program's highlights.

Information systems and blockchain courses: Our students will grow up as individuals who can analyze agricultural data, make predictions based on these data, and perform agricultural management at the level of developed countries in the light of these data. Another highlight of our curriculum is blockchain courses. All developed countries apply the concept of blockchain for sustainability and food safety. Our goal is to educate our students with this vision and to ensure they know every step of the journey from the field to international trade.

The fact that long-term internships are included in the curriculum: While our students practice the courses they will take during their education in the facilities and laboratories of our University, they will have the opportunity to apply what they have learned at school in public and private sectors with the two summer internships they must complete and the two long-term internships that will be held in the third year, they will have the chance to put their theoretical knowledge into practice in business life before they graduate. During long-term internships, our students will not take classes at school and will complete two seven-week internships in the institutions we have contracted with.

Sector-participated courses will give our students an advantage in terms of following the developments in the sector.

Department of Agricultural Trade and Management students can also benefit from double major and minor programs in addition to their undergraduate education.

What are Double Major and Minor programs?

• Double major is a program that allows students who meet the success requirement and other conditions to take courses from two diploma programs of the same higher education institution simultaneously and receive two separate diplomas. Students can graduate by completing their course loads in both departments.
• A minor is a program that provides a document (minor certificate) that does not replace a diploma by taking a limited number of courses in a specific field within the scope of another diploma program within the same higher education institution, provided that the student enrolled in a diploma program meets the specified conditions.

When can application be made for Double Major and Minor programs?

• For double major programs, students can complete their studies in the third semester at the earliest and in the fifth semester at the latest; For minor programs, students can apply at the beginning of their third semester at the earliest and at the beginning of their sixth semester at the latest. 

Departments that have double major aggrements with  Agricultural Trade and Management Department: (Agricultural Trade and Management has double major agreements almost with all departments at the university)

Tourism Management

Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

E-Commerce Management

International Trade and Business

Business Administration

Departments that have minor degree aggrements with  Agricultural Trade and Management Department: (Agricultural Trade and Management has minor degree agreements almost with all departments at the university)

E-Commerce Management

Business Administration

What are the basic requirements for doing a Double Major and Minor?

• Must have successfully completed all the courses taken in the major program in which he/she is registered by the semester he/she applies. Courses completed before starting a double major cannot be adjusted.
• At the time of application for a double major program, the GPA in the major program must be at least 2.75 and the student must be in the top 20% of the relevant class of the major program in terms of success ranking. In order to study with a double major scholarship, a GPA of 3.25 out of 4 is required.
• To apply to minor programs, the overall GPA must be at least 2.5 out of 4. Students with a GPA of 3.00 and above can enroll in minor programs with a full scholarship.
• It is not possible to enroll in more than one second major program at the same time. However, it is possible to enroll in a minor program with a second major diploma at the same time.

What are the attendance requirements for Double Major and Minor programs?

• During the double major education, the student's second major GPA may decrease to 2.50 only once. A student whose GPA falls below 2.50 for the second time will be deregistered from the second major diploma program.
• In order for the student to continue in the minor program, the GPA in the major program must be at least 2.30. A student who cannot meet this requirement will be deregistered from the minor program.
• A student who does not take courses in a double major and minor program for two consecutive semesters will be deregistered from the second major and/or minor program.

What are the graduation requirements from the programs?

• In order to graduate from the second major program, the second major GPA must be at least 2.70 and the graduation requirements of the programs must be met. Adaptation and graduation procedures will be based on the protocol valid on the date of starting the double major.
• In order to receive a minor certificate, the major GPA must be at least 2.30.
• A student who continues a double major or minor program is given a second major diploma or minor certificate if he/she graduates from the first major program he/she continues.

Which document will the student who is eligible for graduation be entitled to receive?

• A second major undergraduate diploma is given to the student who has the right to graduate from the major undergraduate program in which he/she is registered and who completes the double major program, and a minor certificate is given to the student who completes the minor program.

*Our Double Major and Minor Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. - deryanil.budak@yeditepe.edu.tr

*Click here to access the Double Major and Minor Application and Registration Form.

*Click here to access the Double Major and Minor Application Petition.

(For Double Major and Minor applications, you must also submit your YKS Placement Result and YKS Exam Result Document)

*Click to access the Minor Program Curriculum.

*Click to access the Double Major and Minor Program Poster.