DEAR STUDENTS,

Welcome to our department.

Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University, established in 1936, has made a major contribution to Turkey’s economy in terms of labor force. The aim of the Department of Tourism Management within Faculty of Economics, which is one of the oldest faculty in Turkey, is to raise managers for tourism industry. Most of our graduates, are employed in the tourism and related industries. Substantial part of our graduates are employed in the Culture and Tourism Ministry of Turkey, particularly in various public institutions and organizations in Turkey. Many of our graduate students who graduate from our postgraduate program are working as academician in the various universities in Turkey and the world.

Our department continues its development in harmony with the tourism industry, which has an important share in the changing world economy. Many industry-oriented compulsory and elective courses have been added to our undergraduate curriculum. With important automation programs, which are widely used in the tourism industry such as OPERA, AMEDEUS and OTELLO, are given to our students in computer labs. In addition, with the compulsory internship covering 60 working days, there are implementations like "Vocational Training" in the 8th semester and "Graduation Project" focused on project development. These practices develop the cooperation between industry and academy.

Within the Tourism Management Department, there is also a student club named "Tourism Management Club" with approximately 200 active members. Our students act as a bridge between our department and the tourism industry by organizing various club activities, many trips, memorial events and sectoral association events. There are 5 Professors, 1 Associate Professor Doctor, 3 Assistant Professor, 1 Lecturer and 6 Research Assistants currently working in our department. Our expert academic staff carry out international and national project studies and attend many academic meetings.

DEAR STUDENTS,

We are working hard to provide you with a quality education. In this changing age, I recommend you to always renew yourself in the sense of lifelong learning, adopt the concept of awareness, get used to thinking in many ways, participate in certificate programs on topics of your interest, learn few languages, use technology very well, and know both the world and Turkish culture.

Your motto should be "THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL".

On behalf of all our academic staff; I congratulate all of you for winning this department and I wish you a lifelong success.

Prof. Dr. Füsun İSTANBULLU DİNÇER

The Head of The Department of Tourism Management

Our four-year undergraduate program, which provides education within the Faculty of Economics of Istanbul University, accepts students with Equal Weight (Eşit Ağırlık-EA) score type. In 2019, it had a total 77 students quotas, 75 of which are general quotas and 2 quotas are for students who graduated the highest degree from high school. According to the results of YKS in 2019, the score of the last person who settled with a 0.12 coefficient is 280,16968, and it was placed in our department as 325,617th person in YKS. In 2019, our department accepted 95,057 people from the ceiling success ranking with a ceiling score of 350,62219; It is in the second rank among state universities according to the base score ranking.

History of The Department

Faculty of Economics at the Istanbul University was established in 1936 and leading to the teaching and learning of economics in Turkey, has been qualified to be an examplary. Faculty of Economics, as one of Turkey's oldest faculty, on the one hand has been raising scientists, on the other hand has gained significant administrators to Turkey's economy. While some of the faculty graduates have come to important places in other sectors of the economy, some have served as senior managers in the sub-sectors of the tourism industry such as accommodation, travel, transportation, food and beverage or have made significant contributions to tourism by making various investments in this field. With the understanding of the importance of tourism, the necessity of providing a more specific education for this sector has emerged and in 1969, the Economic Geography and Tourism Institute was established within the Faculty of Economics. With the establishment of the institute, graduate programs related to tourism were opened and the sector was supported in scientific terms. Names such as Abdullah Türkoğlu and Kubilay Baysal, who are doyen in tourism, have contributed greatly to the opening of this institute. Within the Faculty of Economics, which has raised important names in the field of tourism and has pioneered the opening of tourism department in many universities in Turkey, the Tourism Management Department was established in the 1998-1999 academic year. However, the department was closed after continuing its education and training life for a while, and it was decided to reopen in 2005. The Tourism Management department, which still continues its education and training activities, is preferred mostly in the first place by the candidates who want to study in the field of tourism. It contributes to the science of tourism not only by undergraduate education, but also by accepting students in the field of master's and doctorate degrees. Prof. Dr. Füsun İSTANBULLU DİNÇER, who has been a great contributer for opening the department and ensuring its continuity, has been the head of the department since the day of the education of the department started.

PROF. DR. RECEP ŞÜKRÜ YARCAN

Appointment Date: 2007

Retirement Date: 2011