2015-2016 Fall SSI-Management Graduate Programs Applications

Sabancı Business School is accepting applications for the 2015-2016 academic year MBA, Executive MBA (EMBA), Masters in Finance (MIF) and Management PhD programs. Information regarding these programs can be obtained from the web site. Additionally, various scholarships are available for MBA, MiF and PhD programs.

Applications for the MBA Program:
The MBA Program is open to all candidates with an undergraduate degree from an accredited university.

MBA Programs Required Documents:
1. Completed online application form ,
2. Transcript,
3. The following Graduate Program Entrance Exam scores,
4. ALES or equivalent test scores are not required
5. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result,

6. 2 Reference letters,
7. Detailed and updated Resume (CV),
7. Statement of Purpose (in English).
8. A copy of undergraduate diploma. Note: If you are in your last semester of your undergraduate studies and do not have your diploma yet, you need to provide a graduation certificate before you can be admitted to the degree program.
9. A photograph    
10. Signed online application affidavit

Application Deadline for MBA:
Early Applications                            : April 15, 2015
Regular&Scholarship Applications :June 5, 2015 . We strongly urge all candidates to submit their applications by this date.
Applications                                     : July 3, 2015

Admission Process: After an initial screening, eligible candidates are to be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be mailed to the candidate.

For more information: Burcu Albayrak   (0216) 483 96 72 or  balbayrak@sabanciuniv.edu

Application Deadline for MBA :

(for Young Professionals)
Early Applications                            : April 15, 2015
Applications                                       : July 3, 2015

Admission Process: After an initial screening, eligible candidates are to be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be mailed to the candidate. Applicants may also attend the Sabanci University English proficiency exam that will be held on April 6, May 14, June 6 and July 1, 2015. All applicants who plan to attend SU exams should complete their online application before the exam dates. The spoken English level of the applicant will be evaluated in the interview.

For more information: İpek İzet Ülger (0216) 483 97 43 or  ipeki@sabanciuniv.edu

Executive MBA Required Documents
1. Completed online application form,
2. Graduation certificate/ diploma from an undergraduate institution
3. Transcripts for undergraduate and, if applicable, graduate studies
4. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result ,

Applicants may also attend the Sabanci University English proficiency exam that will be held on April 6, May 14, June 6 and July 1, 2015. All applicants who plan to attend SU exams should complete their online application before the exam dates.
The spoken English level of the applicant will be evaluated in the interview.
 5. Two letters of recommendation (Please use SU Recommendation letter form)
6. Detailed resume including specific information on work experience (CV)
7. Statement of Purpose (in English). 

ALES or equivalent test scores are not required for the applications to Executive MBA program.

Application Deadline for Executive MBA:
Early Applications: April 30th, 2015
Latest Applications: June 30th, 2015

Admission Process: After an initial screening, eligible candidates are to be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be mailed to the candidate.

For more information: İpek İzet Ülger, (0216) 483 9743 or  ipeki@sabanciuniv.edu

Application for the Masters in Finance (MiF) Program:
All candidates who have a 4-year undergraduate degree may apply to the Program.
MiF Required Documents:
1. Completed online application form,
2. Transcript,
3. Any of the following Graduate Program Entrance Exam scores,
a. ALES A minimum score of 55 (Equal Weight),
b. GMAT or,
c. GRE
4. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result,

5. 2 Reference letters,
6. Detailed and updated Resume (CV),
7. Statement of Purpose (in English).
8. A copy of undergraduate diploma. Note: If you are in your last semester of your undergraduate studies and do not have your diploma yet, you need to provide a graduation certificate before you can be admitted to the degree program.
9. A photograph    
10. Signed online application affidavit

Application Deadline for MiF:

Early Applications     : March 6, 2015
Regular Applications : June 5, 2015
Applications                : July 3, 2015

Admission Process: After an initial screening of the documents, eligible candidates will be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be sent by mail.

For more information: Burcu Albayrak, (0216) 483 9672 or balbayrak@sabanciuniv.edu

Application for the PhD Program:
The PhD program in Management is open to candidates with a background in business, economics, engineering, social or natural sciences.
PhD Required Documents:
1. Completed online application form,
2. Transcript,
3. Result for Graduate Program Entrance Exam: 

Turkish citizens are required to submit GMAT and GRE scores as well as ALES scores. Non-Turkish applicants are only required to submit GMAT, GRE or GAT scores.

        GMAT : Min. score 600

        GRE : Quantitative: min. score 730 (Scores on the Prior Scale), 157(Scores on the Current Scale),

        ALES: Equal Weight : Candidates applying for the PhD Programs with a MA degree min. score 75, Candidates applying for the PhD Programs with a BA degree min.score 80

       GAT : Accumulative Percentile : %60 (for international student)

4. 2 Reference letters
5. a “English Proficiency Certificate” for PhD Programs: Photocopies of the documents mentioned below are accepted for application; however originals will be requested upon registration in the case of admission.

International PhD applicants must submit a proficiency exam result in one of the following languages, excluding the native language of the applicant: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese or Persian. The applicant is required to achieve a minimum of 83 points in the national foreign language examination (YDS) offered by the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK) or the equivalent in an international language proficiency exam recognized by ÖSYM Board. The minimum scores required are given in the table below for Foreign Language Proficiency Certificates for proficiency in English.

After the test date, TOEFL scores are valid for two years and YDS, KPDS and ÜDS scores are valid for three years.

Applicants who provide a “Foreign Language Proficiency Certificate” in one of the languages listed above other than English are also required to fulfill the English proficiency criteria stated below at 5.b.

5-b  As the language of instruction at Sabancı University is English, the applicant is required to submit the score of one of the English proficiency assessment exams. Recognized exams, the minimum score required and period of validity are given in the table below. Photocopies of the documents mentioned below are accepted for application; however originals will be requested upon registration in the case of admission.

After the test date, TOEFL scores are valid for two years, IELTS scores are valid for two years, and YDS, KPDS and ÜDS scores are valid for three years.

Applicants who do not submit a valid English Proficiency Exam score, if they are accepted to a program (fulfilling all other requirements) can only be admitted to graduate study on the condition of obtaining a satisfactory grade in Sabancı University’s own English Language Assessment Exam (ELAE). Those candidates who fail to attend or get a satisfactory score in the exam are obliged to attend and successfully complete a full course of English Language Preparation in order to continue with graduate courses. Failure to complete this course successfully will result in termination of enrollment in a graduate program at Sabancı University.

Graduates of Sabancı University are exempt from submitting an English Proficiency Exam score provided that they apply within two years of their graduation.

6. Detailed and updated resume (CV),
7. Statement of Purpose (in English).
8. Candidates applying for the PhD Programs with a BA degree must hold a 3.00/4.00 GPA. The candidates graduated from institutions which apply a scale other than “X out of 4.00” system must provide a conversion table or an official letter of evidence from their institutions.

Application Deadline for PhD: May 31, 2015

For more information: Neyir Ozdemir (0216) 483 9671 or phdman@sabanciuniv.edu

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SUdergi has evolved into "Scripta" - a new digital magazine format.

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Scripta is only available for the iPad right now, but an iPhone version and website will soon follow.

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Turkey-based Pushmote was accepted to Techstars, the largest venture accelerator program in the United States which receives thousands of submissions every year. This is the first time a Turkish venture receives investment from Techstars.

Founded by Sabancı University graduates Gökay Hamamcı, Tarık Özket, Taha Özket and Pamir Erdem in February 2014, Pushmote aims to grow by providing creative solutions to the location-based analytical data needs of companies.

Started in partnership with Inovent, Turkey's first technology investment company, Pushmote is noteworthy for being among the rare ventures in Turkey that produce high technology products, and develops platforms that enable companies to implement the iBeacon technology.

Techstars supported 502 ventures so far, including DigitalOcean, SendGrid, Keen.io and Conspire, playing a large part in bringing the total value of these companies to USD 42 billion. Recognized as the world's most successful venture accelerator program, Techstars invests in only 10 out of the thousands of companies that apply every year. Pushmote’s success in this competitive environment is tremendously important for the Turkish venture ecosystem. 

The iBeacon technology announced by Apple to merge virtual and real worlds enables smartphones to provide instant, micro location-based content. In other words, iBeacon allows previously blind smartphones to see what is around them. With the advent of the Internet of Things, the iBeacon technology is expected to reach a huge market in the near future. This technology is behind functions like opening a hotel room door without a key, as demonstrated in Apple's introduction of iWatch, which serves as further confirmation.

The scene in 2002's Minority Report starring Tom Cruise where John Anderton is greeted by his name when he enters a shop now becomes reality thanks to mobile telephones and the iBeacon technology.

The technology developed by Pushmote is currently in use at thousands of locations in 54 countries. The SDK and platform provided by Pushmote enables companies that aim to use the iBeacon technology achieve these objectives in an effective way.

Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum Director Melsa Ararat was a panelist at the Annual Event of Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) with opening remarks by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and keynote by former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The event was held in New York on March 10 and 11, 2015.

The seventh annual event of Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) was held in New York on March 10 and 11, 2015. The main theme of the event was "Unlimited Potential: Business Partners for Gender Equality" and opening remarks were delivered by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and keynote by former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Also speaking at the conference was Sabancı University School of Management faculty member and Corporate Governance Forum Director Melsa Ararat in the session titled "Exploring New Models for Business, Investing and Networks."

In the opening remarks, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that since its inception in 2010, WEPs has reached more than 910 signatories, becoming a truly global initiative, and spoke about the responsibilities of the private sector.

Hillary Rodham Clinton reminded the audience that 2015 was the 20th anniversary of the inaugural Beijing World Conference on Women, and said that no country was in a position to claim full gender equality despite significant advances in gender equality and enabling women and girls to enojy equal rights, freedoms and opportunities in every aspect of life.

In her presentation, Melsa Ararat discussed the "Domestic Violence against White-Collar Working Women in Turkey: A Call for Business Action" report issued by the Business against Domestic Violence Project implemented by the Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum. Ararat said that Germany's decision to impose a 30% women quota on on executive boards was a bold step, and continued, "Preventing violence against women will only be possible if women are viewed not as objects but as equal individuals of the society. Companies may lead the change of social norms in favor of women by empowering and giving women authority, bringing them to decision-making positions, paying them the same as men, and making equality a part of the corporate culture. The shortest way to achieving this is imposing quotas for women directors to sit on company boards, as is done by many countries."

Women's Empowerment Principles is a joint initiative by the UN Global Compact and UN Women with more than 910 signatories at CEO level worldwide, and aims to provide a roadmap for businesses to empower women in businesses, markets and the society. The first Turkish signatories of the initiative were Güler Sabancı and Ümit Boyner on behalf of their respective companies in 2011, and there are currently 45 signatories.

Please click for article on The Guardian.

Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum starts "Gender Sessions"

Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum continues its efforts in education with three modules on “Philosophy and Gender”, “Film and Gender” and “Art and Gender”. The training modules will be held on Saturdays between 10 am and 1 pm at the Karaköy Minerva Palas. Admission is limited and the sessions will begin on March 14, 2015.

The first module, titled “Philosophy and Gender” will focus on how concepts such as science, human rights and racial intersection are positioned with regard to gender. The “Film and Gender” modüle will discuss representations of women and men in film and analyze how gender roles are built; and the third module, “Art and Gender," will discuss artistic intervention in gender.

Lecturers in the three-week first module “Philosophy and Gender” will be Sabancı University Faculty Member Gürol Irzık on “Science and Gender”, Koç University Faculty Member Çiğdem Yazıcı on “Gender and Racial Intersections” and Koç University Faculty Member Hülya Şimga on “Sexism and Human Rights”.

The "Film and Gender" module will be held in April and will be a four-week module. This module will consist of an introductory course followed by Sabancı University Faculty Member Ruken Alp on “All About My Mother” (P. Almadovar), Sabancı University Faculty Member Reyhan Tutumlu on “The Shining” (S. Kubrick) and Sabancı University Faculty Member Sibel Irzık on “M. Butterfly” (D. Cronenberg).

The "Art and Gender" module in May will also be a four-week session. The lectures in order are Marmara University Faculty Member Ahu Antmen on “Gender Discrimination in Art History and Feminist Art Practices”, artist Canan on “The Personal Is Political”, Kadir Has University Faculty Member İnci Eviner on “The Knife in the Eye” and Rahmi Oğdül on “Knitting the Body in Art: Flat and Circular”.

Program

March 2015 | Philosophy and Gender (3 Weeks)

March 14 - Gürol Irzık (Sabancı University), "Science and Gender"
March 21 - Çiğdem Yazıcı (Koç University), "Gender and Racial Intersections"
March 28 - Hülya Şimga (Koç University), "Sexism and Human Rights"

April 2015 | Film and Gender (4 Weeks)

April 4 - (Lecturer tbd), “Introduction”
April 11 - Ruken Alp (Sabancı University), “All About My Mother” (P. Almadovar)
April 18 - Reyhan Tutumlu (Sabancı University), “The Shining” (S. Kubrick)
April 25 - Sibel Irzık (Sabancı University), “M. Butterfly” (D. Cronenberg)

May 2015 | Art and Gender (4 Weeks)

May 2 - Ahu Antmen (Marmara University), “Gender Discrimination in Art History and Feminist Art Practices”
May 9 - Canan, “The Personal Is Political”
May 16 - İnci Eviner (Kadir Has University), “The Knife in the Eye”
May 23 - Rahmi Öğdül, “Knitting the Body in Art: Flat and Circular"

Place: Karaköy Minerva Palas

Time: 10.00 am - 1.00 pm

Fees:

Students / Teachers / SU Members: 120 TL (March), 150 TL (April), 150 TL (May), 350 TL (all three)
Adults: 200 TL (March), 240 TL (April), 240 TL (May), 550 TL (all three)
Information and Registration: email genderforum@sabanciuniv.edu or call  0216 483 93300216 483 9330.

Website: http://genderforum.sabanciuniv.edu/tr/sanat_sinema_felsefe

Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) organized a workshop on “International Humanitarian NGOs and Emergency Aid” on March 6 to understand effects of Turkish Humanitarian NGOs on Turkish foreign policy and Turkey’s peacebuilding activities. In the workshop, general overview to humanitarian NGOs, emergency aid activities of international and Turkish NGOs and the issues of disaster management and response, logistics, distribution and sustainablity of emergency aids were handled.

Many key decision makers, high level government officials and academics such as Director of Istanbul Policy Center Fuat Keyman, Istanbul Policy Center Conflict Resolution and Mediation Stream Coordinator Bülent Aras, David Lewis from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Pınar Akpınar from Istanbul Policy Center, Anthony Beresford from Cardiff University and Arne Strand from Michelsen Institute participated to the workshop.

Representatives of several NGOs, academicians and students attended to the workshop which increased presence and capacity of Turkish humanitarian NGOs in Turkey’s peace oriented foreign policy were approached.

Deniz Kandiyoti: “We live in times when women’s rights are in the line of fire”

Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum invited Deniz Kandiyoti for a lecture as part of the International Women's Day events.

Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum invited SOAS, University of London faculty member Deniz Kandiyoti for a lecture on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the Karaköy Minerva Palas to remember the International Women's Day.

Deniz Kandiyoti gave a lecture titled “Dead End for Women's Rights?" in a session moderated by Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences member Ayşe Öncü.

Kandiyoti began by discussing the history of the International Women's Day.  Kandiyoti commented that the failure of the United Nations to adopt a resolution for holding the 5th Global Women's Conference, which has been held every ten years since 1975, in 2015 was a dismal situation.

Kadın hareketlerinin tarih ve mekanla bağlantılı olduğunu söyleyen Deniz Kandiyoti, kadın hareketlerinin küresel etkenlere ve jeopolitik hareketlere maruz kaldığını ifade etti ve kadın haklarının ateş hattına sürüldüğü bir dönemden geçtiğimizi belirtti.

Deniz Kandiyoti explained that women's movements are vulnerable to global factors and geopolitical shifts, and that we were living in times when women's rights are in the line of fire.

Kandiyoti said that while countries like Saudi Arabia only use women's rights to make an impression on a global level, women in Turkey were still struggling to be recognized as humans in the 21st century.

Deniz Kandiyoti drew attention to the connection between imperialism and feminism, and criticized so-called "project feminism." Kandiyoti said, “Project feminism condemns women's empowerment to market shares, and brought women on higher levels to those on lower levels, instead of the opposite."
Deniz Kandiyoti also mentioned the murder of Özgecan Aslan and its reverberations in the society. Kandiyoti said that the reactions were the clash of differing consciences, and emphasized that men who wore skirts to protest were a world apart from men who believe they own women.

Deniz Kandiyoti argued that feminism began as a political movement for liberation, expressing her concern that women's movement falling victim to populist policies and her discomfort with women's rights being used as a hollow indicator of development.

Finally, Deniz Kandiyoti said that men can also be feminists like women can, and explained that this was a political movement. Kandiyoti then took questions from the floor.

About Deniz Kandiyoti

Deniz Kandiyoti is an author and an academic of research in the fields of gender relations and developmental politics in the Middle East, specifically Turkey. She holds a PhD from London School of Economics.

Her work on gender and Islam, especially in post-colonial and rural development areas, has been influential throughout the entire field. She has pioneered new research into understanding the implications of Islam and state policy on women, and as a result has brought more attention to the field.

As of 2010, Kandiyoti is Emeritus Professor in Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies,part of the University of London, where she began working in 1992. She has done consultancy work for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Labor Organization (ILO), United Nations Environmental, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

Last year, Kandiyoti received the Jury Special Award in the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards.

Sabancı University Pre-Incubation Center – SUCool and Innomate held a conference titled “Winners by Losing Club” on Friday, January 30, 2015 at the Karaköy Minerva Palas.  Young entrepreneurs Kerem Alper, Cenk Sezgin and Sercan Çelebi shared their stories of failure on the path to success.

Based on the idea that people learn most from their mistakes, the conference featured young entrepreneurs who shared their stories of failure as well as what they have gained when they failed.

Kerem Alper

A graduate of İstanbul Erkek Lisesi, Alper did a double major in Mathematics and Economics at Wesleyan University.  He worked on renewable energy technologies and investment finance in New York, first at Lehman Brothers followed by Cadent Energy Partners.

After a double master’s degree from Stanford University in Business (MBA) and Sustainable Design (MS), Alper worked as a teaching assistant at the Stanford Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school).  Following an agriculture software venture supported by the Lightspeed Venture Partners Fellowship, he worked on product development at Nest Labs (www.nest.com).  He returned to Istanbul in 2014 to start ATÖLYE İstanbul.

Cenk Sezgin

Cenk Sezgin is a graduate of the Galatasaray University Industrial Engineering Department and has a master’s degree in Management Strategy from the London Business School.  He has been a manager of business development and innovation in global companies like SAP and Teradata since 2006, and has worked within teams responsible for expanding innovation in organizations of 65,000 people or more.  Cenk Sezgin also organized entrepreneurship programs with companies and universities in Turkey to promote ventures in Big Data.

Teaching and education runs in Cenk Sezgin’s family, and in addition to his corporate efforts, Sezgin creates social projects to improve inequality in education in Turkey.  His latest initiative was SoruSana, a crowdsourced, mobile question and answer platform aimed at students preparing for university exams.  SoruSana is now available across the 81 provinces of Turkey.

Sercan Çelebi

After graduating from the German High School, Çelebi studies Economics and International Relations at Yale University.  He worked in the New Jersey and Istanbul offices of McKinsey & Co. as a management consultant for various regions (Africa, Europe and Middle East) and industries (media, medical, industrial strategy among others) before joining MetCap Energy Investments as a director responsible for large-scale investment projects.  He founded and later closed Zorkun Agriculture, which had industrial tomato and pepper farms in the Izmir region. 

Yiğit Tekşen, (Mechatronic Engineering 2012 and Energy Management Master’s 2014) has become the first Turkish national to cross the Pamir Trail, which runs at an elevation of 4700 meters between Iran and China, on a bicycle and in winter.

Yiğit spoke of his extraordinary experience to the Milliyet daily, talking about how he pedaled at -25 degree temperatures and reached China in 106.

For the Milliyet story on Yiğit (in Turkish) click here:

2012 Management graduate Burcu Yakupoğlu came first in the global 'Good4 ... Start Up the Future' contest held by Barilla. 

The contest was started in 2014 to promote innovation and creativity in the field of food, and submissions were reviewed by an international panel of experts.  Our graduate Burcu Yakupoğlu's project titled "Seeding the Future" was chosen the best submission in the "Good4 our Knowledge" category.

Yakupoğlu will receive funding from Barilla to implement her project on promoting awareness of food and sustainability among children, and won a scholarship from the University of Bocconi ,n Italy, which is recognized as one of the best business schools worldwide.