Sabancı Business School - Milestones
- 1999 - Sabancı University opens with an official ceremony at the Karaköy Building
- 1999 - Prof. Muhittin Oral is appointed as the first Dean of SBS
- Program milestones (including programs we no longer have like LFI and ITM)
- 1999 - MBA, EMBA, and PhD programs are started
- 2001 - LFI program was started (ended in 2011)
- 2001 - Faculty gives diplomas to its first graduates of the MBA and Executive MBA programs.
- 2003 - BA in Management program is started
- 2005 - ITM program was started and ended in 2008
- 2006 - SBS graduates its first PhD student
- 2007 - SBS graduates its first BA in Management students
- 2008 - MIF program is started
- 2008 – CAFÉ, Finance laboratory is open
- 2011 - Dual degree programs with MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT-Zaragoza start
- Minor Programs:
- 2013 - Entrepreneurship Minor Program
- 2014 - Finance Minor Program
- 2015 - Business Analytics Minor Program
- 2015 - MBA for Young Professionals Program is started
- 2015 - (4+1) for MBA and MIF is initiated: Possibility of 1 year MBA and MIF studies for all qualifying students of Sabancı University
- 2016 - MS in Business Analytics program is started
- 2016 - PhD in Business Analytics program is started
- 2003 - Prof. Nakiye Boyacıgiller is appointed as the second Dean of SBS
- 2003 - Entrepreneur Development program is launched
- 2003 - TUSIAD-Sabancı Competitiveness forum is launched
- 2003 - Corporate Governance Forum is founded
- European CG Network Secretariat
- Carbon Disclosure Project
- Independent Board Women project
- Business against Domestic Violence project
- Climate Change Project
- Water program
- 2008 - SBS signs the PRME - Principles for Responsible Management Education
- 2011 – Programs Advisory Boards are started
- 2011 – MBA Advisory Board
- 2011 – EMBA Advisory Board
- 2011 – MiF Advisory Board
- 2014 – BA in Management Advisory Board
- 2016 – Masters in Business Analytics Advisory Board
- 2011 - SBS obtains AACSB accreditation
- 2011 - SBS becomes the first and only university in Turkey to sign a strategic alliance agreement with MIT Sloan School of Management which ended in 2016
- 2011 - SBS becomes the first and only university in Turkey to sign a strategic alliance agreement with MIT-Zaragoza Logistics and Supply Chain Center
- 2012 - Executive MBA students start taking leadership and innovations classes at MIT Sloan as part of their program
- 2012 - Member of EMBA Consortium for Global Innovation
- 2013 - Prof. Füsun Ülengin is appointed as the third Dean of the SBS
- 2013 - Entrepreneurship Council is established
- 2014 - Mentorship programs between successful managers of different industries (55 CEOs) and between EMBA students and EMBA students (25 students) and MBA / MBAYP students
- 2014 - Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2014, Sabancı Executive MBA Program enters Financial Times Executive MBA Global Rankings ranked 98th
- 2015 - Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2015, Sabancı Executive MBA Program enters Financial Times Executive MBA Global Rankings ranked 92nd
- 2015 - Eduniversal Top Three in 1000 Business University in Eurasia and the Middle East
- 2015 - Search Conference on the road map of SBS Education in the next 5 years initiated:
- 2016 - LEAP projects for successful students
- 2016 - Honor classes for outstanding students
- 2016 - Undergraduate Course on Career and Professional Development (in collaboration with Career Office and Sabancı Holding. Lecturers: general managers and directors from Egon Zender, Brisa HR, ÇİMSA, Sabanci Holding, Yapı Kredi Deloitte Partner, Doğuş Holding etc.)
- 2016 - Mentoring for Undergrad students (in collaboration with Career Office and Sabanci Holding )
- 2015 - Behavioral Analytics & Visualization Lab is launched in collaboration with MIT Media Lab and FENS, supported by SAS.
- Other international collaborations
- 2015 - (4+1) Collaboration with Cranfield University, Logistics and Supply Chain program
- 2016 - Exchange with University of Connecticut
- 2016 - Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
- Dual Degree (sent for Higher Education Council for approval)
- (4+1) (UIUC) Master of Science in Technology Management or Business Administration Program
- Undergraduate and graduate exchange
- 2016 - Exchange between EADA (Spain) and MBA EADA and MiF
- 2016 - Exchange between University of Cologne and MBA
- 2016 - Exchange with Xian Jiaotong (collaborations on 4+1 and dual program are ongoing)
- 2016 - Through research group discussions and surveys, SBS faculty decided that the following research topics are our main area of expertise:
- Emerging markets
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Sustainable growth
- 2016 - Lab of Logistics (supported by International Transporters Association-UND)launched in collaboration of FENS Industrial Engineering Faculty experts in Logistics.
- 2016 - SU CEF (Center for Excellence in Finance) is founded (sponsored by Akbank)
- Faculty Awards & Accomplishments
- 2003 – Dilek Çetindamar: TÜBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences) Encouragement Award
- 2004 – Nakiye Boyacıgiller: Member of the Academic Advisory Council, Cyprus International Institute of Management
- 2006 – Arzu Wasti: TÜBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences) Encouragement Award
- 2010 – Burçin Bozkaya: Practice Prize Winner, Canadian Operational Research Society
- 2012 – Işın Güler: TÜBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences) Young Scientist Award
- 2012 – Dilek Çetindamar: Best Book Award, International Association for Management of Technology
- 2013 – Füsun Ülengin: Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing by Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (Elsevier)
- 2013 – Füsun Ülengin: Associate Editor of Transport Policy
- 2013 – Füsun Ülengin: Associate Editor of Case Studies on Transport Policy
- 2013 – Füsun Ülengin: Vice Chair of Conferences, World Conference of Transport Research Society
- 2013 – Füsun Ülengin: Scientific and Steering Committee member of the World Conference of Transport Research Society
- 2014 – Özgecan Koçak: TÜBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences) Young Scientist
- 2014 – Nakiye Boyacıgiller: Member of the Board of the Turkish Philanthropy Funds
- 2015 – Can Akkan: CEEMAN Best Teaching Award
- 2015 – Nakiye Boyacıgiller: Elected president of the Academy of International Business (2015-2016), the premier scholarly organization in the field of IB.
- 2015 – Arzu Wasti: Fellow of the International Academy of Intercultural Relations
- 2015 – Çağrı Haksöz: Max Planck Institute Visiting Fellowship
- 2015 – Nakiye Boyacıgiller: Invited to serve on the Advisory Board of the Gordon Institute of Business Studies (GIBS) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa
- 2015 – Çağrı Haksöz: DAAD Scholarship
- 2015 – Burçin Bozkaya: Launched Behavioral Analytics & Visualization Lab with MIT Media Lab.
- 2015 – Nakiye Boyacıgiller: Invited to serve on the Advisory Board of Bologna Business School, University of Bologna, Italy.
- 2015 – Füsun Ülengin: launched a Special Interest Group of Transport System Analysis and Economic Evaluation involving SU faculty Füsun Ülengin, Abdullah Daşcı, Burçin Bozkaya, Çağrı Haksöz, Nihat Kasap, Tevhide Altekin, Can Akkan, İlker Birbil.
- 2016 – Abdullah Daşcı: Associate Editor of Computers & Operations Research
- 2016 - Signed a strategic alliance agreement with Columbia Business School