Your undergraduate GPA, interview performance, GRE or GMAT, language test score, CV, reference letters and letter of intent are all effective in admission and scholarship decisions.

The program has a tuition fee. However, based on your GMAT/GRE score, undergraduate GPA, language score and interview performance, scholarships are available to MSc in Business Analytics students, including international applications. 

• Full Scholarship (includes full tuition waiver, monthy stipend, dormitory accodomation in double/ quadruple room).
• Tuition waiver + dormitory fee waiver
• Tuition waiver
• 2/3 tuition waiver

We evaluate your undergraduate GPA, interview performance, GRE or GMAT, language test score, CV, reference letters and letter of intent which are all effective in admission and scholarship decisions. For instance, a candidate who has very high GMAT or GRE score may not be accepted to the program if at the end of the interview the committee decides that s/he lacks a certain level of communication skills. On the other hand, a candidate with an average GMAT or GRE score may be offered scholarship if s/he has other strong skills. 

The quota of the program is 15 for 2020-21 Academic Year. 

The principles that form the foundation of our academic programs and institutional structure are based on an interdisciplinary approach; hence, your thesis subject and how to manage your thesis will be determined with your Thesis Advisor after you start to the program.

The list below is the faculty members of our program and you can also work with other faculty members as long as related to your Thesis Subject.

• Nihat Kasap
• Abdullah Daşçı
• Ayşe Kocabıyıkoğlu
• Füsun Ülengin
• Burak Gökgür
• Melek Akın Ateş
• Tevhide Alptekin
• Can Akkan
• Burçin Bozkaya
• Raha Akhavan Tabatabaei

When the online application is completed, a link will be directly emailed to the email addresses indicated in the "Recommenders" section of the online application system for your recommenders to upload their recommendation letters.

Your recommenders are expected to upload them to the online system after they receive the link once you submit your online application.

Our candidates can apply without GMAT or GRE or ALES score in order not to skip deadlines. However, you are expected to indicate the exam date in the application. 

Candidates who have GMAT/GRE/ALES can apply with the "test taker" copy. It is obligatory to deliver official GMAT/GRE/ALES document to Sabancı University for registration after acceptence. In order to deliver your GMAT/GRE / TOEFL document via ETS, you can use Sabancı University institution code: 7100.

ALES, e-ALES : Equal weight minimum 82 or

GMAT: Minimum 600 or

GRE: Quantitative 157 

Note: The validity period for these scores are as follows: ALES, e-ALES, GRE and GMAT 5 years.

Yes, one of those exams with minimum requirement score is enough.

No, we do not choose students from a specific department. Students who supplies the whole application requirements are invited to the interview.

No, it is not. You can make multiple applications based on your goals. In your purpose of letter, you can clearly define why you would like to study for Business Analytics Thesis Program is enough for us.

Yes, sure. This is totally depending on your motivation and goals.

Yes sure you can. we have also many students who are pursuing their work life after completing the program.