The Sabancı University Sabanci School of Management B.A. in Management began accepting students via the university entrance examination in the 2003-2004 academic year.

The main aim of the B.A. in Management is to cultivate individuals that are knowledgeable, innovative, that have an entrepreneurial spirit, that are aware of their social responsibilities and able to compete in a changing and increasingly globalizing world.  The program does not only teach the existing technical know-how that successful managers need to survive in difficult conditions in Turkey and internationally, but gives importance to foster in their students the analytical abilities and problem-solving skills which would enable them to make the right decisions when confronted with different situations.

Three main principles have been considered while designing the Management undergraduate program:

1. Flexibility

In consistency with Sabancı University's general approach to university education, considerable flexibility is provided to students in the Management undergraduate program in choosing their courses. For this purpose, the number of obligatory courses has been decreased as much as possible and the number of electives that students can choose from all of the programs at the University has been kept high. In addition, because students make their program choices at the end of their second year, we have paid utmost care to make sure that the prescribed obligatory courses provide a strong foundation for students while taking care that students taking these courses in the second year do not lose their flexibility in choosing programs.

2. International Perspective

The Management undergraduate program has been formulated in a way to provide a wide variety of resources to equip students with the key skills to approach the business world with an international viewpoint. One of the resources mentioned are the exchange agreements with foreign universities and membership to European Union programs existing in this field. Another opportunity is providing a sufficient number of electives in foreign languages (other than English) and in culture that would enable students to become familiar with foreign cultures.

3. Cultivating Management Skills

In the management undergraduate program it is aimed to have students learn not only the technical sides of the issues, but develop main managerial skills such as leadership, communication, team work and the ability to use information technology effectively. The program has been carefully designed and based upon a thorough identification of these main managerial skills. The management undergraduate program has been formulated aiming to have students cultivate these skills both in courses and in their extracurricular activities.