General Information about the Department
As it is known, Banking and Insurance education has gained particular importance depending on the developments in the global and Turkish economy and business world. The Turkish banking sector became more vigorous and resistant to risks with the measures taken after the 2001 crisis. When we look at the future of the banking sector in Turkey, it is expected that the most crowded part of the population in the 2020s will be the 30-50 age group, which is expected to need banking services the most. This indicates a significant potential for the banking sector. The financial industry consists of brokerage houses, factoring, financial leasing, and asset management companies, primarily banks and insurance companies, which play a role in financing economic activities. Considering the nature of employment in these sectors, it is seen that approximately 75% of the personnel are university graduates.
The banking and Insurance program was opened in the 2008-2009 academic year as a program of ALTSO Vocational School. Students who graduate with all kinds of knowledge, experience, and practice in the field of Banking and Insurance receive the titles of "Insurer Professional Person" and "Banker."
The Banking and Insurance program aims to train qualified and well-equipped intermediate staff to meet the sector's needs. In addition, the program aims to increase and update the knowledge level of employees in the banking and insurance sectors; It aims to prepare those who plan to work in these sectors for the profession and to inform those who work in various institutions and organizations and have intensive relations with banks and insurance companies. However, they do not intend to work in these sectors. Within the program's framework, personnel equipped with professional knowledge and experience are trained to take a competent role in the banking and insurance sectors integrated into the global system. The graduates of the program, as a trained workforce potential, contribute to the banking and insurance sectors and serve as entrepreneurial and innovative individuals with high communication skills, full of self-confidence, following the current developments in the national and international platforms related to the sector.
Education
To graduate from the program, it is necessary to have completed all of the courses given in 4 semesters (120 ECTS). The Banking and Insurance program carries out a training plan suitable for raising intermediate manpower with theoretical and practical infrastructure in banking and insurance. In addition to economics, statistics, finance, management, law, and mathematics courses, the program includes compulsory and elective courses for the areas of expertise required by the banking and insurance sector.
Registration, examination, and evaluation procedures of students are carried out by the Higher Education Law and the decisions and regulations of the Higher Education Council based on this law. Students graduating from the program receive an "Associate Degree in Banking and Insurance."
Bachelor'sBachelor's Degree Departments that can pass with DGS Exam
Students who graduate from the Banking and Insurance program must take the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) administered by the Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) to continue their undergraduate education from the 5th semester of formal education or open education undergraduate programs. Vertical Transfer Undergraduate Programs are as follows;
Job Opportunities and Working Areas of Graduates
Graduates of this program, whose field of study is very wide, can find the opportunity to work in public and private sector banks, insurance companies, Capital Market intermediary institutions, international audit companies, public-financial institutions, and similar institutions and organizations. Our graduates who want to work as insurers can work in public and private institutions and organizations where insurance services are offered or establish their own businesses.
Our graduates; have the opportunity to work in private and public institutions in the field of banking and insurance: - They can be employed at the headquarters, operation centers, or branches of banks, - They can work ""freelance" and ""bank branch" agencies, which are the distribution channels of insurance companies, - Intermediate staff in the central departments of insurance and reinsurance companies need
Head of Department: Lec. Hilal İlgin UYAR
Program Coordinator: Lec. Hilal İlgin UYAR