Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University (RTEU) was founded on April 28, 2008. The Faculty comprises nine departments: Department of Management, Department of Economics, Department of Public Finance, Department of Public Management, Department of International Relations, Department of Labor Economics and International Relations, Department of Social Works and Department of Management Information Systems. The Department of Public Administration was founded in 2013–2014 academic year. The title of the department was changed to the Department of Political Science and Public administration in 2014. The Program which provides and teaches modern public affairs and administration and accepts 40 students every year takes 4 complete the full programme.

All alumni who complete the full programme successfully and with its requirements qualify to earn ‘Bachelors Degree in Political Science and Public Administration’

The acceptation process to programme is explained with details in the topic named ‘Acceptation of Student which is under the section of “About Recep Tayyip Erdogan University”.

Turkish High Education Institutes, the acknowledgement of former formal learning, vertical, horizontal and in-university transitions are subject to the regulations that are determined by The Higher Education Council. The acknowledgement of process of in-formal and non-formal learning which is related to experience or certificate has just started in Turkey. For that reason, the acknowledgement of former learning has not started in all programs of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University. But, exemption examinations for the foreign languages courses are implemented at the beginning of every academic year. The students who take and pass these exams are considered as exempted from the related courses.

Completing successfully all the courses which are in programme and having 2.00 GPA out of 4.00 are necessary conditions for sufficiency.

In parallel with today’s rapid social, economic, technological and political changes, The discipline of the public administration have gained increasing importance. The concept of public administration covers a wide field because it includes all political mechanism from individual to the highest organizational structure in the state. Thus, its researches cover almost all area from smallest member of the community (citizens) to anonymous citizen and public relations, from economy to politics and culture, from rural structures to the the metropolis areas, from the bureaucratic organization in the state to private sector organizations. The main purpose of our department is being qualified and trained experts who might be employed in state and the private sector in different institutions. In this context, both at national and regional level, significant number of qualified experts needed will be trained and provided by means of our department. In addition, Turkey and its position in the EU and Globalization and observed transformation of the concept of classic public administration in recently indicates increase in the number of trained public administrators needed in short and medium term. All those developments can be said the advantages of the program.

Those of who graduates from the department of Political Science and Public Administration has titled as "public manager" , which provides opportunity to be employed in public, civil society and private institutions and organizations as "servants, professionals, controllers, auditors, inspectors, managers, administrative judges, governors, diplomats". All in all, graduates of the University Department of Public Administration in Recep Tayyip Erdogan find jobs in the private and the state sector. Graduates from this university will be find a chance to be employed as experts, inspectors, administrative judges, governors, diplomats and public administrator in several public institutions such as state-owned banks, and other relevant ministries, especially the Ministries of Interior and Justice, embassies, and on the General Staff of Armed Forces and the municipalities. In the private sector, tey might be employed as researchers in research institutions, strategy development units, banks, the World Bank and the EU projects.

If the candidates who successfully complete undergraduate education have enough score from their related score type in the ALES exam and have sufficient level of English score, they can apply to related graduate programs.

For the courses that are taught every term there are one midterm and one final exams.Total of %40 of the midterm and %60 of the final exams are determining the level of the students

Graduation conditions are explained in the section of ‘The Rules and Conditions of Sufficiency’

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Chief of the Department: Prof. Dr. İstiklal Yaşar VURAL Tel: +90 464 223 58 64 Faks: +90 464 223 58 65 E-Posta: istiklalvice@yahoo.com Department Secretary: Tuğba GÖKCAN Tel: +90 464 223 61

The department consists of 11 full-time academic staff, of which 1 is professor, 1 is associate professor, 2 are assistant professors, 7 research assistants. All faculty members of the department have laptop computer and printer; there is internet connection in every room. The Department prepares students for a competitive work environment with computer and language labs and classrooms all fully equipped with projection machines including the internet connection in all rooms. Besides, In our department there are various clubs concerning public administration and related issue. Students can take a part in the activities of these clubs in the light of their area of interest. By means of symposiums and congresses, speakers are invited to our faculty and students have the chance of chasing the developments in practice as well as in theory. In addition to that, students have a chance to participate in activities like football, basketball, volleyball etc