Rapid globalization, evolving financial markets, and economic integration have increased the complexity of financial and economic challenges. The Department of Economics and Finance bridges these disciplines, equipping graduates with the skills and tools to analyze problems and deliver accurate, impactful solutions in this dynamic field.

The most important feature of the International Trade and Finance Department is organized with interdisciplinary educational content at the common denominator of finance, economics, and business administration. Therefore, graduates will start their careers as an individual who has the qualification to invest in the international markets as well as being a good economist who has the ability for analytical thinking.

The mission of the Istanbul Medipol Economics and Finance program is to provide world-class undergraduate education through a curriculum that integrates theory and practice, by a dynamic faculty who have local and international experience in both academia and industry.

The Department of International Trade and Finance prepares students for business life, training them as professionals, who can design strategies suitable for international trade, position Turkish goods, and services in an international environment, understand the structure of international trade establishments, and contribute to the national economy by analyzing various financial models.

The objective of the program is to prepare the students giving them contemporary business knowledge for doing scientific researches, reaching new information, assessing the knowledge, interpreting and producing original knowledge, and thus having important tasks and responsibilities in the management of institutions that have great impacts on the society and business life.

In recent years, Turkey has taken on an increasingly significant role in the globalizing economy. Foreign investors, attracted by the financial opportunities available, have launched an ever-growing number of offices in Turkey, particularly in Istanbul.