Customs Management is a discipline related to the management of international trade in accordance with the legislation at customs, which provides border controls of a country, and includes the transportation of goods and services between countries through customs and the management of these processes. The Department of Customs Management aims to train a workforce that can provide consultancy to local and foreign companies that export and import in the field of customs practices, manage the foreign trade transactions of businesses, have knowledge of logistics management, have applicable knowledge and skills in the field of international trade and customs, and can work on international commercial platforms.
In our department, which provides 4-year education at the undergraduate level, training is provided to meet the expert human resources needs of relevant institutions and enterprises in the public and private sectors in customs procedures, customs legislation, foreign trade management and logistics. In this context, students of the department are given basic courses such as business administration, economics, finance, accounting and statistics, as well as field-specific courses such as customs procedures, customs legislation, customs package program applications, logistics, foreign trade, e-commerce and commercial law. These courses and their contents are updated in line with the needs of the business world and current developments. In addition, courses are carried out in cooperation with private and public institutions in order to learn customs procedures, which are increasingly becoming electronic with automation servers.
Students who successfully complete the Customs Management Department; Can understand and interpret customs legislation, theoretical information regarding import and export, recognizes the basic law, commercial law, Customs Law, logistics and banking processes, regulations and other rules on which customs practices are based, and gains the ability to apply the activities carried out in customs administrations or customs consultancy services. Knows theoretical and practical information about national and international business, economics and marketing. In addition, they gain the ability to understand national and international economic indicators, the basics, variables and functioning of national and international economy and trade. In addition, they gain the ability to use information and communication technologies and the hardware and software products they need in their working lives and to transfer their achievements through technological tools.
Customs management graduates can work in customs offices all over the country, international export ports, airports, railways or foreign trade departments of international businesses. The areas where graduates of the Department of Customs Management can be employed are mostly units affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce, customs consultancies, free zones, warehouse operators, export and import companies, exporters' unions and their member organizations, logistics companies engaged in international transportation, domestic and foreign trade organizations operating domestically and abroad, and banks. In addition, graduates of the Department of Customs Management can independently open a "Customs Consultancy Services" business, provided that they complete the necessary customs consultancy internship service and pass the professional exams.
| Score Type |
Equal Weight |
| Foreign Language Preparation |
Optional |
| Language of Education |
Turkish |
| Duration of Education |
4 years |
| Master's / PhD |
None / None |