Mission, Vision, Values, and Guiding Principles

Mission

“Educating responsible leaders and advancing knowledge to create lasting impact through innovation, transformation, and entrepreneurship.”
We enable positive change in society through creating, sharing, and applying management knowledge. We educate socially responsible and competent individuals who make a sustainable impact by creating new enterprises and improving existing ones.

Vision

“To be the school of choice in Turkey and the region for those who aspire to transform business and society.”
We envision becoming the business school of choice in Turkey and the region for scholars, students, and enterprises that want to transform the world through cutting-edge management knowledge and practice.

Values

Academic freedom
The school advocates academic freedom and institutional autonomy.

Academic integrity
The school emphasizes honesty and responsibility in scholarship, learning, and teaching.

Responsibility
The school emphasizes environmental and social awareness and sustainability.

Diversity
The school supports an environment of diversity in terms of points of view, individual ambitions, and backgrounds.

Accessibility
The school strives to be financially accessible to students from various segments of society.

Guiding Principles

Entrepreneurialism
The school supports students and faculty in deploying creative, entrepreneurial, and innovative activities.

Interdisciplinarity
The school promotes interdisciplinary research and cross-disciplinary teaching.

Collegiality
The school promotes a collaborative climate that values interaction among students, faculty, staff, and the community, and has a shared governance structure.

Personal development
The school supports the personal development of its students, faculty, and staff through stimulating creativity, learning, and discovery.

Non-discrimination
The school does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, creed, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity in any of its activities.