Bilkent University

Faculty of Business Administration

 Junior and Senior Faculty Positions in Management

The Faculty of Business Administration at Bilkent University invites applications at all levels (assistant, associate, or full professor) for a permanent or visiting position in Management.

The Faculty of Business Administration is expanding its management faculty, and seeking to make multiple academic appointments at different levels in key management areas. Candidates in the fields of Strategic Management, Leadership, Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Organization Theory, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and International Business are encouraged to apply.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications. Faculty members are provided with research and teaching support, provision for international travel, comprehensive health coverage, pension and other benefits, and rent-free furnished housing on campus where the suburban location offers a pleasant living environment. There is also an excellent international school (with grades pre-K to 12) for faculty members with families.

Bilkent University is a major research university in Ankara. The faculty is comprised of academic staff from over 34 different countries. Most of them were working in prominent universities in North America and Europe when they received offers from Bilkent University. According to ISI Citation Indexes, Bilkent ranks high among universities in Turkey in the number of published papers per faculty member. We encourage strong research-focused scholars with an international outlook to apply for the following open positions:

Assistant Professorship applicants should have their Ph.D. degree or be close to completing their degrees and show a strong commitment to research (a promising research pipeline). Starting Assistant Professors receive a reduced teaching load and extra research budget in the first two years of their contracts.

Associate and Full Professorship applicants are expected to have a demonstrably strong record in research and teaching competencies. Because Bilkent FBA is planning to add new MS and PhD Programs in management in the near future, individuals who are willing to collaborate with and mentor MS and PhD students are especially encouraged to apply.

There are also multiple Visiting Position opportunities for 1 or 2 years. The visiting positions can be teaching- or research-oriented.

The Faculty of Business Administration

The Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) is an AACSB-accredited business school offering BS, MBA, EMBA, MS and PhD degrees. The language of instruction is English. The FBA covers a variety of interests and backgrounds and embraces different research approaches with a keen focus on quality in research. Areas of research at the faculty include Management and Strategy, Marketing, Finance and Accounting, and Operations Management.

Members of the FBA have published in top research outlets such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Production and Operations Management, Operations Research and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Our management faculty is actively involved in many scholarly associations such as AOM, SMS, EGOS and EURAM.

Bilkent University

The FBA is part of Turkey’s top research university, Bilkent University. Bilkent is a private, nonprofit and research-intensive university located in Ankara, Turkey. Bilkent offers excellent research and teaching facilities. In the 2020 QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia Rankings Bilkent was ranked as 16^th out of 350 universities in the region and according to THE rankings it is the 1^st in Turkey w.r.t. International Outlook. Bilkent was ranked as the 2^nd  university in Turkey in the QS Graduate Employability Ranking in 2020 and it is the 1^st among the Turkish private foundation universities supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). For more information on Bilkent’s programs and facilities, visit www.bilkent.edu.tr 

Ankara is the vibrant capital and the second largest city of Turkey. Ankara is a modern city and a center for theatre, opera, ballet, jazz and modern dance as well as the home of the Turkish Parliament, ministries, foreign embassies and thirteen universities. There is a large international community in Ankara and at Bilkent. Please join https://www.internations.org/ankara-expats for more information.

Job Requirements

Candidates are expected to conduct impactful research, teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels, supervise graduate students, and take active part in the on-going academic development activities. 

Applicants should provide a CV, teaching statement, research statement, three samples from their research and three letters of recommendation.  Required materials should be submitted through the online application system: https://stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/IF2016.

Please contact zkaygun@bilkent.edu.tr and tomruk@bilkent.edu.tr for interview scheduling. Further questions regarding the positions can be directed to Dean ülkü Gürler at ulku@bilkent.edu.tr.