Specific Admission Requirements
Students must pass the centrally administered entrance exam conducted by the Student Selection and Placement Centre (OSYM).
Qualification Requirements
In order to graduate, the student is required to successfully complete all courses in the program, provide a minimum of 240 ECTS credits, and have have a minimum GPA of 2.00/4.00.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Courses (theoretical or practical) taken in the previous program can be accepted as prior learning when deemed appropriate by the board of directors.
If the students who are registered to our department from another higher education program in the country or abroad they have studied before, apply within the first week, their credit and grade transfer requests are evaluated by the board of directors of the relevant education unit, and a decision is made for once, covering the entire education.
History
The Customs Management Department within Seydikemer School of Applied Sciences, was officially opened in 2016. The department admitted its first group of students in the 2021-2022 Academic Year.
Profile of the Programme
Customs Management is a discipline related to the management of international trade in accordance with the legislation at the customs that provide 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 domestic and foreign companies engaged in export and import in the field of customs practices, manage the foreign trade transactions of businesses, have knowledge of logistics management, have the knowledge and skills applicable in the field of international trade and customs, and work in international commercial platforms.
Exam Regulations & Assesment & Grading
The academic success in courses is determined by the evaluation of the grades in the mid-term and the final exams. In-term grades, quizzes, mid-term grades and grades related to the course are given to assignments, applications and practical work. In the credit system, the type and the weight of the evaluations (exams, homework, practice and so on) in the credit system are announced to the head of the related department within the first two weeks of the semester and announced to the students by the related teaching unit. The last evaluation is determined by one of the following letter grades by the instructor.
Grade Equivalent Semester/Year-End Final Grade Coefficient
90-100 AA 4
85- 89 BA 3,5
80- 84 BB 3
75- 79 CB 2,5
70- 74 CC 2
65- 69 DC 1,5
60- 64 DD 1
50 - 59 FD 0,5
49 and below FF 0
Graduation Requirements
In order to graduate, the student is required to successfully complete all courses in the program, provide a minimum of 240 ECTS credits, and have have a minimum GPA of 2.00/4.00.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates
The graduates of the Customs Management Department can work in customs all over the country, international export ports, airports, railways or foreign trade departments of international businesses.
The fields in which the graduates of the Department of Customs Management can be employed are mostly;
• Units affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce,
• Customs Consultancy,
• Free zones,
• Warehouse operators,
• Export and import companies,
• Exporters' associations and member organizations,
• Logistics companies engaged in international transportation,
• Domestic and foreign trade organizations operating domestically and abroad,
• Banks.
In addition, the graduates of the Department of Customs Management can independently open a "Customs Consultancy Services" business, provided that they complete the required customs consultancy internship service and pass the professional exams.
Access to Further Studies
Graduates who successfully complete their undergraduate education can study in postgraduate programs (master's and doctoral) provided that they meet the necessary conditions. Postgraduate programs aim to increase the productivity of those who have graduated from any higher education institution in the sector they work in and to provide education by combining theory and practice.
Mode of Study
The main objectives of the Customs Management Department are listed below;
• To provide students with knowledge about customs procedures and to increase their cultural and professional competencies required for an academic or freelance work environment.
• As students trained in the field of customs management, to follow the changes in global trade and to ensure that they are equipped to maintain this expansion and control in every sense,
• To enable students to interpret and follow the changes in customs legislation,
• To train a qualified workforce who can follow the innovations in customs applications that have become increasingly electronic and use technology,
• To prepare the customs experts and assistants needed by the regional enterprises for the business life in Muğla, which is a tourism and agriculture region, especially for the export of agricultural products and marble exports, and the import, export and customs clearance process of the goods subject to foreign trade in the region,
• To enable graduates to advise businesses on foreign trade and customs practices and to guide them effectively,
• To train specialists that foreign trade companies will need in their own body, through direct representation of customs procedures (Article 5 of the Customs Law No. 4458),
• To train people who have knowledge of the legislation, process and technological developments that international logistics companies will need in their representation works in customs administrations,
• To train the necessary human resources in the warehouses, also known as bonded warehouses, to make the notifications to the customs administration during the goods entry and exit movements of the warehouse operators to the warehouse by experts,
• To prepare customs business graduate managers and staff, who have received quality education and can cope with uncontrollable and controllable environmental variables, for business life,
• To raise graduates who have a high level of social responsibility awareness, adhere to social values, and moral principles, as well as professional knowledge, who make a positive difference in the company they started to work in and in the society they are in,
• To train the personnel who can arrange the import-export budget, who have sufficient knowledge of how to manage the customs process, using interdisciplinary approaches to find solutions to the problems encountered in practice, and have the ability to make future forecasts using various statistical and mathematical techniques,
• To train the manpower equipped with modern knowledge, who can successfully perform the customs consultancy profession in any country in the world, who can speak the language, and who can contribute to economic and commercial life.
Programme Director
Asist Prof.Dr. Ali YILDIZ
ECTS Coordinator
Asist Prof.Dr. Özgül UYAN