Department of Public Finance

General Information about the Program

Public finance is a specific branch of the financial services industry that focuses on the spending of organizations in the public sector, essentially government agencies. Public Finance can be defined as the study of government activities, which includes spending, budgeting and taxation. Public Finance is a science that deals with what the public services will be and how these services will be financed. This program aims to teach students the reasons, tools, and consequences of the state's intervention in the economy. Also, Public Finance involves issues on the other sides of the economy, including accounting, law and public finance management. The main objective of the Department of Public Finance, which consists of four departments, namely Public Finance Theory, Budgeting and Fiscal Planning, Fiscal Economics and Fiscal Law; is to provide the students with the necessary scientific and professional equipment to take responsibility as an auditor or manager in the field of the public sector in general. For this purpose, we have a detailed program that will make it possible to understand all aspects of public finance and tax problems, courses such as Theory of Taxation, Evolution of Economic and Fiscal Thought, Tax Policy, Theory of Tax Crime and Penalty, Treasury and Transactions, Public Goods Analysis and Discussion on Efficiency of Fiscal Policy.

Career Opportunities

Graduates have job opportunities in public services and private sectors. In public services they can work as a financial inspector, account expert, controller, expert Ministry of Treasury and Finance, inspector in public and private banks including the Central Bank, ruler in tax courts and in private sector as independent accountant and financial consultant.

Why international students should choose this department to study

Public finance is critical for monitoring the collection of taxes, production of public goods, and distribution of government funds which constitutes cornerstones of society. Our graduates will be professionals working in public finance who usually are given the task of ensuring the financial soundness of public sector organizations. Professionals working in public finance are given the duty of ensuring the financial health of public sector organizations. Most public finance analysts carefully review financial systems at play in governmental bodies to improve efficiency. Public finance plays an important role in making certain taxpayer money is being used as effectively as possible with a high level of transparency. Regarding the Department of Public Finance at the Institute of Social Sciences at Anadolu University contains high quality of education and academic staff, technological knowledge, institutionalism and welcoming to all international students with a great campus in one of the most distinctive cities, Eskişehir in Turkey. International students who decide to study in our university will have the opportunity to develop academically as well as their cultural perspectives with the facilities offered by the campus and the city.