
FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Department of Public Relations and Advertising
Education at IUE
Scholarships
Izmir University of Economics offers scholarships to students from all around the world to facilitate their education. Click here for more information on scholarships.
Double Major Programs (DMP)
The Double Major Program allows students simultaneously to take courses from another department, in order to gain a second undergraduate degree other than their primary one.
Students who successfully complete the Double Major Program will be eligible to get a second undergraduate degree.
Students can apply to the Double Major Program at the earliest during the third semester of their primary major and at the latest during the fifth semester.
Minor Programs (MP)
The Minor Program is a certificate program that allows students to take a limited number of courses from another department, in order to get educated in an area other than the primary department or program in which they are enrolled.
Students who successfully complete the Minor Program will be eligible to get a certificate.
Students can apply to the Minor Program at the earliest during the third semester of their primary major and at the latest during the sixth semester.
Department of Public Relations and Advertising, DMP and MP Coordinator:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Aksoy
E-mail: zeynep.aksoy@ieu.edu.tr
Phone: +90 232 488 85 69
Internships
Students are expected to have internships in order to reinforce, with practical skills, the theoretical knowledge they obtain during their formal education.
ERASMUS
The purpose of ERASMUS Program is to increase the quality of higher education in Europe and to strengthen the European aspect of that education, for the benefit of greater Europe as well as its individual countries.
Click here to view our Erasmus agreements and quotas.
Second Foreign Languages Program
It is extremely important for our students to have knowledge of the political, economic, and international relations of their country, which is in the process of applying for membership in the European Union. It is also important for students of the Izmir University of Economics to learn a second foreign language other than English, so that they may be better able to communicate across the European Union. Therefore, students are expected to choose one of the following “Second Foreign Languages” listed below:
- German
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Japanese
- Russian
- Greek
NEWS |ALL NEWS

7 industrial visits in 3 days
Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Public Relations and Advertising organized an industrial visit to Istanbul for its students to offer

‘Kindness in Communication’ ideas by IUE students
Students of Department of Public Relations and Advertising, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) developed creative ideas for a world-famous tire brand (Continental)

Our department, which was accredited by the Communication Research Association (ILAD) in 2020, successfully completed the interim evaluation process and was entitled to a total of five years of accreditation.
ILAD, the national quality assurance institution authorized by the Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) for communication education, accredited our Public Relations and

IUE graduate academic at a world-renowned university
Lena Çavuşoğlu, a graduate of Izmir University of Economics (IUE), pursued her dreams about having an academic career abroad instead of working

'International' cooperation of Izmir University of Economics
Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Public Relations and Advertising took another important step towards internationalization and collaborated with the famous

Women's expectations of shopping malls
Research of Tolga Tuvay, a graduate student at Izmir University of Economics (IUE), on women's expectations of shopping malls yielded interesting results.

Exemplary cooperation between IUE and Konak Municipality
Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) developed 5 communication campaigns for Konak Municipality, which aims to be the 8th place in

Student “Teachers”
Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) took action to support the education and social development of children in disadvantaged regions, becoming

2 'recycling' projects by IUE students
Students of Department of Public Relations and Advertising, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) developed two communication campaigns for Karşıyaka Municipality in order

Recommendations to companies on reputation
Experts shared recommendations to turn the crisis into an opportunity and increase reputation for companies that are looking for ways to survive

The kindness campaign receives support from the ‘Mayor’ and the ‘Rector’
Izmir Mayor Tunç Soyer and Rector Prof. Murat Aşkar also joined in the team of students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE),

The kindness campaign of students
Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) carried the “Abla-Ağabey-Kardeş (The Sibling Project)”, which aims to support disadvantaged children for 13 years

Online ‘creativity’ festival
Izmir University of Economics (IUE) will organize a “GençYaratıcı (Young Creative) Festival” in order to improve the vision of young people in

The ‘Pandemic Academy’ against the virus
Izmir University of Economics (IUE) has initiated the “Pandemi Akademi (pandemic academy)” in order to get the effects of coronavirus in different

“Public Opinion and Communication” course by Chief of Police, Dr. Aşkın
Dr. Hüseyin Aşkın, Izmir Provincial Chief of Police, started to teach “Public Opinion and Communication” course to graduate program students at Izmir

IUE Lecturer Altay received three awards
Cansu Altay, Lecturer, Department of Public Relations and Advertising, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), received three awards from Crystal Apple Festival (Kristal

Collaboration for future communication professionals
Izmir University of Economics (IUE) and Izmir Advertisers Association shook hands for the future of prospective communication professionals.

SEE LIKE A CHILD PROJECT IN EUROPE
See Like a Child project, launched in 2018 by Faculty of Communication students and attracted support from all universities, including the universities

SEE LIKE A CHILD IS INVITED TO THE U.S.
See Like a Child (Çocuk Gibi bak in Turkish), a project which has been carried out by the students of Izmir University

EVERY CHILD HAS A RIGHT TO DREAM!
The students of the Faculty of Communication at Izmir University of Economics encourage refugee children to open the doors of their imagination.

Marketing Communications and Public Relations Master Program Made an Academic Agreement with University of Ljubljana

Faculty of Communication Hosted CMC 2015
20th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications (CMC 2015) was hosted by Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations and Advertising

IZMIR ASSOCIATION OF ADVERTISING AGENCIES 25TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
The exhibition of "Sınır Tanımayanların Çeyrek Asrı", which is co-organized by Public Relations and Advertising Department and Izmir Association of Advertising Agencies offers

3rd High School Communication Workshop is Begining
IEU Faculty of Communication is going to host selected students from 10., 11. and 12. classes of five different high schools in

SECOND FIRST PRIZE FOR YOUNG COMMUNICATORS OF IUE
Izmir University of Economics, Department of Public Relations and Advertising students Alper Manğuş, Emine Gülal, Gökhan Koçaş and İrem Limnili won the first prize

Integrated Communications in Post-modern Era will be discussed in IUE
Integrated Communications in Post-modern Era (InComm2013) Conference, organized by Public Relations and Advertising Department, will start on May, 10th 2013 with the

THE BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS
Izmir University of Economics was granted the first prize at the 5th “Direct Marketing (Doğrudan Pazarlama)” awards which was organized by Direct

Prof. Dr. Robert Hackett is getting together with the Communication faculty and students at IEU.
A distinguished professor of media and communication studies at Simon Fraser University, Prof. Dr. Robert Hackett is visiting Izmir University of Economics

Faculty of Communication Colloquium: "A special territory of branding: country branding"
Faculty of Communication Colloquium titled "A special territory of branding: country branding" by Arpad Pap-Vary, will be held in M302 on October 31,

Prof. Dr. John Downing is teaching at IUE.
The prominent and outstanding scholar of radical media, Prof. Dr. John Downing is going to teach a course about Alternative Media in

The Faculty of Communication is going to host famous literary scholar and author Dr. Mehmet Yaşın in November
A renowned scholar of Turkish and Cyriot literature, Dr. Mehmer Yaşın, is going to attend a workshop class with IUE communication students