Biography

Kürşat Aydoğan was born in 1956 in Ankara. After graduating from TED Ankara Koleji High School, he was admitted to Middle East Technical University where he had his B.S. in management in 1979 and M.B.A. in 1980. He received his Ph.D. in finance at Syracuse University in 1986. Before joining Bilkent University, he taught at Ball State University and Middle East Technical University. He has served as the dean of the Faculty of Business Administration between 1991-2004. Currently he is a professor of finance and Vice Rector in charge of administrative and financial Affairs at Bilkent University. He has also worked as a consultant at the Research Department of the Central Bank of Turkey between 1988-93. He taught at Michigan State University in spring 2000. His research interests are investments, capital markets and corporate finance.