mükerrem hiç began his academic career at istanbul university, faculty of economics in 1953 as a teaching assistant while studying for his ph.d. title at the same department. in 1955-1956, he attended harvard university's harvard business school under a special one year mba program. in 1956-1957 he taught managerial accounting at harvard university. after returning to istanbul university, he obtained his ph.d. in economics in 1958.