Candidates must meet the following conditions for
admission to Doctoral Programs:
a) Candidates with
Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree may apply for Doctoral
Programs. Turkish students graduated from a university in a foreign
country must obtain a certificate of equivalence of their
undergraduate issued by the Council of Higher Education in Turkey (CHE).
Candidates applying with a Bachelor’s Degree (undergraduate diploma) must
have at least 3.00 out of 4.00 CGPA undergraduate degrees. Candidates
applying with Master’s Degree must have at least 2.75 out of 4.00 CGPA graduate
degrees.
b) Candidates, who intend to
apply to Doctoral Programs with Master’s Degree, must have a minimum score of
55 from ALES (National Graduate Education Science Exam) from relevant field or
equivalent international exam scores. Candidates, who intend to apply to
Doctoral Programs with Bachelor’s Degree, must have a minimum score of 80 from
ALES (National Graduate Education Science Exam) from relevant field or
equivalent international exam scores.
c) The candidates, who intend
to apply to Master’s Programs, must have a minimum 55 score of YDS (National
English Proficiency Exams) or equivalent scores from international examinations
(e.g. TOEFL), the equivalency of which is recognized by the Council of Higher
Education in Turkey. Language score is not required for non-thesis Master’s
Degree programs. (Language score may be required due to institute
administrative board decision)
d) Candidates are evaluated over 100
points in the admission interview. In admission interview, candidates are
evaluated with recommendation letter and oral assessment.
e) ALES Score is not required
for graduate programs of Faculty of Fine Arts and State Conservatory.
Specific conditions can be requested for admission by
the decision of institute board.