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.
f)
Specific conditions can be
requested for admission by the decision of institute board.