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.