Kimya Doktora Diploması

TR0030006560

Doctoral program; For students admitted with a master's degree with thesis, it consists of total of at least 180 ECTS credits including at least seven courses, a specialization course, two seminars, a proficiency exam and a thesis proposal and thesis, and for students admitted with a bachelor's degree, it consists of 270 ECTS credits including at least fourteen course, proficiency exam, thesis proposal and thesis work. The course load is calculated in the form of 60 ECTS credits per academic year, 30 ECTS per semester. Students who successfully complete 120 ECTS credits including two seminars are deemed to have completed the course period and can enter the proficiency exam. The Doctoral Qualifying Committee evaluates the exam jury proposals and the student's success in written and oral exams and decides by a majority of votes whether the student is successful or unsuccessful. The student is required to get at least 75 out of 100 from each section. Student who fails any of the written or oral exams is considered unsuccessful in the qualifying exam and has to repeat the qualifying exam until the end of the next semester. Incase of repeating the qualifying exam, the same jury members are appointed again, except in compulsory cases. Exam documents are notified to the Institute within three days following the exam by the Head of EABD (Department of the Institution). The student's thesis work is evaluated by TIK (Thesis Monitoring Committee as successful or unsuccessful by majority of votes. Students who do not submit a report on the specified date are considered unsuccessful. The report submitted to the thesis monitoring committee and the decision of the committee regarding the report is forwarded to the Institute Directorate by the relevant the head of EABD (Department of the Institution) within three days. TIK (Thesis Monitoring Committee) continue to meet for the unsuccessful student. Students who successfully complete 120 ECTS credits, including two seminars, are deemed to have completed the course period and can take the qualifying exam.

Candidates who apply for doctoral programs must meet the following conditions: a) To obtain Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree. Turkish students graduated from a university in a foreign country must obtain a certificate of equivalence of their graduate and undergraduate education issued by the Council of Higher Education in Turkey (CoHE). The grade point averages of the applicants with a bachelor's degree must be at least 80 out of 100 or at least 3.00 out of 4, those who have a master's degree must have a minimum 2.50 out of 4 and 75 out of 100. Council of Higher Education conversion table is used for the grade of the candidates who do not have the equivalent of the undergraduate/graduate grade in the 100 point system. Those who apply with a graduate diploma must have got 55 in mathematics and science score type in ALES, and those who apply with a bachelor's degree must have at least 80 standard point in mathematics and science score type in ALES, or must get equivalent point from GRE or GMAT exams accepted by the Interuniversity Board. Those who apply to the doctorate program are required to obtain at least 55 points in YDS (Foreign Language Exam) or ÜDS (Interuniversity Council Foreign Language Exam) or at least 55 or equivalent points in one of the KPDS (Foreign Language Proficiency Exam for the State Employees), TOEFL, IELTS exams accepted as equivalent by the Interuniversity Board. For foreign students, it is obligatory to obtain a score of at least 55 in ÜDS in English, French and German ​​other than their mother tongue or an equivalent score in an exam accepted by the Interuniversity Board. These minimum scores will depend on the characteristics of the programs to be registered.

Graduates are trained as experts in their fields at the end of their education and can work as lecturers/academicians in universities or in the private sector.

Qualification is continuous.