Faculty of Science | Department of Physics

Profile of the Programme

In the department of physics, there are 19 professors, 5 associate professors, 6 assistant professors, 31 instructors, and 10 lecturers. The aim of the program is to educate the students who follow the developments in science and technology, to conduct independent research in theoretical and practical terms, to use the information they acquire in academic life and other fields of application, and as a scientist with universal competitive power. Being 4 years in the undergraduate program and 100% in the Turkish language of instruction, our students can also study 1 year preparatory class depending on the request. To be graduated from the department, all the courses they take must have a minimum score of 2.0 and there is a requirement to submit a Project Preparation and Poster Presentation under the senior year. Thanks to the compulsory internship work during their training, after graduation, students are increasing their chances of working in positions of different qualifications of the public institutions in which they are trained. Our graduates work as a researcher in modern analysis and quality control laboratories in AR-GE departments of various institutions and organizations. Our graduate students become academicians using the research laboratory infrastructure and knowledge in the consultancy of our faculty members within the scope of studies on thesis subject and national and international project works of different qualities. The 13 research laboratories have spatial and scientific infrastructure dedicated to the work of the Physics Program in the faculty of science, such as SANTEZ, TÜBİTAK, BOREN, DPT and BAP (University Scientific Research Projects), are equipped with the latest technology needed to reach their targets in short time and with high quality results. In the Physics Department, high quality and qualified scientific researches are carried out in various fields such as nanotechnology, semiconductor devices and optoelectronics applications, high energy and plasma technology, technological applications of clay and zeolite type materials, atom and molecule physics, astrophysics and gravitation. With the certificates they receive from non-thesis postgraduate programs, our graduates work as physics teachers in public institutions private and foundation schools and private sector physicists. Our graduates can work as a job security specialist in various private sector and public institutions in the case of obtaining a job security certificate, and after having completed the graduate program in medical physics, they can also work as an expert in health institutions.

Programme Director & ECTS Coord.

BÖLÜM BAŞKANI
PROFESÖR METİN KUL
BÖLÜM BAŞKAN YARDIMCISI
PROFESÖR EVREN TURAN
DR. ÖĞR. ÜYESİ HALİL GAMSIZKAN
ECTS BÖLÜM KOORDİNATÖRÜ
DR. ÖĞR. ÜYESİ HALİL GAMSIZKAN
ECTS BÖLÜM KOORDİNATÖRÜ YARDIMCISI
ARAŞ. GÖR. BURAK ARATAN

General admission requirements stated under Info on the Institution on this website are being applied to start this programme.
General acceptance conditions for Turkish and foreign students are valid for starting the program.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Depending on the degrees awarded, theoretical or practical courses taken as part of a degree (completed or not completed) may lead to recognition of these as prior learning by the programme administration. The students who have taken courses in another institution in Turkey or abroad can ask for credit and grade transfer. The executive boards of relevant programme will decide on the courses to be transferred covering students' entire academic program once and for all with the condition that the request for transfer be made within the first week of the academic year, the requests cannot be repeated.
Depending on the degrees awarded, theoretical or practical courses taken as part of a degree (completed or not completed) may lead to recognition of these as prior learning by the programme administration. The students who have taken courses in another institution in either Turkey or abroad can ask for credit and grade transfer. The executive boards of relevant programme will decide on the courses to be transferred covering students' entire academic program once and for all with the condition that the request for transfer be made within the first two weeks of the academic year. The requests cannot be repeated.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

A student is required to successfully complete the designated program of courses meet a minimum of 240 ECTS credit requirement and have a minimum GPA of 2.00/4.00 and no FF, DZ or YZ grades.
A student is required to successfully complete the designated program of courses of minimum of 240 ECTS credit requirement and have a minimum GPA of 2.00/4.00 and no FF, DZ or YZ grades.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to master's or doctorate programmes in any field or proficiency in fine arts programmes
May apply to master's or PhD programmes in any field or proficiency in fine arts programmes.

Graduation Requirements

A student is required to successfully complete the designated program of courses meet a minimum of 240 ECTS credit requirement and have a minimum GPA of 2.00/4.00 and no FF, DZ or YZ grades.
A student is required to successfully complete the designated program of courses of a minimum of 240 ECTS credit requirement and have a minimum GPA of 2.00/4.00 and no FF, DZ or YZ grades.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

Graduates can work as researchers at universities and R&D laboratories of companies. Furthermore, they can be employed as physics teachers at private or state schools provided that they have a Pedagogical Formation Certificate.Our graduates can work as a job security specialist in various private sector and public institutions in the case of obtaining a job security certificate, and after having completed the graduate program in medical physics, they can also work as an expert in health institutions.

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

A variety of assessment methods such as mid-term(s), assignment(s), exercise(s), project(s), practice(s), and a final exam are implemented in the programme. Assessment methods may include classical test(s), multiple-choice test(s), homework(s), performance evaluation(s), and product evaluation(s). In order to graduate from the programme, cumulative GPA must be minimum 2.00. A course grade is constituted by evaluating the above stated elements and given by using letters. Letter grades and their associated coefficients are as follows;

Grade	Coefficient
AA	4,0
AB	3,7
BA	3,3
BB	3,0
BC	2,7
CB	2,3
CC	2,0
CD	1,7
DC	1,3
DD	1,0
FF	0,0