Graduate School of Sciences | Sports Management (Ph.D)

Profile of the Programme

The sports management doctorate program is aimed at candidates who have received their bachelor's degree in sports management and business administration, who are pursuing an academic career or working in various sports organizations. This program is an interdisciplinary field that includes concepts, strategies and approaches related to general business administration, as well as sports management, sports marketing, sports law and sports economics. The main purpose of the program is based on providing students with the necessary information on theoretical and applied issues in order to gain competitive power in organizations. This program aims to cover current and applied issues related to sports management. The program is designed to identify and solve sports management problems and to provide students with a conceptual and applied understanding of sports management. The courses given within the scope of the program provide students with a strong foundation and also provide a perspective on practice. In addition to the updated theoretical information during the courses, students both establish their theoretical infrastructure and strengthen their perspectives on practice with the case studies and research projects they conduct. The program includes courses, qualifications, thesis proposals and thesis periods. After students submit their theses to the institute, they must defend their work orally in front of a jury. The doctoral program lasts approximately four years. In line with the program, students go through a comprehensive education process in the field they want to specialize in through elective courses.

Programme Director & ECTS Coord.

ANABİLİM DALI BAŞKANI
PROF. DR. HAKAN KATIRCI

General admission requirements stated under Info on the Institution on this website are being applied to start this programme.

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.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

A student with an MA/MS degree is required to successfully complete a minimum of 7 courses, not less than 52,5 ECTS credits on the other hand student without an MA/MS degree enrolling in the doctorate programs is required to successfully complete a minimum of 14 courses not less than 105 ECTS credits. Both groups of students are required take the required Field Specialization course, pass the qualifying exam, have an accepted dissertation proposal and successfully compete doctorate dissertation work with a minimum of 60 ECTS credits, have a minimum GPA of 3.00/4.00 and no letter grades lower than CC and no YT, DZ grades.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to post doctorate programmes.

Graduation Requirements

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

Graduates of the Sports Management Department PhD program can work as senior managers in educational institutions, government institutions such as the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the General Directorate of Sports and Sports Federations. They can also work in private institutions and organizations such as sports clubs and private educational institutions. They can work as research assistants or lecturers in universities.

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

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