Graduate School of Sciences | Department of Material Science and Engineering | Program in Material Science and Engineering

Profile of the Programme

The Doctorate degree requires course work and thesis research. The students will conduct original research and prepare a thesis, then make an oral defense of their completed research. Students require about four years beyond the Master's degree to complete a PhD program.

Programme Director & ECTS Coord.

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

After Ph.D , students may find challenging jobs in industry such as Automotive, Electronic, Aviation, Ceramic, Refractory, Glass, Metal, Mining, Nuclear, Construction, Plastic, Concrete and Pigment Industries as well as Universities and R&D Institutes.

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