GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCE

2025-2026 FALL SEMESTER / INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DOCTORAL PROGRAMS

GRADUATION SCORE

For application to doctoral programs with a master's degree with thesis

Minimum undergraduate graduation score is not required for application procedures.

PH.D. ACCEPTANCE  LETTER

Candidates who want to apply for a Ph.D. program by meeting the minimum application requirements specified in this announcement; It is obligatory to obtain a Letter of Acceptance from a faculty member who has the necessary conditions to carry out doctoral supervision in the relevant department. The acceptance letter is uploaded to the online application system by the candidate during the application process. Even if the other application conditions are appropriate and sufficient, the applications of candidates who do not have an approved letter of acceptance will not be evaluated. The suitability of the acceptance letter submitted in the application and the competence of the candidate are evaluated by the Graduate Application Evaluation Commission in the relevant Department. The faculty member who approves the letter of acceptance for the doctoral candidate carries out the academic counselling of the candidate after his/her admission to the program and throughout the entire doctoral period. The faculty member issuing the Letter of Acceptance is also obliged to fulfil all the responsibilities specified in the Advisor-Student contract, which must be signed later. If the candidate is accepted to the program, the Advisor Recommendation Form (FBE-FR-O1) and the Graduate Student-Advisor Agreement (FBE-FR-O2) must be sent to the Graduate School for the appointment of the faculty member as an advisor.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ENGLISH) EXEMPTION

• In order to apply for doctoral programs; it is compulsory to have at least 55 points (or equivalent) from YDS / YÖKDİL or a foreign language exam (Equivalents of Foreign Language Exams) accepted as equivalent by ÖSYM. Candidates whose applications to doctoral programs are accepted and placed are considered exempt from foreign language.
• The validity period of the foreign language documents to be used for exemption (including the English Preparatory Program Exemption Examination documents of the universities) is 5 years from the date of the exam, and 2 years for equivalent documents accepted by the ÖSYM.

SUCCESS SCORE CALCULATION FOR DOCTORAL PROGRAMS

Success score calculation is not made for candidates applying to the doctoral program. The applications of all candidates who meet the minimum Foreign Language (English) score, graduation score for candidates who will apply to doctoral programs with a bachelor's degree and the conditions for obtaining an acceptance letter are examined by the relevant department and placement to the doctoral program is made.

Candidates applying for PhD programs are not subjected to an oral/written interview exam.

EQUIVALENCE AND CONVERSION TABLES

• For the conversion of graduation grades from 4.00 system to 100 system; YÖK Graduation Score Conversion Table (4.00/100 system) is used.
• For YDS and YÖKDİL English Exam score equivalences, ÖSYM International Foreign Language Exams Equivalence and Conversion Tables are used.

APPLICATION, EVALUATION AND ENROLMENT SCHEDULE FOR DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES

Announcement of Quotas for Doctoral Programs

10 June 2025

Receiving Applications via Online Application System

Applications for doctoral programs are taken online via the address:

http://basvuru.ktu.edu.tr/Lisansustu/LisansUstuYabanciBasvuru      

The Online Application System opens on 16 June 2025 and closes automatically on 30 June 2025 at 17:00 ...

16 - 30 June 2025 

Announcement of Placement Results

07 July 2025

Final Registration of Placed Candidates;

It is completed by uploading the documents required for registration to the "Graduate Final Registration System" of the Registrar's Office.

08 - 11 July 2025

USING THE ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM

Step 1:

Pre-Application

• The "Pre-Application" screen in the application system opens. On this screen, the required data is entered and the "Pre-Application Confirm and Continue" button is pressed. After the approval process, KTU IT Department will send a message to the e-mail address specified by the candidate in the pre-application, confirming that the pre-application has been received, and the "Application Documents Upload Screen" which is the 2nd Stage. The password (verification code) and connection link to be used to log in to the system will be sent.
• Documents required for application "Application Documents Upload Screen" uploaded to the application system.
• After the suitability and adequacy of the documents uploaded to the system such as passport, Turkish language proficiency (TÖMER) certificate, diploma, transcript, foreign language certificate of international candidates are checked by the Graduate School, appropriate applications are approved, inappropriate applications are rejected by writing the reason. When the approval/rejection process of the application process is finalized by the Institute, an automatic message indicating the approval/rejection status is sent to the e-mail address used by the candidate in the application. Applications rejected due to missing documents can be revised before the end of the application calendar by re- entering the system with the same login information. In this case, the application eligibility is re-checked by the Institute and the approval/rejection process is carried out.
• Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate from Turkish Language Teaching Centre (TÖMER) is required at least at Intermediate 2 - Intermediate 1-B level. The applications of foreign applicants who do not have a Turkish language proficiency (TÖMER) certificate are approved, but these applicants are subjected to an Exemption Exam to be administered by KTU TÖMER (Turkish Language Teaching Centre). Candidates who get enough points from this exam are exempted from the Turkish language preparatory class. Candidates who do not get the sufficient score are admitted to the Turkish language preparatory program.

Limit on the Number of Graduate Programs to Apply

• Candidates can apply to only one of the graduate programmes for which they meet the application requirements. The most recent application of candidates who make more than one application is accepted as valid by the system.

Validity Periods of Documents

• The validity period of YDS / YÖKDİL certificates is 5 (five) years from the date of issue.

The applications of those who have exceeded this period in a foreign language or those who do not have a certificate are not accepted.

Application Validity Principle

The applications of the candidates who make a preference error or make false statements are cancelled by the system. During the use of the online application system, records of all transactions (login/add/remove/change etc.) made by the candidates are saved on the server.

Information / Support

For any questions, contact e-mail : ktufbe@ktu.edu.tr

DOCUMENTS TO BE UPLOADED TO THE "FINAL REGISTRATION SYSTEM" BY THE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN PLACED

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS WILL BE UPLOADED TO THE SYSTEM AS SEPARATE FILES IN "PDF" FORMAT.

• Turkish language proficiency certificate (TÖMER)

In order to be exempt from the Turkish language preparatory program, a Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate from the Turkish Language Teaching Centre (TÖMER) is required at a minimum of Intermediate 2 - Intermediate 1-B level. The applications of international applicants who do not have a Turkish language proficiency (TÖMER) certificate are approved, but these applicants are subjected to an Exemption Exam to be administered by KTU TÖMER (Turkish Language Teaching Centre). Candidates who get enough points from this exam are exempted from the Turkish language preparatory class. Candidates who do not get the sufficient score are taken to the Turkish language preparatory program. The Turkish Language Preparatory Program must be completed within maximum of 1 year (2 semesters). Students who fail to successfully complete the Turkish Language Preparatory Program within this period are dismissed from the Graduate School.

• Undergraduate and Graduate Diplomas and Transcripts and their certified Turkish translations
• In order to apply for a PhD program, it is compulsory to have at least 55 points from YDS, YÖKDİL (English) exams or an equivalent score from an exam accepted as equivalent. Candidates whose applications to doctoral programs are accepted and placed are exempt from foreign language,
• Equivalence certificate of the diploma obtained from universities abroad and Turkish translation of the transcript
• Passport photocopy
• For control purposes, the originals of the documents uploaded to the online system may be requested from the students. For this reason; when the semester starts, the originals of the specified documents must be with the students.

In case of incomplete file upload, registration is not accepted.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Candidates who will apply to graduate programmes from outside the field can find out whether their field of graduation is suitable for application from the list of "KTU - Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences - Programmes that constitute the basis for application to graduate programs". For the master's and doctoral programmes to be applied, the status of being in or out of the field is determined according to the undergraduate graduation field. Even if a student makes a choice by mistake and registers, it will be cancelled.

In the event that a candidate intentionally or mistakenly applies to a program whose field of graduation is not appropriate, the applications of these candidates will be canceled even if the placement is made.

DOCTORAL APPLICATION QUOTAS FOR INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS

DEPARTMENTS

Field Quota

Out of Field Quota*

Fisheries Technology Engineering

Quotas for doctoral programmes are not announced; candidates who wish to apply for a doctoral programme by meeting the minimum application requirements can apply directly to the online application system by obtaining a Letter of Acceptance from a faculty member in the relevant department..

Computer Engineering

Biology

Biotechnology

Maritime Transportation and Management Engineering

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  Electrical Engineering

  Electronic Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Physics

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Geomatics Engineering

Civil Engineering

Statistics and Computer Science (Statistics)

Geophysical Engineering

Geological Engineering

Chemistry

Fiber and Paper Technology

Mining Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Mathematics

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Architecture

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Forest Industry Engineering

Forest Engineering

Landscape Architecture

Urban and Regional Planning

* For doctoral programs to be applied, the status of being in or out of the field is determined according to the undergraduate graduation field. Candidates who will apply to master's programs from outside the field can check whether their graduation fields are suitable for application from the list of "Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences - Graduate Programs".

In the event that a candidate intentionally or mistakenly applies to a program whose field of graduation is not appropriate, the applications of these candidates will be canceled even if the placement is made.