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Chemical and Biological Engineering – (Ph.D.)
Koc University
Graduate School of Sciences & Engineering (GSSE)| Application Deadline: | Early: April 15; Regular: June 17 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - | ||
| Location: | Istanbul / Turkey / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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Chemical & Biological Engineering is a discipline that integrates chemistry and biology at the molecular level and uses this broad foundation along with engineering fundamentals to study the synthesis of new processes and products. Our graduate program in Chemical and Biological Engineering is an interdisciplinary program that combines chemical engineering fundamentals and systems biology to meet the research challenges of the future.
The research areas of interest are:
* Drug Discovery
* Tissue Engineering
* Plant Biotechnology
* Protein-Protein Interactions
* Protein Folding
* Process Dynamics, Control and Optimization
* Systems Engineering
* Catalysis
* Supercritical Fluids
* Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials
* Fuel Cells and Sustainable Development
* Computational Fluid Dynamics
* Polymer Science and Engineering
* Microfluidics
* Biological Clock
* Interaction Networks and Pathways
* Modeling of metal organic frameworks for energy applications
* Molecular simulations of crystalline nanoporous membranes for gas separations
* Computational studies of adsorption and diffusion in porous materials
* Supercritical fluids and ionic liquids
Contents
The following courses are required for Ph.D. students:
* MATH 503 Applied Math
* ChBi 501 Transport Phenomena
* ChBi 502 Reaction Engineering
* ChBi 503 Thermodynamics
Elective Courses
In addition the required courses students choose electives from the list below in accordance with their specialty area. Advisors help the students to prepare their plan of study and course selection.
* ChBi 504 Advanced Thermodynamics
* ChBi 505 Polymer Engineering
* ChBi 506 Bioinformatics
* ChBi 507 Advanced Mass transfer
* ChBi 509 Fundamentals of Environmental Technologies
* ChBi 510 Industrial Microbiology
* ChBi 511 Sustainable Energy
* ChBi 516 Biotechnology
* ChBi 521/MECH 521 Advanced Fluid Dynamics
* ChBi 522/MECH 522 Computational Fluid Dynamics
* ChBi 530 Systems Biology
* ChBi 584 Tissue Engineering
* CMSE 520 Biomolecular Structure, Function and Dynamics
* CMSE 580 Selected Topics in Computational Sciences and Engineering
* ENGR 500 Applied Optimal Control
* INDR 501 Optimization Models and Algorithms
* MASE 501 Structure of Materials (1,5 credits)
* MASE 502 Electrical & Optical Properties of Materials (1,5 credits)
* MASE 504 Thermal Properties of Materials (1,5 credits)
* MASE 505 Mechanical Properties of Materials (1,5 credits)
* MASE 506 Synthesis, Characterization & Processing of Materials
* MASE 538 Intermolecular and Surface Forces
* MASE 540 Surface & Interface Properties of Materials
* MASE 542 Biomaterials
* MASE 570 Micro and Nanofabrication
Courses can be also selected from other graduate courses which are not listed here. In addition, each student has to take a seminar course, ChBi 590 Seminar and register for ChBi 695 Ph.D. Thesis. Students who have TA assignments must take TEAC 500: Teaching Experience during the semesters of their assignments. Students must also take ENGL 500: Graduate Writing course.
Students from other disciplines
Students who do not have a formal degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering are encouraged to apply. Once they are admitted, their course program is designed to make up for any lack of background. These students will attend our undergraduate courses in fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, and reaction engineering, if they have not taken such courses earlier. With this additional course work they will be able to take the graduate required courses and obtain a strong educational background. For these students the course schedule will be tailored but a typical coarse load during transition includes:
YEAR 1
Fall Semester
* ChBi 301 Fluid Mechanics
* MATH 503 Applied Math
* ChBi 503 Thermodynamics
Spring Semester
* ChBi 302 Heat and Mass Transfer
* ChBi 308 Reaction Engineering
* Graduate Electives
YEAR 2
Fall Semester
* ChBi 501 Transport Phenomena
* Graduate Electives
Spring Semester
* ChBi 502 Reaction Engineering
* Graduate Electives
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Requirements
Students should apply with the completed application form which includes;
* Application Form
* Personal and Educational Background Information (CV)
* Recommendation Letters (2 for MSc, 3 for Ph.D) (3 for MS in Molecular Biology and Genetics)
* TOEFL Requirement (for those whose native language is not English)
- New Internet Based: Minimum Score 80
- Computer Based: Minimum Score 213
- Paper Based: Minimum Score 550
* ALES scores (required for all Turkish nationals)
* GRE scores (required from Foreign students; optional for Turkish students)
* Official transcripts from all the universities attended
* Statement of Purpose
* Areas of Interest (for Electrical & Computer Engineering Applicants only) ;
Areas of Interest (for Material Sciences & Engineering Applicants only)
Areas of Interest (for Mathematics Applicants only)
* Application fee of (35 TL or 20 USD or 15 Euro) must be paid to one of the below account numbers. Please indicate student name and 'GSSE Yuk.Lisans' explanation in the payment. Please include your bank receipt in your application pack.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
Accreditation
* One of 229 academic institutions worldwide to adopt the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), as determined by a group of scholars at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in July 2007.
* College of Administrative Sciences and Economics and Graduate School of Business accredited by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), making Koç University the first and only Turkish university with EQUIS accreditation and one of the select group of 115 EQUIS accredited institutions in 33 countries worldwide.
* First Turkish university to be recognized in the Financial Times ranking of top international universities; Executive MBA program ranked 57th in the world
* Executive MBA program listed as one of Europe’s best 20 programs in Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper rankings, 2004.
* Koç University selected as the CFA Institute’s first program partner in Turkey and one of only 40 CFA program partners in Europe, affirming that the university curriculum adheres to professional practice standards and successfully prepares students for the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) exams.
Faculty
Staff
- Yaman Arkun
- Burak Erman
- Can Erkey
- Ozlem Keskin
- Seda Kizilel
- Metin Turkay
- Iskender Yilgor
- Atilla Gursoy
- I.Halil Kavakli
- Metin Muradoglu
- Seda Keskin
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