Business Administration – (Ph.D.)

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The program is composed in two ways:
1. For those who are accepted with bachelor degree “Integrated PhD Program”
2. For those who are accepted with Master of Science degree “PhD Program”

Students accepted for “Integrated PhD Program” are required to fulfill 7 main compulsory courses (21 credit-hours), 6 field compulsory courses (20 credit-hours) and 12 credit-hours of selective courses. Students succeed in proficiency exam should write a PhD thesis.

Students accepted for “PhD Program”, should fulfill 23 credit-hours courses. Students succeed in proficiency exam should write a PhD thesis.

Our students also have the chance to take advantage of ERASMUS exchange program and study for one semester in one of the European countries.

Terms regarding duration in PhD. program are as follows:
a) Allowed completion duration for PhD. programs are maximum 8 (eight) semesters for master degree holders and 10 (ten) semesters for bachelor degree holders.

b) Allowed completion duration for fulfilling required courses are maximum 4 (four) semesters for master degree holders and 6 (six) semesters for bachelor degree holders. Those who can not fulfill the required courses within this period or can not achieve a GPA of 3.00 are expelled.

c) Required that they fulfill required courses, succeed in proficiency exam and have their thesis proposal accepted, master degree holders who can’t complete their thesis by the end of 8 (eight) semesters and bachelor degree holders who can’t complete their thesis by the end of 10 (ten) semesters are given up to 4 (four) semesters extra time upon the recommendation of the respective department and the confirmation of the Institute Management Board.

Funding details

Yasar University offers an annual scholarship of 1500 USD to all full-time international undergraduate students, who register to faculty at the university. The tuition fee is therefore 7500USD for all first year international students. The continuation of this scholarship in each following academic year is dependent on the student achieving a minimum GPA score of 2.50.

Tuition fees also include membership to the university library and sports facilities, an assigned academic advisor, support classes in Turkish, graduate bench fees, as well as access to the campus and IT facilities 24/7. Payment of fees should be made by bank transfer in one or two installments, as outlined in the registration instructions. Fees at Yasar University are subject to review on an annual basis in line with currency fluctuations.

Faculty

The Graduate School of Social Sciences thrives to offer exceptional graduate education by providing the most up to date information to its students. School programs provide our students with a strong foundation by combining theory and practice. Scientific projects and thesis are strongly encouraged to generate the most updated knowledge consistent with national and regional requirements.

The programs of the school are designed to cover the latest trends in the specific fields, and the courses are integrated with internationally recognized education methods like case studies, group projects, research assignments and group discussions which encourage top level student participation.

Furthermore, our students have chance to attend Europe’s leading universities for a semester through the ERASMUS-European Union Student Exchange Program.