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COMMENCEMENT OF THE
PH.D. PROGRAMME
Unique Approach to Obtain Ph.D. Degree: Once the potential ESRs
have been selected and qualified as ESRs they will;
be registered at one of the top research Universities in Turkey; Gazi
University (GU) in Ankara, Middle East Technical University (METU) in
Ankara, Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in Istanbul, Izmir Institute
of Technology (IZTECH) in Izmir, which offer a number of compulsory
& optional activities depending on which doctoral programme they
are registered at. As a pre-requisite in the Turkish Ph.D. system, all
prospective Ph.D. researchers must complete at least 8 compulsory
graduate lectures plus one seminar over two semesters as part of
their training. Once this stage is completed, they can move onto the
research project, after completing the qualifying exam.
After ESRs have completed at least 8 compulsory graduate lectures plus
one seminar and courses over two semesters and passed the qualifying
exam at their hosing university (they are required to complete this
period in 1 year), all 22 ESRs will start working on their research in
EKTAM for 3 years based in Ankara. In other words, apart from 13 ESRs
studying at Gazi university, the rest of ESRs will move from Izmir or
Istanbul to Ankara after two semesters as explained above.
Each ESR will be informed of other compulsory training activities upon
starting the contract and will be encouraged to attend as many optional
activities as possible. Some of these activities may include: attendance
to seminars, lectures and conferences by experts in the different areas
of research; preparation of a research paper and submission to a high-
impact indexed research journal in the field; participation in national
and/or international conferences through poster/oral communication.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND
APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS
Potential ESRs may not have resided or carried out their main activity
(work, studies, etc.) in Turkey for more than 12 months in the three
years immediately before the date of recruitment. In other words, if the
potential ESRs who have been in Turkey 12 months and more over the
past 3 years before applying to the programme, will be considered as
ineligible. This will be checked during the application stage based on
the applicants’ passports (if you have used more than one passports
over the past three years you are required to share the relevant pages).
Also at the date of recruitment, researchers must be in the first four
years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research
careers. That is to say, applicants will be in the first four years after
their completion of the Master’s degree, might have started a Ph.D.
programme but not yet have been awarded a Ph.D. (the gap between
the date of obtaining the Master degree and the date to apply to the
programme can be maximum 4 years). Also, time spent as part of a
procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention1,
compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are
not taken into account.
Applicants can apply to more than one research topic (up to three
research topics offered by hosting universities) and will be assigned to
one of those based on her/his priority and scoring/ranking.
Each applicant must submit an application containing the following
information and documents for: