APPLICATION DATES
September 29, 2025 – October 7, 2025
- HOW TO APPLY
You must apply online by logging in to the e-enstitü.yildiz.edu.tr system with your username and password, then clicking the “Application” tab under the “Qualification Procedures” menu.
- WHAT TO DO IF YOU ENCOUNTER A SYSTEM ERROR DURING APPLICATION
In accordance with Article 19 of the Senate Regulations, students who have fulfilled their course requirements but encounter an error while applying through the lisansüstü.yildiz.edu.tr system may take a screenshot and send an email to tet@yildiz.edu.tr.
- APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
To apply for the doctoral qualifying exam, the course completion requirements listed below must be met.
- For students admitted to a thesis-based master’s program: A minimum of 7 (seven) courses, totaling no fewer than 21 (twenty-one) credits, consisting of a seminar course, Research Methods, and Scientific Ethics.
- For students admitted to doctoral programs with a bachelor’s degree (integrated program): A minimum of 14 (fourteen) courses, including the Seminar course, Research Methods, and Scientific Ethics, totaling no fewer than 42 (forty-two) credits.
- For students admitted with a thesis-based master’s degree: Of the 7 (seven) courses—excluding the Research Methods and Scientific Ethics and Seminar courses, which must be taken within the first 4 semesters of graduate study—at least 4 (four) must be courses included in the curriculum of the student’s department of study. For doctoral students admitted with a bachelor’s degree (integrated program), at least 8 (eight) of the 14 (fourteen) courses—excluding “Research Methods and Scientific Ethics” and “Seminar”—must be taken within the first 6 semesters of graduate study and must be included in the curriculum of the student’s department
- A maximum of 3 (three) graduate-level courses offered in other departments or at other higher education institutions—and a maximum of 6 (six) courses—may be counted toward the total course load the student is required to complete during their graduate studies.
Students who do not meet the above conditions must not apply for qualification and must complete their missing courses within the timeframe specified in the regulations. (Students who fail to complete their missing courses within the timeframe specified in the regulations will have their registrations canceled.) Applications for qualification submitted by students who do not meet the relevant requirements will be deemed invalid!
- WHO CAN APPLY
Students in Their 6th Semester: Doctoral students who were enrolled in the Spring 2022–2023 semester but have not yet taken the qualification exam are considered to have failed because they have completed their 5th semester this term. For these students, those who do not apply for the 2025-2026 Fall semester doctoral qualifying exams, those who apply but do not take the exam, or those who fail the exam will be considered to have failed for the second time, and their registration will be canceled!!!
Students in Their 5th Semester: All doctoral students enrolled in the 2023-2024 Fall semester who have not previously applied for the qualifying exam must submit a doctoral qualifying exam application this semester, as this will be their fifth semester, in accordance with the YTÜ Graduate Education and Teaching Regulations and Senate Principles. For those who do not apply for the 2025-2026 Fall semester, who apply but do not take the exam, or who fail the exam, this will be counted as their first failure.
- LEGAL BASIS
Click here for the YTÜ Graduate Education and Teaching Regulations Implementation Procedures and Principles, Senate Decision No. 10-06 dated December 19, 2024.
- QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
You can access the eligibility criteria for the Institute of Clean Energy Technologies here.
- EXAM FORMAT
The exam will be administered in accordance with the information outlined in the Qualification Criteria section.