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Graduate Program

 
 

Application deadline: TBA
Date of interview for Spring 2011-2012: TBA

Application Procedure

Master of Science

All applicants must have a Bachelor of Science degree on physics or a related field of science and engineering. All applicants must submit ALES or GRE score and proof of satisfactory knowledge of English.

Doctor of Philosophy

All applicants must have a Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree on physics or a related field of science and engineering. All applicants must submit ALES or GRE score and proof of satisfactory knowledge of English.

General Requirements

  • CGPA: 2.50/4.00
  • ALES: For M.Sc. application 55, for Ph.D. application 70
    OR
  • GRE General Test: For M.Sc. application minimum verbal and quantitative total of 950. For Ph.D. application minimum verbal and quantitative total of 1100.
  • English proficiency: TOEFL CBT (213), IBT (82), PBT (550) or TWE (4.00) or IELTS (6.5) or FCE (C) or KPDS (87) or ÜDS (87)
  • Proof of Degree (i.e. Diploma): Yes (If already obtained).
  • Transcripts: Yes
  • Statement of Purpose: Yes
  • Letter of Recommendation: 2 (PDF | WORD)
  • You can also apply online (Click here to access).

For more detailed information please this page on our institute’s website.

A more extensive catalog is also available from here (PDF, 1.29 MB, you can right click to the link and invoke Save As option)..

Tuition Fee and Financial Assistance

  • Financial Asistance in the form of research and teaching asistantships and tuition waivers are available.
  • No application fee is charged for applications to graduate programs.

About Bilkent

Bilkent University is a contemporary center of excellence in higher education and research, beautifully located at the fringe of Ankara, in the Anatolian heartland of the Republic of Turkey. Faculty members received their Ph.D.s mostly from prominent universities in North America, Europe and home. Research and publication standarts are very high, and there are many international cooperations. Research facilities, such as computers, software, Internet connection, books, journals, CD-ROMs, a fully computerized library seach system, etc., are excellent and up-to-date. Bilkent University follows the US academic model, and the language of all education and research is English. The potential candidates are encouraged to examine the university homepage pointed above.

The Department of Physics aims to be a center of excellence in research and education. The undergraduate classes are typically limited by 20 students/class. The national students are selected from those who are willing to go into natural sciences based on a competitive national entrance exam. All Turkish and international students in the Department of Physics in particular and in the Faculty of Science in general are offered university scholarships based on the credentials of the successful applicants.

Graduate Program in Physics

The graduate entrance is competitive and the scholarships include tuition waiver, free accomodation on campus housing units and a monthly allowance based on the requirements of graduate assistantship. Our graduated students pursue research and find jobs at top ranked research institutions world-wide. The graduate program in Physics emphasizes research in various fields of condensed matter physics, in relation to the rapidly developing high technology fields. Presently, research is in progress in the theoretical and experimental study of tunneling, physics of electrons in lower dimensional systems, high temperature superconductivity, statistical mechanics, properties of new materials, fabrication and theoretical analysis of new devices. The department recently established a new compound semiconductor research and technology laboratory consisting of Class 100 and Class 10000 clean rooms housing a mask aligner, SEM, PECVD, RIE, UHV evaporator, magnetron sputterer, RTP, I-V, C-V and microwave measurement setups. Experimental research areas include STM, PL and Raman Spectroscopy and III-V micro and optoelectronic device technologies.

M.S. and Ph.D. candidates (of all nationalities) can apply twice a year (for the Fall and Spring semester beginning in September and February respectively), upon sending a filled-in form, official transcripts, scientific proficiency test scores (such as GRE general & subject tests, or a local exam to sit ), English proficiency test scores (such as TOEFL, TSE, TWE, or a local exam to sit, except for native speakers), and two letters of recommendation. Successful applicants are offered free tuition, free on-campus housing, and a handsome monthly allowance (enough for comfortable life according to the local life standarts) for teaching assistantship duties. The M.S. (resp. Ph.D.) is usually obtained in 2 (resp. 4) years, with 8 course requirements (usually in the first year of M.S. and Ph.D) which can be arranged from the advanced fundamental physics coursework and more advanced special topics. Following the course work, the student must work on his/her M.S. thesis or Ph.D. dissertation requirements along the department’s research interests. Candidate Ph.D. students must have an M.S. (or equivalent) degree, and have to pass a qualifying exam during the course of their studies. Applications for those students who wish to transfer from other institutions to Bilkent Physics are subject to the same conditions as direct applications. Depending on the success on the student on fundamental topics those previous courses which have been successfully completed can be credited within Bilkent Physics course requirements.