1 What are the Requirements for Doctorate Applications?
You can learn the application conditions for PhD positions from the link below.
Follow Application Conditions

What is the Minimum and Maximum Duration of PhD Education (Thesis Delivery Period)?
The duration of doctorate education (thesis submission period) is the beginning of the 8th semester at the earliest, the end of the 12th semester at the latest

How to Appoint a Consultant?
Advisor appointment is made with the student preference list, the recommendation of the departments and the decision of the institute board of directors.
Download Consultant Preference Form
Download Basic Islamic Sciences Consultant Preference Form

4 What is the Pathway for Appointing a Joint Consultant?
In cases where the nature of the thesis study requires more than one thesis supervisor, the second thesis supervisor to be appointed with the proposal of the head of the relevant department / major arts department may be a person with at least a doctorate degree from another higher education institution in Turkey or abroad (see Application Principles. item: 9/2). The proposal of the department is decided by the institute board of directors.

5 What Should Be Done for Consultation Change?
The department cover letter is sent to the institute together with the advisor and / or student petition and the advisor change form. It is made by the decision of the institute board of directors.
You can reach the Consultant Change Form from the link below.
Download Consultant Change Form

6 When and When Can a Registration Freeze Request Be Made?
Applications to freeze registration are made within the first 10 working days of the semester on condition that the course registration is made (see Ataturk University Graduate Education Regulation, article: 19).

7 Where to Get Application Forms?
Click to download postgraduate forms.

8 In Which Cases Is Deregistration Process Performed In Doctoral Education?
Student;
A. Failure to successfully complete the courses taken within the maximum period of time
Does not deliver or fail his seminar until the deadline
C. Does not take the proficiency exam by the end of the 5th semester at the latest (if the student does not take the proficiency exam within the time period, it will be considered unsuccessful) and / or fails in the 5th semester and does not take the proficiency exam in the 6th semester and / or fails
D. Fail the proficiency exam twice in a row
E. Failure to report TIK twice consecutively or three times at intervals and / or fail TIK reports
F. fails to submit his thesis within the maximum period of time

G. Apart from these
Atatürk University Graduate Education and Training Regulation
Atatürk University Student Discipline Regulations
Atatürk University Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive

Within the framework of the decision of the Graduate School Administrative Board, registration is deleted.

9 When is the Completion of the Doctoral Courses and the Deadline for the Seminar?
Doctoral courses must be completed at the end of the 4th semester, and the seminar must be submitted before the qualifying exam.

10 What is the status of those who do not complete their courses within the maximum time, according to the regulation?
Students who cannot complete their courses at the end of the 4th semester are deleted from their registrations.

11 When Should the Seminar Study Be Delivered?
Before the proficiency exam, the seminar must be successfully delivered to the institute.

What is the Minimum Loan Amount Required During the Course Period?
The minimum number of credits to be taken is 21.

13 What Are The Way To Follow The Delivery Of The Seminar And The Forms To Fill In?
The seminar work is uploaded to ÖBS by the student. The seminar work approved by the advisor is sent to the institute along with the relevant forms with a department cover letter. The relevant form can be accessed from the link below and from the Institute web page forms section.
Download Seminar Evaluation Form
14 What is a Required Course? What are the compulsory courses of the studied program?
The courses to be taken and to be successful are called "Compulsory Course". The list of required courses for the programs can be accessed from the link below:
Download Graduate School of Social Sciences required course list

15 What are the Application Requirements for the Proficiency Exam, the path to be followed and the forms to be filled in?
In order for the candidate to take the proficiency exam, he must have successfully completed the minimum course load and submitted his seminar. As of 2021, the Proficiency Exam will be held on OBS.
Download Pre-Qualifying Check Form
Download PhD Qualifying Exam Jury Recommendation Form

16 When are the First and Last Entry Periods to Proficiency Exam?
After completing the minimum credit amount and submitting the seminar, the student can take the qualifying exam. The proficiency exam is taken within the 5th semester at the latest.

17 How Long Is The Right To Take The Proficiency Exam?
There are 2 entries for the proficiency exam.

18 What is the Situation of a Student Who Cannot Pass the Proficiency Exam in Time?
Dismissed from the institute

19 What Are The Way To Follow And Forms To Be Filled After The Proficiency Exam?
After the qualifying exam, the following forms are filled and sent to the institute through the department.
Download Proficiency Written Exam Form
Download Proficiency Oral Exam Form
Download Proficiency Exam Result Form

20 When Can a Thesis Subject Proposal Be Given?
It is given after the qualifying exam is successfully completed and the thesis monitoring committee is formed.

21 How is the Thesis Monitoring Committee (TİK) formed?
The thesis monitoring committee (TIK) is formed within one month for those who pass the qualifying exam, with the recommendation of the department and the approval of the institute management board (see UE Article 21 (1).
The form below is filled and sent to the institute through the Department of Science.
Download Thesis Monitoring Committee Suggestion Form

22 What is the Pathway and Forms to be Filled in the Proposal for a Thesis Subject?
The student determines the subject of the thesis with the advisor, makes a presentation to the Thesis Monitoring Committee (TIK), and sends the presentation record to the institute along with the form below.
Download PhD Thesis Subject Proposal Form
Download Thesis Name-Subject Change Notification Form

23 During Which Periods Are TIK Reports Delivered?
Thesis monitoring committee reports are submitted twice a year (January-June, July-December).
You can download the Interim Report Form from the link below.
Download Thesis Monitoring Committee Interim Report Form

24.When the Maximum Number of TIK is not given, the student is deregistered?
In cases where the thesis monitoring committee reports are not submitted twice or three times in a row, or these reports are evaluated as unsuccessful, the student is dismissed from the institute.

25 At Least How Many TIKs Should A Student To Submit Thesis?
After the thesis proposal is accepted, at least 3 successful thesis monitoring committee reports must be prepared.

26How many ECTS should a student have to submit a thesis?
The student must have a total of 240 ECTS in order to submit a thesis.

What is the Path to Follow in the Thesis Defense Initial Stage?
Before the thesis defense, the following forms are filled and sent to the institute through the main discipline. After the decision of the institute board of directors, the student is taken to the thesis defense on the determined date.
1. Download PhD Thesis Pre-Defense Control Form
2. Doctoral Thesis Defense Exam Jury Recommendation Form Download
3. Download Thesis Similarity Rate Declaration Form (Plagiarism report is taken from Turnitin program by the consultant. Plagiarism rate must be below the determined rate)
4. Download Thesis Writing Rules Compliance Check Form

29 What is the way to be followed in the submission of the thesis and the forms to be filled in?
Students who are successful in their thesis defense fill in the following forms and submit them to the institute together with the thesis.
1. Download Graduate Thesis Evaluation Form (5 Pieces) (It is a wet signed form filled by each jury member)
2. Download Thesis Defense Exam Result Common Report Form

30 What Are The Forms That Should Be Included In The Thesis?
1. Download Doctoral Thesis Acceptance Report
2. Download Thesis Declaration Form

31 What are the Documents to be Submitted by the Student to the Institute for Doctorate Degree Processes?
1. The English summary of the thesis (Abstract) must be checked by the thesis summary control unit at the School of Foreign Languages.
2. The thesis must be submitted to the institute to check its compliance with the rules of spelling before printing.
3. Thesis cover is obtained from the institute.
4.Thesis Data Entry Form is produced from YÖK National Thesis Center and signed, 2 printouts are delivered to the institute.
Click to produce thesis data entry form
5. After the defense, the thesis submission form must be signed by the jury members.
Download the Thesis Submission Declaration Form to the Post-Defense Jury Members (filled in by each jury member)
6.A total of 8 bound thesis (9 bound theses in case of the second consultant), including 2 institutes, 5 advisors and jury members, 1 student, should be printed and submitted to the institute and the signature approval of the Institute Director should be obtained.
7. 3 to the institute