Ph. D. Program

The Department of Political Science and Public Administration accepts students to the Ph.D. program a year for enrolment in September. Students need to apply for admission between 1st of May and 31st of May. To be considered for admission to Ph.D. Programme, an applicant is required to have;

• B.S./B.A. degree

• An official transcript for undergraduate studies and degree

• A minimum score of 50 in the ALES

• A letter of intention, explaining the candidate's expectations from the program and aimed field of study

• Two recommendation letters (Graduates of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration need only to give names of two faculty members as references.)

• A cumulative GPA of 2.50/4.00 (70/100)

• English language proficiency scores based on METU English Proficiency Exam (minimum 70) and/or TOEFL (CBT minimum 227, IBT minimum 86)

• A pre-evaluation will be made based on the documents and the candidates successful in this process will have an interview (English).

A Committee, established by the Department conducts the interviews in June and the decisions are announced in following week.

Once enrolled, the student must complete the minimum required course load of eight courses in a maximum period of four consecutive semesters with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.00/4.00. The Ph.D. candidate is also expected to be successful in the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination, which he/she must take during the first semester following the completion of his/her course work. After the Qualifying Examination, students are supposed to work towards completing their Ph.D. Dissertation which should be submitted no later than the end of the student's 12th semester in the program. Ph.D. candidates are expected to defend their dissertation in front of an academic jury established by the department before submitting it to the Graduate School of Social Sciences.

           More information : http://www.sbe.metu.edu.tr/grad_admiss.html