General Information

Architecture (with Thesis) Master Degree Program

The purpose of the program is to familiarize students with current developments and interdisciplinary studies in various fields of architecture and the built environment; and to enable them to gain specialization in these fields. In addition to gaining knowledge through scientific research, students are encouraged to evaluate and interpret this knowledge. The program provides opportunities for advanced studies in both professional and academic fields. In this way, graduate students can both carry on with their studies in the university and in the professional life about various fields of architecture and built environment.

Specific Admission Requirements

-Student application and admission to the program are done according to the principles determined by the University Senate.

-Candidates, who are going to apply for master program, must have an undergraduate degree of architecture and must have standard ALES (Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam) score with minimum 55 points.

-Candidates, who are going to apply for master program with thesis will be assessed according to the written and oral exam made by department, their undergraduate grade average, in addition to their ALES score.

-The application conditions, deadline, required documents and other particulars are announced by the Rectorate before the application date determined in the academic calendar.

-Applications are fulfilled to the relevant institute directorates within the period specified in the academic calendar.

-For candidates, who make a pause for maximum one semester after leaving any graduate program, new dated ALES certificate will not be required if their present ALES score ensure required score declared by the institute’s departments.

-Instead of ALES score, candidates can apply with GRE, GMAT or similar equivalent international exam scores announced by the Institute’s departments. Unless it is declared by the Institute’s departments, similar international exam scores equivalent to standard ALES score will be determined by Higher Education Council. These equivalent exam scores can not be lower than the ALES score or the equivalent one determined by the Higher Education Council.

-The entrance achievement score of the applicants who apply for the graduate programs are calculated by taking into consideration the ALES or equivalent exam score,GPA of bachelor’s degree and oral and written examination grades. The success of the applicants is determined by the University Senate.

Profile of the Program

Graduates of Undergraduate Program in Architecture are expected to become specialized in one of the fields of building sciences, construction technologies, history of architecture and architectural restoration/conservation through MSc Program in Architecture. In the curriculum of the MSc Program, information is not only conveyed through theoretical and applied for courses but also produced. It is aimed to train researchers and professionals who are able to collate theoretically and applied information. In this context, national and international collaborations and projects are encouraged. Students follow an advanced self-conducted study schedule with the consultancy of a faculty member. Research interests of MSc Program are:

• Cognition in design
• Kinetic architecture
• Semiotic and architecture
• Sustainability in architecture
• Building physics
• Project/construction management
• Principles related to the architecture profession
• History, theory and critics of architecture
• Definition, conservation and rehabilitation of cultural heritage

Program qualifications

1. Gaining advanced level of knowledge and comprehension providing essential basis for distinctive studies in the field of architecture, urban planning, design based on the theoretical level of competencies obtained at the level of bachelor degree.
2. Having critical awareness of problems regarding nature, resources, production and testing of information at the interfaces between the fields of architecture and design, generally and other fields.
3. Obtaining cognitive and practical skills essential to professional competence in postgraduate studies.
4. Practicing gained knowledge, comprehension and problem solving skills in new and nonconventional environments related with the field within the broader context of interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary and supra-disciplinary.
5. Developing new information and methods in the related research field and being expert on problem-solving skills essential to merge information deriving from different fields.
6. Carrying out a scientific research critically.
7. Having skills to conduct a specialization-required study independently in related field.
8. To be able to behave independently and take responsibility in working and learning environments and to be able to identify and conduct a project.
9. To be able to contribute to professional knowledge and practices of teams working in related academic or application fields.
10. To be able to share the findings and results obtained from a study and their underlying information and rational with specialized and nonspecialized groups in an open and systematic way.
11. To be able to use computer software at the required level and informatics and communication technologies at advanced level interactively.
12. To be able to conduct a scientific research systematically and critically; to be able to present proceedings and publish articles in national and international academic environments.
13. Gaining valid certification for professional proficiency and having required competences.
14. To be able to merge information by taking into account of social and ethical responsibilities originated from application of knowledge and its decisions.
15. To be able to develop strategy, policy and implementation plans on related fields and evaluate obtained results within the frame of quality processes.
16. To be able devise extensive projects related to the field: by using gained knowledge, comprehension and skills in an interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary and supra-disciplinary way for decisions of designing and planning in different scales.