Frequently Asked Questions

You can access the areas of study of Graduate programs, their course contents/TYYC information package, academic staff information etc. via (https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu)

Graduate programs accepting students, student quotas for these programs, documents required for application, application and exam dates and other conditions are announced on the website of the University and Institute under the announcement section (https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/duyurular?tags=saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu) within the date ranges specified in the academic calendar each semester.(https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/ogrenci/ogrenci-isleri/akademik-takvim).

The application conditions of the graduate programs that will accept students are on the web page of the University and the Institute (https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/duyurular?tags=saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu) under the announcement section every semester within the date ranges specified in the academic calendar. You can reach the application conditions of the programs via the link of the application conditions (https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/programlar) on the web page of the relevant program.

The List of graduate programs in our institute is available via https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/programlar.

The medium of instruction of the graduate programs of our institute is given in the table below.

Application, foreign language exam, interview exams, and registration dates of the graduate programs are specified in the graduate academic calendar of our University and announced on the website of the University and the Institute under the announcements section within the date ranges specified in the academic calendar each semester (https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/duyurular?tags=saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu)

Applications to graduate programs are made electronically, and it is obligatory for the student to make the registration in person. For detailed information about the application and registration process, you can contact the Student’s Affairs Office via ogrenci.isleri@acibadem.edu.tr.

It is not required to have taken ALES for applying to Master’s Degrees without thesis.

For the Master’s Degree with thesis, it is required to have the ALES score, not less than 55 points, which will be determined by the Senate in the type of score applied.

For Doctoral Programs, it is required to have the ALES score, not less than 55 points, which is determined by the Senate and in the type of score which is submitted for application.

ALES is not required for graduates of doctorate / proficiency in art / specialty in medicine / specialization in dentistry / specialization in veterinary medicine / specialization in pharmacy. The 65 points determined by the Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Senate are taken into account, regardless of the type of score at the application to the graduate program or the field of specialization.

From the candidates who will apply to doctoral programs in basic medical sciences, it is required for those who are the graduates of medical faculties to have a bachelor's degree and a basic medical score of at least 55 points or more from TUS; or it is necessary to have the ALES score requirement determined by the Senate, provided that it is not less than 55 standard points from the numerical part of ALES.

YDS/YOKDIL and YDS/YOKDIL equivalent exam score requirements must be met for applications to all graduate programs. Candidates who do not have YDS/YOKDIL and YDS/YOKDIL equivalent exam scores cannot apply to doctoral programs. Candidates applying to graduate programs who do not have YDS/YOKDIL and YDS/YOKDIL equivalent exam scores have to take the foreign language proficiency exam conducted by our University.

Evaluation of the candidates in applications to graduate programs is determined by the examination juries of our University following the 20th Article of our Regulation on Postgraduate Education, Training and Examination.

Pursuant to the Article 31 of the Regulation on Graduate Education and Training of the Council of Higher Education, students enrolled in a graduate program in a higher education institution can be accepted as special students with the approval of the institute department head in order to be registered for graduate courses in other higher education institutions.

In order to apply to our graduate programs as a special student, you are required to submit the decision of the institute board of directors of your higher education institution that you are registered to, showing that it is appropriate for you to continue your education as a special student at our university (the course contents of our university's programs can be found on the web pages of the relevant academic units), your student certificate, your transcript, your identity card photocopy, your resume and your application petition to the Institute Directorate.

Tuition fees are paid at the beginning of each semester at the course registration/registration renewal phase. Students who do not pay their tuition fees cannot make registration or renew their registration, except for scholarship students.

Course registrations are made online each semester through the Student Information System (https://obs.acibadem.edu.tr/oibs/ogrenci/login.aspx ) at the date ranges specified in the academic calendar. No other person can make the course registration on behalf of the student.

By explaining the problem you are experiencing, you should send the screenshot/image of the problem you are experiencing on the course registration / add-drop screens to ogrenci.isleri@acibadem.edu.tr For detailed information about your course registration/add-drop process, you should contact the Student’s Affairs Office.

You can reach detailed information about graduate education and training processes via https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari

You can reach detailed information on graduate graduation processes via https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari

The student who wants to cancel the registration is supposed to go to the Student’s Affairs Office in person and fill out the dismissal form. Then s/he applies to the institute directorate with a dismissal form and a petition explaining the reason for deregistration. The student's request for deregistration is decided by the Institute Administrative Board and notified to the Rectorate.

It is obligatory to attend classes, laboratory and application studies, and other studies deemed appropriate by the instructors. A student's absence during the semester cannot exceed 30% of the total time for each course. A student who cannot meet the required rate for attendance from a course is considered unsuccessful due to absenteeism from that course.

The achievement of the students in a course is determined by the course success grade. The course success grade is obtained by evaluating the student's success in studies such as midterm exams, applied studies, homework, and the final exam together.

Instead of the failed elective course, another elective course with the same credit and ECTS value can be taken. After the relevant course is selected through the Student Information System (OBS), an application is made to the Institute Directorate with a petition. In the petition, the situation is explained by specifying the previously unsuccessful course code and name and the newly chosen course code and name.

You can reach detailed information on graduate graduation requirements via https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari

The student who objects to an announced exam result or grade makes this objection within five working days following the announcement of the result by a written petition to the Head of the relevant Department. This objection is forwarded to the course supervisor within two working days. If the lecturer sees an error in the evaluation, he/she makes the necessary correction and reports the result to the Head of the Department within two working days at the latest. The decision to be made by the lecturer as a result of the examination and approved by the Head of the Department is final. The corrections made in the success grade are notified to the Institute Directorate in writing by the Head of the relevant Department. The grade change is decided by the Institute Administrative Board and notified to the Rectorate.

Students are dismissed from the Institute in the following cases: a) The student makes a written request to the institute directorate that he/she wants to dismiss him/her voluntarily.

b) Expulsion of the student from the University.

c) Students who cannot successfully complete the credit courses and seminar courses in the curriculum at the end of four semesters in the Master’s Degree with thesis and three semesters in the Master’s Degree without thesis, or who cannot fulfill the success conditions/criteria stipulated by the University within this period.

d) Students who failed in their thesis study or did not enter the thesis defense in the Master’s Degree with thesis.

e) Students who have been accepted to the doctoral program with a master's degree with thesis, who have not successfully completed the required credit courses in a maximum of four semesters or who cannot achieve the minimum grade point average required by the University.

f) Students who have been accepted to the doctoral program with a bachelor's degree but have not successfully completed the required credit courses in a maximum of six semesters or cannot achieve the minimum grade point average required by the University.

g) Students who successfully complete their credit courses in doctoral programs, who are successful in the proficiency exam and whose thesis proposal is accepted, cannot complete their thesis by the end of twelve semesters for those who are accepted with a master's degree, or by the end of fourteen semesters for those who are accepted with a bachelor's degree.

h) Students whose thesis proposal is rejected twice in the doctoral program.

i) Students whose thesis proposal is accepted in the doctoral program and who are found unsuccessful two times in a row or three times intermittently by the thesis monitoring committee.

Transfer between thesis and non-thesis Master’s Degrees is made by student application and EYK decision upon the recommendation of the Institute Department, within the date range specified in the academic calendar, in case a quota is opened for the relevant program. The student cannot apply for more than one transfer between the thesis and non-thesis Master’s Degrees. The student whose transfer application is approved is responsible for completing the requirements of the new program.

The duration of the Master’s Degree with thesis, excluding the time spent in scientific preparation, and starting from the semester in which the courses related to the program are given, regardless of whether they are registered for each semester or not is a minimum of four semesters and a maximum of six semesters.

If a student has not successfully completed his/her credit courses and seminar course included in the curriculum at the end of the four semesters, or has not met the success conditions/criteria stipulated by the University during this period, or has not completed his/her thesis or entered the thesis defense within the maximum period given to him/her, he/she will be dismissed from our university.

In the Master’s Degree with thesis, one of the faculty members with the qualifications to be determined by the Senate for each student by the Head of the Department is assigned as a thesis advisor by the end of the first semester at the latest. For detailed information on the appointment of a thesis advisor, you can check https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari

The thesis topic of the student and the title of the thesis to be proposed are determined together with the student advisor, taking into account the student's tendencies. After the thesis topic has been evaluated by the relevant Department Head, it is forwarded to the Institute Directorate and finalized with the approval of the EYK. For detailed information about the thesis proposal process, you can check https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari

The second thesis advisor to be appointed in cases where the nature of the thesis work requires more than one thesis advisor, may be appointed from within or out of the University staff with at least a doctorate degree. For detailed information on the appointment of a thesis advisor, you can check the link.

You can check the link for detailed information about the thesis defense https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari

The period to complete the Master’s Degree without Thesis, excluding the study period spent in scientific preparation, starting from the semester in which the courses related to the program are given, regardless of whether the students are registered for each semester or not is minimum of two semesters and maximum of three semesters. At the end of this period, the student who fails or is not able to complete the program is dismissed from the University.

In the non-thesis Master’s Degree, one of the faculty members with the qualifications to be determined by the Senate is assigned for each student by the Head of the Department among the staff of the University by the end of the first semester at the latest. For detailed information you can check the https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari

The normal duration of a Ph.D. program is eight academic semesters, excluding the period spent in the Scientific Preparation Program, for those admitted with a master's degree with thesis regardless of if they are registered for each semester, starting from the semester in which the courses related to the program they are enrolled in are given. The maximum duration of the Ph.D. program is twelve academic semesters. In Doctoral Programs admitting students with a Bachelor’s degree, the normal duration is ten academic semesters, and the maximum duration is fourteen academic semesters.

For detailed information on the application process for the doctoral qualification exam, you can check https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari.

At the end of the third semester; Completing 90 ECTS and seminar courses, having an academic average of at least 3.00/4.00, and successfully completing all credit courses at the end of the 4th semester at the latest, approved by the Institute Orpheus Commission. A student who has at least one thesis topic/field, prepared according to a national or international refereed journal, a research article or review or case report submission letter in which the candidate is one of the first two names, or made an oral or poster presentation summary at a scientific meeting, can apply the doctoral qualification exam.

For the student who is successful in the doctoral qualification exam, a thesis monitoring committee is formed within one month at the latest, approved by the doctoral qualification committee, recommended by the Head of the Department, and finalized by the decision of the EYK. For detailed information about the thesis monitoring committee formation process, you can check https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari

The student who successfully completes the doctoral qualification exam must orally defend the thesis proficiency study proposal, which includes the purpose, method, and study plan of the research to be carried out, in front of the thesis monitoring committee within six months at the latest from the qualification exam date. The student distributes the thesis proposal to the members of the thesis monitoring committee at least fifteen days before the oral defense. The thesis monitoring committee examines the thesis proposal submitted by the student and takes the candidate to the defense exam. The exam is open to the audience. For detailed information about the doctoral thesis proposal process, you can check https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari

The thesis monitoring committee for the student whose thesis proposal is accepted gathers twice a year as once in January-June and once in July-December. Thesis monitoring committee meetings accompanied by Doctoral Thesis Interim Report and Doctoral Thesis Monitoring Activity Report are conveyed with a cover letter on EBYS. (For Turkish forms https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/enstitu-formlar-ve-dilekceler, for English forms https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari). Forms with original signatures are submitted to the Institute simultaneously. You may check https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/surec-akis-semalari for detailed information on the process of the thesis monitoring committee reports.

A student who receives a rest report from university hospitals or health institutions with official patient admission authority due to an excuse related to health submits the report given or approved by the University's Health, Culture and Sports Department Health Center to the relevant Department Head within three working days from the end of the reporting period. The student is considered excused within the periods specified in the report and does not take midterm exams. The grades or results of the midterm exams taken during the reporting period are deemed invalid. After the end of the report, the student can take the make-up exams. Report periods are not taken into account in the calculation of education periods. Students who have a report of five weeks or more in a semester can be considered on leave for that semester.

Students apply to the Head of the Department with a petition explaining the reasons for freezing their registration and the relevant documents in its annex. Applications deemed appropriate by the Head of the Department are forwarded to the Institute Directorate for evaluation. Registration freezing decisions can be taken for the situations specified in the 59th Article of our University's Regulation on Postgraduate Education, Training and Examination The situation of the students is evaluated and decided by the Institute Administrative Board and reported to the Rectorate.

Students submit the relevant documents to the Department Chairs, and the Department Chairs forward them to the Institute with an official cover letter (EBYS).

It must be submitted no later than the end of the second semester. Students who have not determined their thesis topic cannot enroll in the Thesis Study course in the third semester.

• Master's Thesis Originality Report (Form 6) (1 copy)
• Master's Thesis Submission and Thesis Defense Jury Recommendation Form (Form 8) (1 copy)
• One spiral-bound copy of the thesis

The Thesis Defense Jury members must be appointed no later than the end of the 6th semester, with the process starting by the end of the 4th semester. The jury consists of three members: one thesis advisor, one external member from another university, and one internal member from the university/program. If there is a second thesis advisor, the jury must have five members.

The Thesis Defense Jury is proposed by the Department Chair through an official cover letter via the EBYS system, along with the Master's Thesis Submission and Thesis Defense Jury Recommendation Form, the Master's Thesis Originality Report, and one spiral-bound copy of the thesis.

• Thesis Monitoring and Evaluation Form (Form 10) (3 copies for each jury member)
• Master's Thesis Defense Minutes (Form 7) (3 copies)
• Master's Thesis Approval Form (Form 9) (8 copies)

These documents must be submitted to the Institute no later than 3 working days after the Thesis Defense Examination.

For doctoral students: No later than 6 months
For thesis-based master's students: No later than 3 months

After the Thesis Defense Examination, the student completes the necessary revisions and submits the final version of the thesis in spiral-bound form to the Institute. The thesis will be reviewed by the Institute official according to the Thesis Writing Guide. The bound version of the thesis, approved by the Institute official, must be submitted to the Institute no later than 1 month after the Thesis Defense Examination.

A student who has received approval from the Institute for binding their thesis must submit the following documents to the Institute:

• 2 bound copies of the thesis
• 2 CDs containing the thesis in PDF format
• The KVKK Confidentiality Declaration Form
• 2 Thesis Data Entry Forms

For thesis studies requiring Ethics Committee approval, students must submit the Thesis Proposal Form along with the Ethics Committee approval to the Department Chair.

The thesis advisor must be appointed by the end of the first semester.

The thesis advisor must be appointed by the end of the second semester.

The Student-Advisor Agreement Form must be submitted to the Department Chair along with the Thesis Advisor Proposal Form for forwarding to the Institute.

If a doctoral student fails to submit their Thesis Monitoring Committee (TİK) reports twice consecutively or three times intermittently (in case of non-submission), their relationship with the university will be terminated.

According to Article 54, paragraph 2 of our university's Graduate Education-Teaching and Examination Regulations, the second thesis advisor cannot be a member of the Thesis Monitoring Committee (TİK).

At the beginning of the student's first registration period, the Department Chair informs the Institute about the course advisor appointment for course registration. The thesis advisor appointment, however, must be made by the end of the first semester.

You can access the forms here: https://www.acibadem.edu.tr/akademik/lisansustu/saglik-bilimleri-enstitusu/enstitu-formlar-ve-dilekceler

Commonly accepted abbreviations such as TÜBİTAK and DNA may be used in thesis titles.