History : Manisa Celal Bayar University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Civil Engineering Department was established in 1994. Doctorate education and training activities had been started in the academic year of 2008.
Qualification Awarded : Philosophy of Doctorate Degree in Civil Engineering
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) : Doctorate, Third Cycle
Specific Admission Requirements : Candidates must have a Bachelor of Science’s or a Master of Science’s diploma to apply to the Philosophy of Doctorate program.
Candidates must have a score of not less than 55 points who have Master of Science degree and 80 points who have Bachelor of Science degree in the applied program from the Academic Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam (ALES) and at least 80 points in the system of 100 or 3 points in the system of 4 at Bachelor of Science diploma score to apply to the Philosophy of Doctorate.
Candidates must have at least 55 points from the central foreign language exams or equivalent international foreign language exams (exception of mother Language) accepted by the University Council., or an equivalent score from the international foreign language exam organized by ÖSYM.
Achievement score in Philosophy of Doctorate programs is at least 65 points. Achievement score is the sum of the 50% of the ALES exam, 30% of the Bachelor of Science diploma score and 20% of interview. The score of candidates who do not enter interview are not calculated.
Candidates who have a point of 65 or higher achievement score are listed according to their scores starting from the highest in Philosophy of Doctorate programs. Candidates in the quote receive a definitive registration right in the applied program.
Detailed information can be accessed at Manisa Celal Bayar University Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Education and Training Regulation.
Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) : Students enrolled to the Philosophy of Doctorate program may request exemption from the courses they have achieved in the equivalent programs at any of the other higher education institution. For the exemption from the courses they have achieved prior, they should submit their transcript and course contents to the relevant department within the next week of enrollment week.
Qualification Requirements and Regulations : To complete the Philosophy of Doctorate programs successfully, students who had Master of Science degree must join at less nine courses in condition totally not less than twenty seven national credits and a seminar and successful at qualifying exam and preparation of thesis study and complete at less 60 ECTS credits in an education-training year, totally 240 ECTS credits in a maximum twelve semesters. Students who had Bachelor of Science degree must join at less fourteen courses in condition totally not less than fourty two national credits and a seminar and successful at qualifying exam and preparation of thesis study, totally 240 ECTS credits in a maximum fourteen semesters.
Profile of The Programme : Education-training and research activities at the Civil Engineering Division are carried on in five different sub-division such as Hydraulics, Mechanics, Geotechnics, Transportation, Structure. Civil engineers graduated from the Philosophy of Doctorate program, can be researchers in civil engineering field with sufficient knowledge and skill, and can serve in private sector institutions and organizations with respond to the needs of research-development needs by modern analysis techniques, scientifically creative and innovative and open to developments.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples : Civil engineers graduated from the Philosophy of Doctorate program can take charge in private and sector, public, municipalities or universities. One part of them serve to private and public sectors in their own officies.
Access to Further Studies : Students who have successfully completed the Philosophy of Doctorate program can apply to post-doctorate programs in civil engineering field.
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading : Exams are composed of mid-term, final and make-up exams. Other than exams, quiz, project, homework and other activates that the lecturer may consider appropriate can be applied. The number of these activities and the contribution to the achievement score are stated in the course plan by the lecturer. All exams can be applied as written, oral or both written and oral or practical. All exams are evaluated over 100 pointe and converted into letter grades by the system. Achievement score is calculated by taking not less than 50% of final exam and the percentage determined by lecturer of mid-term exam and other activates. Letter point limits are determined by the lecturer. The student must take at least a CB letter grade to be consider a successful for a course.
Graduation Requirements : To complete the Philosophy of Doctorate programs successfully, students who had Master of Science degree must join at less nine courses in condition totally not less than twenty seven national credits and a seminar and successful at qualifying exam and preparation of thesis study and complete at less 60 ECTS credits in an education-training year, totally 240 ECTS credits in a maximum twelve semesters. Students who had Bachelor of Science degree must join at less fourteen courses in condition totally not less than forty two national credits and a seminar and successful at qualifying exam and preparation of thesis study, totally 240 ECTS credits in a maximum fourteen semesters.
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) : Full-time
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent : Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali YURDUSEV (Head of Department)
Manisa Celal Bayar University, Institute of Science, Civil Engineering Department,
Şehit Prof. Dr. İlhan VARANK Campus, Muradiye, Manisa, Turkey
Phone: 0 (236) 201 23 01, E‐mail: yurdusev@cbu.edu.tr
Facilities : There are Soil Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Construction Materials, Hydraulics and Transportation Laboratories in the Department.