History : The program was established in 2011 and started its graduate education in 2012 academic year.
Qualification Awarded : Master's Degree in Midwifery
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) : Second Cycle
Specific Admission Requirements : To register to graduate programs, candidates must have a bachelor's degree and take the score of not less than 55 points about the applied program in the Academic Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam (ALES).

To be successful in the foreign language, candidates must take at least 40 points in the Public Personnel Foreign Language Proficiency Examination (YDS). Those who apply to programs for which preparatory class is required for graduate education and those who succeed in preparatory class in undergraduate education are not required.

Entrance exams for the grade programs must be at least 65 points. Passing grade is the sum of the 50% of the ALES exam, 30% of the grade license score and 20% interview. Success scores of students who do not enter the interview are not calculated.

Candidates whose achievement score is 65 or higher in the master's program are ranked according to their scores starting from the highest. Candidates in the quota receive a definitive registration for the programs they apply to.

Detailed information can be accessed at Celal Bayar University Graduate School of Health Science, Education and Training Regulation.
Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) : If a student is enrolled in a postgraduate program at another university, then the courses taken at a graduate degree in the University will be counted as the minimum course load. To do this, they must submit the approved transcript and course content to the relevant unit within one week after the registration week with a petition.
Qualification Requirements and Regulations : A student in a master's program has to take a minimum of 8 courses (min 24 credits). The total duration of the program is four semesters. The total ECTS credit of the program is 120. A student in the graduate program must write the results of the thesis in accordance with the thesis writing rules of the relevant institute and defend his thesis verbally in front of the jury.
Profile of The Programme : Midwifery is program that deal with individual-family-society. Determining health requirements of either healthy or patient individual-family-society, risk factors, seeking for their causes, performing midwifery intervention that is suitable to mother and baby in pregnancy, maternity and postpartum. Enhancing midwifery services that based on scientific foundations in preventive, treatment-care, rehabilitation process.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples : Specialist midwife can work in health institutions such as public and private sectors and can work as lecturer in midwifery departments at school of health sciences.
Access to Further Studies : Graduates who successfully completed the Master's Degree (second cycle) may apply to doctorate (third cycle) programs in the same or in related disciplines. Candidates who have successfully completed postgraduate studies can study graduate (PhD) programs with obligated requirement score from the Academic Staff and Graduate Study Education Exam (ALES) and The Interuniversity Board Foreign Examination (YDS).
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading : Exams consist of midterms, final and makeup exams. In addition to these, quizzes, home works and projects that are determined by the faculty in the syllabus can also be involved in the evaluation criteria. The contribution of these activities to the number and grade of achievement is indicated in the course plan by the instructor. The exams can be written, oral, written, oral or practical. All exams are evaluated over 100 points. Success grade is converted to letter grade with relative evaluation. The success grade is calculated by taking the percentages of the midterm and the other activities determined by the instructor so that it does not fall below 50% of the contribution of the final exam. Letter grade limits are determined by the instructor. The student must receive at least CC letter grade in a course to be successful.
Graduation Requirements : A student in a master's program has to take a minimum of 8 courses (min 24 credits). The total duration of the program is four semesters. The total ECTS credit of the program is 120. A student in the graduate program must write the results of the thesis in accordance with the thesis writing rules of the relevant institute and defend his thesis verbally in front of the jury.
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) : Full-time
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent : Head of the Programme : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Funda KOSOVA
Programme ECTS/DS Coordinator : Asist. Prof. Dr. Hülya DEMİRCİ
Address :
Uncubozköy M. 5526 Sk. No:8/4 (Uncubozköy Sağlık Yerleşkesi) Yunusemre / MANİSA
Post code: 45030
Phone: 0(236) 233 09 04
Fax : 0(236) 233 71 69
Facilities : The students can use all the facilities such as classrooms, library, computer labs, scientific meetings.