History : After the foundation of the Faculty of Medicine on 1 March 1994, Professor Saliha SOYDAN from the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University was temporarily appointed as the Acting Head of Department of Anatomy. Undergraduate education started in 1995-1996 academic year. In 1996, Assistant Prof. Tuncay VAROL was appointed to the Department. In 1999 Assistant Prof. Özlem ASLAN joined to the staff. In 2000, Assistant Prof. Prof. Tuncay VAROL got his Assoc. Prof. degree. Assistant Prof. Özlem ASLAN left the Deparment in 2000 and in 2001 Assistant Prof. Ertuğrul TATLISUMAK joined the Department. In 2002 Dr. Enis CEZAYİRLİ joined the staff as specialist of ANATOMY. In 2003 Dr. Enis CEZAYİRLİ was appointed as Assistant Prof. to the Department. In 2004, Dr. Ceyda HAYRETDAĞ ÖRS finished her specilisation in ANATOMY and was appointed to the Department as specialist. In 2006, Dr. Ceyda HAYRETDAĞ ÖRS was appointed to the Department as Assistant Professor. In 2007, Assoc. Prof. Tuncay VAROL was appointed as Professor. In 2009, Assistant Prof. Ceyda HAYRETDAĞ ÖRS left the Department. In 2010 Assistant Prof. Ertuğrul TATLISUMAK and in 2011 Assistant Prof. Enis CEZAYİRLİ got their Assoc. Prof. titles. In 2017 Assoc. Prof. Ertuğrul TATLISUMAK was appointed as Professor. Currently, Chairmanship of Anatomy Department is executed by Prof. Dr. Tuncay VAROL.
Qualification Awarded : Anatomy Doctorate Degree
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) : Doctorate
Specific Admission Requirements : Candidates must have a bachelor's or master's degree in order to apply to the doctoral program. Candidates who apply with a master's degree must have a score of at least 55 ALES on the type of program they are applying for. Candidates who apply with the degree of bachelor's degree must have a score of at least 55 ALES points in the type of program applied and at least 3 points in the system of 100 or 100 or 4 in the system of the graduation grade average.
Ph.D. students must have received a score equivalent to at least 55 points from the international foreign language exams accepted as equivalent to the central foreign language exams accepted by the Higher Education Council except their native language, or international foreign language exams which are equivalent to the ÖSYM.
The Ph.D. program entrance examination achievement grade must be at least 65. The success grade is the sum of 50% of the relevant ALES score, 30% of the undergraduate achievement grade and 20% of the interview grade. Success scores of students who do not enter the interview are not calculated.
Candidates whose achievement score is 65 or higher in doctoral programs 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 obtained from the Graduate School of Health Sciences Institute of Manisa Celal Bayar University in the Education and Training Regulations.
Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) : Students enrolled in the Department may request exemption from the courses they have achieved in equivalent programs of the higher education institutions they have studied. 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 : The doctoral program consists of at least nine courses, a seminar course, a proficiency exam, a thesis proposal and a dissertation study, not less than twenty seven credits for a student with a thesis graduate degree and not less than 60 ECTS for an academic year It consists of 240 ECTS credits. It is composed of at least 300 ECTS credits including 14 courses, seminar, proficiency exam, thesis proposal and dissertation study for at least forty two credits for the students who are accepted by the undergraduate degree.
Profile of The Programme : In a wider context, the mission of the Anatomy program is to prepare professionals that will practice their profession with the firm purpose to advance basic and applied knowledge in the field of Anatomy , through their professional and scholarly activities contributing in solving the daily health related problems of our society which results in human benefit. We aim to provide teaching in the subject area that is broad based, intellectually coherent and multidisciplinary; that builds on skills and knowledge acquired previously within the program and is informed by a research base of international standard. The Doctorate programme is a four-year degree which encompasses both coursework and research. The first two year involves mainly coursework and preliminary research preparation followed by PhD Thesis.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples : Graduates will have the opportunity to start an academic career in universities
Access to Further Studies : Graduates who succesfully completed doctorate degree may apply to both in the same or related disciplines in higher education institutions at home or abroad to get a position in academic staff or to governmental R&D centres to get expert position
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading : Exams compose of midterms, final and make-up exams. Quizzes, projects, homeworks other than the exams can be carried out and other activities that the instructor deems appropriate. The number of these activities and the contribution to the course grades are stated in the course plan by the teaching staff. The exams can be written, oral, written, oral or practical. All exams are evaluated over 100 points and converted into a letter grade by the system. The success grade is calculated by taking the midterm and % ratios determined by the instructor of the other activities so that it will not fall below 50% of the contribution of the final exam. Letter grade limits are determined by the faculty member. To be successful in a lesson, the student must take at least the CB letter grade.
Graduation Requirements : The doctoral program consists of at least nine courses, a seminar course, a proficiency exam, a thesis proposal and a dissertation study, not less than twenty seven credits for a student with a thesis graduate degree and not less than 60 ECTS for an academic year It consists of 240 ECTS credits. It is composed of at least 300 ECTS credits including 14 courses, seminar, proficiency exam, thesis proposal and dissertation study for at least forty two credits for the students who are accepted by the undergraduate degree.
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) : Full time
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent : Prof. Dr. Tuncay VAROL
Head, Department of Anatomy
Manisa Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine
Uncubozköy/Manisa/Türkiye
tuncay.varol@cbu.edu.tr
Phone Number: +90 236 233 19 20 / Internal Number: 412
Fax: +90-236 233 14 66
Facilities : Six faculty members and one lecturer - One anatomy dissection and practice laboratory - radiological image analysis laboratory - gait analysis laboratory - animal study laboratory - Dissection microscope