History : The program was established in 2015 and started PhD education in the spring of 2014-2015 academic year.
Qualification Awarded : Doctoral degree in midwifery
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 : The doctor who graduated from midwifery department gain the ability to make independent research that will contribute to the science in the field of midwifery, to be able to scrutinize and comment on scientific events from a broad and deep perspective by analyzing the information obtained, to synthesize these information and to identify the necessary steps to reach new information.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples : Doctoral graduate midwives can work in state, private health institutions and educational institutions.
Access to Further Studies : Graduates who have successfully completed their Ph.D. program may apply for an academic position in higher education institutions in Turkey or abroad in the same or similar fields, or for an expert position in research centers in public institutions.
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 : Students accepted with thesis graduate degree must have minimum 240 ECTS credits including at least nine courses, one seminar course, proficiency exam, thesis proposal and dissertation study provided that they are not less than twenty seven credits and not less than 60 ECTS It should be completed in twelve semesters. Students who are accepted by the undergraduate degree must complete at least 300 ECTS credits, including at least forty two credits, 14 courses, seminar, proficiency examination, thesis proposal and thesis study in fourteen semesters.
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 : Midwifery Department Celal Bayar University is close to the School of Physical Education, Sports and Rectorate Campus, providing education and training in the garden of Manisa State Hospital, infrastructure and laboratory facilities are as follows: There are 8 classrooms in the department and a projector is available in all of the classrooms. Students have two skill labs for laboratory applications. Two adult models allowing cardiac and respiratory massage, anatomy model, skeleton, episiotomy model, bimanual examination, which allow basic midwifery practices in the skill labs (opening the vein, injecting, applying catheter and tube to body cavities etc.) Models for newborn care and application, birth patterns, blood pressure measuring instruments, graders, scales, etc. Tools and equipment. Thesis and research projects are carried out jointly with TÜBİTAK and other BAP-supported clinical departments.