| FOUNDATION & HISTORY |
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| Department of Physics was founded in 1963 under the Natural Science in Karadeniz Technical University. PhD program in Department of Physics has been started in 1980 and is being still given the education. |
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| QUALIFICATION AWARDED |
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| The students who has succeeded the program are awarded with a PhD degree in the field of Physics |
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| LEVEL of QUALIFICATION: |
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Qualifications Frameworks in the European Higher Education Area (QF-EHEA), Level 3
European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF-LLL), Level 8
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| MODE of STUDY |
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| Full Time |
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| ADMISSION & REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS |
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- To be a graduate of a department/faculty that meets the requirements of “Lisansüstü Programlarına Başvuruya Esas Teşkil Eden Mezuniyet Ön Koşulları” which are defined by the Board of Graduate Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences and approved by the Senate of Karadeniz Technical University.
- Providing a score in ALES (Quantitative) and a foreign language test which is defined by the Board of Graduate Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences and approved by the Senate of Karadeniz Technical University (KTÜ Fen Bilimler Enstitüsü Lisansüstü Programlara Başvuru ve Giriş Koşulları),
- The students who are accepted for the out-of-field postgraduate programs are supposed to attend Scientific Preparation Program and achieve the courses that are determined by the Board of Institute. |
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| OBJECTIVE of THE PROGRAMME |
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| Physics graduate programs are concerned with the study of the properties of superconducting and semiconducting materials and the properties of atomic parameters as well as radiactivity measurements. The related experiments are carried out in the Solid State laboratory and in Atomic and Molecules laboratory. Atomic and Molecules laboratory measurements of atomic parameters such as mass attenuation coefficient, frourecence effect etc are performed. Also, radioactivity measurements in environmental samples are carried out. The properties of radiation detectors (HPGe, Si(Li)) are also studied. Graduates with a PhD degree in physics can look forward to careers as educators, senior software engineers, health physics specialists, medical physicists and more. |
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| RECOGNATION of PRIOR LEARNING |
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The "Directive on Recognition of Prior Learning", Senate Decision No. 340 issued on July 28, 2023, has been accepted and entered into force regarding the students registered in all programs of Karadeniz Technical University to determine the principles to be followed for the recognition, crediting, and adaptation of the achievements acquired by the students at non-university institutions.
In this Directive,
- recognition of knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired with special interest through an exemption exam to be substituted as program courses,
- recognition of workplace and internship experiences through portfolio evaluation to be substituted as program courses,
- and the crediting of certificates received from accredited institutions regarding students' special interests are covered.
Announcements of courses included in the scope of recognition of prior learning, applications, and evaluation will be made on the dates specified in the academic calendar.
Recognition of prior learning will offer numerous benefits to our students and employers. For our students, increasing professional development and mobility in the labour market, preventing repetition of education and waste of time, providing early graduation, reducing the cost of learning, encouraging learning, and increasing the student's motivation and self-confidence can be counted among the benefits of recognition of prior learning. From the employers' perspectives, it will contribute to satisfying skill or competence deficiencies in the workplace, reducing the time employees spend outside the workplace for training purposes, and thus using resources more efficiently. |
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| QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS and REGULATIONS |
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To graduate from a PhD program, the students are supposed to;
- Achieve at least 21 credits (240 ECTS, at least two of them should be having code 5000) of seven courses including the compulsory ones and two courses in English as well as seminar (non-credit), Scientific Research and Publication Ethics (non-credit) and Scientific Research Project Development courses up to the end of the fourth term.
- Achieve the PhD qualifying exam (for those who are accepted with a master?s degree, it should be achieved in the third term in the earliest and in the fifth term at the latest, and for those who are accepted with a bachelor?s degree, it should be achieved in the fifth term at the earliest and in the seventh term at the latest),
- Achieve the courses ?Development and Learning? and ?Planning and Evaluation in Education? up to the thesis defence exam,
- Provide performance rapports of the thesis monitoring committee (two rapports successively, or three rapports intermittently without any failure), and achieve the PhD thesis up to the end of twelfth term (qq. v. KTÜ Lisansüstü Eğitim-Öğretim Yönetmeliği).
KTU Graduate Education Regulations |
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| EXAMINATION, ASSESSMENT and GRADING REGULATIONS |
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| The students are subjected to have a mid-term exam, term paper (project, seminar, quiz, assignment or another mid-term exam), and final exam for each course. The percentage of the mid-term exam is 30%, the term-paper is 20%, and the final exam is 50% for the course score. All examinations are evaluated on a scale of hundred. The students are supposed to have at least BB as a letter grade to be considered as successful at a course. |
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| GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS |
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| To graduate, the students are supposed to meet the publication criteria specified in Doktora Programı Öğrencilerinin Tezini Teslim Edebilme Koşulları of the Graduate Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences after completing all requirements of the earned degree. |
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| OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES of GRADUATES |
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| Graduates with a PhD degree in physics can look forward to careers as educators, senior software engineers, health physics specialists, medical physicists and more. |
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| ACCESS to FURTHER STUDIES |
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| CONTACT INFORMATION |
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| DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES : |
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| Department have 6 students and 2 graduate labs which are Solid State Research Lab and Atomic and Molecular Physics. |