Amendment to Istanbul Technical University Graduate Education Regulation
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This regulation changes parts of Istanbul Technical University’s graduate education rules. It updates the definition of “institute” and lowers certain graduate coursework credit requirements from 24 credits to 21 credits, while keeping a minimum of seven courses for the relevant program structure. It also changes how doctoral thesis progress is reported and reviewed. Students whose thesis proposal has been accepted must submit a written progress report to the institute twice a year, once in January-June and once in July-December, and then defend that report before the thesis monitoring committee within the period set by the Senate.
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Key Changes
- Updates the definition of institute within ITU’s graduate education rules
- Reduces certain graduate coursework credit requirements from 24 to 21 credits
- Requires accepted thesis students to submit and defend progress reports twice a year
Obligations
What this law requires
Graduate programs covered by the amended rule must consist of at least 21 credits of coursework, with no fewer than seven courses, plus non-credit courses, one seminar course, and thesis work.
Doctoral students whose thesis proposal has been accepted must submit a written thesis progress report to the relevant institute twice each year: once during January-June and once during July-December.
Doctoral students whose thesis proposal has been accepted must defend each submitted thesis progress report before the thesis monitoring committee within the period determined by the Senate.