The following questions and answers have been arranged according to the YÖK Graduate Education and AGÜ Graduate Education and Examination Regulations; for detailed information and additional details, please refer to the Regulations.
When will the supervisor be appointed? When is the thesis topic determined?
In the masters with thesis program, the secretary of the degree program suggests a thesis supervisor for each student to the Graduate School until the end of the first term. Then, the secretary of the degree program suggests a thesis topic to the Graduate School which is determined by the student and the theis supervisor until the end of the second term. The thesis supervisor and the thesis topic are then approved by the Graduate School Administrative Committee.
When will the supervisor be appointed in the PhD program? When are the thesis topic and title determined?
In the PhD program, the secretary of the degree program suggests for each student a thesis supervisor and a thesis topic determined by the student and the supervisor to the Graduate School. The thesis supervisor and the thesis topic are then approved by the Graduate School Administrative Committee. It is mandatory that the thesis supervisor is appointed until the end of the second term.
The suggested PhD thesis supervisor should have supervised a master thesis successfully previously. Also, the suggested PhD thesis supervisor should have taught undergraduate courses for four terms or graduate courses for two terms.
In a masters or PhD program, who can be assigned as a second supervisor?
In cases the thesis work needs to be supervised by more than one supervisor, a second supervisor can be appointed for the thesis. The second supervisor can be a professor at AGU or someone with a doctoral degree from outside of AGU.
