Istanbul Kültür University Industrial Engineering (English) Doctoral Program aims to train engineers and academicians who can conduct scientific research in the fields of Industrial Engineering, evaluate the technological developments of their field from a scientific perspective, contribute to the development of science and technology for the benefit of humanity, consider the needs of society in research and development activities, and have a sense of academic ethics. In this direction, an Education Plan has been designed to keep the education at international standards and up-to-date and to provide students with an intensive research experience. Students are provided with the opportunity to specialize in areas such as Operations Research, Data Science, Supply Chain Management, Production Planning, Quality Engineering, Project Management, etc. through compulsory courses and elective field courses in this plan. Students accepted to the program are expected to make original contributions to the national/international scientific literature during their education period, thus, it is aimed to achieve outputs that will improve and support the position of our country in the world of science as well as being able to conduct qualified research independently.

Duration:
4 (four) Academic Years (8 Semesters) for accepted students

Program Application Periods:
Applications to the program are made twice a year in Fall and Spring semesters.

Program Language:
The medium of instruction of the program is English.

Application Requirements:

In order to be eligible for applying to the Industrial Engineering (English) PhD Program, prospective students are to meet the following requirements and conditions;

• Having a bachelor's degree in engineering,
• Master's degree graduation grade point average must be at least 3.0 out of 4 or an equivalent score,
• Having taken the ALES exam within the past five years and having a minimum of 70 score in the numerical score type or an equivalent score determined by the Senate from GRE or GMAT exams,
• Having a score document showing a minimum of 70 points scored in YÖKDİL or YDS or an equivalent score from an exam accepted as equivalent by ÖSYM,
• No prior dismissal from any master's or doctoral program due to disciplinary offenses.
• ALES requirement is not required for admission to postgraduate programs for foreign nationals and Turkish citizens residing abroad, and Istanbul Kültür University Senate decisions will be implemented.
• For students who have not graduated from the relevant Department, a "Scientific Preparation Program", the content and duration of which is to be determined by the Department, may be required to be taken by the student in the admission evaluations.

Graduation Requirements:
The total number of credits of the program is 255 ECTS. Except for the PhD Qualifying Examination and Thesis, all of the remaining courses correspond to 90 ECTS. Students must first be successful in a total of 90 ECTS courses within a maximum of 2 years to meet the following requirements.

• As 4 compulsory courses within the scope of doctoral courses; "Optimization Techniques I", "Statistical Inference", "Scientific Research Techniques and Publication Ethics" and "Seminar" courses total 39 credits,
• As an elective course, they must complete at least 51 credits from doctoral elective field (SA) courses starting with the course code IED0XXX.

Students who have successfully fulfilled their course requirements are directed to take the Proficiency Exam by a jury selected with the proposal of the Head of the Department and the approval of the Institute Board of Directors.  Once the proficiency exam is passed, under the supervision of the assigned faculty advisor, a thesis paper is to be written in English in 6 years maximum . The thesis paper writing process is monitored by a thesis monitoring committee of minimum 3 members, selected with the proposal of the Head of the Department and the approval of the Institute Board of Directors, and the monitored progress is then reported to the Head of the Department at the end of each semester.

In order to graduate from the Doctorate Program, it is required that at least one article must be published or accepted for publication in a national or international refereed journal, or at least one publication must be published or accepted for publication as a full text in the proceedings of a National or International congress before the submission of the doctoral thesis, and as a part of the thesis writing. Click here for more information. 

The author of the thesis paper, if found satisfactory by the jury selected with the proposal of the Head of the Department and the approval of the Institute Board of Directors upon the positive judgement of the advising professor that the graduation requirements are met, is entitled to receive a doctorate in the field of Industrial Engineering.

For students who hold undergraduate degrees in departments other than the Industrial Engineering discipline, the student admission principles for the Scientific preparation program in Article 13 of the Istanbul Kültür University Postgraduate Education and Examination Regulation* published in the Official Gazette dated 26 December 2016 and numbered 29930 will be applied.