The qualifying exam is the measurement of whether the student who completes his/her courses, other learning activities and seminar, and has the depth of scientific research related to the basic subjects and concepts in his/her field and doctoral study.
The student submits the required documents to the Institute on the date specified in the relevant Academic calendar.
A student may take the qualifying exam up to twice a year.
The student who is admitted to the doctoral program with a master's degree must take the qualifying exam at the latest in end of the fifth semester and the student who has been accepted to the doctoral program with a four- year undergraduate degree level must take the qualifying exam at the latest at the end of the seventh semester.
Doctorate qualifying exams shall be held once a semester within the periods specified in the academic calendar. The student who has reached the proficiency stage and will take the qualifying exam, must choose FBE 4000 PhD Qualification course from the course registration system during the exam period.
Students failing in the qualifying exam will be retaken the exam in the next semester.
The proficiency exam is organized in two parts, written and oral.
Written and oral exams are evaluated over 100 points.
The student who succeeds in the written examination with at least 70 points is taken to the oral examination.
· The exam jury evaluates the success of the student in written and oral examinations and decides by absolute majority whether the student is successful or nsuccessful. This decision shall be reported to the institute bythe head of the department / art major
within three days following the qualifying exam.
· Students failing in the qualifying exam shall be retaken in the next semester from the sections
where they fail.
The student who fails again shall be dismissed from the doctorate program.
· The student who succeeds in the proficiency exam must submit the Thesis Monitoring Jury Form within 1 month and the Thesis Proposal Form within 6 months to the Graduate School.
· The Thesis Monitoring Board (TIC) meeting must be held within 6 months after submitting the Thesis Proposal Form (January-June and July-December within the specified period).
NOTE: After the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam, it is the responsibility of the student and his/her supervisor to determine the Members of the Thesis Monitoring Committee and conduct the Thesis Proposal Defense Exam within the periods specified in the relevant article of the Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Graduate Education Regulations.