Entry Requirements

To be eligible for admission to this PhD programme, you will need to have:
(1) a bachelor degree and a Masters (MSc. or MA) degree from a Turkish university or recognised equivalents from international institutions,

(2) a bachelor degree with a minimum score of 3.00 out of 4.00 and a Masters degree with a minimum score of 3.30 out of 4.00,

(3) a GMAT score of at least 550 or GRE score of at least 704
(ALES score of at least 76 for Turkish students),

(4) an adequate level of proficiency in English language with a TOEFL-IBT score of at least 90 (YDS score of at least 75 for Turkish students),

(5) an eligibility score of at least 75 per cent—see (a) for details,

(6) a bachelor degree or a Masters degree (MSc. or MA) in a relevant field—see (b) for details.

(a) Your eligibility score will be calculated as follows:

50% of your GMAT, GRE or ALES score (in percent),
10% of your bachelor degree score in per cent and 10% of your Masters degree score in per cent (or 20% of the bachelor degree score in per cent for applicants without a Masters degree),
20% of your interview score,
10% of your TOEFL-iBT or YDS score (in percent).


(b) Below are the fields considered relevant for eligibility:

  • Business
  • ​Business engineering
  • Economics
  • Industrial engineering
  • Industrial relations
  • International relations
  • Philosophy
  • Political sciences
  • Psychology
  • Public administration
  • Public relations
  • Sociology
  • Transportation and logistics