2026 – 2027 Academic Year

Graduate Admissions Guide

Application Periods April – June & October – January

Online Application All documents are uploaded electronically

Interview Conducted by admission committees

Announcement of Results via sis.itu.edu.tr

Information on our Institute's available Graduate Programs and application requirements announced in previous semesters can be found on the programs page.

2026-2027 Academic Year Fall Semester Graduate Applications have been announced; they can be accessed via the ITU announcements page.

General Information

Basic information about the application process

Procedures

Procedures regarding the Graduate School of Education graduate applications are carried out by the Registrar's Office, and all announcements related to the applications are published at www.sis.itu.edu.tr.

Application Calendar

Student admission to Graduate Programs is held twice a year on the dates specified in the Academic Calendar (between April-June and October-January).

Electronic Application

Applications are made by uploading documents electronically to the application system affiliated with the ITU Registrar's Office. Applications cannot be made by submitting documents by hand or via mail.

Interview Process

Candidates applying to graduate programs are interviewed by "student admission committees" formed with the proposal of the respective programs and the approval of the Institute. Interview dates are determined by the respective Department Chairs, and these dates are announced on the Institute's website prior to the interview week. The names of the candidates who are successful in the interview and gain the right for final registration, final registration dates, etc., are announced at www.sis.itu.edu.tr.

Information Regarding the Application Process

Step-by-step application guide and required documents

Online Application

The graduate application link becomes active during the application dates specified in the academic calendar. Uploading the documents completely to the system is sufficient; there is no need to print and submit them.

GPA

A minimum GPA of 3.00 is required for students applying to a Ph.D. program with a Bachelor's degree.

ALES / GRE Exam Score

Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam (ALES) result document: The ALES score cannot be less than the base score of 55, and for candidates applying for a Ph.D. directly after a Bachelor's degree, the ALES score cannot be less than 80. For those who have completed a Master's degree and taken a break of at most one semester, their previously obtained ALES document is accepted regardless of its validity period.

A GRE result document is also acceptable for all students. A minimum of 610 points from the quantitative section of the GRE exam is required, which is accepted as equivalent to the ALES minimum base score of 55. Click here for ALES-GRE equivalence tables.

Program-Specific Requirements

The minimum ALES and GPA requirements requested on a program basis may vary. The values stated above represent the general requirements; all our graduate programs can announce higher score limits in accordance with the Education and Training Regulations. At the same time, the ALES requirement may not be sought in some non-thesis programs.

Therefore, the special conditions announced during the application periods of the programs should be checked.

Documents to be Uploaded for Application

The application is carried out by uploading the following documents to the relevant link;

Documents (transcripts) showing the Bachelor's and Master's courses and grades taken from all Higher Education Institutions graduated from/to be graduated from.

One of the Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam (ALES) or GRE exam result documents (The validity period of ALES and GRE documents is 5 years).

One of the documents showing English proficiency and stated to be accepted by the ITU Senate (Click here for these documents and their validity periods).

Statement of Purpose (about the student's expectations from graduate education and the field they want to study/work in).

Documents to be Presented at the Interview

Apart from this, candidates present the following documents to the interview committees during the interviews if they have not been uploaded via the application system;

2 Letters of Recommendation

Letter of Recommendation that candidates applying for a Ph.D. will receive from the advisor they plan to work with during their education (in addition to the two letters of recommendation above).

Information Regarding the Foreign Language Exam

English proficiency requirements and exemption conditions

Click here for information about the documents showing English proficiency and stated to be accepted by the ITU Senate. In the ITU Graduate Education and Training Regulations Senate Principles, the ITU Foreign Language Exam minimum score requirement for Evening Education Non-Thesis programs is applied as 55.

Master's – Time Allowance

Master's students who gain the right to register and complete their registration but have insufficient English proficiency are granted a one-year period. During this period, the student prepares for the English exams mentioned above by their own means. A student who achieves proficiency continues their education starting from the course stage. A student who fails to achieve proficiency at the end of the given period will be dismissed from the University.

Ph.D. – Document Requirement

Candidates applying to Ph.D. programs can complete the application process even if they do not have the result documents related to the specified exams, but if they cannot submit the document during registration, their final registration will not be made.

TOEFL-IBT Test Center

In accordance with the decision taken at the University Executive Board meeting dated 15.12.2011 and numbered 914; as of the fall semester of the 2012-2013 Academic Year, if the TOEFL-IBT exam results presented for student admission to graduate programs are obtained from domestic test centers, only the exam results obtained from the test centers of state and foundation universities are accepted.

Exemption

A foreign language document is not required from candidates who are citizens of a country whose native language is English and who have one of the high school, bachelor's, or master's degrees in a country whose official language is English.