Procedures to be Performed in the Thesis/Project Submission Process of Graduate Students
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Istanbul Ticaret University Graduate School
Application Requirements for Thesis Defense
For the Academic Year 2021-2022 Spring Semester Thesis Defense Exam, student who wants tok defense her/his Thesis should provide all required forms and deliver them to the Graduate
School of office(C-303) until May 20, 2022. All required forms must be signed fully, otherwise
the documents will not be accepted.
FORMS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE STUDENTS WITH THESIS
– Thesis Presentation Form
This form should be filled up and signed by the student who completed her/his all courses
(required and elective) and her/his thesis. With this form, student declares the completion of he thesis and asks the Graduate School of office(C-303) to allow her/him to defense her/his thesis. First part of the form must be filled up and signed by the student, second part by the thesis advisor and the final part by the head of the department.
This form should contain following annexes;
1- Plagiarism report (signed by your thesis advisor)
2- Hard-copy thesis (1 paper copies, with Thesis Approval Page)
3- Soft-copy thesis (1 digital copies in USB, with Thesis Approval Page)
4- Application form for the Council of Higher Education Thesis Center (1 signed
copies). After submitting your information into system, application form of the Thesis
Center should be signed up by the student. The link is given as follow (there is also an
English version of it): https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/giris.jsp
5– Documents related to publication requirement of the thesis. In order to defense your
thesis, you should prove that you prepared a study from your thesis that is published in
the national or international peer-reviewed journals or it is going to be published,
including our University’s journals. If it has not yet been published (or it will not be
published), you could present this study in one national/international event in the related
field. In this case, you should give your participation certificate for this event to the
Graduate School Office. (C-303)
– Thesis Jury and Defense Date Form
This form should be filled up and signed by the head of the department. With this form, thesis
jury and defense date are defined and declared. The head of the department should send the form to the Graduate School of office(C-303) until May 20, 2022.
– Thesis Delivery Form (Link for the form )
This form should be filled up and signed by the student and each jury member, just after
delivering them a copy of the thesis.
***All above documents must be signed and delivered to the Graduate School of Office(C-303) until May 0, 2022 without any delay.
FORMS THAT NON-THESIS MASTER STUDENTS SHOULD SUBMIT TO THE INSTITUTE
Graduate Term Project Submission Form
It is the form stating that the student has completed the term project work. The upper part of the form is filled and signed by the student. The completed form and the term project are submitted to the project consultant for approval. Between 23 May – 5 June 2022, they must be submitted to the Institute Directorate with the approval of the consultant. Incompletely signed forms will not be accepted.
FORMS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE PhD STUDENTS
– PhD Thesis Presentation Form
This form should be filled up and signed by the student who completed her/his all courses (required and elective) and her/his PhD thesis. With this form, student declares the completion of the thesis and asks the Graduate School of office(C-303) to allow her/him to defense her/his thesis. First part of the form must be filled up and signed by the student, second part by the thesis advisor and the final part by the head of the department.
This form should contain following annexes;
1- Plagiarism report (signed by your thesis advisor)
2- Hard-copy thesis (1 paper copies, with PhD Thesis Approval Page)
3- Soft-copy thesis (1 digital copies in USB, with PhD Thesis Approval Page)
4- Application form for the Council of Higher Education Thesis Center (1 signed copies).
After submitting your information into system, application form of the Thesis Center
should be signed up by the student. The link is given as follow (there is also an English
version of it): https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/giris.jsp
5- Documents related to publication requirement of the thesis. In order to defense your
PhD thesis, you should prove that you prepared a study from your thesis that is published
PhD Thesis Jury Form
This form should be filled up and signed by the head of the department. With this form, PhD
thesis jury is defined and declared.
– PhD Thesis Defense Exam Form
This form should be filled up and signed by the PhD Thesis advisor. With this form, PhD
thesis defense exam is defined and declared.
– PhD Thesis Delivery Form
This form should be filled up and signed by the student and each jury member, just after
delivering them a copy of the thesis.
***All above documents must be signed and delivered to the Graduate School Office(C-303) until May, 2022 without any delay.
