Computer Engineering

The Department of Computer Engineering offers Ph.D. degree program with the possibility of specialization in different areas of research in computer engineering.

Current research areas are artificial intelligence, logic, computer vision, data mining, machine learning, pattern recognition, big data, data stream processing systems, Data intensive distributed systems, bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, database systems, distributed database systems, object-oriented systems, information storage and retrieval, software engineering, software architecture design, computer graphics, physically based animation, ray tracing, radiosity, user interfaces, image analysis, parallel processing, parallel algorithm design, task assignment, simulation of various applications on multicomputer architectures, multicores and manycores, cloud computing, high performance computing, parallel methods for scientific computing, computer networks, mobile and wireless networking, combinatorial algorithms, graph theory, graph drawing, graph coloring, computational geometry, graph visualization, capacity planning for web services, performance modeling.The medium of instruction is English.

Degree Requirements: 24 credit units of course work beyond the M.S. level or 48 credits of course work beyond the B.S. level is required. PhD candidates must pass a qualifying exam typically on their fourth semester, and then must prepare a thesis work proposal. Preparing and defending a dissertation based on original research is the essence of the program.

A dissertation based on original research is the essence of the program. The expected duration to complete the Ph.D. program is eight semesters for students who enter the program with an M.S. degree, and ten semesters for those who enter with a B.S. degree.

The maximum durations are 12 and 14 semesters, respectively.

Admission:

All applicants are required to have a B.S. degree in computer engineering, or in a related field of science or engineering. Evaluation of applicants is based on their ALES (Akademik Personel ve Lisansüstü Egitimi Giris Sinavi - Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Examination) scores, past academic records, reference letters and an interview.

Applicants who are not Turkish citizens and Turkish citizen applicants who are residents of another country may take GRE instead of ALES. All non-native speakers of English are required to submit a proof of satisfactory knowledge of English.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL iBT® test: 87

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Currently about 80% of the graduate students receive financial support. Financial assistance is provided in the form of a tuition waiver or a tuition waiver plus a monthly stipend. The amount of the stipend is adjusted annually to cover changes in the cost of living.

Both admission and financial assistance are based on academic accomplishment and scholarly promise alone, without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, age, national origin or physical disabilities.