PRODUCTÄ°ON and OPERATÄ°ONS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Second Cycle Programmes
(Master's Degree)

D.1. General Information about Program

Production and Operations Management Program is a Master program with thesis, which is carried out by Hacettepe University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Business Administration. The language of the program is Turkish.

D.2 Qualification Awarded

Master's Degree

D.3. Level of Qualification

QF-EHEA: 2
EQF-LLL: 7

D.4. Provisions for Registration

1. Applicants who apply to the program must have completed a four-year Bachelor's Degree.
2. Applicants are required to score at least 60 standard points from equal weight categories of the Academic Staff and Graduate Education Examination (Akademik Personel ve Lisansüstü Eğitimine Giriş Sınavı, ALES) organized by Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (Ölçme, Seçme ve Yerleştirme Merkezi, ÖSYM). Alternatively, applicants are required to submit an equivalent score, determined by the Hacettepe University Senate, in the internationally recognized GRE and GMAT examinations.
3. Applicants are required to score at least 60 in the Foreign Knowledge in Foreign Language Placement Examination (Yabancı Dil Seviye Tespit Sınavı, YDS). Alternatively, applicants are required to submit an equivalent score from other foreign language examinations, held at the national or international level, whose equivalence is approved by ÖSYM.
4. International students' applications are accepted in line within “Hacettepe University Graduate Programme and Exam Regulation" in Official Gazette (29 November 2016, No:29900).
5. Those conditions, which are not included below, are applied in accordance with the related provisions of the Hacettepe University Graduate Education, Instruction and Examination Regulations (Hacettepe Üniversitesi Lisansüste Eğitim, Öğretim ve Sınav Yönetmeliği).

D.5. Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Students who are enrolled in the master program must complete at least 60 ECTS credits within two semester and then should prepare the master's thesis under the supervision of consultant. The students graduate with 120 ECTS in total together with Master Thesis.

D.6. Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning

1. The courses taken at another university either in Turkey or abroad can be accepted as equivalent through the approval of the teaching staff lecturing similar courses, within the framework of relevant articles in Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations.
2. Academic recognition of the courses taken in another higher education institution as part of an exchange program is made within the framework of relevant articles in Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations.

D.7. Goals and Objectives

Production and Operations Management The Master of Science (MSc) Program with Thesis is a program designed to give this opportunity to undergraduate graduates who wish to specialize in the field of production and operations management, especially business graduates. Today, regardless of the field of expertise, business professionals have a business discipline perspective is a great added value for their careers. Therefore, the tendency to graduate in business administration among graduates from other disciplines has increased. The aim of this program is to provide in-depth competence in the field of production and operations management, to identify and solve current problems from the perspective of business administration, and to provide competence to individuals who want to work in these fields, as well as to give them the information that will enable them to become managers in the future.

D.12. Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduates of the program gain a potential to work as managers, experts and analysts in public or private institutions.

D.13. Access to Further Studies

QF-EHEA: 3
EQF-LLL: 8

D.14. Profile of the Programme

Number-Rate of Compulsory Courses: 5 - 50%

Number-Rate of Elective Courses: 5 - 50%

Elective courses beginning year: 1

Compulsory elective courses outside the department: None

Internship requirement: None

Prerequisite courses: None

The structure of the programme by the years: Students may continue their learning periods by taking compulsory and elective courses from the first year.

D.15. Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Evaluation and assessment methods for each course are defined in course teaching plan in information package prepared by the lecturers. Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations will be applied in related with the course notes and exams.

D.16. Graduation Requirements

Students who are enrolled in the master program must complete at least 60 ECTS credits within two semester and then should prepare the master's thesis under the supervision of consultant. The students graduate with 120 ECTS in total together with Master Thesis.

D.17. Education Type

1. Full Time Education

D.18. Programme Director

Prof.Dr. Mustafa KILIÇ

Hacettepe University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Department of Business Administration

Beytepe Campus, B Block 3rd Floor

Çankaya, Ankara 06800

Tel: +90-312-297 87 00

Fax: +90-312-299 20 55