CLÄ°NÄ°C NEURO-ELECTROPHYSÄ°OLOGY
Third Cycle Programmes
(Doctorate Degree/Doctor of Fine Arts)

D.1. General Information about Program

Institute of neurological sciences and Psychiatry is founded under Hacettepe University structure complying by the law no. 41. Issued on 07.20.1982 and grants Msc and PhD degrees complying the law 2547 section 3/f.

This is the first Neuroscience PhD Program in Turkey.

Preventive and Epidemiological Neurology and Psychiatry provides education since the 1986-1987 academic year.

In this program, basic physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms about the bio-electrical activities of central and peripheral nervous systems, their evaluation by electrophysiological methods and, clinical diagnosis and research planning are teaching.

Program Language:  Turkish

D.2 Qualification Awarded

Doctorate

D.3. Level of Qualification

QF-EHEA: 3
EQF-LLL: 8

D.4. Provisions for Registration

Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, Pediatric Neurology specialists who earned their title according to regulations for specialty in medicine.

To have ALES (SAY / EA) score type and ALES and Foreign Language base score determined by the Health Sciences Institute Board and approved by the Hacettepe University Senate http://www.saglikbilimleri.hacettepe.edu.tr/en/menu/ales_foreign_language_scores-252

To meet the application requirements of Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations and Institute of Health Sciences.

D.5. Qualification Requirements and Regulations

PhD program consists of courses, thesis proposal, thesis defense examination.

Students admitted to the PhD program with a master's degree must successfully complete course load of 21 credits and according to the European Credit Transfer System students must successfully complete course load of 120 credits and 120 credits of thesis study.

For the student to graduate, academic avarage of at least 3 over 4, as well as being successful in the dissertation exam are required.

D.6. Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning

The relevant regulation rules apply to the recognition of the education received by a student who previously studied at a higher education institution in Turkey or abroad;

Academic recognition of the education of these students who studied for a certain period of time in another higher education institution is determined by the decision of the academic board.

D.7. Goals and Objectives

Training and graduating PhD?s will be able to use electroencephalography, electroneuromyography, evoked potentials and autonomic tests and  give education and make scientific research in the field of these application areas of clinical neurophysiology

D.12. Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The majority of the students who graduated from the program serve as faculty members in public universities, some serve as faculty members in private universities and some of them have scientific positions at universities abroad.

D.13. Access to Further Studies

D.14. Profile of the Programme

There are 4 obligatory and 22 elective courses in the program. PhD students can take elective courses from other PhD programs, university course pool and Master of science without thesis program.

Neuroscience PhD students will have an international level education after having obligatory and elective courses throughout 3 semesters.

PhD students will be able to determine and solve a scientific problem with original ideas and methods in the period of the thesis.

D.15. Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Evaluation and assessment methods for each course defined in course teaching plan prepared by the instructor/s of the course.In relation to exams and grades the relevant articles of H.Ü. regulations are implemented. https://saglikbilimleri.hacettepe.edu.tr/tr/menu/kanun_ve_yonetmelikler-262

D.16. Graduation Requirements

PhD program consists of courses, thesis proposal, thesis defense examination.

Students admitted to the PhD program with a master's degree must successfully complete course load of 21 credits and according to the European Credit Transfer System students must successfully complete course load of 120 credits and 120 credits of thesis study.

For the student to graduate, academic average of at least 3 over 4, as well as being successful in the dissertation exam are required. https://saglikbilimleri.hacettepe.edu.tr/tr/menu/kanun_ve_yonetmelikler-262

D.17. Education Type

1. Full Time Education

D.18. Programme Director

Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Fadime Ä°rsel TEZER FÄ°LÄ°K

Tel. 305 18 06

Mail: irsel@hacettepe.edu.tr

Program Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Çağrı Mesut TEMUÇİN

Tel: Tel. 305 11 82

Mail: ctemucin @hacettepe.edu.tr

Fax: 311 39 72