Koç University MD-PhD Program
How is the program structured?
Education Coordinator
Assoc. Prof. Hale Yapıcı Eser / Psychiatry
Assistant Coordinators
Prof. Özlem Yalçın / Basic Medical Sciences Physiology
Assoc. Prof. Atay Vural / Neurology
Graduate School of Health Sciences Director
Prof. Tuğba Bağcı Önder
Core Program Coordinators
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Assist. Prof. İrem Durmaz Şahin & Prof. Ceyda Açılan Ayhan & Assist. Prof. Gözde Korkmaz
Neuroscience
Assoc. Prof. Hale Yapıcı Eser & Assoc. Prof Atay Vural
Medical Physiology
Prof. Özlem Yalçın & Prof. Sacit Karamürsel
Immunology
Assoc. Prof. Yıldız Tütüncü & Prof. Caner Süsal
Reproductive Medicine
Assist. Prof. Serçin Karahüseyinoğlu & Prof. Özgür Öktem
Medical Microbiology
Prof. Füsun Can & Assoc. Prof. Mert Ahmet Kuşkucu
Biomedical Sciences and Engineering
Prof. Seda Kızılel & Assoc. Prof Sedat Nizamoğlu
Students are not required to choose a core program in their first 2 years in the program. During this period, the pool courses determined by the Education Coordinator are taken and the core program is decided at the end of 2 years with the guidance of the coordinators.
Applications:
All applications are received through the system.
Only “submitted” applications can be evaluated.
Application Dates
12-31 August 2024
Interview Date
12 September 2024
Results Notifications
September 2024
MD-PhD Introduction Meeting
The Path to Becoming a Medical Doctor-Science Doctor: What are the Different Options?
(Medium of video is Turkish)
- Only Koç University School of Medicine students who continue their education at the faculty can be admitted to the MD-PhD program.
- The success order in the relevant score type must be in the first 5000 rank in the Higher Education Institutions Examination Field Proficiency Test, which is the basis for placement in the school of medicine (International students who have not taken this exam cannot be included in the program.)
- At least 80 points from the central foreign language exams accepted by the Higher Education Council or a score equivalent to this score (80 points) from the international foreign language exams accepted as equivalent by ÖSYM
- Having a GPA of at least 3 out of 4 for the 1st and 2nd grades of the medical faculty (GPA is determined by the Education Coordinatorship, and the candidates who are eligible for the application are notified without specifying any rate.)
- At least 80 ALES* points in the quantitative type
- *ALES exam schedule suitable for this semester applications has not been announced by OSYM yet. You can follow up here. In order to complete your application, you must upload a official result of the exam score document or screenshot that certifies that you have taken the exam to the relevant place in the system. If you meet the score requirement, your application can be evaluated for the interview.
- Succeed in the interview to be accepted into the program
- Within the framework of the KUSOM second year research program, the student must have actively participated in a research and documented it.
No limit is specified. The number of students to be admitted to the program is determined by the education coordinatorship at the beginning of each academic year.
From the 5th year in the School of Medicine, during the 2 years during which the graduate courses and thesis studies in the PhD program are carried out, students who do not have any scholarship will have a 100% tuition fee exemption.
Students are expected to apply to more than one core program with alternatives, and the most appropriate choice is determined by considering the quota.What are my chances of being accepted into the core program I am applying for?
You can, but if you think you are not suitable for the program or if you do not have the motivation to continue, we recommend that you contact the Education Coordinator first.
If you continue your medical education without taking postgraduate courses for more than two semesters, If the GPA is below 2.5, If you do not continue the program except for important reasons such as health or family reasons, you will be dismissed from the program.
