BOUN - Economics Department

Application Period: 31 March, 2008 - 11 April, 2008

Enterance exam date:3 May, 2008 (Saturday)

Students planning to apply for an assistantship must take the ALES exam.

Students holding B.A/B.S degrees are eligible to apply for the Economics Ph.D. program, however those students who do not have an M.A. degree in Economics from Bogaziçi University are strongly encouraged to apply to the M.A. program .

Application requirements are different for students who are enrolled in and have successfully completed the first year courses (EC501, EC502, EC503, EC504, EC521, EC531, and EC532) of the MA program in Economics at Bogaziçi University during the academic year preceding their application, and for all others. Please see below.

Application Procedure For First Year MA Students at the Department of Economics at Bogaziçi University :

This set of rules apply to the students who are enrolled in and have successfully completed the first year courses (EC501, EC502, EC503, EC504, EC521, EC531, and EC532) of the MA program in Economics at Bogaziçi University during the academic year preceding their application.

Successful completion of the first year of the MA program in Economics at Bogaziçi University . Successful completion requires a grade of at least CC in all seven first year courses.

Applicants should fill in the official University application form and submit it together with the documents listed below to the Registrar's Office during March 31-April 11, 2008 .

The applicants should take and successfully pass the preliminary examinations. The preliminary examinations will be given in 2-3 consecutive days in August 2008 (exact date to be announced). The examination will consist of three parts, three hours each: microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. The exam is given in English only.

Those who are successful in written examination will be interviewed before the final acceptance decision (date to be announced).

Those students who have a grade of CC and above from all seven first year courses and a GPA of 3.25 out of 4.00 are eligible for a second time in September 2008 in case they fail the first time.

b) Being ranked in the top 4% in the LES/ALES EA (Equally Weighted-Esit Agirlikli) score among the students who took the exam. Please visit the OSYM website (http://www.osym.gov.tr) to find out the number of students that took the exam (this number is different from the number of students that registered for the exam).

Instead of the LES/ALES score the candidates can also present proof of GRE scores (taken within last two years) that satisfy the following minimum requirements:

-scores from quantitative and verbal sections should add up to a minimum of 950.

a) Official transcripts, sent directly to Bogaziçi University Office of the Registrar by the University the applicant has graduated from. The documents should include all the courses taken and all the grades received throughout the applicant's undergraduate and/or M.A./M.S. programs;

b) Two reference letters from persons familiar with the applicant's academic performance;

c) An official document indicating the applicant's disciplinary record at the University he/she has graduated from (only when applying from a Turkish University);

d) Photocopy of the undergraduate diploma, if available. The official diploma must be presented at the time of registration.

The Ph.D. program entrance examination will be given in June (exact date to be announced). The examination is given in English only.

The examination consists of three parts: economics (at introductory level), calculus, and general aptitude.

Those who are successful in written examination will be interviewed before the final acceptance decision (date to be announced).

	ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT : Bogazici University :: Telephone: +90 212 359 65 05 80815 Bebek : Istanbul :: Turkey © All rights reserved. WEBMASTER

Admission to Ph.D. Program