Computer Engineering Department / Boğaziçi University

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The Ph. D. program in Computer Engineering requires the completion of at least 24 credits of course work and a Ph. D. Dissertation.

Those who have M. S. degrees in related areas may also apply but will be required to take additional courses. Those who have graduated from an M.S. program without thesis, will be additionally required to take CMPE691 (first semester) and CMPE692 (second semester) to complete their M.S. thesis.

Ph. D. Program Rules (Set by the Department)

Applicants to the Ph. D. program in Computer Engineering have to include a declaration about their intentions about the subject and nature of their dissertation study in their applications. This information is used in the evaluation of the Ph. D. application.
The courses to be taken are selected so that the student will gain "both breadth and width," as the related Department Board Decision puts it. The student takes the Analysis of Algorithms and the Theory of Computation courses non-credit, if she has not taken them before. The student must take at least six graduate-level courses, at least three of which should be CmpE courses. The remaining courses have to be selected so that they will form a firm basis in at least one of the following areas:

-System Theory
-Advanced Mathematics
-Mathematical Programming
-Network Theory/Queueing Theory

As part of the Doctoral Qualification Examination, the student takes a written examination which will measure her knowledge about the fundamental topics of Computer Engineering.
The student who has passed the qualification examinations agrees with an advisor from among the full-time faculty members of the department to prepare her Ph. D. Dissertation Proposal. For this student, a Dissertation Committee, consisting of at least three faculty members (including the advisor) is formed with the proposal of the advisor and the approval of the Department Board. The student defends her written Dissertation Proposal in front of this committee. The Dissertation Committee informs the Department Board about the result with a report. The student starts her dissertation study after the acceptance of the Dissertation Proposal by the Dissertation Committee.
Ph. D. students should either work as assistants for two courses or give a series of seminars during their Ph. D. studies.
The student who has completed her dissertation study prepares a journal paper about her dissertation and submits it for publication to an international journal before defending her dissertation.
The student who has completed her Ph. D. dissertation and satisfied the requirement of the above paragraph defends her dissertation in front of a jury, according to the rules specified in the B.U. Graduate Education By-law.

PhD Qualifying Examination Procedure (for advisors only)

Rules for Graduate Theses:

Graduate Students prepare their thesis proposals as a one A4 size page together with a faculty member until the end of course registration period on their third semester and submit to the department for approval.
Theses should be prepared in FBE style and corrected by thesis advisors then sent to all jury members as a printed copy 2 weeks (for MS) / 4 weeks (for PhD) before the thesis defense.
Before each MS thesis defense, at least one national or international conference paper should be submitted for review.
Before each PhD thesis defense, at least one international journal paper should be accepted. Before the defense, the candidate should present his/her publications list to the members of the defense committee.
Every semester, each MS student should prepare a progress report for his/her thesis advisor.
Every semester, each PhD student should have a presentation about his/her progress in the form of a departmental seminar. Before the thesis defense, the candidate should also prepare a list containing titles and dates of these seminars.
Before the thesis defense, each student who finishes his/her thesis should leave a copy of a web page that contains the electronic copy of his/her thesis and related documents on the departmental server.
Conformance to these rules are checked by the graduate committee.

Standing Committee Members for PhD

Lale Akarun
Haluk Bingöl
Tunga Güngör (Committee Chairman)
Alper Şen
Pınar Yolum