For the M.S. degree in computer engineering, students are required to complete at least 24 credits of course work and a noncredit seminar course before preparing and successfully defending a Master's Thesis. At least 12 of these credits have to be earned by selecting CmpE courses. At most two of the courses may be senior level undergraduate courses. Advisor's approval is required for determining non-CmpE courses.

Those holding a BS degree in a field other than computer engineering may apply for the M.S. program if their BS degree is in a related field. These applicants have to complete the required courses of the computer engineering BS program without earning credit for the fulfillment the requirements of the MS program.

MS students who wish for a temporal extension for the thesis defence should write a petition to FBE. This petition will be signed by the graduate advisor, thesis advisor and the department chair. If the student wishes to defend this summer, we advise the commencement of the defence jury preparations. Theses with a single advisor require a jury of 3, whereas the existence of a co-advisor implies a jury of 5. Advisors are by default jury members. In MS defences, at least one person must be from another department. In PhD defences, at least one person must be from another university.

People who plan to defend in summer and apply for PhD next fall should track the pre-registration procedures put forward by the registration office, and the interview of the department. This possibly includes filling of forms and paying some fees. The department accepts those people to PhD on condition (i.e. on the condition that they successfully defend their MS theses).

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Before each MS thesis defense, at least one national or international conference paper should be submitted for review.
4. Before each PhD thesis defense, at least one international journal paper should be submitted for review and receive a non-negative reply. Moreover, the candidate should have at least one national and one international accepted conference paper. Before the defense, the candidate should present his/her publications list to the members of the defense committee.
5. Every semester, each MS student should prepare a progress report for his/her thesis advisor.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Conformance to these rules are checked by the graduate committee.

• Levent Akın
• M. Ufuk Çağlayan
• Can Özturan