The Biology Ph.D. Programme has started in the Department of Biology in 2013. Language of t is Turkish. The Ph.D. Programme will be conducted on the different areas of Biology such as Microbiology, Botanic, Hydrobiology, General Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetic, Biological Control, Ecology, Marine Biology. The academic staff of biology consists of four Professor, four Associate Professor, one Assistant Professor and one research assistant. There are 10 laboratory that eight of them for research and two of them for education in the department. General Biology, Zoology, Botanic, Hydrobiology, Molecular Biology an Genetic are the sections of the department. Our research fields are microbiology in water, antimicrobial activity, systematic of fungi, food microbiology, identification at bacteriology, population genetic, molecular systematic, marine biodiversity, entomopathogenic nematodes as biological control agents, ecology, etnobotanical plants and floristic surveys on different regions of Turkey, ichthyology, ecological studies on lessepsian species in coasts of Turkey, comparison of Turkish honey bees for mtDNA and morphological features.
In the direction of modern education and research principles, modern creative, producer, positive thinker; to be a department that participates, uses and accumulates knowledge and knowledge for the benefit of all humanity.
Students who successfully complete the programme will be awarded an PhD in Biology.
It is a programme that provides graduate education at PhD level.
It is essential for the candidates of Ph.D. program:
• To hold an graduate (MS) diploma and have a grade of at least 55 in ALES(Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or any other exam accredited by YOK(Turkish Higher Education Institution),
• The students who apply direct Ph.D. after bachelors must have at least 3 out of 4 or an equivalent score and have a grade of at least 80 in ALES(Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or any other exam accredited by YOK(Turkish Higher Education Institution),
• Except for the mother tongue, at least 55 points must be taken from the central foreign language exams accepted by the YÖK or international foreign language exams accepted by ÖSYM.
• To be successful in the interview/ aptitude test.
• Exchange student applications are to be done in accordance with the admission requirements of the agreement signed between DuzceUniversity and the partner university.
• Visiting students can take the courses approved by the head of the related department.
PhD students are required:
• To take 7 courses and enroll in one seminar course, the doctoral comprehensive examination, the thesis proposal, thesis work and the defense of the thesis and complete 240 ECTS. To get at least a grade of BB in order to be successful in each course of the program.
• To take 14 courses and enroll in one seminar course, the doctoral comprehensive examination,the thesis proposal, thesis work and defense of the thesis and complete 300 ECTS. To get at least a grade of BB in order to be successful in each course of the program, for students who apply direct Ph.D. after bachelors.
Students enrolled in DU might be exempted from certain courses within the framework of certain regulations. A student can be exempted from a certain course provided related course content previously received from another institution complies with that of DU, which is subject to approval and verification by the Board of faculty/graduate school/school.
Recognition of Education Abroad
DU recognises academic terms and courses studied by a student that has been involved in an exchange programme for one or two terms at the universities with which a partnership was established.
Students that are selected to avail themselves of Student Mobility for Studies under ERASMUS+ are obliged to draw up an education agreement with relevant ERASMUS+ Unit Coordination prior to the mobility term. The education agreement demonstrates the courses to be studied at the partner university the student intends to go, as well as appropriate ECTS credits.
In addition to this, students shall be asked to issue a Recognition Sheet, which refers to the equivalent of foreign courses in DU, so that the credit transfer is planned and approved.
At the end of the exchange term, the courses studied abroad are recorded and demonstrated in the transcript, together with the original course codes and names and ECTS credits. Pursuant to ERASMUS+ Programme and Collaboration Agreements concluded thereunto, official transcripts will quote, an abbreviation signal of ET, European Transfer, for the courses studied abroad.
The Department of Biology will contribute to the elimination of the lack of experts needed in various sub-branches of biology. For this purpose, students will be given advanced theoretical, experimental and field studies.
| No | Program Requirements |
|---|---|
| 1 | Improve the scientific knowledge in the field of Biology to a more advanced level. Use the advanced knowledge to innovate, interpret the results, to apply the results and to design unique projects |
| 2 | Gain the ability to identify scientific questions, compare, analyze and solve the problems independently. |
| 3 | Gain the skills of using the modern laboratory techniques and analysis methods in the field of biology. |
| 4 | Gain the ability to get the information by doing research, to evaluate, interpret and apply it. |
| 5 | Gain the ability of discussion, synthesis and applying the scientific knowledge. |
| 6 | Gain the ability to design experimental studies, do the applications and analyses the complicated results using advanced skills, like critical thinking, problem solving and deciding. |
| 7 | Use the scientific knowledge and apply the ability of problem solving, evaluate and analyses advanced concepts in interdisciplinary fields. |
| 8 | Gain the scientific knowledge to set up communication with the colleagues. Gain the ability to follow and use of the literature. Gain the ability to share or present the results of his/her own studies with the scientists during a scientific conference, workshop or seminar. |
| 9 | Participate scientific collaborations effectively and lead a scientific study if necessary. |
| 10 | Follow the innovations in the field of biology. Gain the ability to find resources and to use the databases. |
| 11 | Find new or strategically approaches to solve an unpredicted or advanced problems. |
| 12 | Improve scientific knowledge where there is a little or limited data present. Gain the ability to connect the information from different scientific disciplines. |
| 13 | Find unique ideas and get in contact with the professionals in scientific topics using his/her knowledge and skills. |
| 14 | Have the ability to read, understand, speak and write a foreign language in order to contact with the scientists from all over the World. |
| 15 | Follow novel developments in computational software and hardware systems related with biology, use this knowledge and skill in research. |
| 16 | Obey the ethical regulations and watch the ethical issues while designing a scientific study, collecting data, evaluating and publishing them. |
| 17 | Adopt life-long learning strategies during performing scientific studies. |
Please click the link below to see the file showing the relationship among Field of Education Qualifications-Learning Outcomes-National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education in Turkey for the Ph.D. Programme in Biology .
The graduate students can find an academic position in the universities and to be employed as experts at customs, ministry of environment, ministry of water resources and forestry, department of wildlife, criminology laboratories, biomedical and pharmaceutical companies.
Graduate students of this programme may apply post-doctorate programmes
* Biology Ph.D. programme was schemed to be a programme where formal education with 21 local credit and 240 ECTS credits is given to students.
* For students who apply direct Ph.D. after bachelors, Biology Ph.D. programme was schemed to be a programme where formal education with 42 local credit and 300 ECTS credits is given to students.
* Students should prepare Ph.D. Thesis to be graduated.
For each course, the method of assessment and grading is defined "Course Information Form" in details. Click for more information about regulations
* Ph.D. Programme consists of the phases at least seven credits courses with a cumulative total of twenty-one credits, one seminar course, the doctoral comprehensive examination, the thesis proposal, thesis work and the defense of the thesis, as well as a total of at least 240 ECTS-credits.
* For students who apply direct Ph. D. after bachelors, the Ph. D. programme consistsof at least fourteen credits courses with a cumulative total of at least forty-two credits,one seminar course, the doctoral comprehensive examination, the thesis proposal, thesis work and the defense of the thesis, as well as total of at least 300 ECTS-credits.
*Ph.D. students should have at least one published or accepted article, which is related to thesis topic, in Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, social Sciences Index or Arts & Humanities Citation Index journals
