Graduation

Senate Resolution dated 23 August 2024:

To graduate from the thesis master's and doctoral programs offered by Altınbaş University Graduate School, students must also meet the following publication requirements under Articles 31 and 39 of the Altınbaş University Graduate Education Regulations:

A. Social Sciences:

— Graduation publication requirement for thesis master's programs:

During their master's studies, students must have at least one paper presented as a poster or oral presentation at a national or international peer-reviewed scientific conference, congress or symposium, and published in an abstract or full-text proceedings volume, or documented as accepted for publication;
Or
at least one article published or accepted for publication in a national or international peer-reviewed journal or the University's AURUM Journal of Social Sciences.

— Graduation publication requirement for doctoral programs:

During their doctoral studies, students must have at least one paper presented as a poster or oral presentation at a national or international peer-reviewed scientific conference, congress or symposium, and published in an abstract or full-text proceedings volume, or documented as accepted for publication;
And
at least one article published or accepted for publication in a national or international peer-reviewed journal indexed in SCI, SCI-Expanded, SSCI, ESCI, AHCI, TR Dizin or a subject index accepted by the Interuniversity Board (ÜAK), and not included in Beall's List of Predatory Journals and Publishers (https://beallslist.net/), or in the University's AURUM Journal of Social Sciences;
or,
at least one book or book chapter in the student's field of study, published by a national or international publisher that has been operating for at least two years.

B. Health Sciences:

— Graduation publication requirement for thesis master's programs:

During their master's studies, students must present at least one paper at a national or international peer-reviewed scientific meeting with its abstract published in the proceedings, or have at least one article published or accepted for publication in a national or international peer-reviewed journal or the University's AURUM Journal of Health Sciences.

— Graduation publication requirement for doctoral programs:

During their doctoral studies, students must have at least one publication related to their thesis published or accepted for publication in an international peer-reviewed journal or the University's AURUM Journal of Health Sciences, or present two papers, at least one of which is presented at an international peer-reviewed scientific meeting with its abstract published in the proceedings.

C. Science and Engineering:

— Graduation publication requirement for engineering thesis master's programs:

Thesis master's students must, together with their thesis supervisor, produce work derived from their thesis and either prepare and submit at least one article for publication in a journal indexed in Science Citation Index (SCI), Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE), Emerging Science Citation Index (ESCI), ULAKBİM TR Dizin or Scopus, or in AURUM (Engineering Systems and Architecture); prepare and present a paper at a national/international peer-reviewed conference; or file a national/international patent application.

— Graduation publication requirement for architecture thesis master's programs:

Thesis master's students must, together with their thesis supervisor, produce work derived from their thesis and either prepare and submit at least one article for publication in a journal indexed in Science Citation Index (SCI), Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), ULAKBİM TR Dizin or Scopus, in AURUM (Engineering Systems and Architecture), or in a journal covered by the subject indexes listed below*; prepare and present a paper at a national/international peer-reviewed conference; or file a national/international patent application.

— Graduation publication requirement for engineering doctoral programs:

Doctoral students must, together with their thesis supervisor, prepare at least one article derived from their thesis, submit it to a journal indexed in Science Citation Index (SCI) or Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE), and receive an acceptance letter. In addition, they must present at least one international peer-reviewed conference paper related to their doctoral thesis topic, obtain registration of a national/international patent application, or have an article on the subject published or accepted in the University's AURUM (Engineering Systems and Architecture) journal.

— Graduation publication requirement for architecture doctoral programs:

Doctoral students must, together with their thesis supervisor, prepare at least one article derived from their thesis, submit it to a journal indexed in Science Citation Index (SCI), Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) or the subject indexes listed below*, and receive an acceptance letter. In addition, they must present at least one international conference paper related to their doctoral thesis topic, or have an article on the subject published or accepted in the University's AURUM (Engineering Systems and Architecture) journal.

*Subject indexes:
• The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
• DAAI (Design and Applied Arts Index)
• Art Index (Art Research Database, EBSCO)
• ICONDA (The International Construction Database)
• Ergonomics Abstracts (Ergo-Abs)

Senate Resolution dated 23 August 2024:

The following rule applies to the publication requirement for graduation from Graduate School master's and doctoral programs:

a) A publication may be used for graduation by only one student. Other student co-authors must complete and submit a waiver to the Graduate School stating that they will not use that publication for graduation.