Deadlines and Requirements for the Qualifying Exam, Thesis Supervisory Committee Meetings, and Thesis Defense for the Spring Semester of the 2025-2026
For graduate students who will take the Qualifying Exam, hold a Thesis Supervisory Committee meeting, or defend their MA/PhD Thesis during the Spring Semester of the 2025/2026 Academic Year, the deadline for completing all required procedures is June 10, 2026, which is the last day of the final examinations.
To ensure your processes proceed smoothly, please pay close attention to the specified dates. Please take into account the possibility of a high workload.
• The thesis defense committee must be formed at least 2 months prior to the defense and submitted to the Institute via the program (sbe@bogazici.edu.tr).
• At least two weeks prior to the defense date, the advisor must send an email to sbe@bogazici.edu.tr including the location, date, and time of the thesis defense, along with a PDF copy of the thesis as an attachment. This email must also include the full names and email addresses of all committee members (including alternate members).
• To facilitate the advisor’s process, students are requested to use the relevant template here and forward it to their advisor for submission. (Please save the PDF file with the student’s full name followed by “MA Thesis” or “PhD Thesis.” For example: Lamia Kabal MA Thesis or Buse Eren PhD Thesis)
• At least one week before the defense date, the thesis title page and the approval page must be prepared in accordance with the correct format and submitted to the editor for approval (boun.sbe.editor@gmail.com).
https://mediastore.cc.bogazici.edu.tr/web/userfiles/files/yeni_s3_approval_page_1.pdf
https://mediastore.cc.bogazici.edu.tr/web/userfiles/files/yeni_2_formatting_the_approval_page.pdf
(Students who will defend their theses will be registered in Turnitin by the Institute; you may receive an informational email regarding this. No action is required on your part in response to this email.)
Pursuant to Article 9(1) of the Graduate Education and Teaching Regulations, theses to be submitted for defense must be prepared in accordance with the rules established by the Institute.
