DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

Dokuz Eylül University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Department of Total Quality Management was established in 2000. When the Department of Total Quality Management was established, Total Quality Management Masters Program and Total Quality Management Non-Thesis Masters Program were opened as programs of interdisciplinary graduate program. In the academic year of 2010-2011 the names of Total Quality Management Masters Program and Total Quality Management Non-Thesis Masters Program changed to the Quality Management Masters Program and Quality Management Non-Thesis Masters Program. This program aims to contribute to the training of specialized personnel which can act important role in quality planning, control and improvement activities in manufacturing and service industry sectors. Education language of the program is Turkish.

Qualification Awarded

Master`s Degree in Quality Management (M.Sc.)

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines, Transcript, Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first cycle cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. The exceptions to the requirements of ALES and Foreign Language Proficiency scores is announced by the Graduate School. However, ALES requirement is waived for the admissions to the second cycle graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test as well as for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students are not connected to the right for internal transfer, previously taken courses at another graduate programme by another university with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes after the letter of the students includes course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the head of the departments and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

2 years (excluding one year of English Preparatory School), 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 120 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

In Dokuz Eylul University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Department of Total Quality Management, Quality Management Masters Program has 15 faculty members from different disciplines and three research assistants. There are 40 computers (Lab) for the use of students and teaching and these computers can be used everyday during the week from 8.30 to 17.00. To support our students to work on their thesis or projects; library, computer lab and wireless network connection is available. Turkish is the language for the courses which offered at the program.

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Graduates who completed the Quality Management Masters Program can be employed in the quality departments of public or private enterprises and can be executed through the following tasks:
- Work as a management representative or responsible for the quality management system in the establishment and the administration of the quality management systems in industrial organizations.
- Perform internal audits of the quality management system.
- Work in quality control activities.
- Work in the quality planning and improvement activities implemented during the design and development of product and manufacturing process.
- Work efficiently as a team member in the improvement teams and as a manager in the projects which solves quality related problems.
- Work as research assistant, faculty member or lecturer in related departments of universities.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Evaluation and assessment methods for each course is defined in the the Course Description Form which is prepared by related faculty member / s and included in the information package. Exams and course success notes is subject to the relevant articles of the DEU Regulation on Graduate Education.
Dokuz Eylul University, Graduate Education Regulation web address: http://www.sbe.deu.edu.tr/sbe/mevzuat

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Programme with thesis is comprised of courses (at least 55 ECTS), a seminar (2 ECTS) and field study (3 ECTS) and thesis (60 ECTS), in total 120 ECTS credits. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50 / 4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of the Department: Prof. Dr. Gülüzar KURT GÜMÜŞ
Phone: 0232 3018720 (Multidisiplinary Programs Secreteria)
Fax: 0232 4530266
E-mail: guluzar.kurt@deu.edu.tr