DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

Biotechnology is an interdisciplinary department that depending to the Institute of Science. The proposal aimed at the establishment of Biotechnology Department and opening of Master's Degree Programme was presented to the President's Authority of Dokuz Eylul University at the meeting dated 22.06.2009 of Institute of Science, Board of Institute, and by the examination at the Executive Board Meeting dated 08.10.2009 of the Chairman of the Board of Higher Education, it was decided to open as a Master's Degree Programme with thesis in formal education.

Qualification Awarded

M.Sc. in Biotechnology

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 may be accepted for graduate transfer with the approval of the Department Directorate and decision of the Board of Directors of the Graduate School in case the student fulfills the graduate transfer regulations decided by the General Council of the Graduate School. Previously taken courses at another graduate programme with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes with the written request of the students including course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the Department Directorates and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students may have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective by the decision of the Board of Directors.

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 this programme, it is aimed to the acquisition of expertise in the disciplines stated in the below-mentioned Biotechnological Fields. These fields and disciplines are Microbial Biotechnology (Antibiotic Production, Ethanol Production), Enzyme Biotechnology Alternative Enzyme Purification Process, Production of Enzymes), Environmental Biotechnology (Reactor Designs, Hydrogen Production, Salt Removal from Waste Waters), Marine Biotechnology (Industrial and Medical Applications of Marine Macroalgae), Cell Culture (Endemic Plants and Anticancer-Antiapoptotic Applications), Biopolymers (Synthesis of Polymeric Absorbents, Their Biotechnological Applications) and Programme differs from eight Graduate Biotechnology Programmes currently available throughout Türkiye by providing sufficiencies in terms of academic and industrial scale at the international level in the so-called areas of scientific expertise.

Students can participate in co-operative efforts with different universities in both domestically and abroad (Erasmus, foreign scholarships). Extremely positive feedbacks for our students is taken from relevant institutions.

Faculty members of Science Faculty, Chemistry Department, Biochemistry Division; Engineering Faculty, Environmental Engineering Department and Buca Faculty of Education, Chemistry Education Department are involved in interdisciplinary Biotechnology Master's Degree and substructure advantages of these institutions are taken.

Science Faculty, Chemistry Department; some of the existing facilities; UV-Vis. spectrophotometer (with thermocouple unit), electrophoresis, incubator, flow cabinet, microbial cell disruptive, blender, homogenizer, autoclave, oven, gel imaging device, phase-contrast microscopy, lyophilizator, deepfreze, chromatography column systems, western blot, water baths, refrigerators, blenders, pH meter, ion meters, ice machine, fermenter, pure water equipment, centrifuges, carbon dioxide incubator, laminated flow cabinet, microplate reader, fluorescence spectrometry, filters, atomic absorption, ultra pure water equipment, HPLC, preparative HPLC, etc.

Engineering Faculty, Environmental Engineering Department; some of the existing facilities; HPLC (with UV detector), Photometer, UV-Vis. spectrophotometer, centrifuge, incubator, laminer flow hood, pH meter, oven, GC-TCD detector, GC-FID detector, TOC analyser, activated sludge, upflow bioreactors, rotating perforated tubes biofilm reactor, two fermenter, fuel cell system, etc.

Buca Faculty of Education, Chemistry Education Department; some of the existing facilities; HPLC (with UV and IR detectors), UV-Vis. spectrophotometer (with thermocouple unit), ultra pure water equipments, voltameter, incubator, flow cabinet, homogenizer, autoclave, oven, reactor systems, automatic titrator, evaporator, fixed power supplies, deep freeze, chromatography column systems, etc.

Percentage of Courses Taught in English: 30%

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Rapid developments in the field of Biotechnology from the second half of the 20th century has also increased the need for specialized qualified human potential in this field. It is aimed within the scope of DEU., Biotechnology Master's Degree Programme that students will take part in medical as well as industrial, environmental and energy biotechnology studies with their international level expertises in science planned to be acquired. The increases in the number of specialized researcher in the field of Biotechnology in our country will play an important role for the rise of our biotechnology-based marketshare in the world by contributing the development of Research-Development activities, university-industry cooperation.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Related items of Dokuz Eylül University Regulations of Graduate Education and Exams and related items of Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences Regulations of Education and Code of Practicing Exams are applied for the exams and course grades.
The course evaluation criteria are defined for each course by the instructor(s) of the corresponding course and are given in the Course Description Form found in the information package.

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Programme with thesis is comprised of courses (at least 54 ECTS), a seminar (3 ECTS), M. Sc. Research (3 ECTS) and M. Sc. 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

Prof. Dr. Levent ÇAVAŞ (Head of Biotechnology Department)
Dokuz Eylul University, Science Faculty, Chemistry Department Tınaztepe, Izmir, 35160
E-mail: lcavas@deu.edu.tr
Phone: 0 (232) 301 87 01