General Description
Department of Pathology of UU Institute of Health Sciences offers MSc training as part of the postgraduate program. The graduates are entitled “MSc of Pathology”. During the MSc training the students are expected to define and diagnose diseases macroscopically and microscopically, inquire information about disease development, and to be able to give diagnosis independently. They are also required to have a multidimensional oversight about problems and collect multidisciplinary information. The students are expected to follow the developing biotechnology and apply biotechnological diagnostic methods. The students have to follow recent developments in pathology, to follow literature, to plan scientific projects in their field of interest and take part in the ongoing projects of the department.
The department offers the second and the third cycles of higher education in terms of ECTS credits (90-120 credits, awarding a Master´s degree). After the successful completion of the program and fulfillment of requirements, a master of science degree in Pathology is awarded.
Second Cycle
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Specific Admission Requirements
To apply for a Master´s degree with thesis;
- Candidates must hold a Bachelor´s degree, and for health sciences, possess ALES (Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam) with the minimum acceptable score on sciences determined by the Senate.
- Among foreign languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Russian and Arabic, candidates must demonstrate proficiency in a language by satisfying one of the following exams; ÜDS (Interuniversity Foreign Language Examination), KPDS (Foreign Language Proficiency Examination for State Employees), TOEFL or equivalent approved by YÖK (The Council of Higher Education), or the proficiency exam carried out by Uludag University School of Foreign Languages, and provide the minimum acceptable score as approved by the Senate. Recognition of any other foreign language qualifications is dependent on the Senate.
- For foreign nationals, admission requirement shall be any of the following; Turkish Proficiency Exam by TÖMER and corresponding ALES score, or scores in exams such as GRE or GMAT, accepted as internationally equivalent by YÖK.
- Candidates for Master´s and doctoral programs must possess a minimum score of 55 points in ALES; 50 language points in ÜDS/KPDS/UÜDS or equivalent for Master´s programs, and 55 language points in ÜDS/KPDS or equivalent for doctoral programs. For foreign nationals, a Document by TÖMER certifying the knowledge of Turkish (except for those studying in Turkey) is accepted equivalent to the score of the exams approved by YÖK as an equivalent language proficiency exam. Those who score below 60 points in overall performance are not admitted. In evaluation, the listed exams are responsible for the following percentages: ALES score 50%, Foreign Language 15%, GPA of Bachelor´s/Master´s degree 15%, interview 20%.
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Specific arrangements for the recognition of prior learning
The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.
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Qualification Requirements and Regulations
For the MSc degree, the student has to pass all field and common compulsory courses by receiving at least 75/100 from each course. Institute compulsory course Biostatistics (7.5 ECTS) should be accomplished. The students has to gain a total of 25 ECTS from the field compulsory courses Necropsy and Sampling Techniques, Histopathological Techniques, Host-Agent Interaction and Pathogenesis of Diseases, Inflammation, and Pathology of Urinary System.
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Profile of The Programme
During the PhD training, students learn how to gain correct and fast information and how to apply this information to practice. In order to develop investigative character and hand skills, they are expected to take part in experimental studies of the department. Students get courses from other departments to have a wider scientific perspective and to have a multidimensional approach to topics. As an MSc graduate, the student is expected to carry superior skills regarding knowledge level, abilities, scientific understanding.
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Key Learning Outcomes & Classified & Comparative
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He/she has advanced knowledge level in a field of veterinary medicine. By using his/her information he/she suggests solutions to problems requiring expertise.
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He/she learns the interdisciplinary relationship of his/her field. He/she takes responsibility in group studies and performs his duty duly.
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He/she knows national and international laws and legislations in his/her field. He/she can use the knowledge he/she has to give information in order to define the problem and possible solutions in public and animal health related issues, and organizes actions.
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He/she uses theoretical and pratical information in his/her field. He/she is aware of the benefits and responsibilities of the achieved degree and to carry out his/her profession accordingly.
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He/she uses his/her knowledge and keeps in contact with his/her peers to develop solutions to local or international problems, solves the problem, and evaluates the results. He reviews all the information (field evaluations, produced scientific data, etc) and critically interpretes in a target-oriented approach.
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He/she learns how to produce knowledge and use it.
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He/she uses knowledge and skills critically, defines new knowledge and sources of information, and attends related activities.
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He/she uses any activity or produced data to improve his/her professional skills and uses these skills in his/her studies.
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He/she blends information in his/her field with the information from other fields and when necessary produces scientific information and suggestions to help the solution of a problem.
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He/she gets into contact with experts from other fields when necessary and helps the solution as part of a team.
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He/she uses technological devices that he/she may need during professional or social activities at an advanced level.
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He/she conceptualizes field related cases; reviews scientific techniques and methods, evaluates the results; plans an analysis and method for solution; suggests solution or treatment alternatives according to the gained data. He/she follows recent and updated information (knowledge, legislation, etc) related to his/her field and uses it when necessary.
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Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples
Research institutes anduniversities, Animal diseases diagnosticcenters, Biotechnology industry,Veterinary drugs and vaccine production industry, Private and official clinics, faculty animal clinics and hospitals diagnostic laboratories
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Access to Further Studies
The entrance into postgraduate doctoral studies is possible for candidates who have successfully earned a Bachelor´s degree, and can provide ALES with a passing grade and meet foreign language qualifications.
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Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading
The exams of the courses can be done written, written-oral or applied. In order to take the tests of the postgraduate programs, the attendance of the courses is required to be at least 70% or 80%. The exams are evaluated by over 100 points awarded. To be successful, at master with thesis and master without thesis programs, it is required to get at least 70 points out of 100 points; at doctorate and proficiency in art programs it is required to get at least 75 points out of 100 points.
Within the frame of the principals mentioned above, to evaluate the points as letter grades; getting AA, BA, BB, CB and CC at master degree and scientific preparation programs, and AA,BA, BB and CB at doctorate programs are considered successful at the courses.
At postgraduate programs, a student failed at any course can take the exams at the end of the semester even if the course is not opened up the following semester. The student failed at this exam on the ground of absence or not carrying out the preconditions of the lesson repeats the lesson when it is opened up. If the lesson is subtracted or not opened up, an equivalent lesson to it is determined by the suggestion of the concerned head of department and by the decision of the board. Under these circumstances, the student is responsible of the equivalent lesson instead of the lesson that s/he needs to repeat.
The adjustment of the grades of the students who practice upon the national or international student Exchange programs like Erasmus and Farabi are executed by the decision of the board and the decision by the institution directory. These grades are recorded to the academic transcript.
The academic standing of the student is determined at the end of every semester on the term grade point averages and general grade point averages that is calculated on the coefficients given as the letter grades according to the concerned regulations.
Term grade point averages and general grade point averages are calculated by the grade point averages. Grade point average (GPA) is calculated by the division of the total credits to the total out of the multiplication of the course credits and letter grades’s equivalents. GPA is calculated as two digits after the comma.
Both term grade point average and general grade point average are determined by the grades of the courses from AA to FF.
All of the grades are recorded to the academic transcript.
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Graduation Requirements
Master with thesis program is formed by seven courses providing that they are not less than 21 credits and more than 28 credits, one seminar at course and dissertation stage, thesis study and thesis exam. Despite not needing scientific preparation program, the student can take up graduation level courses if the supervisor thinks it is needed, and these courses’ credits will not be counted. The thesis should have one of the following features: novelty to science, developing a new scientific method or applying a known method to a new branch.
Full-Time
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Address and Contact Details
Prof. Dr. Gürsel SÖNMEZ Uludağ Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Patoloji Anabilim Dalı Görükle Kampüsü 16059 BURSA Tel: 0(224) 2941303 E-mail:gursels@uludag.edu.tr
Master of Science Program at the Department of Pathology is given by three professors, one associate professor and one assistant professors.
Scientific research in Department of Pathology focuses on the diseases of mammalian and avian species. Samples from the field and experimental studies are investigated under in vivo and in vitro conditions. Histochemistry and immunohistochemistry are used for the investigation of both field and experimental samples. Cell culture laboratory is used mainly for in vitro studies and modelling of diseases. The Department also houses a necropsy hall and separate laboratories for histopathology, molecular pathology and immunohistochemistry, and cell culture.
| 1. Semester |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| SAB 5001 |
BIOSTATISTICS |
Compulsory |
2 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5001 |
NECROPSY AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES |
Compulsory |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5003 |
HISTOPATHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES |
Compulsory |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5005 |
PATHOLOGY OF URINARY SYSTEM |
Compulsory |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5007 |
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS IN VETERINARY PATHOLOGY |
Compulsory |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| VPT 5191 |
THESIS CONSULTING I |
Compulsory |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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8 |
| Total |
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30 |
| 2. Semester |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| SAB 5002 |
BIOSTATISTICS |
Compulsory |
2 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5002 |
HOST-AGENT INTERACTION AND PATHOGENESIS OF DISEASES |
Compulsory |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5004 |
INFLAMMATION |
Compulsory |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5172 |
SEMINAR |
Compulsory |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5192 |
THESIS CONSULTING II |
Compulsory |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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9 |
| Total |
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30 |
| 3. Semester |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| TPT 5193 |
THESIS CONSULTING III |
Compulsory |
0 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
| VPT 5183 |
ADVANCED TOPICS IN MSC THESIS III |
Compulsory |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Total |
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30 |
| 4. Semester |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| VPT 5184 |
ADVANCED TOPICS IN MSC THESIS IV |
Compulsory |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5194 |
THESIS CONSULTING IV |
Compulsory |
0 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
| Total |
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30 |
| 1. Semester Optional Courses |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| VPT 5009 |
PATHOLOGY OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES |
Optional |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5011 |
PATHOLOGY OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES |
Optional |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5013 |
PATHOLOGY OF FISH DISEASES |
Optional |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5181 |
ADVANCED TOPICS IN MSC THESIS I |
Optional |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| 2. Semester Optional Courses |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Type of Course |
T1 |
U2 |
L3 |
ECTS |
| VPT 5006 |
PATHOLOGY OF TUMOURS |
Optional |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5008 |
VIRAL AND NEOPLASTIC DISEASES OF POULTRY |
Optional |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5010 |
PATHOLOGY OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES |
Optional |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5012 |
INFECTIOUS ABORTIONS |
Optional |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5014 |
CIRCULATORY DISORDERS |
Optional |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5016 |
PATHOLOGICAL REPORT WRITING |
Optional |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| VPT 5018 |
ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES |
Optional |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| VPT 5182 |
ADVANCED TOPICS IN MSC THESIS II |
Optional |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
