From 1998-1999 academic year to 2013-2014 academic year, The Uludag University Institute of Educational Sciences, Primary Education Department Graduate Program was united until Elementary Education, Mathematics, Science and Social Sciences programs opened separate master´s programs and no students have been accepted after the 2017-2018 academic year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, The Uludag University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Department of Basic Education, was reopened as a Preschool Education Master´s Program and currently continues to accept students. Preschool Education Department offers education and training services with 1 professor, 3 associate professors, 2 assistant professors, 1 lecture, 3 research assistants and 1 project assistant.

When the program is completed successfully and the program qualifications are met, a Master´s degree in Preschool Education is awarded.

Second Cycle

To have a bachelor´s degree from the fields specified in the call; To have the score specified in the call from the Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam (ALES); To provide the foreign language proficiency requirement specified in the call.

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.

Students, who have taken at least 24 credits (equivalent to 120 ECTS) from the courses in the graduate programs of Preschool Education or other related disciplines, who have completed all of them, who have a weighted average of at least 70 out of 100, who have successfully defended their master thesis in front of a jury, will be awarded a Master´s degree.

The aim of this program is to train experts who have the knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to the field of preschool education, follow the developments in their profession, know scientific research methods and techniques at a level to conduct scientific research, think critically, have high self-confidence and have the qualifications to follow the innovations related to their field on a national and international scale.
Goals
1. To become a well-equipped branch of science that provides master´s education in the field of preschool education, conducts research, ensures and improves physical and academic continuity.
2. To create a research environment that produces solutions to education and training problems in the field of preschool education by using quantitative and qualitative scientific research methods effectively, designs, develops and implements programs.
3. To become a branch of science that produces solutions and develops programs inspired by new approaches for current problems or unforeseen complex situations that arise during the applications in preschool education.