The program of Public Administration is founded in 1982 within The Graduate School of Social Sciences. The name of the program was changed to "Political Science and Public Administration" in 2016.
Master´s program of Political Science and Public Administration is composed of four sub-fields. They are:
-Political and Social Sciences
-Administrative Sciences
-Urbanization and Environmental Problems
-Law.

The PhD. program of Political Science and Public Administration is subject to a system of 240 ECTS credits of workload as the third cycle qualifications. When the program is completed successfully, doctorate degree is achieved in the field of Political Science and Public Administration.

Third Cycle

1- Bachelor`s degree in Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Political Sciences or Faculty of Law, 2- Candidates should have the required score from the postgraduate education entrance exam (PEEE) (the equiponderant score should be 55 the minimum). The PEEE score document and internationally accepted documents (GRE, GMAT etc.) are required for foreign students without any score clause. 3-Candidates should score a minimum of 55 in the accepted exams (YDS /e-YDS / YÖKDİL). 4-Foreign students (apart from those who have studied in Turkey) are required to have the TÖMER documents proving that they have sufficient proficiency of Turkish language. - PEEE 50% + UNDERGRADUATE SUCCESS AVARAGE 20% + WRITTEN &INTERVIEW EXAMS 30% = Candidates are ranked according to the weighted total score that they have earned from the general assessment and students are admitted according to the quota starting with the candidate with the highest score (Minimum score of 70 must be obtained for a passing grade). For Foreign Students UNDERGRADUATE SUCCESS AVARAGE 50% + WRITTEN &INTERVIEW EXAMS 50% =Candidates are ranked according to the weighted total score that they have earned from the general assessment and students are admitted according to the quota starting with the candidate with the highest score.

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 fulfill the below requirements are awarded with the doctorate degree in Political Science and Public Administration: - To take courses having a total ECTS workload of 240 and to be successful from these courses, - Condition of success for the courses is to get a score of 75 over 100, - To successfully defend the PhD. thesis in front of a jury.

The aim of the PhD. program in Political Science and Public Administration is to provide the graduates with the opportunities for specialization in the fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law, which constitute the sub-departments of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration. Furthermore, the program targets to train academics and professionals who are capable of comprehending the main theoretical discussions in the above mentioned fields, following the current developments and of conducting scientific research as well as adopting an analytical thinking perspective.
The duration of the PhD. program in Political Science and Public Administration is four years. In the first year of the program the students are offered compulsory courses in the main fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law as well as elective courses which can be taken from other graduate programs. The second year of the program is dedicated to the thesis projects of the students. In order to support these projects, all four semesters of the program include courses on specialized issues of the main sub-fields as well as seminar courses on students´ thesis projects.