The master´s 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 non-thesis graduate program of Political Science and Public Administration is subject to a system of 90 ECTS credits of workload. When the program is completed successfully, master´s degree is achieved in the field of Political Science and Public Administration.

Second Cycle

To have a bachelor’s degree.

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 non-thesis master´s degree in Political Science and Public Administration: - To successfully complete at least five compulsory and five elective courses having a total number of 60 ECTS, - Condition of success for the courses is to get a score of 70 over 100, - To successfully deliver the term project.

The aim of the non-thesis master´s program in Political Science and Public Administration is to provide especially the professionals with the opportunities for gaining expertise knowledge and developing skills 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 professionals who can comprehend the main theoretical discussions in the above-mentioned fields, follow current affairs and adopt the perspective of critical and analytical thinking.
The duration of the non-thesis master’s program in Political Science and Public Administration is two years. In the first year of the program the students are offered compulsory and elective courses in the main fields of political and social sciences, administrative sciences, urbanization and environmental problems and law. The second year of the program is dedicated to the term projects of the students.

1. Being able to get or improve the basic knowledge acquired in the field of political science and public administration to the expertise level and to comprehend interdisciplinary interaction.
2. Being able to evaluate and use the knowledge on political theory, public policy processes, law, policies of urbanization and environment that are required in experts and researchers who are much needed by the public and private sectors.
3. Being able to analyze and resolve the problems encountered in the field of political science and public administration by combining the field knowledge with those obtained from other disciplines and to evaluate the findings of such analyses.
4. Being able to independently plan and carry out projects through building interdisciplinary linkages between the field of political science and public administration and other fields.
5. Being able to develop new strategic approaches through utilizing the interdisciplinary perspective and generate solutions by taking on responsibility in the practices related with political science and public administration.
6. Being able to make critical analysis, synthesis, and the evaluation of new and complicated ideas in the field of political science and public administration, through utilizing the interdisciplinary perspective.
7. Being able to present current developments and own studies concerning the field of political science and public administration in oral, written, and visual forms to those groups within and outside the public administration world.
8. By paying regard to social, scientific, and ethical values, being able to instruct and supervise these values in studies related to the field of political science and public administration.

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Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples

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Access to Further Studies

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Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Each student has to register for the classes at the beginning of the term, and she/ he has to attend at least 70% of the classes to be able to enter the final exam. Students are required to have at least one final exam in each term for each of the courses. Final exams are assessed over a total of 100. She/he must get a minimum of 70 as the final examination grade in the second cycle. A student is successful if she/he receives AA, BA, BB, CB and CC as the letter grade from a class.

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Graduation Requirements

In order to successfully complete the program it is required that compulsory and elective courses having a total of 60 ECTS workload be passed and the term project (30 ECTS) be delivered.

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Mode of Study

Full-Time

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Address and Contact Details

Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Anabilim Dalı
16 059 Görükle Kampüsü, Nilüfer-BURSA
Program Başkanı: Prof. Dr. Serdar Gülener
Tel: 0 224 294 11 24
E-mail: sgulener@uludag.edu.tr
Bologna Koordinatörü: Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Gülçin Tunç
Tel: 0224 294 11 71
E-mail: gulcintunc@uludag.edu.tr

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Facilities

The education language of the master´s program in Political Science and Public Administration is Turkish. There is a library, a reading room and a computer room with an open access to the students.
The teaching staff of the programme is comprised of 13 instructors including 5 professors, 3 associate professor, 4 assistant professors and 1 lecturer with a doctoral degree. Besides, there are 7 research assistants and 8 project assistants.

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Curriculum