Application

APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION

Applications should be made via Boğaziçi University’s postgraduate application system during the general postgraduate application period (please see the academic calendar. Quotas and conditions of acceptance will be announced during the application periods. This information can be reached via the Boğaziçi University website. Further information on the application requirements can be found here.

Conditions for Application and Documents Required:

1. Applications are to be made using this website. A guide to the electronic application system can be found here. 

2. Two letters of recommendation. [Your referees will be contacted automatically to request a letter of recommendation. Their names, surnames and email addresses should be entered into the system]

3. A certified photocopy of your undergraduate diploma or a letter certifying that you have graduated. [To be scanned and uploaded to the system]

4. Official transcript of your undergraduate studies. [To be scanned and uploaded to the system]

5. Bank receipt showing payment of the application fee. [If payment is made by SWIFT, the receipt should be scanned and uploaded to the system}

6. Evidence of proficiency in English (a minimum score of 550 + TWE 4.5 on the paper-based TOEFL; a minimum score of 213 + TWE 4.5 on the computer-based TOEFL; or a minimum score of 79 + TWE 22 on the internet-based TOEFL; or an overall score of 6.5 in ELTS).  Applicants who have not taken these tests will be required to take Boğaziçi University’s English Proficiency Test (BUEPT) administered by the School of Foreign Languages (YADYOK). The minimum score required in the BUEPT is 60. Those who have sat the TOEFL exam and received the acceptable minimum general score but have failed in the written section may also apply to take YADYOK Test of Written English (TWE) by presenting their TOEFL score report at the YADYOK Student Office in advance of the BUEPT. Those who receive a passing grade in the YADYOK TWE are considered proficient in English. The scores of these exams are valid for two years. Grade certificates for TOEFL or ELTS should be authorized by YADYOK. [Document(s) showing your proficiency in English should be scanned and uploaded to the system; if your results have not yet been announced, you should only enter the date of the exam]

7. GRE or GMAT score sheet. (A minimum quantitative score of 610 in GRE or an overall score of 450 in GMAT). [Results to be scanned and uploaded to the system]

8. The graduation grade point average you attained in your MA studies should be at least 3.0 out of 4. [This information should be entered in the system]

9. Applicants must write a “Statement of Purpose” explaining why they wish to take a PhD in the field of Translation Studies and indicating the subjects they would like to work on. [To be uploaded to the system]

10. Applicants must submit a copy of their MA thesis to the Office of the Registrar.

11. In order to be accepted to the program, applicants must also pass written and oral entrance examinations. For these examinations, applicants are expected to read the reading pack consisting of the texts listed here. During the application period the reading pack will be available for purchase from a photocopy shop in the vicinity of the university. Please contact the department for details during the time of the application for the reading pack. The date, time and location of the entrance examinations will be announced on the University's website during the application period.

12. Fluency in Turkish is required.