Overview

The importance given to fundamental sciences and mathematics areas has come into prominence should we analyze the most advanced and prosperous countries of the world in terms of technology. The education starting with the encouragement towards those areas during primary school years continues with the importance those countries give to graduate and Ph.D. programs. Besides, as is known to all, those leading countries in technology and engineering have been granted nearly all of the Nobel Prizes in Physics. Deficiency of qualified work force at graduate level in related area in Turkey manifests itself clearly at the sectors manufacturing high – tech industrial products, at which we especially desire to produce more. This issue has been frequently raised by many civil and governmental institutions, as well. In addition, qualified work force at this area is of vital importance regarding both doing qualified researches at international level and Turkey’s reputability. Concerning the international rankings, our success at this area has nearly been a prime concern for a country of this size. Physics education has an inclusive structure by its very nature. In the most general sense, it involves not only modelling the universe in different sub-scales, but also finding, solving and understanding complicated problems in this area. Problem solving skill gained here could easily be adapted to numerous problems in other disciplines and could simplify and / or enrich the problems from a different standpoint. A graduate with Physics degree has been a preffered work force in many fields, making significant contribution. It is possible to frequently see the leading international companies in finance, insurance, banking, data science, big data and such fields advertising for graduates with M.Sc. or Ph.D. degree in Physics. We strongly believe that our prospective graduates, if not preferential, will also have significant contribution to those areas. Under the light of our education and research targets, another important reason for us to offer this program is to come up with interdisciplinary thesis subjects in high - tech area, using extreme points in science, in cooperation with our reputable undergraduate and graduate levels engineering programs in our Faculty and Institute which position itself as a research-oriented-engineering faculty. Offering a Ph.D. program in Physics is also among our targets upon the start of successful graduates in this program.