Our Department at a First Glance

Total number of students

In addition, there are 15/25 many students among our majors who also study a double-major/minor program in other departments.

How our new students joined us last year

The type other above includes vertical transfers, special students, students joining through amnesty law 7417 and other means.

Home countries of our international students in the last decade

Guideliness

Education & Academics

The Physics department at METU proudly provides a solid Physics Bachelor in Science program at an international level: the curriculum includes must and selective courses from all aspects of theoretical and experimental physics, and the courses themselves follow carefully selected content. With the medium of instruction being English and the choice of course textbooks being universally cherished and followed standard books, our students can easily communicate and collaborate with their peers all around the world during their education and after their graduation.

The details of the program, such as the concentrations or the details of requisite courses are available in our website; this also includes syllabi of the courses, catalog of all available courses, and miscellaneous statistics of teaching conducted in our department (see here). We encourage all our prospective students to check these out and simply reach to us if they have any questions!

Undergraduate Research & Opportunities

We encourage all our students to participate in research projects and engage with the researchers and the faculty in our department to get experience of scientific methods and of the discovery endeavour. The undergraduate curriculum already contains a must course Phys400 in which each student is expected to conduct a semester-long research project with a faculty to learn more about collaboration culture and research methadology; however, many students already begin participating in a project way before taking this course: we encourage all our prospective students to reach out to our current students to hear more about their indiviual stories and academic journeys.

Community & Social Activities

The social life of a student is of paramount importance: we believe that our young scientist candidates need to be sustained, supported, encouraged, and celebrated by their friends and instructors in their department so as to achieve their full potential. This requires a community culture and a sense of belonging in the department, and we are proud to state that the Physics department at METU has this to the fullest extent.

One of the key instruments in achieving the creation of this community is the physical proximity: all our faculty, post doctoral researchers, graduate assistants, and student assistants have their offices in one big building, which also contains all our small classrooms & study rooms, and is next to our big auditoriums. Our undergraduate students spend most of their time here, socializing with each other, the graduate students, and with the faculty of our department. This gives them ample opportunity to learn more about the research groups, their potential advisors, and the experience of their seniors.

The frequent social activities also supports and sustains the community culture in the department. In addition to official events, there are several gatherings and pastimes organized by student groups in our department. We encourage our prospective students to check out two such student organizations of our department, Physics Society and Amateur Astronomy Club.

Further Details

Our international prospective students can find further information regarding the application process and other details in the International Student Office.

You may also contact our department: we would be happy to answer your questions!