{"id":829,"date":"2021-10-02T08:24:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T08:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esbe.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/?page_id=829"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:50:44","slug":"degree_programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esbe.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/index.php\/degree_programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Degree Programs<\/h2>\n<p>Conditions for satisfying the publication requirements are as follows;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The research article must be related to the thesis in question<\/li>\n<li>For journals that do not have mandatory APC, the journal has to be indexed and be ranked in the top three quartiles (Q1, Q2, Q3)<\/li>\n<li>For journals that have mandatory APC, the journal has to be indexed and be ranked in the top two quartiles (Q1, Q2)<\/li>\n<li>The journal must not be in any predatory journal blacklist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the purposes of PhD publication requirements, quartiles that are based on Journal Impact Factor (JIF &#8211; Web of Science), CiteScore (Scopus), and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) will be considered. If the quartile of a journal differs depending on which metric or which subject category is chosen, the best quartile will be taken.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Archaeology (MA)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/arkeo.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=152#\">Home<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/bilkent\/gradstudents\/archaeology\/\">Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Business Administration (MBA, Executive MBA, MS, PhD)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fba.bilkent.edu.tr\">Home<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/bilkent\/gradstudents\/business-administration\/\">Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Conference Interpreting (MA)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/trin.bilkent.edu.tr\/about\/\">Home<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/bilkent\/gradstudents\/conference-interpreting\/\">Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Economics (MA, PhD)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/econ.bilkent.edu.tr\">Home<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/bilkent\/gradstudents\/economics\/\">Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>History (MA, PhD)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/history.bilkent.edu.tr\">Home<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/bilkent\/gradstudents\/history\/\">Requirements\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/esbe.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JOURNAL-LIST-HIST.pdf\">Journals<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (MFA, PhD)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/iaed.bilkent.edu.tr\">Home<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/bilkent\/gradstudents\/interior-architecture-and-environmental-design\/\">Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>International Relations (MA, PhD)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ir.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=270\">Home<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/bilkent\/gradstudents\/international-relations\/\">Requirements<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/esbe.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/International-Relations-Journal.pdf\">Journals<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Law (LLM, PhD)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hukuk.bilkent.edu.tr\">Home<\/a> &#8211; 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