PhD in Experimental Psychology

The main goal of the doctoral training in Experimental Psychology is to provide students with a more elaborate and deeper understanding of human psychology through theoretical and empirical endeavor in core areas of psychological science such as behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, cognition, learning, memory, sensation and perception, biopsychology, electrophysiology, research methodology, statistics, computer programming and brain imaging.

Throughout their graduate study, students will be expected to be actively involved in research. This includes completing a doctoral dissertation. Because of the commitment of the faculty in the experimental psychology program to collaborative, cross-disciplinary research, students often engage in research partnerships with faculty and students outside of their own areas of specialization.

The Ph.D. program typically requires eight semesters to complete. The great majority of our graduates take positions in academic settings, ranging from universities to research settings to both public and industrial environments.

Courses

• PSY 601 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Psychology
• PSY 603 Advanced Neuroscience
• PSY 602 Advanced Research Methods in Psychology
• PSY 695 Seminar
• PSY 697 Individual Study
• PSY 698 Dissertation Proposal
• PSY 699 Dissertation

Elective Courses

• PSY 501 Computer-Aided Quantitative Methods in Psychology I
• PSY 502 Computer-Aided Quantitative Methods in Psychology II
• PSY 503 Learning: Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• PSY 504 Advanced Cognitive Psychology
• PSY 505 Advanced Studies in Physiological Psychology
• PSY 551 Evolutionary Bases of Learning and Cognition
• PSY 552 Structural Equation Modeling
• PSY 553 Computer Based Experimentation in Psychology
• PSY 604 Computer Programming for Behavioral Research
• PSY 605 Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSY 606 Functional Neuroanatomy
• PSY 607 Learning and Memory
• PSY 608 Data Analyses for Repeated Measures
• PSY 609 Physiological Measurement in Biopsychological Studies
• PSY 610 Comparative Hemispheric Asymmetries
• PSY 611 Multilevel Modeling
• PSY 612 Psychology of Decision Making
• PSY 613 Neuroeconomics
• PSY 614 Brain Imaging Techniques
• PSY 615 Philosophy of Mind and Psychology

Application Requirements for International Students

Who can apply?

• Foreign nationals
• Blue Card holders (Turkish citizens by birth, but released from citizenship by the Ministry of the Internal Affairs, and who can certify that their minor children who are registered in that permit are eligible for the rights stated in Law No. 5203)
• Foreign nationals who became Turkish citizen afterward/dual citizens in the same status
• Turkish nationals who completed the last three years of their secondary education (high school) in a foreign country excluding Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, (including those who completed their entire secondary education (high school) at Turkish schools in the presence of Ministry of National Education in a foreign country excluding Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) before 01 February 2013.
• Turkish nationals who completed their entire secondary education (high school) in a foreign country excluding Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, (including those who completed their entire secondary education (high school) at Turkish schools in the presence of Ministry of National Education in a foreign country excluding Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) after 01 February 2013.
• Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus nationals who reside there and completed their secondary education there having a GCE AL certificate, and those, who registered to high schools in other countries between 2005-2010 and hold or will hold GCE AL certificate.

Who cannot apply?

• Turkish nationals, who completed their entire secondary education in Turkey or in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
• Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus nationals (excluding the ones who completed their entire secondary education there having a GCEAL certificate, and those, who registered to high schools in other countries between 2005-2010 and hold or will hold GCE AL certificate)
• Dual citizens who have a Turkish citizenship by birth. (excluding the ones who completed their entire secondary education in a foreign country excluding Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus/ those who completed their entire secondary education at Turkish schools in a foreign country excluding Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)
• Dual citizens who have a Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus citizenship (excluding the ones who completed their entire secondary education there having a GCEAL certificate, and those, who registered to high schools in other countries between 2005-2010 and hold or will hold GCE AL certificate)
• Turkish nationals or dual citizens, who have a Turkish citizenship by birth, that attend schools affiliated to the embassies in Turkey, and foreign high schools located in Turkey.