Ph.D Qualifier Exam

Exam Procedure

• The exam has two parts, namely, a written exam and an oral exam.
• The purpose of the written exam is to measure the breadth of the student’s knowledge in EE. There will be questions from the below five different areas of the EE discipline. The student’s written exam score will be calculated based on his/her top three area scores. Each area will have equal weight towards determining the final written exam score.
• The purpose of the oral exam is to measure the depth of the student’s knowledge in his/her Ph.D. research area. The student will submit a short (maximum one page) statement describing his research field of interest. The student will be expected to answer technical questions related to his/her research field in front of an oral exam jury. The oral exam jury will be formed by at least five faculty members (2 of the jury members must be from another University) based on the research field of the student. Student’s advisor may participate in the oral exam jury. If a student has 2 advisors, co-advisor of the student may participate to the jury as the 6th member but he/she does not have the right to vote.

Topics and related courses for the written exam

1. Electromagnetics
   EE 204 Electromagnetics
2. Electronics
   EE 301 Electronics I
3. Digital Systems
   EE 203 Digital Systems
4. Signal Processing
   EE 201 Signals and Systems
   EE 302 Digital Signal Processing
5. Telecommunications
   EE 341 Principles of Communication Systems
   EE 443 Advanced Digital Communications

Success Criteria

• A student must get at least 50% from at least three areas of the written exam. Each area contributes equally to the written exam score. The overall passing grade for the written exam is 60%.
• Each faculty taking part in the oral exam must give either a Pass or a Fail grade. The student passes the oral exam if he/she gets more Pass than Fail grades.
• A failed written and/or oral exam must be repeated in the following semester. If a student passes the written exam, he/she does not need to retake the written exam in case of failing the oral exam. The student passes the Ph.D. qualifier exam when he/she passes both the written and the oral exam.

Faculty responsible for preparing and grading the exams

Faculty for the written exam

The EE Ph.D. qualifier exam committee will select the faculty members who will prepare and grade the questions for the written exam from the following list:

• Evşen Yanmaz Adam
• Kadir Durak
• Ahmed Akgiray
• Hasan Fatih Uğurdağ
• Cenk Demiroğlu

Faculty for the oral exam

The EE Ph.D. qualifier exam committee will select the faculty members who will participate in the oral exam from the following list:

• Evşen Yanmaz Adam
• Kadir Durak
• Ahmed Akgiray
• Hasan Fatih Uğurdağ
• Cenk Demiroğlu

Ph.D. Qualification exam dates

The written exam for the 2024-25 Fall semester will be on December 09, 2024 - Monday.

The oral exam for a semester must be given within a period of one week to one month after that semester’s written exam.

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EE Ph.D. Qualification Exam Committee

• Assist. Prof. Evşen Yanmaz Adam (Chairperson)
• Assist. Kadir Durak
• Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Akgiray
• Prof. Hasan Fatih Uğurdağ
• Assist. Prof. Cenk Demiroğlu