Turkey : Positions are available for very competent applicants in M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels

Positions are available for very competent applicants in M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels in Materials Sciences and Engineering, and Mechatronics Engineering, and Electronic Engineering programs depending on the availability of funds. If you think that your research interest fits into my ongoing research projects as well as research field in general, please submit full curriculum vitae, covering letter together with academic records (in MS Word or pdf formats) to me.

Please be informed that all programs in Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) at Sabanci University accepts applications from competent students regardless of their science and engineering background two times in a year for February and September entry. For September entry (Fall Term), the applications to FENS graduate programs will end on the 30^th of May, 2012. Successful applicants are funded by two means: (i) full scholarship including both research stipend and tuition waiver, (ii) research fellowship funded by a project with tuition waiver. Admission for externally funded (industry, foreign, etc.) very competent applicants are possible on the condition that the applicants meet the minimum requirements of the FENS, and the programs applied. Due to departmentless structure and multidisciplinary nature of our institute, there is no restriction on the previous engineering and science educational background of the applicants. Applicants should apply to a program from which they would like to obtain their degrees depending on either their previous education backgrounds or future carrier plan. I urge you to get familiar with the grad application procedure following the link;

http://www.sabanciuniv.edu/eng/?ogrenci_kabul/basvuru/lisansustu/mdbf_kosullari.html

and apply for PhD or MSc programs (whichever is relevant) in Materials Science and Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering and Electronics Engineering programs (depending on your undergraduate or Msc education or your career plan). Students are free to study under the supervision of professors from different programs. Admission to the program will be finalized if the applicant is successful in the interviews conducted by interview committee of the program for which application is submitted. Please do not hesitate to contact me either through e-mail or phone call for further information about grad study in our university and in my group. If you were to be successful in the interview, I would be able to support you through my announced projects. For international applicants, there will be a phone interview. Please let me know which program you have applied so that I can follow your application.

Qualifications and attributes expected from the applicants are:

- great character, organized, and motivated
- a degree from a nationally or an internationally well-known institution with a high GPA
- experimental, analytical, and computational skills
- strong interest in producing publishable results (Publish or Perish!)

Application Deadline : 30 May 2012