ERU - Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Department of Political Science and Public Administration has been founded on April 7, 2010 within Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Our department has begun to offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs since the 2011-2012 academic year.

Our Mission

Our mission is to contribute educating the workforce of high quality to be employed by public sector in our country, who are adhered to universal, national, scientific, professional and ethical values, and equipped with the knowledge and capabilities necessary for the field of political science and public administration.

Our Vision

Our vision is to become one of the prominent departments of political science and public administration in our country by constantly enhancing the quality of education in line with the requirements of international scientific standards and expectations of the employers.

Departmental Aims

Our aim is to train prospective professional staff for the various positions in public administration. Graduate students work at managerial levels in the public institutions, such as Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Undersecretary of Treasury and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Capital Markets Board, and various local administration institutions. Besides public sector, they can also get jobs in banking sector and other private institutions, particularly in auditing and personnel departments. In the European Union accession period, the decision and implementation processes based on the participation of non-governmental organizations become increasingly important in the development of administrative and economic policies, which also offers opportunities for our graduate students in this field.

We have four academic divisions in our department:  Political and Social Sciences, Administrative Sciences, Legal Sciences, and Urbanization and Environmental Problems. The curriculum of undergraduate study covers the courses in the fields of

- Legal Sciences, with a particular focus on Public Law (Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, International Law, Environmental Law)

- Administrative Sciences (administration, central and provincial public organizations, local administrations, administrative structures, personnel administration, and public relations)

- Political Sciences (political regimes, political organizations, political thoughts, foreign politics)

-Urbanization and Environmental Problems (urban administration, housing policy, environmental problems, planning)

Furthermore, we offer classes related to economics, business administration, international relations, and public finance, in cooperation with other departments.

The program, generally referred as Public Administration in Turkey, has been recently constructed under the name of Political Science and Public Administration, as it is increasingly evolving into an interdisciplinary field, and with the aim of making it parallel with international students exchange programs and graduate programs.

 

The Educational Aims of the Department of the Political Science and Public Administration Undergraduate Program are defined as follows:


1. To train effective leaders, experts and administrators in the public, private sector and non-governmental organizations by providing a strong set of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the field of the political science and public administration.
2. To train scientists who can conduct scientific research by continuing their domestic or abroad postgraduate education in the political science and public administration and other related fields or interdisciplinary subjects.
3. To ensure that students have access to the necessary information and equipment by following national and international scientific and technological innovations and developments.
4. To raise socially and culturally strong individuals who have universal ethical values, can think critically, have analytical evaluation skills, and have the necessary knowledge and equipment for business life.
 

ERU FEAS, Department of Political Science and Public Administration have been accredited by STAR, an accreditation organization based in Turkey, for a period of 3 years, valid from April 22, 2024 until April 22, 2027.

Our international accreditation certificate issued by STAR to our department.

Tables containing retrospective and up-to-date information on The Graduate in the department of Political Science and Public Administration are given in line with latest decisions (2019-2020 academic year fall semester Department Administration Academic Council Decision) as follows :

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM

FIRST STUDENT REGISTRATION ACADEMIC YEAR

CURRENT STATE (2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR)

Scientific Preparation

-

-

Masters With Thesis

2011-2012

Active

Non-thesis Master’s Program

2017-2018

Active

Phd

2012-2013

Active

2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR QUOTA TIME SHEET
(GENERAL- FOR TURKISH STUDENTS)

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM

QUOTA

UNIP QUOTA

SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Graduation (Faculty-Department), Ales Degree Type, Foreign Language Point etc must written loud and clear for each program.)

Scientific Preparation

-

-

 

Masters With Thesis

10

1

 

Non-thesis master’s Program

30

1

 

Phd

6

1

 

 

ENTRANCE EXAM

YES

NO

Interview

X

 

Written

X

 

Instruction:
- Graduates of Public Administration, Political Science, Political Science and Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Finance and Sociology and Faculty of Law may apply to Masters with Thesis Program.
- Graduates of Graduate or Post Graduate of Public Administration, Political Science, Political Science and Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Finance and History, Theology, Faculty of Law, Sociology fields with Masters Degree with Thesis may apply to Phd program.
- Written exam and interwiew will be held for Masters Degree with Thesis and Phd Program. Candidates whose score of written exam and interview is under 60 (Sixty) wont be taken into consideration.

Principles of Opening and Execution of Post Graduate Education Program:

  • Relevant lecturers must have given a lecture throughout at least four semester in a licence or two semesters post graduate program for phd degree; throughout at least two semester in a licence program for post graduate program.
  • For Lecturer’s managing thesis in Phd programs, they must have managed a succesful post graduate thesis at least a year.
  • The upper limit of thesis consultancy perfaculty member in post graduate and Phd programs is 12.
  • (Consultancy number of related Department’s Lecturers, Melikşah University – which is transferred to our university by legislated delegation and of whose students in here in- is increased %50 to 18 by Senatus Consultum.)

2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR QUOTA TIME SHEET
(UNDERGRADUATE TRANSFER)

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM

QUOTA

SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Graduation (Faculty-Department), Ales Degree Type, Foreign Language Point etc must written loud and clear for each program.)

Masters With Thesis

2

To be continuing on a masterswiththesis program in Public Administration, Political Science, Political Science and Public Administration fields.

Non-thesis master’s program

2

To be continuing on a masterswithoutthesis program in Public Administration, Political Science, Political Science and Public Administration fields.

Phd

2

To be doing phd in Public Administration, Political Science, Political Science and Public Administration fields.

Instruction:

-

-

2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR QUOTA TIME SHEET
(FOREIGN NATIONALS)

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM

QUOTA

SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Graduation (Faculty-Department), Ales Degree Type, Foreign Language Point etc must written loud and clear for each program.)

Masters With Thesis

2

 

Non-thesis master’s program

-

 

Phd

4

 

Instruction:

 

 

-Public Administration, Political Science, Political Science and Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Finance and Sociology departments of faculties and graduates of Faculty of Law may apply to Masterswith thesis.
-Graduates of Licence or Masters with Thesis of Public Administration, Political Science, Political Science and Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Finance, Sociology, Finance, History, Theology, and of Law may apply to phd Program.