PhD in Architecture Curriculum Plan / Total Credit Requirements

Graduation Requirements for Ph.D. in Architecture

Graduation Requirements for Ph.D. in Architecture

Required Courses;

• ARCH 601 Research and Ethics
• ARCH 690 Research Seminar
• ARCH 900 Doctoral Qualifying Study
• ARCH 901 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal
• ARCH 902 Doctoral Dissertation Study I
• ARCH 903 Doctoral Dissertation Study II
• ARCH 904 Doctoral Dissertation Study III
• ARCH 905 Doctoral Dissertation Defense (Students who registered before the Fall 2025-2026 Semester)
• ARCH 906 Doctoral Dissertation Defense (Students enrolling in the Fall Semester of 2025-2026 and later)

Elective Courses;

• ARCH 508-Meanings of Home: The People, Place, and Space
• ARCH 509- Climate Change and Energy Consumption of Buildings
• ARCH 510-Originality in Architecture
• ARCH 512-Landscape Planning and Design
• ARCH 513- Istanbul: Planning, Architecture and Design
• ARCH 514-Restoration and Conservation
• ARCH 515-Modern Turkish Architecture
• ARCH 516- Architectural Design and Sun
• ARCH 517-Urban Design Lab I: Contemporary Theory at the Interfaces
• ARCH 518- Project and Construction Management
• ARCH 519-Computational Design in Architecture
• ARCH 520-Architectural Design and Behavior
• ARCH 521-Spatial Systems in Architecture and Urban Design
• ARCH 522-Urban Green Infrastructure
• ARCH 523-Housing Culture: Local and Global Effects
• ARCH 524-Organizational Behavior in Construction Firms
• ARCH 525-Energy Efficient Building Design and Renovation
• ARCH 526-Current Issues in Architecture and Design
• ARCH 527-Cultural Studies in Architecture
• ARCH 528-Integrated Design and Environment
• ARCH 529-Building Occupant Interaction and Energy Efficiency
• ARCH 530-Performance Management in Construction
• ARCH 531-Quality Management in Construction
• ARCH 532-Modern Architecture and Interior Design in Turkey
• ARCH 533- Architectural Criticism
• ARCH 534- Morphology of Historical Cities
• ARCH 535-Architecture, Mapping & Cartography
• ARCH 536-Sustainable Urbanism Theories and Practices
• ARCH 537-Current Paradigms in Design Research
• ARCH 538-Research Seminar on Islamic Architecture
• ARCH 539-Botany, Gardens and Landscape Design Through History and Across Cultures
• ARCH 540-Climate, Comfort and Energy in Architecture
• ARCH 541- Timber Building Technologies
• ARCH 542-Modeling for Building Performance Simulations
• ARCH 543- European Architectural Culture
• ARCH 544-Environmental Neuroscience
• ARCH 545-Paradigm Shift on Architecture
• ARCH 546-Decolonialism in Architecture
• ARCH 547-Learning From Vernacular
• ARCH 548-Research On Urban Form
• ARCH 549-Advanced Research on Urban Form
• ARCH 550-Computational Design Models and Performance

Architecture Ph.D. Graduation Publication Requirement

For Students Enrolled Before 2025-2026 Fall:

To graduate, at least one of the following publication conditions must be met:

• Having an English article accepted or published in a journal indexed in SCI-Expanded, SSCI, AHCI, which are applicable for the Architecture, Planning, and Design associate professorship field, OR
• In a journal indexed in field indexes such as Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, ICONDA (International Construction Database), Design and Applied Arts Index, Art Index, (API) Architectural Publication Index, Ergonomics Abstracts, OR
• In a journal indexed in SCOPUS, OR
• In a journal indexed in other international indexes approved by the Department of Architecture, Head of Department.

For Students Enrolled in 2025-2026 Fall and Afterward:

1. Having an English article related to the thesis content published or accepted in journals* included in the scope of WoS SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI and located in the Q1–Q2 impact quartile in terms of JIF or JCI, or located in the Scopus CiteScore/Scimago Q1–Q2 quartile, or having an SNIP ≥ 1, or
2. Having an English article related to the thesis content receives a minor revision in journals* included in the scope of WoS SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI and located in the Q1–Q2 impact quartile in terms of JIF or JCI, or located in the Scopus CiteScore/Scimago Q1–Q2 quartile, or having an SNIP ≥ 1, or
3. In exceptional cases, having an English article related to the thesis topic published or accepted in another international peer-reviewed journal* approved by the Institute Board of Directors.

*For journals requiring payment to be used in this evaluation, the journal in question must be among the journals announced by the Institute. Journals not included in this list can only be accepted exceptionally with the written approval of the Institute Director.

Application of Changed Publication Conditions:

• Students who will enter their thesis defense by the end of the summer school of the year 2027 shall be deemed to have fulfilled the graduation publication condition if they satisfy either the previous publication conditions or the new publication conditions enacted by this decision,
• Students who will enter their thesis defense as of the 2027–28 academic year shall be subject solely to the new publication conditions.