Main trends in graduate study in basic sciences in Turkish universities: a quantitative overview

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1990-12

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Uzun, Ali
Özel, M.F.
Yalçın, C.

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This paper seeks to trace the development of graduate studies in basic sciences in Turkish universities from origins to the present day. The study includes a sketch of the historical background of higher education from its start in medieval madrasahs and Istanbul Darulfunun (‘The House of Sciences’), to the transition into present-day university education, i.e., to the beginnings of modern graduate study and the emergence of new universities. Empirical statistics are given to substantiate the rapid growth of graduate study and of the number of degrees produced since the 1980s. The mean number of Ph.D. Degrees per year has increased from a few in a single university in the 1930s to nearly a hundred in today's twenty seven universities in Turkey in the 1980s. Finally, a quantitative overview of the growth trends in graduate study in basic sciences as well as an assessment of the present degree productivity of Turkish universities are presented.

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Education, Education and Educational Research

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/51457

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Higher Education

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https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00136225

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A. Uzun, M. F. Özel, and C. Yalçın, “Main trends in graduate study in basic sciences in Turkish universities: a quantitative overview,” Higher Education, pp. 485–497, 1990, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/51457.