A study on graduate level education in architecture: Case of Turkey

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Ilayda Asak

Abstract

Today, there are 41 universities offering graduate education programs in architecture. Those programs cover a number of different topics including architectural conservation and restoration, architectural restoration, architectural design, informatics in architectural design, architectural planning and design, architecture history, architectural history and theory, architecture and built environment, digital design in architecture and production. The council of higher education presents that 2978 master theses submitted and approved by Council of higher education.  In this study, the master theses submitted to the graduate programs have been investigated. Matrix has been developed regarding o the sex, language, topics, universities. The types of graduate school are natural science and social science. The results of the study show that the number of female students is higher than the male students. The number of theses in Turkish is increasing. The increasing number of theses investigating build technology builds physics and building and construction and computational design is of importance. It is possible to determine that the current and popular topics of Turkish graduate programs in Architecture are in parallel with the prevailing agenda of World architecture.


Key Words: theses in architecture, graduate level education, architectural education.

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Asak, I. (2017). A study on graduate level education in architecture: Case of Turkey. Global Journal of Design Art and Education, 6(3), 89–100. https://doi.org/10.18844/gjae.v6i3.1702
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Design and Arts