Graduate School of Engineering and Science

Documents to Submit Following the Defense for Graduation

• After completing any revisions required by the thesis examination committee following the thesis defense, students must complete the following steps:
• Once all revisions requested by the examination committee have been completed, the PDF version of the thesis must be sent by e-mail to elkaragulle@etu.edu.tr. (This submission is essential for the continuation of the graduation process.)
• If necessary, students will be notified of any additional revisions required. After these revisions have been completed, the remaining graduation procedures may proceed.
• Important Note: Once the thesis has been reviewed and approved by the Institute, there is no need to resubmit the thesis before having it bound.
• After the Institute has approved the thesis, students must prepare and submit the following documents to their department to initiate the graduation process:
• Plagiarism Report (must be generated again after the thesis defense; only the page showing the similarity percentage is required).
• Originality Form (must be completed again after the thesis defense).
• One copy of the Thesis Data Entry Form (available at https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/).
• Thesis Access Authorization Form (required only if an access restriction is requested. The regulations regarding restriction periods are provided below. The thesis advisor's detailed justification and approval must be included in the relevant form.)
• Three bound copies of the thesis, bearing all required original ("wet") signatures, to be submitted to the Institute, Department, and University Library, respectively. The theses must be submitted to the Institute after all signatures have been obtained.
• A USB flash drive containing a PDF version of the complete thesis must be submitted to the Graduate School for submission to the National Thesis Center. At this stage, in accordance with personal data protection requirements, the student's signature must not appear in the electronic version, and the page containing the names and signatures of the faculty members, as well as the curriculum vitae page, must be removed.

Directive on the Electronic Submission, Organization, and Public Access of Graduate Theses

Article 6

1. If a patent application has been filed in relation to the graduate thesis or the patent application process is ongoing, the Institute or Faculty Administrative Board may, upon the recommendation of the thesis advisor and the favorable opinion of the relevant department, decide to postpone public access to the thesis for a period of up to two years.
2. For theses involving new techniques, materials, or methods that have not yet been published as journal articles or otherwise protected through patents, and whose online dissemination could provide an unfair advantage to third parties or institutions, the Institute or Faculty Administrative Board may, upon the recommendation of the thesis advisor and the favorable opinion of the relevant department, issue a reasoned decision to restrict public access to the thesis for a period not exceeding six months.