Thesis Writing Guidelines

Writing graduate theses appropriate with ITU Graduate Thesis Writing Guideline is obligatory. Inappropriate theses files and hardcovers are not being accepted, thus advertancy is necessary to avoid delayed graduations and/or unnecessary financial loss.

Examine the guidelines and templates below before your thesis writing phase.

ITU guideline has been prepared by combining the ITU experience and APA (American Psychological Association) rules, one of the internationally accepted writing guidelines. For issues not mentioned in this guideline, APA rules must be taken as reference. For further information regarding APA rules, please consult the APA website.

Important Notice: One of the obligatories of thesis delivery process is to meet the criterias mentioned in "YL-6 Master's Thesis Format Review Form". Problems regarding with thesis format may be minimized by your control of the thesis according to these criterias before the assigned research assistant.

Useful Informations:

• Please click for examples and explanations about referencing online sources.

• Plagiarism: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own, to use (another's production) without crediting the source, to commit literary theft, to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source. Click for detailed information.

•  Thesis type, degree, deparment and programme names to be used on the covers of the thesis file are listed below.

Program Adı	Program Name	Derece	Diploma Derecesi
Müzik	Music	Tezsiz Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts Without Thesis
İktisat	Economics	Doktora	Doctor of Philosophy
Müzik	Music	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts
Müzik Teorisi ve Kompozisyon	Music Theory and Composition	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts
Siyaset Çalışmaları	Political Studies	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts
Türk Müziği	Turkish Music	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts
İşletme ve Teknoloji Yönetimi	Business Administration and Technology Management	Tezsiz Yüksek Lisans	Master of Science Without Thesis
İşletme	Business Administration	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Business Administration
İşletme	Business Administration	Tezsiz Yüksek Lisans	Master of Business Administration Without Thesis
İktisat	Economics	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts
Girişimcilik ve Yenilik Yönetimi	Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management	Tezsiz Yüksek Lisans	Master of Science Without Thesis
Müzikoloji	Musicology	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts
Sanat Tarihi	Art History	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts
Yöneticiler İçin İşletme	Executive Master Of Business Administration	Tezsiz Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts Without Thesis
Çalgı-Ses	Instrument - Voice	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts
Çalgı-Ses	Instrument - Voice	Tezsiz Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts Without Thesis
Geleneksel Danslar	Traditional Dances	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts
Geleneksel Danslar	Traditional Dances	Tezsiz Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts Without Thesis
Konut ve Deprem	Housing and Earthquake	Tezsiz Yüksek Lisans	Master of Science Without Thesis
İç Mimari Tasarım	Interior Architectural Design	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts
İktisat	Economics	Doktora	Doctor of Philosophy
İşletme	Business Administration	Doktora	Doctor of Philosophy
Müzikoloji ve Müzik Teorisi	Musicology and Music Theory	Doktora	Doctor of Philosophy
Sanat Tarihi	Art History	Doktora	Doctor of Philosophy
Müzik	Music	Doktora	Doctor of Philosophy
Siyasal ve Toplumsal Düşünceler	Political and Social Thoughts	Doktora	Doctor of Philosophy
Bilim,Teknoloji ve Toplum	Science, Technology and Society	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Science
İktisat	Economics	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Arts
Bilim ve Teknoloji Tarihi	History of Science and Technology	Tezli Yüksek Lisans	Master of Science

Tez Yazım Kılavuzları

Thesis Writing Guidelines


İTÜ Lisansüstü Tez Yazım Kılavuzu (TR)
ITU Graduate Thesis Writing Guideline (ENG)

Thesis Templates for Theses Written in Turkish


İTÜ Lisansüstü Tez Şablonu (Word)
İTÜ Lisansüstü Tez Şablonu Açıklamalı (PDF)
İTÜ Lisansüstü Tez Şablonu Açıklamasız (PDF)


Thesis Templates for Theses Written in English


ITU Graduate Thesis Template (Word)
ITU Graduate Thesis Template with Comments (PDF)
ITU Graduate Thesis Template without Comments (PDF)