Civil Engineering Department

Dual PhD Degree Program with Carnegie Mellon

Middle East Technical University (METU) Civil Engineering Department (CE) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (CEE) launched a Dual PhDdegree program on July, 2008. The Memory of Understanding (MoU), signed by officials at Carnegie Mellon and METU and approved by the Turkish Higher Education Board, reflects a commitment of both universities for a joint education program, which enables PhD candidates at Carnegie Mellon and METU to earn a degree at each institution.
Prof. Dr. Jim Garrett (Head of CEE Department) together with professors Burcu Akinci and Lucio Soibelman visited METU CE on late June, 2008 to discuss the critical success factors for the program and celebrate the MoU signed by both institutions.

From left to right: Prof. Dr. Jim Garrett, Prof. Dr. Guney Ozcebe, Prof. Dr. Canan Ozgen, Prof. Dr. Zafer Dursunkaya, Dr. Aysegul Askan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ozgur Yaman, Prof. Dr. Lucio Soibelman, Prof. Dr. Talat Birgonul, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Akinci, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Irem Dikmen Toker and Assist. Prof. Dr. Erdem Canbay
Applications are currently accepted for this program. Candidates for the program must:

apply and be admitted to both departments

meet all requirements for both the METU CE Ph.D. program and the CMU CEE Ph.D. program

create doctoral dissertations that satisfy a committee of faculty from both institutions

spend part of their time resident for a minimum of 2 years at each campus

pay tuition and fees to the institution at which they are resident (i.e. 2 or more years paid to METU and 2 or more years paid to CMU)

In order to apply, please visit the CMU CEE application web page and METU web site.

Program Administrators:

Carnegie Mellon	METU
Dr. Jim Garrett	Prof. Dr. Guney Ozcebe
Professor and Head	Professor and Head
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Civil Engineering Department
Porter Hall, Room 119D	K1 Building,Inonu Bulvari 06531
5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA	Ankara TURKEY
Telephone: +1-412-268-2941	Telephone: (90)+(312)-210-2401
Fax: +1-412-268-7813	Fax: (90)+(312)-210-3401
Email: garrett@cmu.edu	Email: ozcebe@metu.edu.tr

For information from Carnegie Mellon web page