Master of Performance-Voice at Istanbul Technical University

Istanbul Technical University

Turkey, Istanbul

University Rank:#298

The Performance-Voice at Istanbul Technical University is a Master program designed for students who want to build the knowledge and skills required for careers in this field. Delivered on campus at the university's main campus in Istanbul, Turkey, the program is taught in English. Students study in a Full Time environment while preparing for future professional opportunities.

About Master of Performance-Voice

Objectives

Educating professional performers who can evaluate the rich traditional music heritage of Turkey, develop a view point evolved from past to the future and fuse their national art identity with the global values is an inevitable necessity. Within this context, foundation of the Performance Department Instrument-Voice Master Program has been aimed under Istanbul Technical University Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences and it has been approved by the Council of Higher Education on 04.08.2014. This program is an interdisciplinary program that includes two different performance areas (voice and instrument).

Mission and Vision

*Improving the interpretational capacities and academic backgrounds of the artist candidates who are graduates of Turkish Music or Western Music Conservatory Voice and Instrument Department.

*Educating creative performers with science-based, research-based and art-based personalities and leadership values.

*Providing a stage experience for students in a national or international context and teaching the contemporary presentation methods.

*Developing an analytical view point for the musical compositions and providing a ground for high level performances.

*Raising respectable and qualified artists for the academic and art-based institutions and national and international music industry.

*Making mutual projects with the national and international universities under a contemporary education system which can evaluate the art works with an interdisciplinary approach.

General Information about the Program

*Students who applied for Performance Department Instrument-Voice Master Program should fulfill the registration conditions of the Social Sciences Institute. In addition, all the applicants enter two exams including an interview/verbal exam and a written exam.

*The questions for the written exam are decided by the Executive Committee and carried out by the Program Acceptance Committee. A performance with an instrument or voice is required for the interview/verbal exam.

* An English proficiency test result accepted by ITU Senate need to be submitted during registration or ITU Proficiency test point decided by ITU Senate need to be provided. For the foreign students, the rules of Council of Higher Education are implemented.

*The language of the program is Turkish-English. %70 of the courses enrolled should be in Turkish, %30 of the courses enrolled should be in English. %50 of the courses are compulsory and %50 of the courses are elective.

* In order to graduate from Performance Department Instrument-Voice Master Program, 24 credits should be completed. 12 credits are for compulsory courses and 12 credits are for elective courses.

* In order to graduate from Performance Department Instrument-Voice Master Program, 36 credits should be completed. 18 credits are for compulsory courses and 18 credits are for elective courses.

*Students should enroll %50 of the courses from their own program. Other half could be selected from Social Sciences Institute Master Programs or from other universities masters and PhD programs with the approval of the advisor.

* ITU Performance Department Instrument-Voice Master Program is prosecuted under the legislation of ITU Masters Education Regulationâ€.

Disciplines

Performance Departmant

Requirements and Admission Criteria for Master of Performance-Voice at Istanbul Technical University

Entry Requirements

Applicant’s official transcripts including all undergraduate and/or graduate level courses and their grades issued by the universities that the applicant graduated or will be graduated from.

Applicantwho will apply for PhD programs afterhis/her undergraduate degree has to have at least 3.0 Cumulative GPA out of 4.00 .
One of the Score Documents from Academic Personnel and Graduate Level Entrance Exam (ALES), GRE or GMAT including the related scores (ALES, GRE and GMAT scores are valid for 5 years.)

Applicants for Master's Programs are required to have Numerical score minimum 55 from ALES . Applicantswho will apply for PhD programs aftertheirundergraduate level degree arerequiredto have Numerical scoreminimum 80FROM ALES (ALES minimum score is not required for the Social Sciences Institute Music programs)

The minimum score required from Quantitative section of GRE is 610 (in the new system is minimum 149).

Applicants for Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences Programs can apply with GMAT certificate. GMATwitha minimum score of 450is required for these applicants.
One of the Documents of English Proficiency that is accepted according to ITU Senate principles.

English Proficiency Documentsand the required minimum scores are given at the table below:
MASTER’S PROGRAMSAPPLICATION	PhD PROGRAMS APPLICATION
Exam	Min.Score	Exam	Min.Score
İTÜ English Proficieny Exam	65	-	-
YÖK Language Exam	65	YÖK Language Exam	65
TOEFL (Paper Based)	523	TOEFL (Paper Based)	523
TOEFL (Computer Based)	183	TOEFL (Computer Based)	183
TOEFL (Internet Based)	70	TOEFL (Internet Based)	70
e-YDS	65	e-YDS	65
YDS	65	YDS	65
ÜDS	65	ÜDS	65
KPDS	65	KPDS	65
PTE (Academic)	60	PTE (Academic)	60

TOEFL IBT/PBT,PTE, İTU English Proficiency Exam valid for 2 years.
ÜDS,KPDS,YDS, e-YDS test results are valid for 5 years . TOEFL ITP is not accepted.

English certificate is not mandatory in the Master applications.
The students admitted to any master program can complete their registration without an English certificate, but they cannot take courses until the submission of a valid English certificate. The applicants for a PhD program must deliver English certificate up to the registration period. If they do not submit a valid English certificate in the registration, they will not be registered.

ABOUT TOEFL IBT EXAM
Inaccordance with the decision taken at the meeting of ITU University Board of Directors dated 15.12.2011 and numbered 914 ; dating from the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year, IfTOEFL and IBT test results are from the testing centers in Turkey ,only the results from the exams conducted in the centers in state and private universities are accepted by ITU. TOEFL home edition can be used due to the pandemic.

Statement of Purpose
Curriculum Vitae
Recommendation Letter

For each applied program two recommendation letters are required.For MSc applications, oneof these recommendation letters is required to be prepared by an academic instructor who the student worked with. For PhD applications, one of the recommendation letters must be supplied from the supervisor that the candidatesare planning to study together during their doctorate education.
Reference letter is uploaded to the system by the person who is giving the reference, not by the candidate
P.S. 1:Required ALES, GRE, GMAT minimum scores and minimum cummulative GPA may differ according to Master’s and Ph.D. programs . Requirements for programs and quotas are given at the Registar’s Office Web page :https://www.sis.itu.edu.tr/

English Requirements

PTEMin 60
TOEFLMin 70

English Program Requirements

English certificate is not mandatory in the Master applications. The students admitted to any master program can complete their registration without an English certificate, but they cannot take courses until the submission of a valid English certificate. The applicants for a PhD program must deliver English certificate up to the registration period. If they do not submit a valid English certificate in the registration, they will not be registered. ABOUT TOEFL IBT EXAM In accordance with the decision taken at the meeting of ITU University Board of Directors dated 15.12.2011 and numbered 914 ; dating from the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year, If TOEFL and IBT test results are from the testing centers in Turkey ,only the results from the exams conducted in the centers in state and private universities are accepted by ITU. TOEFL home edition can be used due to the pandemic. For each applied program two recommendation letters are required. For MSc applications, one of these recommendation letters is required to be prepared by an academic instructor who the student worked with. For PhD applications, one of the recommendation letters must be supplied from the supervisor that the candidates are planning to study together during their doctorate education. Reference letter is uploaded to the system by the person who is giving the reference, not by the candidate P.S. 1: Required ALES, GRE, GMAT minimum scores and minimum cummulative GPA may differ according to Master’s and Ph.D. programs . Requirements for programs and quotas are given at the Registar’s Office Web page

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Master of Performance-Voice at Istanbul Technical University

Istanbul Technical University

Turkey, Istanbul