{"id":4812,"date":"2016-11-18T11:07:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T11:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/?page_id=4812"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:29:01","slug":"media-and-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/gradstudents\/media-and-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Media and Design (M.F.A.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.bilkent.edu.tr\/current\/dep\/d77.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Program Information<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GRE: \u00a0<\/strong>298 (Minimum required combined score: Verbal 149 + Quantitative 149)<br \/>\nGRE scores are valid for 5 years.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>ALES:<\/strong> 55 (equally-weighted)<\/p>\n<p>ALES is required for all Turkish citizens. Foreign candidates and citizens of the T\u00fcrkiye who have completed their entire undergraduate education abroad can apply with Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). ALES and GRE scores are valid for 5 years.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>English Proficiency: <\/strong>TOEFL IBT (at least 87\/120 or 4.5\/6), IELTS (at least 6.5 average and 5.5 from each section) or Bilkent English Proficiency Exam &#8211; PAE (at least C)<\/p>\n<p>Validity period for all exams: 2 years<\/p>\n<p>TOEFL IBT \u201cComputer-based\u201d test results will be accepted.<br \/>\nTOEFL IBT \u201cOnline test taken at home (Home Edition)\u201d and \u201cmy best score\u201d test results\u00a0<u>will not be<\/u>\u00a0accepted.<br \/>\nIELTS Academic \u201cComputer-based and paper-based\u201d test results will be accepted.<br \/>\nIELTS Academic \u201cOSR (One Skill Retake)\u201d exam\u00a0<u>will not be<\/u>\u00a0accepted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Proof of Degree:<\/strong> Yes (if already obtained)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Transcripts:<\/strong> Yes (most recent one available at the time of application)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Statement of Purpose:<\/strong> A letter in English describing academic and professional achievements, research interests, faculty members you are interested in working with, and motivations for applying to the program (Word limit: 600 to 800 words, double-spaced).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Letter of Recommendation:<\/strong> 2<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Other:<\/strong> CV and Portfolio (film, media and design works) required<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Application Deadline: <\/strong>&#8211;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Date of\u00a0Interview: <\/strong>&#8211;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\nAssist. Prof. Andreas Treske<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:treske@bilkent.edu.tr\">treske@bilkent.edu.tr<\/a><br \/>\nPhone: +90.312.290 1749<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program Information Requirements: &nbsp; GRE: \u00a0298 (Minimum required combined score: Verbal 149 + Quantitative 149) GRE scores are valid for 5 years. ALES: 55 (equally-weighted) ALES is required for all Turkish citizens. Foreign candidates and citizens of the T\u00fcrkiye who have completed their entire undergraduate education abroad can apply with [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/gradstudents\/media-and-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":113,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4812","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4812"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27740,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4812\/revisions\/27740"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}