Tumor Biology and Immunology Master Degree With a Thesis Program

Academic Unit Presenting the ProgramTumor Biology and Immunology
Program DirectorHead of Department Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bahadır BATAR Institute Director Prof. Dr. Selami GÜRKAN Institute Deputy Director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Birol TOPÇU Institute Deputy Director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serhat ÖRÜN
Program TypeMaster Degree With a Thesis Program
Level of Degree EarnedMaster's degree
Degree EarnedUpon graduation, you will receive a Master's degree in Tumor Biology and Immunology.
Education TypeTam zamanlı.
Registration Acceptance ConditionsIn order to apply to the Tumor Biology and Immunology Master's program, candidates must; 1) Have a bachelor's degree from one of the following faculties: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine; Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Departments of Science/Science-Literature Faculties; Biology, Molecular Biology Departments of Education Faculties; Molecular Biology, Genetics Departments of Engineering Faculties; Medical Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology and Genetics Departments; Have received at least 55 standard points in the numerical score type from ALES conducted centrally by ÖSYM or have been successful in internationally accepted exams whose equivalence is accepted by the Senate instead of the ALES result and whose success base points are determined. 2) In accepting students to master's programs, the success grade is calculated by adding 20% ​​of the undergraduate graduation weighted grade point average, 50% of the standard score obtained from ALES and 30% of the score obtained as a result of the interview conducted by the jury established by the institute's board of directors for each department. Students are accepted according to the announced quota by ranking from the highest score to the lowest.
Recognition of Prior LearningSuccessful students who have completed at least one semester in another department of the relevant university or institute of technology or in a postgraduate program of another higher education institution may apply for the horizontal transfer quota announced in the relevant department. Horizontal transfer is possible with the approval of the relevant department head and the decision of the institute's board of directors.
Degree Requirements and Rules to take a minimum of 7 courses with a minimum of 21 local credits.
to succeed in all the courses with a letter grade of at least CC/S
to prepare and defend a master's dissertation
to have a Cumulative Grade Point Average of at least 2.00/4.00 with a minimum of 120 ECTS credits.
Program ProfileThe Tumor Biology and Immunology Master's program accepted its first students in the Fall Semester of 2016-2017 and has graduated 1 master's degree as of 2018. Education, training and research activities in the program are carried out by 1 professor, 4 associate professors and 5 assistant professors. The language of instruction is Turkish. The program includes compulsory and elective courses related to the field of Tumor Biology and Immunology. Compulsory and elective courses related to the field are taken in the 1st and 2nd semesters; thesis work related to the field is carried out in the 3rd and 4th semesters.
Occupational Profiles of GraduatesGraduates can become researchers and academicians in the basic medical departments of science faculties and medical faculties; they can take part in diagnosis and treatment processes, especially in areas related to cancer, they can conduct scientific studies in these areas and participate in studies. They can find jobs in the private sector in the pharmaceutical sector, biomedical companies and companies working in the field of biotechnology.
Access To Upper DegreeCandidates who successfully complete their master's degree can study in doctoral programs provided that they receive a passing grade from the ALES exam and have sufficient knowledge of the English language.
Exams, Assessment and Grading

To be considered successful, the success grade must be at least 65 points in the master's program.

Graduation Requirements
Teaching Methods

Presentation, Seminar, literature presentation, small group work, problem solving, individual work, laboratory work, homework

Program Outcomes

1-Recognizing that components of the immune system to understand the mechanisms of immune response in case of illness occur
2-The cancer burden in our country and in the world that arise by determining the types and levels of information about cancer by gender
3-İmmünoloji laboratuvarında uygulanan temel teknikler hakkında hem teorik hem pratik bilgiler edinilmesini sağlamak
4-The conventional treatment used in the fight against cancer current treatment methods that are applied in addition to have knowledge about
5-Have knowledge about important factors in the development of metastasis
6-Cancer cells that contribute to tumor formation as well as tumor micro-environment is located in cancer cells and non-cells and their functions to understand
7-The experiment is done by observing the most frequently used techniques in molecular biology laboratories to understand how these techniques and gain knowledge and skills
8-Transformation of normal cells into cancer cells and the mechanisms of this process is understanding the role in carcinogenesis of the normal cell cycle
9-Onkogenez with these viruses tumor viruses and that plays a role is to obtain information about the relationship between the formation of cancer
10-To learn the basic concepts in the field of Oncology
11-Related to basic cell biology underlying the mechanisms of cancer at the cellular level by learning the changes, try to understand
12-Changes of gene expression in cancer the genetic changes underlying the formation of tumor targeted cancer molecules in the diagnosis and treatment of issues, the selection of knowledge
13-Understanding the functions of tumor formation and the effective factors
14-Molecular genetic and immunological parameters of the tumor is transferred to the data base and the relations between them and the emergence of cancer and in the process will be done, and haplotipleme to obtain information such as pathway analysis
15-Basic transplantation Immunology and transplantation must be known in order to perform suitable information to understand the mechanisms that play a role in the development of projection

Curriculum

Tumor Biology and Immunology
Course

2025-2026 Fall Semester
Course Code Course Name Browse T A ECTS
TBIYL102 Basic Immunology 2 0 5
TBIYL101 Cell Biology 2 0 5
TBIYL128 Molecular Bilogical Techniques I 2 6 5
TBIYL129 Molecular Bilogical Techniques I 2 6 5
LÜ SBE 09 Scientific Research Methods, Research and Publication Ethics 1 2 5
LÜ SBE 04 Special Topics 8 0 10
TBIYL103 Tumor Biology and Carcinogenesis I 2 0 5
TBIYL104 Tumor Biology and Carcinogenesis II 2 0 5
TBIYL105 Tumor Genetic 2 0 5
TBIYL106 Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy 2 0 5
Elective 2025- 2026 Güz Yarıyılı Tümör Biyolojisi ve İmmünolojisi (Tıp) Tezli Yüksek Lisans Programı() 25
TBIYL116 Basic of Laboratuary Applications 2 1 5
TBIYL119 Bioinformatics 2 0 5
TBIYL123 Current Approaches in Cancer Treatment 2 0 5
TBIYL120 Genetic Databases and Software 2 0 5
TBIYL118 Interactions With the Tumor Micro-Environment and Systems 2 0 5
TBIYL122 Therapeutic Resistance in Tumors 2 0 5
TBIYL117 Transplantation Immunology 2 0 5
TBIYL121 Viral Oncogenesis and Transfection Mechanisms 2 0 5
Total ECTS: 80
Total ECTS(Year): 80