Surrounded by natural beauties between the two metropolises of Turkey, Ankara and Istanbul, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, one of the most distinguished universities in our country, was founded on July 3, 1992. Since then, our university has been rapidly developing and has campuses in Bolu city center and five districts (Gerede, Mengen, Mudurnu, Yeniçağa and Seben). The central campus of our university, İzzet Baysal Campus, is located in Gölköy, 8 km away from Bolu city center, surrounded by a unique natural beauty. Our university currently has 17 faculties, 1 institute, 1 college, 8 vocational colleges and 15 research centers. The 1,503 academic staff and 772 administrative staff working in these units of our university are proud to offer a quality and contemporary educational environment to approximately 30,976 students. Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University constitutes a third model as a foundation-supported state university in addition to state and foundation universities in our country. Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, a state university, has been supported by the foundation established by İzzet Baysal, one of Turkey's greatest philanthropists, since its establishment. In addition to the opportunities of our state, our University has reached a perfect physical structure and superior technological equipment in a short time with the facility and equipment investment of İzzet Baysal Foundation, which has a total value of 271 million liras as of 2017. The Foundation, which supports the international success of academics, also provides scholarship support to successful students. Our University aims to be the fastest developing university in Turkey in order to realize the directive of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, to "exceed the level of contemporary civilization". For this purpose, our University, which prioritizes scientific production of international quality, takes care to take into account national and local needs in the education and training process. While our university prepares a research environment that follows scientific developments and technologies and has international competitive power, it constantly renews itself in order to ensure that its students benefit from this environment in the best way. On this path, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University has come a long way since the day it was founded and has become one of the fastest developing universities in Turkey. Journalism Thesis Master's Program is a thesis-based postgraduate program carried out in the integration of theory and practice in the field of journalism, affiliated with the Graduate Education Institute of Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, and providing a Master's Degree to candidates who have graduated from undergraduate programs and meet the application requirements. The postgraduate education and teaching staff of the Journalism Master's Program consists of the academic staff of the dynamic and strong Faculty of Communication and well-equipped academicians who are experts in their fields. Digital and print journalism, reporter, press and broadcasting, etc. In this postgraduate journey, which will provide positive contributions to both sectoral promotions and academic careers in which education and training services are offered in the field of journalism, the Journalism Graduate Program continues to add value to our institution with its dynamic and strong teaching-training staff, and to be a determinant in the strengthening of the media communication and journalism sector and the shaping of a bright future.
