Founded in 2005, our faculty has been structured from the outset with the vision of being an integral part of a research university, and has set its educational goal as achieving excellence at the graduate level. Our faculty offers four master’s programs — Communication Sciences, Cultural Studies and Media, Radio, Television and Cinema, and Health Communication — as well as a PhD program in Communication Sciences. In 2018, we expanded our academic offerings by launching the Communication Sciences Undergraduate Program.
In addition to its graduate education activities, our faculty organizes various events that are open to the broader university community, thereby fostering dialogue and engagement within the field of communication through regular Documentary Days, “Communication Scientists Talking Communication” meetings, and Colloquia.
Our faculty’s international, peer-reviewed electronic publication, Moment Journal: Hacettepe University Faculty of Communication Journal of Cultural Studies, which commenced publication in 2014, provides an intellectual platform for current academic issues and fosters new discussions.
The undergraduate program constitutes the first and most significant stage of higher education. At this initial stage, our aim is to ensure that our students graduate not merely with vocational skills in the field of communication, but as individuals who think critically, conduct research, question and analyze, and who are creative, productive, knowledgeable, and self-confident — in line with the principles of a scientific education.
At our faculty, it is intended that the young students who begin their education in the Communication Sciences undergraduate program will be trained as media professionals with free minds and strong consciences. They are expected to adopt universal ethical values as their guiding principles, to defend human rights, and to produce rights-based content. Through both in-class and extracurricular discussions and practical work with our academic staff, they will develop a critical perspective on media and new media fields. By the time they graduate, it is anticipated that they will bring a creative, inclusive, fair, critical, and pluralistic approach to the media and cultural industries. We warmly welcome you to our faculty and to this shared pedagogical journey.
Our faculty was established by the decision of the Council of Ministers, published in the Official Gazette on August 5, 2005, under number 2005/9161, and subsequently commenced its research, education, and training activities.
Master's Program in Communication Sciences
With the Senate Decision dated March 22, 2006, and numbered 2006-30, the proposal for establishment was submitted to YÖK, where its establishment was subsequently approved.
Doctoral Program in Communication Sciences
Based on the Social Sciences Institute's letter dated September 7, 2012, and numbered 4271, and in line with the Senate Decision dated July 4, 2012, and numbered 2012-222, the proposals submitted by the Institutes to open a graduate program were reviewed at the General Assembly of the Council of Higher Education meeting held on August 9, 2012. Following this evaluation, it was decided—through the letter issued by the Presidency of the Council of Higher Education dated August 15, 2012, and numbered 36207-5228—that the establishment of the program was deemed appropriate.
Master's Program in Cultural Studies and Media
Based on the Social Sciences Institute’s letter dated October 2, 2013, and numbered 4654, and in line with the Senate Decision dated July 31, 2013, and numbered 2013-272, the proposals submitted by the Institutes to establish a graduate program were reviewed at the General Assembly of the Council of Higher Education meeting held on September 12, 2013. Following this evaluation, it was decided—by the letter of the Presidency of the Council of Higher Education dated September 23, 2013, and numbered 51323-7134—that the establishment of the program was deemed appropriate.
Until the 2018–2019 academic year, the faculty continued to offer education through two master’s programs and one doctoral program.
Communication Sciences Undergraduate Program
The decision of our University Senate dated July 25, 2018, and numbered 2018/307, regarding the opening of the undergraduate program as of the Fall Term of the 2018–2019 Academic Year, was submitted for the opinion of the Council of Higher Education. Following its approval, our faculty commenced undergraduate education with an initial cohort of 62 students in the Fall Term of the 2018–2019 Academic Year.
Radio, Television and Cinema Master's Program
The Master’s Program with Thesis in Radio, Television and Cinema, established within the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, admitted its first students in the Fall Semester of the 2021–2022 Academic Year.