Admissions
Applications to the DSAI MS and PhD programs are handled through the Boğaziçi University admissions website, where you will also find the full timeline, eligibility criteria, and required documents.
Please be advised that remedial courses will not be offered in the 2026–2027 Fall semester.
Applicants from outside Turkey may also consult the Office of International Relations for further information.
Registration for Admitted Students
Special or Visitor Student Applications
Considering the courses you have completed in the fields of programming, computer science, mathematics, statistics, and probability, questions that measure how well you have learned the basic concepts in these fields will be asked.
Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 9th edition, Ronald E. Walpole, Raymond H. Myers, Sharon L. Myers, Keying E. Ye.
Linear Algebra and Basic Optimization: "Mathematics for Machine Learning" by Marc Peter Deisenroth, A. Aldo Faisal, and Cheng Soon Ong, Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Introduction to Machine Learning, 4th edition, Ethem Alpaydın
Deep Learning, Ian Goodfellow and Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville, 2016
Programming: https://leetcode.com/problemset/
Data Science, Doing Data Science_ Straight Talk from the Frontline-O'Reilly Media (2013) Rachel Schutt, Cathy O'Neil
If you have additional questions, start by reviewing our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section. If you still need assistance, contact us.
