@article{article_918151, title={Views of Students Regarding Problems Encountered in Postgraduate Education: A Phenomenological Research}, journal={Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi}, pages={373–383}, year={2016}, author={Yetkiner, Alper and İnce, Murat}, keywords={Lisansüstü eğitim,Lisansüstü eğitimin sorunları,Görüşme,Öğrenci görüşleri}, abstract={High-quality manpower is needed greatly in development process. A successful and qualified postgraduate education is rather important for especially underdeveloped and developing countries in order to raise this manpower that is highly needed. Due to these reasons, there is a need for giving importance to postgraduate education and solving the problems in the field Sevinç, 2001 . In this study, it is aimed to determine the problems that the individuals studying postgraduate education at Institute of Education Sciences encounter and to offer solutions concerning the problems encountered. In this study, qualitative research method and phenomenological research was used. The participants studied postgraduate education in different majors and departments in the Institute of Education Sciences at a state university Data of the study was collected with semi-structured interview schedule designed by the researchers. The data collected in the study were analyzed by content analysis technique. The study findings revealed that postgraduate students had mainly problems of foreign language and Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam ALES , problems of getting permission from their institution or school, communication problem with thesis supervisor and problem of toilsomeness of thesis writing process. In the conclusion section, recommendations regarding the problems encountered by students in postgraduate education are made}, number={3}, publisher={Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi}