The Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS) is responsible for coordinating and advancing graduate programs that are offered by a total of 25 academic departments. The Graduate School supervises master's and/or doctoral degrees at 11 disciplinary (International Relations, Private Law, Economics, Philosophy, Political Science and Public Administration, Psychology, English Language and Literature, Turkish Language and Literature, Public Law, Sociology, Business Administration) and 14 interdisciplinary (Energy Economics and Management, Disaster and Humanitarian Aid Management, Cultural Policy and Management, Technology Policies and Innovation, Foreign Languages Education, International Trade and Logistics Management, Middle East Studies, Women and Family Studies, Family Counseling, Audit and Risk Management, Media and Communication Studies, Information and Technology Law, Translation-Interpretation, Creative Writing) departments. As of 2026, the GSSS has more than 1,000 graduate students in 60 programs. Our mission is to promote an academic environment that is conducive to pioneering research in social sciences, humanities and legal studies, provide graduate students with necessary methodological skills, and prepare them for their careers. 

The Academic Board and the Administrative Board are responsible for making academic and administrative policies, respectively. The director of the Graduate School serves as the chairman of both of these Boards.