摘要：High-qualified human power is needed greatly in development process. A successful and qualified postgraduate education is rather important for especially underdeveloped and developing countries in being raised of this human power that is needed. Due to these reasons, being attached of the necessary importance to postgraduate education and being solved of the problems in the department is required (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 form solution offers concerning the problems encountered. In the study, qualitative research method and phenomenological research were used. The participants who study postgraduate education in different majors and departments in the Institute of Education Sciences at a state university constituted participants of the study. 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, recommendations regarding problems encountered by students in postgraduate education are made.
