Our age is in a fast change, new needs emerge continuously and due to these needs the world of living is restructured. Fast change leads to insufficiency in seeing the philosophical background of newly emerging needs and to inadequacy in understanding and in evaluation the bonds of practical utility with the culture of philosophy. In fact, the precondition of determination of the direction of change is the proper use of the power of reason that would be able to rebuild newly emerging contexts of needs with respect to human and societies as a guide. Departing from these, instead of simply tracing the change, being the leader of the change is again possible through the proper use of reason. Through a different exposition, the new situations that can emerge in the relations among human – human, human – society and human – public relations, briefly in the relation among human – world – knowledge can only be understood with the help of the theoretical analysis of proper guides. For this reason, philosophical thinking and the activity of philosophizing that is always the guiding spirit and is capable of guiding, at the very time, becomes inevitably more important. Thus, education of philosophy can be the driving power for the raise of individuals those that would serve for the society, public life, briefly for the humanity in order to form ‘’a humanly world’’ and maintain it.

The Undergraduate Programme of the Faculty of Arts and Science of Maltepe University, from its date of foundation 2004 up to now, has been acting in accordance with this awareness, had prepared the subject programme which can easily be related with the world of living, which forms the relation among human – world – knowledge through knowledge of philosophy and philosophical thinking in the serve of its students with an insight of urging them to work. The subsequent courses, Ethics, Foundations of Human Rights, Philosophy in Public Life, Philosophical Counseling, Philosophy of Value, and Philosophy for Children are in a way preliminary for Philosophical Counseling Master Programme. Furthermore, the department of philosophy, within the dissertations of MA and PhD that it conducts, regards the establishment of the relations between philosophy and the world of living – the roots of which goes back to the Ancient Greek tradition – and in accordance with this goal, it directs its students to the field of Philosophical Counseling. The department of philosophy, within the limits of its mission, had hitherto conducted many studies in accordance with the Philosophical Counseling Master Programme without thesis.

Philosophical Counseling Master Programme without thesis is an important area of employment for the graduates of Philosophy and Education of Philosophy Group departments, since we are witnessing persons, who has not any expertise, appearing under the title of ‘’life coach’’, ‘’expert of personal / individual development’’ as solutions of the problems included in the daily life practice. The expertise that will be held under the name of Philosophical Counseling, through interiorizing human rights as their basic principles of action, aims helping people in facing and encountering their problems.

Philosophical Counseling Master Programme without thesis, which is in Philosophy Master Programme of Institute of Social Sciences of Maltepe University, regarding mostly the practice and utilizing its philosophical repertory, departing from an insight regarding the fundamental subject function of education of philosophy for human and human world, aims to raise counselors who will contribute the cultural sphere of both national and international with their studies, through producing projects and / or undertake active duties in existing project, that will help and guide people facing problems in life practice and counselees  wishing to acquire competencies  in using philosophical viewpoint and rational ways of thinking.

Maltepe University with its studies in the field of philosophy, undergraduate, master and doctorate programmes and dissertations that it launched and conducted and with its worldwide reputation, regarding the National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education in Turkey (NQF – HTR) in the context of Philosophical Counseling, aims at realizing the best.

To have a Master’s Degree, along with those required by "T.C. Maltepe University Postgraduate Education and Examination Regulations", student must have a total of 90 ECTS courses and prepare a graduation project. In order to complete the programme, all students are expected to pass the courses ‘’Introduction to Philosophical Counseling’’, ‘’Philosophical Counseling Seminar I’’, ‘’Philosophical Counseling Seminar II’’, “Anthropological Foundations of Philosophical Counseling”, ‘’The Principles and Methods of Philosophical Counseling’’ and ‘’ Research Methods’’.

For master programme graduation certificate, along with those required by "T.C. Maltepe University Postgraduate Education and Examination Regulations" student, by taking at most two courses (having  3 credits for each) and with the proposal of the advisor and the approval of the head of the department, can make these certified among the Master’s credits.

MISSION

Promoting individuals, who review humane-social-global problems using basic concepts and methods of philosophy, develop new perspectives through discussing these problems and make social studies which leverage the bonds between information and society.

VISION

Supporting improvement of philosophical perspectives; promoting original philosophical works; supporting progressive perspectives; supporting public-social works which promote ethics and human rights as the basis of each and every relation among individuals.