Vocational School Of Information Technologies | Department of Electronics and Automation | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology and Operations Program

Profile of the Programme

It is a two-year training program in order to ensure that the qualified manpower needed by the unmanned aircraft technology in the stages of design, production, maintenance, operation and piloting will grow in accordance with the quality and service philosophy that will meet the expectations of the age. Graduates are researchers in companies that conduct research and development on unmanned aircraft technologies; intermediate staff in companies producing platforms and components; have the qualifications to work as an operator or pilot in companies performing flight operations. The training of the graduates of the program will enable them to learn the dynamics of the unmanned aviation industry and to position itself in this business line with the growth in the sector in the coming years.

Programme Director & ECTS Coord.

BÖLÜM BAŞKANI
PROF. DR. ERTUĞRUL ALGAN
ECTS BÖLÜM KOORDİNATÖRÜ
PROF. DR. ERTUĞRUL ALGAN
ECTS BÖLÜM KOORDİNATÖRÜ YARDIMCISI
ÖĞR. GÖR. EMRE ÖZBEK
PROGRAM AKADEMİK KOORDİNATÖRÜ
ÖĞR. GÖR. EMRE ÖZBEK

General admission requirements stated under Info on the Institution on this website are being applied to start this programme.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Depending on the degrees awarded, theoretical or practical courses taken as part of a degree (completed or not completed) may lead to recognition of these as prior learning by the programme administration. The students who have taken courses in another institution in Turkey or abroad can ask for credit and grade transfer. The executive boards of relevant programme will decide on the courses to be transferred covering students' entire academic program once and for all with the condition that the request for transfer be made within the first week of the academic year, the requests cannot be repeated.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

A student is required to successfully complete the designated program of courses meet a minimum of 120 ECTS credit requirement and have a minimum GPA of 2.00/4.00 and no FF, DZ or YZ grades.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to bachelor's programmes in related fields of study provided that the student obtains sufficient score in the Vertical Transfer Examination administired by the Student Selection Centre or may apply to bachelor's degree completion programmes in related fields of study in Distance Education System.

Graduation Requirements

A student is required to successfully complete the designated program of courses meet a minimum of 120 ECTS credit requirement and have a minimum GPA of 2.00/4.00 and no FF, DZ or YZ grades.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

Students who graduate from the program can be employed in institutions producing unmanned aerial vehicles, in areas such as R&D, system design, component production, assembly and quality-control. They can be employed in institutions that perform flight operations, such as pilot, ground station operator, or performing maintenance activities. In companies selling unmanned aerial vehicles and components, they can be employed as component design, product design, marketing, sales support specialist or technical consultant. They can be employed as a model airplane lesson instructor in high schools and equivalent institutions.

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

A variety of assessment methods such as mid-term(s), assignment(s), exercise(s), project(s), practice(s), and a final exam are implemented in the programme. Assessment methods may include classical test(s), multiple-choice test(s), homework(s), performance evaluation(s), and product evaluation(s). In order to graduate from the programme, cumulative GPA must be minimum 2.00. A course grade is constituted by evaluating the above stated elements and given by using letters. Letter grades and their associated coefficients are as follows;

Grade	Coefficient
AA	4,0
AB	3,7
BA	3,3
BB	3,0
BC	2,7
CB	2,3
CC	2,0
CD	1,7
DC	1,3
DD	1,0
FF	0,0