Graduate School of Sciences | Deparment of Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D)

Profile of the Programme

The Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering is designed to educate and advance the next generation of experts and qualified researchers in the area of Mechanical Engineering. The program aims, to provide a detailed knowledge of advanced methods in Mechanical Engineering including computational and experimental methods and engineering applications, to equip the graduates with the above qualities at a Master's level to meet industrial needs, to increase awareness of the opportunities offered by current research in Mechanical Engineering and its application to current practice.

Programme Director & ECTS Coord.

ANABİLİM DALI BAŞKANI
PROFESÖR EMİN AÇIKKALP

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 with an MA/MS degree is required to successfully complete a minimum of 7 courses, not less than 52,5 ECTS credits on the other hand student without an MA/MS degree enrolling in the doctorate programs is required to successfully complete a minimum of 14 courses not less than 105 ECTS credits. Both groups of students are required take the required Field Specialization course, pass the qualifying exam, have an accepted dissertation proposal and successfully compete doctorate dissertation work with a minimum of 60 ECTS credits, have a minimum GPA of 3.00/4.00 and no letter grades lower than CC and no YT, DZ grades.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to post doctorate programmes.

Graduation Requirements

Occupational Profiles of Graduates

A Mechanical Engineer directly or indirectly contributes to the process of production or developmet of all kinds of products produced in modern life. Therefore, candidates who will graduate from the program will find employment in the following sectors:

Production
Automotive
Defense
Transportation
Energy
Textile
Electronic
Chemistry
Health
Environmental
Education
Food
Construction
Consulting

The work areas of the graduates can be listed as follows:

Research and Development
Manufacturing
Quality Control
Production Planning
Maintenance Planning
Procurement Materials Supply
Education, Consulting
Sales Marketing
Human Resources
Warehousing
Finance
Accounting
Data Processing
Customer Relations
Logistics

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

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