DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

The Industrial Engineering Department was founded in 1972 within the Engineering Science Faculty of Ege University by Kemal Karhan, İlter Akat and Gündüz Balkan. The Department became a part of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Ege University in 1978 and then joined the Engineering Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University in 1983. The department offers graduate programs within the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. The language of the undergraduate program is Turkish while Master of Science (M.Sc.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs are offered in English.

Qualification Awarded

M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) diploma; minimum score of 55 from the National Central Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related field; a minimum score of 65 from the graduate school entrance exam; a minimum score of 60 from the nation-wide Foreign Language Exam ( YDS ) or equivalent score from an exam accredited by YÖK or a minimum score of 65 from DEU School of Foreign Languages English Proficiency Test.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students may be accepted for graduate transfer with the approval of the Department Directorate and decision of the Board of Directors of the Graduate School in case the student fulfills the graduate transfer regulations decided by the General Council of the Graduate School. Previously taken courses at another graduate programme with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes with the written request of the students including course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the Department Directorates and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students may have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective by the decision of the Board of Directors.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

2 years (excluding one year of English Preparatory School), 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 120 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

Educational objectives of the program include,
1) Training graduates with advanced analytical skills in the fields of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research,
2) Preparing students for scientific research and ensuring that students develop their knowledge in a specialization area
3) Providing the education necessary for students to work in leading industrial and project-based positions.
Within the scope of the graduate level in Industrial Engineering, M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering (Non Thesis), M.Sc. in Engineering Management (Non Thesis) and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering programs offer courses in the fields of manufacturing systems, dynamic and stochastic modeling, innovation management, total quality management, simulation, lean manufacturing systems, scheduling, heuristic algorithms, risk management, investment analysis, service systems, multi-objective and multi-criteria modeling, facility planning, human factors engineering, supply chain modeling and analysis and expert systems to provide students advanced and detailed information in these fields.
There are four laboratories in the department to service undergraduate and graduate students: Intelligent Optimization and Decision Making Laboratory, Computer and Information Technologies Laboratory, Work Study and Ergonomics Laboratory and Manufacturing Systems Laboratory.
Proportion of Lessons Taught in English: 100%

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

This degree enables the holder to exercise the profession in the public or private sector. Our Graduate Programs provide students with the opportunity of detailed information and expertise in various fields of Industrial Engineering. Therefore, our graduate students have employment opportunities in the positions of manager, specialist, quality assurance engineer, research and development engineer, marketing and sales manager and purchasing engineer in production and service sectors as well as having an academic career at universities:
Almost all of our graduate students have a chance to be employed in public or private sector related to their specialization areas. Nearly 80 % of our graduates are being employed in private sector institutions and 15 % in public sector.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to third cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Related items of Dokuz Eylul University Regulations of Graduate Education and Exams and related items of Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences Regulations of Education and Code of Practicing Exams are applied for the exams and course grades.
The course evaluation criteria are defined for each course by the instructor(s) of the corresponding course and are given in the Course Description Form found in the information package.

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) Programme with thesis is comprised of courses (at least 54 ECTS), a seminar (3 ECTS), M. Sc. Research (3 ECTS) and M. Sc. Thesis (60 ECTS), in total 120 ECTS credits. Students must have minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50 / 4.00 and completed all the courses with at least CB / S / TP grades.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Prof. Dr. Adil BAYKASOĞLU
Department of Industrial Engineering Dokuz Eylül University,
Tınaztepe Campus 35160 Buca, İzmir, Turkey
Phone: 232 301 76 00
E-mail adil.baykasoglu@deu.edu.tr