DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

Textile engineering is the engineering branch which provides education and performs researches on processing textile raw materials by various techniques and the development of new techniques in this field. Graduates work in textile-clothing industry, which is largest of the country in terms of workforce.

The Textile Engineering Department of Dokuz Eylul University was established in 1997 and has achieved to become one of the important educational and scientific institutions of Turkey with its academic staff, continuously renewed academic study program in accord with the scientific developments and feed backs from industry with the department s research infrastructure developing correspondingly by the modern technology.

MSc program was initiated in 1998 and the department has been continuing its education in Tinaztepe since 2008. The academic staff consists of 6 professors, 1 associate professor, 3 assistant professors, 3 lecturers, 1 specialist and 11 research assistants. The department contributes to meeting the need of qualified engineers for the industry and scientific society by providing MSc and PhD programs on Textile Engineering

The standart period of MSc program is 2 years. First graduates of the program were in the year 2000. By the academic year, a total of 58 students have graduated from MSc program and 19 students are continuing their education.
The graduate programs of the department provide important opportunities for the successful and skilful students to further their education and to move to upper level programs.

Qualification Awarded

M.Sc. in Textile 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

With the program, it is aimed to educate engineers with MSc degree who have assimilated basic knowledge on textile engineering, follow technological and scientific innovations, design textile products and processes, and who can contribute to multidisciplinary team works.

In addition to its educational activities, Dokuz Eylül University Textile Engineering Department gives great importance also to the research activities. The department, which performs its research activities as project based researches on textile related various subjects, among which Technical Textiles is the major, carries out projects sponsored by EU, TUBITAK Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, Dokuz Eylül University and different Industrial Organizations. Within the department, there are physical/chemical textile testing laboratories, microscopy, comfort and CAD laboratories, knitting and weaving workshops.

The students enrolled in MSc program have the opportunity to spend one term abroad in the European Universities, with which the department has bilateral agreements.

Percentage of Courses Taught in English: %30

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

96% of the graduates of the program are employed and the rest (4%) is still continuing their education. Among the employed ones, 40% of the graduates work in the textiles and clothing industry as production engineer, planning engineer, product designer, quality control specialist, work safety specialist, marketing and sales specialist, consultant, auditor, managers and manager assistants at different levels. 8% of the graduates are employed in state institutions, 4% of them work as research and development engineers, production and development engineers, 2% of them work as research and development managers and the rest (46%) are employed as research assistants and academicians in the universities.

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

Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Aysun AKŞİT
E-Mail : aysun.cireli@deu.edu.tr
Phone : +90 (232) 301 77 32
Dokuz Eylül University Engineering Faculty
Textile Engineering Department
Tınaztepe Campus 35397 Buca İZMİR/TÜRKİYE