DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

The Mechanical Engineering Department of the Dokuz Eylul University has started its education in 1968 as a part of the Faculty of the Engineering Sciences of Ege University. After Dokuz Eylul University was established in 1982, it joined the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. As the Faculty of the Architecture had departed in 1992, the name of the faculty changed to Faculty of Engineering.

In terms of the faculty members and laboratory facilities, Mechanical Engineering Department is one of the best education organizations in Turkey. The department has started evening education in the 1992-1993 academic year. The main divisions of the Mechanical Engineering Department are Energy, Construction-Manufacturing, Mechanics, Machine Theory and Dynamics, Thermodynamics, and Automative. In addition to the undergraduate program, graduate programs (masters and doctoral) are available under the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences.

Mechanical Engineering Department has large laboratory capacities. Laboratories are used to give support to the education in several topics such as design, production, measurement, automation, composite material, welding and materials test, and the industry oriented studies. The laboratory facilities have been continued to increase through several projects.

Qualification Awarded

Ph. D. in Mechanics

Level of Qualification

Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Second Cycle (Master's Degree) diploma; minimum 80/100 or 3/4 Cumulative Grade Point Average, minimum score of 60 from the National Central Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) in the related field; a minimum score of 70 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.

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

4 years, 2 semesters per year, 16 weeks per semester, 240 ECTS in total.

Profile of the Programme

Under the scope of the Doctorate program, courses in the areas of design, optimization, welding techniques, plasma metallurgy, vehicle technique, fracture mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, energy, acoustics, robotics, automatic control, vibration, hydraulics and pneumatics are given. Having the opportunity to get advanced and detailed information, our students are becoming experts in these areas. The program consists of a total of thirty six academicians.

Master of Science students have been trained within the "Faculty Member Training Program" at the Master's programs.

The facilities offered to the students by the department such as laboratories and technical facilities
In our department, the following laboratories are available to give service to our undergraduate and graduate students:

Energy Laboratory
Welding Laboratory
Metallography and Materials Testing Laboratory
Destructive Materials Testing Laboratory
Non-Destructive Material Testing Laboratory
Nanotechnology Laboratory
Machine Elements Laboratory
Design Laboratory
Engine and Vehichle Technics Laboratory
Mechanics Laboratory
Composite Test Laboratory
Composite Manufacturing Laboratory
Sample Preparation Laboratory
Biomechanic Laboratory

Percentage of Courses Taught in English: %30

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

The Master's and doctoral programs give our students the opportunity to have detailed information and specialization on several areas. Due to this, our graduates can find employment opportunities in the industry specialized in the areas of manufacturing, automative, design, heat transfer, energy, machine theory.

Almost all the graduates can find work opportunities in their specialized areas in the government and private sectors. Approximately 85% of our graduates are employed in private sectors, and 15% are employed in government sectors.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to post doctorate 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

Third Cycle (Doctor of Philosophy) Programme is comprised of courses (at least 67 ECTS),Ph.D.Seminar (5 ECTS), Ph. D. Research (18 ECTS) / Ph. D. Thesis (150 ECTS) courses, thesis proposal, doctoral qualifying examination and thesis examination with a total credit of 240 ECTS. 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.Ramazan KARAKUZU
Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department, Tınaztepe Kampusu 35397 Buca İzmir
Tel: 232 301 9200
E-mail: ramazan.karakuzu@deu.edu.tr