The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers three programs: a Bachelor’s degree (Day and Evening), a Master’s degree, and a Ph.D. program.
Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program
The program consists of a total of 5 years, including 1 year of English preparatory studies and 4 years of full-time instruction. The 4-year academic period is divided into 8 semesters based on a credit-based system. Provided they have completed their 4th semester, all students are required to complete, during the summer sessions, first a 20-working-day Workshop Internship and subsequently a 40-working-day Professional Field Internship, depending on their chosen specialization. The content of the Professional Field Internship varies by specialization. Specialization-specific education begins in the 5th semester. There are seven areas of study: General, Construction, Energy, Automotive, Thermal Processes, Manufacturing, and HVAC. Students who successfully complete the program are awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Master’s Program
The Master’s Program in Mechanical Engineering is offered within the Institute of Natural Sciences at Yıldız Technical University. This program includes six sub-programs: Energy, Thermal Processes, Manufacturing Methods, Structural Engineering, Machine Theory and Control, and Automotive Engineering. Students who complete this program are awarded a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Doctoral Program
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Institute of Natural Sciences, Yıldız Technical University, offers a Doctoral Program. This program offers six sub-programs: Energy, Thermal Processes, Manufacturing Methods, Design, Machine Theory and Control, and Automotive Engineering. Students who complete this program are awarded a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering.
Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, one of the most established departments at our 111-year-old university.
Our Department of Mechanical Engineering offers: consists of a total of seven research areas: Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, Structural Engineering, Materials Science and Manufacturing Technology, Machine Theory and System Dynamics, Mechanics, Automotive Engineering, and Thermodynamics.
In addition to a degree in Mechanical Engineering, students who meet certain requirements are awarded “Specialization Certificates” in Energy, Thermal Processes, HVAC, Manufacturing Methods, Structural Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.
Our department conducts its education and training at the University’s Yıldız Campus. The English Preparatory Class and some first-year courses are held at the Davutpaşa Campus.
Approximately 30% of our curriculum is taught in English. To graduate, students must complete a maximum of 30% of their total 155-credit course load in English. Our courses are offered with both Turkish and English options.
Our enrollment capacity is 216, including 6 high school valedictorians. Including international students, lateral transfers, vertical transfers, dual majors, and other categories, the total reaches 291. Our enrollment rate is 100%.
Our department has a total of 2,601 students, including 1,560 undergraduate students, 680 master’s students, 236 doctoral students, and 125 international students.
Our department has a total of 100 academic staff members, including 28 professors, 25 associate professors, 14 assistant professors, 7 lecturers, and 26 research assistants.
Our department is accredited by the MÜDEK Accreditation Program, ensuring that our students’ diplomas are recognized by universities in Europe, the United States, and Australia.
The learning outcomes of our department’s curriculum are as follows: to work in units requiring mechanical engineering education within the national and/or international private sector and/or public sector; to identify problems in their work environment and develop projects to generate solutions; to participate in to take on roles in R&D and product development projects, to create new business opportunities through an entrepreneurial approach, to contribute to industrial development by conducting research in priority areas, and to conduct scientific research at national and/or international research institutions and institutes. As part of the KOOP project, students are provided with the opportunity to collaborate with companies that have agreements with our Department for several semesters.
In the-2019 academic year, our undergraduate program met MÜDEK and Bologna standards, and efforts to update the curriculum to meet the requirements of the 2026 Accreditation Criteria 3.0 are ongoing as of the 2024-2025 academic year. With the updated curriculum, the proportion of required core science courses has been increased, while the proportion of elective courses has been raised, taking steps to ensure our students become better engineers.
Our department is one of the university’s departments that sends the most students through the ERASMUS program and has the most agreements with institutions abroad. In addition, our students also participate in the FARABI and MEVLANA student exchange programs.