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YILDIZ TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY

YILDIZ TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY

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Yildiz Technical University (YTU) whose vision is to be a leading institution of international
standing represents a unique milieu of education, research and culture in Turkey.
YTU inherits our outstanding science, technology, and culture and pioneers open access to
academic research, technology and arts. Being one of the most well-known universities of
Turkey, it is conducive to the achievement of the goal of the development and welfare of the
society.
YTU is one of the leading government institution dedicated to engineering sciences education
in Turkey. In addition to being 3rd oldest university of Turkey with its history dating back to
1911 it is regarded as one of the best universities in the country. The university’s mission is to
promote development and cooperation at the national and international level by providing
outstanding professional knowledge and skills in the educational fields.
YTU offers a range of programmes at the undergraduate and graduate level, ranging from
engineering disciplines, humanities to social sciences. Today YTU has 10 Colleges most of which
are related to engineering, 2 Graduate Schools, 1 Vocational School of Higher Education, 1
Vocational School for National Palaces and Historical Buildings, 1 Vocational School for Foreign
Languages and more than 25,000 students. Besides, it has nearly 1,500 academic staff ranging
from research assistants to professors.

A MESSAGE FROM THE RECTOR
In today’s world, universities have an increasingly significant role of pio-
neering the transition to and beyond the information society, and as the
fundamental institutions for education and research; they also produce a
synthesis of universal and national valuesas they offer orientation for so-
ciety on multiple levels. Yildiz Technical University is deeply aware of these
new developments and is now taking definite steps towards providing high
quality, universal and contemporary education with a student-focused ap-
proach.
The interdisciplinary graduate and post graduate academic programs in en-
gineering and architecture and also in the sciences, social sciences and art
taught by our distinguished academic staff which epitomizes the aim of
our university in educating the individual of the information age. This indi-
vidual is imbued with problem-solving and scientific thinking skills, learns
first and foremost how to learn and knows how to grasp, interpret and ap-
ply basic concepts and to question, analyse, synthesise and think critically.
We are witnessing a period of acceleration in student, academician and
program mobility in the world, which has encouraged us further to enter
a restructuring process in education and research to perfect our facilities in
order to attain universal standards. We give a chance to our domestic and
foreign students to study together in a culturally interactive atmosphere
at the historical facilities of our campuses and we are confident that this
atmosphere will contribute greatly to our aim of educating the individual
of the information age.
The pre-eminent values of Yildiz Technical University are reason and sci-
Prof. Dr. Ismail Yuksek ence and here we aim to educate scientists and intellectuals, providing the
Rector younger generation with a full preparation for a successful career and life.
My wish is that your study here will fill your heart with strength, pride and
happiness

YILDIZ TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY

HISTORY OF YTU
The stages our university has passed through in its distinguished past are outlined below. In the 1959-1960 semester a department of specialization was opened at the Istanbul Tech-
nical School which awarded the titles of Professional engineer and professional architect
Kondüktör Mekteb-i Âlisi / The Conductors (Technicians) after a year’s study.
School of Higher Education (1911-1922)
The Istanbul State Engineering and Architectural
The Kondüktör Mekteb-i Âlisi/Conductors (Technicians) School of Higher Education was
founded in 1911 in order to meet the “science officer” (known previously as conductors, and Academy Period (1969-1982)
today as technicians) requirement of the Municipality Public Works Section. The school was
The school was established as an autonomous higher education and research institution
modelled on the syllabus of the “Ecole deConducteur” and was affiliated with the Ministry
with Law no. 1184 of State Engineering and Architectural Academies published on 3 June
of Public Works. Enrolment began on 22 August 1911. 1969. Law no. 1472 ruled for the closing of special vocational schools in 1971, and enginee-
ring schools were affiliated with the Istanbul State Engineering and Architectural Academy.
Nafia Fen Mektebi / The School of Public Works (1922-1937)
The school’s name was changed to Nafia Fen Mektebi/School of Public Works in 1922 and The Yildiz University Period (1982-1992)
the duration of education was increased to 2,5 years in 1926 and 3 years in 1931. The Istanbul State Engineering and Architectural Academy and affiliated schools of engine-
ering and the related faculties and departments of the Kocaeli State Engineering and Archi-
The Istanbul Technical School (1937-1969) tecture Academy and the Kocaeli Vocational School were merged to form Yildiz University
Following the increase in public facilities and the requirement for technical services, Law No. with decree law no.41 dated 20 June 1982 and Law no. 2809 dated 30 March 1982 which
3074 published on 19 December 1936 which came into effect on 1 June 1937 ordered the accepted the decree law with changes.
closure of the Nafia Fen Mektebi and the establishment of the Technical School to supply The new university incorporated the departments of Science-Literature and Engineering,
workforce for the gap between technical officers and professional engineers. The school the Vocational School in Kocaeli, a Science Institute, a Social Sciences Institute and the Fore-
had a 2-year program for technical officers and a 4-year program for engineering and was ign Languages, Atatürk Principles and the History of Revolution, Turkish Language, Physical
given buildings, which are still in use today, from the Yildiz Palace annexes and moved here. Education and Fine Arts departments affiliated with the Rectorate.
In the early period the school had construction and mechanical science departments edu-
cating students as technical officers and engineers. From the 1942-1943 semester on elect-
ricity and architecture departments were founded as part of the department of enginee- Yildiz Technical University Period (1992)
ring. The Law dated 26 Law no. 3837 dated 3 July 1992 renamed our university Y›ld›z Technical University. The Engi-
September 1941 on the transfer of the Istanbul School of Professional Engineers and the neering Faculty was divided into four faculties and restructured as the Electrical-Electronics,
Technical School to the Ministry of Education transferred the school from the Ministry of Construction,
Public Works to the Ministry of Education. Mechanical and Chemical-Metallurgy Faculties and also included the Faculty of Economics
The decree of the Ministry of National Education dated 7 June 1949 founded the Cartog- and Administrative Sciences within its organization. The Kocaeli Faculty of Engineering and
raphy and Land Survey Engineering Department and began education in the 1949-1950 se- the Kocaeli Vocational School were released from our university to be restructured as Kocaeli
mester as the first institution for engineers in Turkey in this field. In the 1951-1952 semester University.
the department for the education of technicians was closed. Today our university has 10 Faculties, 2 Institutes, the Vocational School of Higher Education,
the Vocational School for National Palaces and Historical Buildings, the Vocational School for
Foreign Languages and more than 25,000 students.

YILDIZ TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY

VISION
Our vision is to become one of the most-preferred world universities with our educational,
research and cultural environment.

MISSION
Our mission is to create a university which pioneers education, scientific research, technological
development and artistic work aimed at the progress of society and the increase of the quality
of life within an understanding of national and international solidarity; and educates creative,
enterprising, questioning and ethical students equipped with universal values, who constantly
renew themselves, aim for lifelong learning and are capable of analysis and synthesis.

CAMPUSES
YILDIZ CENTRAL DAVUTPASA AYAZAGA
FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING FACULTY OF EDUCATION SCHOOL OF VOCATIONAL STUDIES
Department of Computer Engineering Department of Educational Sciences Department of Technical Programs
Department of Electrical Engineering Department of Computer Education and Instructional Department of Economic and Administrative Programs
Department of the Electronics and Communication Engineering Technologies (CEIT)
Department of Control and Automation Engineering Department of Foreign Languages Education

FACULTY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARITIME FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department of Western Languages and Literatures
Department of Marine Engineering Operations Department of Biology
Department of Physics
FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Department of Statistics
Department of Industrial Engineering Department of Chemistry
Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mathematics
Department of Mechatronics Engineering Department of Turkish Language and Literature
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Department of Architecture
Department of City and Regional Planning Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Environmental Engineering
FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES Department of Geomatic Engineering
Department of Economics FACULTY OF CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL
Department of Business Administration ENGINEERING
Department of Political Science and International Relations
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Mathematical Engineering
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF NATIONAL PALACES AND
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
Department of Bioengineering
Department of Technical Programs
FACULTY OF ART AND DESIGN
INSTITUTES
Department of Art
Graduate School of Social Sciences Department of Communication Design
Graduate School Of Natural And Applied Sciences Department of Music and Performing Arts

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Department of Basic English
Department of Modern Languages

YILDIZ CENTRAL CAMPUS
FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Department of Computer Engineering 15
Department of Electrical Engineering 17
Department of the Electronics and Communication Engineering 18
Department of Control and Automation Engineering 19

FACULTY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARITIME
Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 21
Department of Marine Engineering Operations 23

FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Department of Industrial Engineering 25
Department of Mechanical Engineering 26
Department of Mechatronics Engineering 27

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
Department of Architecture 29
Department of City and Regional Planning 31

FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
Department of Economics 33
Department of Business Administration 34
Department of Political Science and International Relations 35

VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF NATIONAL PALACES AND HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
Department of Technical Programs 37

INSTITUTES
Graduate School of Social Sciences 38
Graduate School Of Natural And Applied Sciences 40

FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL & Department of Computer
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING Engineering

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY › FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering consists of
Department of Computer develop their professional knowledge
› Computer Engineering Engineering, initially founded as by following the national and
› Control and Automation Engineering Electronic Computation Division in international developments related
1970, continued its activities as a part to Computer Engineering, v) who can
› Electrical Engineering of Engineering Faculty between 1983 take responsibility and/or authority
› Electronics and Communication Engineering and 1992, following the reorganization and fulfill the requirements, in both
in 1992 the department became individual and team work, vi) who are
departments having 2620 undergraduate, 462 graduate students and 129 full time academic staff. a part of Faculty of Electrical respectful to ethical values.
The vision of the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics is to be preferred domestically and recognized internation- Engineering and Electronics. Computer Engineering Program is
ally with the environment of science, education and research it presents. The vision of the department is currently operating with full time
Our mission is to graduate engineers with continued determination towards seeking new knowledge, focus on determined as “developing into 3 Professors, 9 Assistant Professors,
life long learning, analytical thinking abilities, internationally acknowledged knowledge and experience to ad- a department which guides the 1 Instructor, 14 Research Assistants
information technology sector and part time 1 Professor, 1 Assistant
dress the needs of the society and the necessary team sprit while honoring entrepreneurship and ethics to be the
worldwide both in academic and Professor.
pioneering institute for research and technology development
technological fields”. The department of Computer
In order to satisfy the vision and the mission; our faculty provides the opportunity of a successful career with its The objectives of the department Engineering consists of three divisions.
highly qualified academic staff, powerful technical infrastructure and wide range of electronic resources. Being are to produce graduates i) who can › Computer Sciences Division
in the centre of the industrial and R&D region provides the possibility of collaboration and partnership with the analyze, design and apply software › Software Division
organizations. and/or hardware systems, ii) who can › Hardware Division
produce algorithmic solutions via
analytical thinking to the problems,
iii) who has the technical expression
ability in their native language and
in other languages required by their
CONTACT
profession, iv) who can refresh and
Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Yildiz Central Campus Barbaros Bulvarı
34349 Yildiz - Besiktas - Istanbul - Turkey
Contact
Phone : +90 212 383 2385
Department of Computer Engineering
Fax : +90 212 259 4967 Yildiz Central Campus Barbaros Bulvarı
www.elk.yildiz.edu.tr 34349 Yildiz - Besiktas - Istanbul - Turkey
Phone : +90 212 383 2399
Fax : +90 212 258 7489
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Department of Electrical
Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department
with well-respected faculty and has two divisions:
selected students, is one of the oldest › Power Systems
Electrical Engineering Department
in Turkey. Electrical Engineering › Electrical Machines and Power
Department has been pursuing its Electronics
educational and research work since Both undergraduate and graduate
1942. level education (MSc and PhD) are
The mission of the department offered at the department with a
is to educate future Electrical total of 10 professors, 4 associate
Engineers with solid background on professors, 23 assistant professors and
fundamental concepts to shape the 15 research assistants.
future of Electrical Engineering. The Department has just established
Our objective is to emphasize hands- a research labs on renewable
on education as well as strong energy in addition to its main labs
theoretical background to enable such as electrical circuits lab, high
our graduates to solve even the most voltage lab, electrical machines lab,
difficult engineering problems easily. power electronics lab, lightning and
illumination technologies lab and
power systems lab.

Contact
Department of Electrical Engineering
Phone : +90 212 383 2423
Fax : +90 212 259 4869
www.elm.yildiz.edu.tr 17

Department of the Electronics Department of Control and
and Communication Engineering Automation Engineering


The purpose of the Department of The Department is unique in having assistants in the following four The mission of the Department of The department offers not only
the Electronics and Communication the only GSM test and measurement divisions: Control and Automation Engineering undergraduate program but also
Engineering is essentially to provide laboratory in Turkey. The Department is to provide world-class research graduate degrees including MSc and
› Electronics
professional training in the world- has also all basic laboratories such as and training of engineers who will Ph D programs. The undergraduate
class level and at the same time to circuits, communications, antennas › Telecommunications advance innovations that transform program includes the courses of
participate actively in applied and and Microwaves, and power › Circuits and Systems “Science to Intelligent Systems.” For Control Systems, Control Systems
theoretical research. So the graduated electronics, microprocessor based control and automation engineers, Labs., Multivariable Control Systems,
› Electromagnetic Fields and future will be a time of significant Process Control, Mechatronics, Robot
engineers have universal acceptance, system design laboratories. The Microwave Techniques
solid foundation, ability for learning Department academic staff consists challenge, as well as a time of Modelling and Control and Computer
and leadership during their lifetimes of 7 professors, 2 associate professors, significant opportunity. Aided Control. The graduate program
and of course strong ethical values. 9 assistant professors and 21 research The Deparment of Control and includes the courses of System Theory,
Automation Engineering will Linear and Nonlinear Control, Petri-
seek efficient solutions to the key Nets and Supervisory Control, Fuzzy
Research, on the other hand, has The students may specialize in optoelectronics, signal processing, Logic Control, Adaptive Control,
the vital importance in the higher the fields of circuits and systems, data transmission, synchronization science and engineering problems
collaborating with academia, Optimal Control and System Analysis
education. In the Electronics and electronics power electronics, and equalization, coding techniques, Control.
Communication Engineering communications, signal processing, speech processing, scattering and industrial partners and recognized
Department, high quality academic electromagnetic fields, microwave diffraction problems, antennas and national and international masters.
programs provide a strong theory and techniques. radar, active and passive microwave
background for the directed research Some of the major research activities devices and systems, broadband
that form a part of the Master are: Artificial intelligence and its matching.
of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of applications, pattern recognition, VLSI
Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs in design, solid-state electronics,
either Electronics or Communication
Engineering.

Contact Contact

Department of Electronics and Department of Automation and
Communication Engineering Control Engineering
Yildiz Central Campus Barbaros Bulvarı Yildiz Central Campus Barbaros Bulvarı
34349 Yildiz - Besiktas - Istanbul - Turkey 34349 Yildiz - Beşliktaş - Istanbul - Turkey
Phone : +90 212 383 2479 Phone: +90 212 383 2464
Fax : +90 212 259 9321 Fax: +90 212 259 4967
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www.ehm.yildiz.edu.tr www.kom.yildiz.edu.tr

FACULTY OF NAVAL Department of Naval Architecture
ARCHITECTURE AND MARITIME and Marine Engineering
The Naval Architecture and Marine by renovating its educational

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY › FACULTY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARITIME
The Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Operations, founded in 1967 Engineering Department roots back infrastructure with respect to
to meet the needs of Turkey for naval architecture and marine engineers, with 40-year-experi- into 1967 and has been founded in technological improvements in
ence, is one of the oldest two institutions in this field in Turkey. 1982 as a new department and carries industry, accreditation criteria and
on educational activities for more than international education standards.
In addition to the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Operations 40 years.
educating the engineers which the industry of marine needed, the Department of Marine Naval Architecture, Ship
The department aims to educate Hydromechanics and Ship Machines
Engineering Operations was founded to meet the needs of engineers working in seagoing
engineers equipped with the ability constitute the three divisions of
ships in 2008. These two departments have been functioning under the Faculty of Mechanics to design, develop and construct the Naval Architecture and Marine
so far, was restructured under the Faculty of Naval Architecture and Maritime to carry out its economically all types of vessels and Engineering Department. These three
educational and research activities in 2009. machinery systems. The Department divisions continue to educational and
This faculty has not only supported the process of training qualified engineers of Turkey, but of Naval Architecture and Marine research activities with 15 lecturers (5
also enabled the use of human resources more efficiently by increasing the effectiveness in Engineering, up to now, having over professors, 3 associate professors, and
1000 Naval Architect and Marine 7 assistant professors) and 11 research
the field of maritime.
Engineers graduated and dedicated assistants.
to the Marine Industry continues to
its dynamic development process

CONTACT
Faculty of Naval Architecture and Maritime
Yildiz Technical University Barbaros Bulvarı, 34349
Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: +90 212 383 2980
Fax: +90 212 383 2989 Contact
+90 212 236 4165 Department of Naval Architecture
www.gidf.yildiz.edu.tr and Marine Engineering
gidf@yildiz.edu.tr 34349 Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: +90 212 383 2848
Fax: +90 212 236 4165
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Department of Marine
Engineering Operations
Department of Marine Engineering Operations is founded classification and insurance societies, ship maintenance

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY › FACULTY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARITIME
in 2008, and a brand new department under The Faculty of and repair work fields, and shipyards as well.
Naval Architecture and Maritime, whose root in YTU goes Undergraduate program includes one year prep. class for
back to 1967. The aim of the department is to meet the English, four years of engineering education including
qualified workforce on board and in this manner to educate theoretical, laboratorial and engine room simulation
and train students according to the IMO STCW conventions. lectures, one training in field, one applied open sea ship
Graduates are employed mainly in seagoing ships both at training in merchant vessels (6th semester for 6 months)
operational and management levels. At the operational and optional summer school. Hereafter, an engineering
level they are employed as engineer officers, and at degree is given to the graduates.
management level as chief engineer or second engineer
officers. The most important feature of Marine Engineering
Operations program is its education is substantially
Graduates can also has the opportunity to choose positions practical.
from the establishments in marine industry, covering

Contact
Department of Marine Engineering
Operations
34349 Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: +90 212 383 2949
Fax: +90 212 383 29 42
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Department of Industrial
FACULTY OF MECHANICAL Engineering
ENGINEERING Industrial engineering is a branch
of engineering concerning the use,
development and management of
sciences and the social sciences. The
curriculum of our department takes
both these factors into consideration.
who are competent in team work,
constantly renew themselves in the
light of developments, are capable of
work force, knowledge, equipment Our aim is to become the leading analytical thinking and producing new
and processes. department in the discipline of ideas and have internalized ethical

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY › FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, incorporating the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Industrial engineering has a different industrial and system engineering values.
Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering has since its foundation in 1993 educated engineers who provide structure and thought system where the educational quality Our department has 2 divisions and its
solutions to the requirements of their industry in the 21st century. compared to other branches of constantly improves with an academic staff includes 2 Professors,
The faculty provides engineering education with the aims of presenting theoretical and practical knowledge, engineering. The most important innovative curriculum, to become a 1 Associate Professor, 8 Assistant
developing the ability of using knowledge, recognizing systems and forming new systems and raising aware- difference is the focus on the whole source of R&D practices within the Professors, 5 Ph.D Research Assistants
rather than the part, in other words, industry and to pioneer national and and 9 Research Assistants
ness of social responsibility.
the whole of the system. The second international scientific work.
The aim of the faculty is to educate engineers possessing enterprising, investigative qualities, equipped with the important difference is the emphasis Founded in 1983, our department Divisions
knowledge and experience required to work in technical, administrative and R&D work in the industry, trained in on the human factor in all manners produces scientific knowledge to › Operation Research
the practice of continuous learning, skilled in team work, analysis and synthesis, able to produce solutions and of industrial engineering applications. meet national and international › Industrial Engineering
technology, open to technological developments, capable of universal thought and sensitive to environmental Therefore, industrial engineering requirements and educates
and cultural values. intersects with both the basic natural enterprising industrial engineers

CONTACT
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
34349 Yildiz - Beşliktaş - Istanbul - Turkey
Phone: +90 212 383 2765 / 2766 Contact
Fax : +90 212 261 6659 Department of Industrial Engineering
www.mak.yildiz.edu.tr Yildiz Central Campus Barbaros Bulvarı
34349 Yildiz - Beşliktaş - Istanbul - Turkey
Phone : +90 212 383 2865
Fax : +90 212 261 6659
www.enm.yildiz.edu.tr
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Department of Mechanical Department of Mechatronics
Engineering Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering was founded technological developments and are able to produce Mechatronic engineering is the enables them to solve a wide range Department of Mechatronics
in 1937 within the body of the Istanbul Technical School. technology; carry out national and international research, integration of mechanical engineering of mechanical, electrical and software Engineering began to offer BSc degree
The department applies a curriculum working towards produce solutions to industrial problems and contribute to with electronics, computer systems, problems, allowing them to participate program in 2009-2010 academic year in
the benefit of our society and humanity within universal national growth. and advanced controls to design and in multidisciplinary design teams. the College of Mechanical Engineering.
criteria, transforming research results into technology and The department has 7 divisions and its academic staff construct products and processes. Mechatronic engineers are employed by The department aims to educate


focusing on specialization with optional branch education, includes 20 professors, 5 associate professors, 20 assistant Mechatronic engineering is one of the product developers and manufacturers engineers who possess strong analytical
furthering its mission to become the leader among similar professors, 11 teaching staff and 46 research assistants. newest branches of engineering with by the mining industry, by the aerospace skills and exhibit practical ingenuity
institutions of national and international reputability. applications to every sector of society. and defence sectors, and by the with high ethical standards and a strong
The aim of the department is to provide the necessary Cameras, video cameras, photocopy government and industry research sense of professionalism.
education to raise engineers who are capable of assuming machines, atm machines and many groups. Wherever there is potential for The department currently consists of
active roles in the technical, administrative and R&D work other intelligent products are simple improvement through the integration of 2 professors, 2 associate professors,
of industrial enterprises, can produce solutions, possess and typical examples of mechatronic computer and electrical hardware with 4 assistant professors, 2 electronics
the abilities of analysis and synthesis, follow and apply systems. The mechatronic engineering mechanical systems there is a need for technicians and 5 research and teaching
program provides a broad-based mechatronic engineers. In the future, assistants.
education in the basic principles of mechatronic engineers will be in great
Divisions mechanical, electrical and computer demand as more industries seek to apply
› Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Machinery engineering. the evolutionary advances in computers,
› Design Mechatronic engineers possess electronics, sensors, and actuators to
› Mechanics the core skills of mechanical and improve their products, processes and
› Materials and Manufacturing Technologies electrical engineers. Their knowledge services.
› Machine Theory, System Dynamics and Control
› Automotive
› Heat and Thermodynamics

Contact Contact
Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechatronics Engineering
34349 Yildiz - Beşliktaş - Istanbul - Turkey 34349 Yildiz - Beşliktaş - Istanbul - Turkey
Phones : +90 212 383 2776 / 2777 Phone : +90 212 383 29 79
Fax : +90 212 261 6774 Fax : +90 212 261 66 59
www.mkm.yildiz.edu.tr www.mkt.yildiz.edu.tr
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FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE Department of Architecture
The Department of Architecture was department aims to transmit basic The department carries out various
The Faculty of Architecture has a history of 65 years and its dynamic scientific, cultural and intellectual development, out- founded in the 1942-1943 academic year architectural knowledge, to develop activities in monitoring and applying
standing academic staff and graduates have placed it among the select and respectable institutions of our country. and since then it has constantly strived to architectural competence, aid in the international educational standards and
The vision of the faculty is to sustain its position as a pioneering and dynamic faculty which produces and applies science at change and transform itself around the transformation of an aesthetic view into is a member of the EAAE (European
universal standards through research, is sensitive towards modern, democratic and ethical values, resists political pressure in principle of modernization. form, to teach intellectual methods and Association for Architectural Education)
Today, the movement on an international approaches enabling the use of creativity and the CIB (International Council for
consideration of the public good, enriches the professional field of architecture with historical and cultural values of identity,
scale of the individual and information has and to instruct students in the protection Research and Innovation in Building and
produces and realizes utopias and is preferred in the national and trans-national sphere for its educational, research and cul- of personal rights within the legal context Construction).
tural environment. become increasingly important and our
department and its esteemed academic and to establish a sense of professional The department has four divisions with
The mission of the faculty is to educate leading, multi-faceted, confident, ethical, enterprising, liberal minded, socially re- staff incorporating this outlook produce ethics. academic staff including 14 professors,
sponsible and ecologically sensitive students who can think analytically, define problems with a critical view, produce cre- knowledge in the field of architecture, In addition to the organization of 20 associate professors, 29 assistant
ative solutions to problems, possess knowledge and information in their field, who have acquired the ability to synthesize, disseminate this knowledge both in symposiums, exhibitions, conferences, professors, 4 teaching staff, 8 research
are able to apply their professional knowledge and abilities, are inclined to team work, can use technology, love their profes- theoretical and practical fields in various seminars and workshops, extracurricular assistants holding PhDs, 36 research

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY › FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
sion, can reflect their professional understanding to all contemporary fields of their lives, possess a sense of responsibility contexts and pass this knowledge on to educational activities include student assistants and 1 specialist holding a PhD.
and initiative, who are at peace with society and themselves, value remaining neutral and lifelong constant education. future architects. exchange programs, technical trips and
The educational program of the internships.
The faculty is continuing work towards the improvement of total quality in the fields of education and research in European
architecture within the scope of the EU and GATS processes and incorporates 2 departments at graduate levels and 12 pro- Division Subdivision
grams at postgraduate level.
Building Theory and Design › Environmental Design
The faculty publishes Megaron, a three-monthly virtual journal with national academic refereeing. › Architectural Design Theory and Methodologies
The faculty has more than 10 thousand graduates and there are more than 1320 graduate, more than 300 postgraduate and › Computer Aided Architectural Design
120 PhD students at the faculty at present. The academic staff includes 22 professors, 22 associate professors, 35 assistant › Architectural Design Issues
Building Science › Building Elements and Materials
professors, 5 teaching staff, 63 research assistants and 2 specialists.
› Housing Production and Building Management
› Structural Systems
› Building Physics
CONTACT Architectural Conservation › Evolution of Historical Environment
› Renovation and Conservation
Faculty Of Architecture History of Architecture › History of Art and Architecture
34349 Yildiz - Besiktas - Istanbul - Turkey Contact
Phones : +90 212 383 2585 / 2586 Department of Architecture
Fax : +90 212 261 0549 Yildiz Central Campus Barbaros Bulvarı
www.mmr.yildiz.edu.tr Phones : +90 212 383 2597 / 2598
Fax : +90 212 261 8929
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Department of City and
Regional Planning
In line with the data of the changes in the world and the facts
international science of urbanism and of the country, made the education
the discipline of planning, the aim of of professionals with a broad point of
the program is to educate students view who observe just conduct in the
who can examine the economic, organization of urban behaviour in the
social and physical development name of public-oriented sustainable
of Turkey and can both guide and life and progress its principle.
produce decisions at all planning units Our department has two divisions
on the organization of economic, and its academic staff includes 6
social and physical spaces at all scales professors, 3 associate professors,
of human settlements.

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY › FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
12 assistant professors, 13 research
Our department is the first of its kind assistants and 2 specialists.
in the field and has, via a curriculum
sensitive to developments and

Divisions Subdivisions
City Planning › Urban Planning
› Urban Design
› Urban Renewal and Preservation
Regional Planning › Regional Planning

Contact
Department of City and Regional Planning
Phones : +90 212 383 2634 / 2635
Fax : +90 212 261 0549
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Department of Economics
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
The Department of Economics is the disciplines (i.e. history, sociology, The department has 4 divisions and its

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY › FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
first department of the Faculty of law, business administration); and academic staff includes 8 professors,
Economic and Administrative Sciences the applications of quantitative 3 associate professors, 4 assistant
which was founded in 1992. techniques in economics. In professors, 6 lecturer holding PhDs
The education aims at forming a other words; both the orthodox and 12 research assistants.
The Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences was founded in 1992 with the aim of producing solid base of notions of economics characteristics of economics and
for students, as well as improving its interdisciplinary dimension are
knowledge on economic and social analysis, and to educate individuals equipped with a level of knowl-
the students’ ability to think like an included into our education. The
edge and ability meeting the requirements of the business world in the present and future.
economist and analyze economic opportunity to offer lots of new
Curricula of all the departments of our faculty aim to provide our graduates with the education that will phenomena in various dimensions. courses renders our program flexible
enable them to smoothly adapt to rapid and sudden changes contemporary society faces in the social To this end, our education; endows and open to improvements and
and economic fields and to make the necessary analyses and produce solutions. the students with the ability to make progress.
use of concepts and contexts of other

Divisions
› Economic Theory
› Economic History
› Political Economy
› International Economics and Economic Development

CONTACT
Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences
Yildiz Central Campus Barbaros Bulvarı 34349
Besiktas - Istanbul - Turkey
Phones: +90 212 383 2515 / 2517 Contact

Fax: +90 212 259 42 02 Department of Economics
www.iib.yildiz.edu.tr 34349 Besiktas - Istanbul - Turkey
Phone: +90 212 383 2520
Fax: +90 212 259 4202
www.ikt.yildiz.edu.tr 33

Department of Business Department of Political Science
Administration and International Relations


Department of Business Business Administration Department One of the three departments of the Faculty of Economic The curriculum includes a wide spectrum of lectures.
Administration has been continuing offers three postgraduate programs and Administrative Sciences, the Department of Political The aim of the program is, with English correspondence
its education and training activities to enable students to develop Science and International Relations was founded in 1999. and diplomatic correspondence lessons in addition to
since 1996. With its continuous further skills in particular areas of With a view of educating specialists in the field of core courses, educate individuals who can commit their
physical and technological BA. The two postgraduate programs international relations and political science, the department ideas into writing and communicate them effectively and
development, and increasing number of the department are Business aims to convey to its students the main and contemporary are successful in human relations, possess qualities of
of academic staff, it provides students Administration and Human Resource knowledge and concepts on political processes and representation and a sense of general culture and speak
to receive academic studies at Management which require the structures, political theory, policies, the functioning, legal at least one foreign language well. The department has
advanced level. preparation of a master thesis framework, history and historical stages of the international 2 divisions and its academic staff includes 4 professors, 8
The purpose of the department whereas the third program provides system and to endow them with the ability to analyse associate professors, 4 assistant professors, 1 teaching staff
is to educate highly qualified and an MBA diploma. There is a growing events and phenomena with scientific method and to think and 14 research assistants. 30 % of courses are taught in
skilled business administrators demand for each of our postgraduate critically and analytically. Emphasis is placed upon Turkey’s English.
and entrepreneurs with extensive programs every year. position in the international system and its foreign relations,
academic knowledge and analytical and the main dynamics of political life in Turkey are taken
thinking ability as required by the up with a universal and comparative approach.
private and public sector.
Divisions
Divisions › Political Science
› International Relations
› Accounting and Finance
› Commercial Law
› Numerical Methods
› Management and Quantitative Methods
› Production Management and Marketing
› Cooperative Trading System
› Organizational Behaviour

Contact
Contact
Department of Political Sciences and
Department of Business Administration International Relations
34349 Besiktas - Istanbul - Turkey 34349 Yildiz - Besiktas - Istanbul - Turkey
Phone: +90 212 383 2536 Phone: +90 212 383 2549
Fax: +90 212 259 4202 Fax: +90 212 259 4202
34 www.isl.yildiz.edu.tr www.sbu.yildiz.edu.tr 35

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY › VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF NATIONAL PALACES AND HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
Vocational School Of National
Palaces And Historical
Buildings
The decision to found the Vocational School of National Palaces Education at the Vocational School of National Palaces and
and Historical Buildings was taken by a protocol between the Historical Buildings is carried out in buildings in the garden of
Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) Presidency and Yildiz Yildiz Palace.
Technical University and the school began to admit students in The duration of education is 2 years.
the 2007-2008 academic year.
The primary target of the school is to educate the mid-level
technical staff required for the maintenance and repair
of palaces and pavilions of the TBMM National Palaces
nationwide.

Department of Technical Programs
› Building Preservation and Renovation Program
› Interior Preservation and Renovation Program
The programs accept applications from graduates of
construction, construction design, decorative arts,
restoration, conservation, woodwork, furniture and
decoration, interior organization and interior design
departments of vocational high schools without
examination.

Contact
Vocational School of National Palaces and
Historical Buildings
34349 Besiktas - Istanbul - Turkey
Phones: +90 212 259 2083 / 2084
Fax: +90 212 327 3782
www.myo.yildiz.edu.tr 37

Graduate School of Social Sciences
The Social Sciences Institute was founded in 1983 in order to educate enterpris- GRADUATE AND PhD PROGRAMS
ing, creative, research-oriented social scientists and artists who have internal- Departments and Programs
ized universal values and today provides postgraduate education in 18 pro- Atatürk Principles and the History of Revolution
grams affiliated with 8 divisions. › Atatürk Principles and the History of Revolution
Postgraduate
The Social Sciences Institute provides postgraduate education aimed at spe-
cialization and strives to form a modern and strong infrastructure for education. PG
› Atatürk Principles and the History of Revolution PhD
The target of the Institute is to become an institution protecting social, ethical
and universal values, disseminating technology, science and art across society Administration
› Administration Management PG
and producing workable projects meeting the demands of industries and so-
› Human Resources Management PG
ciety. › Administration Management (Second Education
For more than 25 years Yildiz Technical University has been preparing students without Thesis)
to enter the world of work at an advanced level through our postgraduate de- Art
gree programmes. The masters programmes equip our graduates in a range of › Museum Studies PG
social science, arts and humanities subjects including business administration, › Art and Design PG
economic, political science, education, language history, art and design, litera- › Interactive Media Design PG
ture, foreign languages etc. The graduate programmes are all led by expert fac- › Proficiency in Art
ulty and prepare students with all the relevant technical skills for their chosen Economics
subject. The research capability and experience ensures that our programmes › Economics PG
are based on the latest techniques and knowledge. These are continually devel- › Economics PhD
Educational Sciences
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITYİ › INSTITUTES
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oped and updated through our extensive network of international collabora-
tions, which students also experience and benefit from. › Education Administration and Supervision PG
› Education Administration and Supervision without
The graduates are fully prepared for the world of work – in industry, commerce Thesis PG
and academy or as entrepreneurs – at home and internationally. They are pre- › Educational Programs and Teaching PG
pared with a multidisciplinary and international perspective as well as with › Educational Programs and Teaching PhD
socially responsible and ethical competencies. We consider that this combina- Foreign Language Education
tion is essential for students to embark on challenging full-time careers in the › Foreign Language (English) Education PG
modern globalised environment. The students of the school are prepared with › Foreign Language (English) Education without Thesis PG
the multi-disciplinary abilities and perspective that make the transition to their › Turkish as a Foreign Language PG
careers exciting and rewarding. Foreign Languages and Literature
› French Translation and Interpretation PG
› Multilingual Interpretation without Thesis PG
› Interlingual and Intercultural
Contact
› Translation Studies PhD
Graduate School of Social Sciences Political Science and International Relations
Yildiz Central Campus Barbaros › Political Science and International
Bulvarı 34349 Besiktas - Istanbul - Turkey › Relations PG
Phone: +90 212 383 3117 Turkish Language and Literature
Fax: +90 212 227 44 71 › Old Turkish PG
www.sbe.yildiz.edu.tr › Turkish Literature
38
› Turkish Literature PhD

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