Mechanical Engineering

In general terms, engineering is a profession that utilizes the knowledge gained through theoretical and experimental research in mathematics and basic sciences to develop economic methods to utilize matter and energy in nature for the benefit of mankind. Mechanical Engineering is a discipline that deals with the design and production of tools, devices, machines, systems and processes that we need in daily life and production. Today, modern mechanical engineering includes the basic subjects of mechanics, thermodynamics-energy, control and materials-manufacturing, but recently, it has also started to include computer-aided design, modeling and analysis. At the same time, mechanical engineers should be seen as professionals who are responsible for designing and performing the functions defined as their duties in an efficient, safe, economical, environmentally and ethically sound manner.

It is possible to accept the mechanical engineering profession, which still has the widest working area in our country and in the world, as today's profession as well as yesterday's. First of all, it is noteworthy that its working areas and subjects are very wide. From heating installations to nuclear power plants, from bicycles to sports cars, from washing machines to petro-chemical plants, from refrigerators to ice skating rinks, every subject is of interest to mechanical engineering. Mechanical engineers can serve in R&D (Research and Development), operation, maintenance-repair, production, quality control, design, project design, marketing, contracting, consultancy and administrative duties in various units of sectors such as machinery, design and manufacturing, petro-chemical, food machinery and equipment, iron and steel, aircraft, automotive and textile industries, hydro-electric, nuclear and thermal power plants, building air conditioning.

In a globalized world, English still maintains its importance as a common language used especially in technical sciences. Today, professionals who manage industrial organizations consider it necessary for engineers to have and use English language effectively. With the decision to extend the university's education and training opportunities to international students, it has been decided that the language of the programs carried out is English, taking into account that the vast majority of technical documents and resources available in mechanical engineering education are in English.

Taking advantage of the strong mechanical engineering infrastructure of the department, education/training is also carried out in Mechatronics and Automotive Engineering Programs, which have started to come to the forefront in terms of employment and applications today and overlap significantly with Mechanical Engineering subjects in terms of their content. In addition to professional knowledge and skills, the Mechanical, Mechatronics and Automotive Engineering Programs offered by the Department provide a good background for those who aim to pursue different fields in the future. In the undergraduate programs, skills such as designing, analyzing, problem solving, reasoning, concluding, creative thinking, working as a team, experimenting, and communicating are tried to be acquired by blending them with professional knowledge programmatically and systematically.

Students studying in the programs carried out in the Department of Mechanical Engineering are offered a wide range of double major (double major) and minor opportunities with other undergraduate programs carried out in departments within and outside the faculty.

Vision of Isik University, Department of Mechanical Engineering:

“To be the focus of national mechanical, mechatronics and automotive engineering education and training at undergraduate and graduate level”

The Mission of the Department is defined as follows:

To educate modern mechanical and mechatronics engineers who…

• will be able to work successfully in technical, management and R&D positions in public and private sector industrial organizations by conducting internationally recognized undergraduate and graduate programs,
• will be able to contribute to science, national values and technological independence with his/her academic studies at international level,
• have high self-confidence, and who have acquired the habit of working together and can continuously renew themselves by adopting a learning culture, and who respect environmental, cultural and ethical values, and to bring them to society.

• (*)It is a national engineering program evaluation/accreditation body whose competence is recognized by YÖK and is an active member of the ENAEE and IEA international engineering program accreditation umbrella organizations.
• (**)The EUR-ACE label is a certificate given to engineering undergraduate programs accredited by accreditation bodies authorized by ENAEE (e.g. MÜDEK) and is important in ensuring the recognition of the diplomas of the graduates of that program by the relevant institutions of ENAEE member European countries.