FOUNDATION & HISTORY
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department was founded in 1996 . The department under Faculty of Marine Science is the youngest department of Turkey on its own branch..Since Faculty of Marine Science is located near the shipyards of Camburnu, students are able to see the parts of ship and construction methods in these shipyards . In the natural ambience there are two dining halls, one basketball area, one volleyball area and football areas at the faculty.The department gets about 40 students every year. In the 4 year-period students have main and optional lessons about naval architecture, marine engineering and social branches. And student have to be under training for 60-days for the applied-education . Also at Karadeniz Technical University there is an opportunity of having a second license of another departments. Students of the department are able to use the metarial, engines, fluids, hydrodynamics and vibration laboratories in Mechanical Engineering Department and computer laboratories in Faculty of Marine Science.There are , 1 Assoc. Prof., 4 Assist. Prof., 2 lecturers and 3 researchers at Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department. At the department education is supported by the 11 academics From Mechanical Engineering Department and 4 academics from ITU Faculty of Marine Science and Naval Architecture.
QUALIFICATION AWARDED
The students who have successfully completed a minimum of 21 local credits (equivalant to 60 ECTS credits) from thought courses delivered within the graduate programme of the department and in related fields, achieved a CGPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and prepared and successfully defended a thesis are given Master's Degree in NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARINE ENGINEERING
LEVEL of QUALIFICATION:
Qualifications Frameworks in the European Higher Education Area (QF-EHEA), Level 2
European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF-LLL), Level 7
MODE of STUDY
Full Time
ADMISSION & REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
1 - Bachelor's Degree in acceptable fields,
2 - Sufficient score from the National Academic Staff & Graduate Education Exam (ALES),
3 - English proficiency (500 from TOEFL / 6 from IELTS)
OBJECTIVE of THE PROGRAMME
The curriculum prepares students for careers in Naval Architecture nad Marine Engineering professions within maritime sectors, and ensures that, upon graduation, students are eligible for employment or post-graduate study. Additionally, the Department maintains a nationally and internationally recognized research program that addresses all aspects of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
RECOGNATION of PRIOR LEARNING
Recognition of prior learning is at the beginning stage in the Turkish Higher Education System. Karadeniz Technical University and hence the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering is no exception to this. However, exams of exemption are organised at the start of each term at the University for courses compulsory in the curriculum, such as Foreign Languages and Basic Computing. The students who have completed the learning process for these courses on his/her own or through other means, and believe that they have achieved the learning outcomes specified are given the right to take the exemption exam. The students who achieve a passing grade from these exams are held exempt from the related course in the curriculum, and this grade is entered into the transcript of the student.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS and REGULATIONS
The degree is awarded to students who have successfully completed a minimum of 21 local credits (60 ECTS) from thought courses with a CGPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00, and prepared and defended a thesis.
KTU Graduate Education Regulations
EXAMINATION, ASSESSMENT and GRADING REGULATIONS
The examination, assessment and grading regulations have been set up for the university by the University Senate and the Department of Geology is bound by these regulations. Each course is assessed via a midterm exam, a second mid-term exam composed of quizzes, homeworks and assignments, and a final end-of-term exam, with contributions of 30%, 20% and 50% respectively. The marking is made out of 100. Grades of 90-100 is assigned a letter grade of AA, 85-89 BA, 80-84 BB, 75-79 CB, 70-74 CC, 60-69 DC, 50-59 DD, 40-49 FD and 0-39 FF. The AA is the highest grade and has a grade credit of 4.00, BA 3.5, BB 3.0, CB 2.5, CC 2.0, DC 1.5, DD 1.0, FD 0.5 and FF 0.0. Grades of AA to CC are pass, the others fail.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
The students who have successfully completed a minimum of 21 local credits (equivalant to 60 ECTS credits) from thought courses delivered within the graduate programme of the department and in related fields, achieved a CGPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and prepared and successfully defended a thesis are given Master's Degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES of GRADUATES
The curriculum prepares students for careers in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering within private or state maritime sectors, and ensures that, upon graduation, students are eligible for employment or post-graduate study. Additionally, the Department maintains a nationally and internationally recognized research program that addresses all aspects of fisheries and aquatic sciences
ACCESS to FURTHER STUDIES
Qualifications Frameworks in the European Higher Education Area (QF-EHEA), Level 3
European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF-LLL), Level 8
DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES :
There are a computer lab. for 30 student and a technical drawing class In our department. There is also a model ship for inclining experiment.
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