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ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY MARITIME FACULTY
Graduate Education In Istanbul Technical University Maritime Faculty
In General
The Istanbul Technical University (ITU) is one of the oldest Universities in Turkey, and with 20,000 students, is also the largest. It is also the most comprehensive institution of higher education, research, and service in Turkey. The University offers 35 undergraduate and 110 graduate programs. The students of ITU are selected from the 1.5 million applicants through the central entrance examination system. ITU receives the top 1.5% of this population. The postgraduate student quality and numbers are a distinctive strength of ITU who are selected among high number of applicants.
ITU concentrates on postgraduate studies and along this line the number of graduate students has been increased since 1996. The present ratio of postgraduate to undergraduate students in ITU is 2/3.
Istanbul Technical University has a wide range of postgraduate programs in engineering, science, and management related disciplines. Currently 110 research-oriented graduate programs are offering Master's and Ph.D. studies where maritime discipline is among them.
ITU is a bilingual University where at least 30% of the courses are taught in English. The School of Foreign Languages provides an 8-month intensive English program for undergraduate students. Graduate students who cannot pass the proficiency exam are advised to take special courses on a fee-paying basis provided by the Continuing Education Centre (CEC) in conjunction with the School of Foreign Languages. The Master and PhD studies are carried out through Institute of Science and Technology funded in 1982. This institute, together with Institute of Social Sciences which is responsible for the Master and Ph.D studies in Architecture and Business Administration are directly linked to the Rectorate.
Maritime Transportation Engineering Post Graduate Program
This program which is an interdisciplinary program, originally started in 1993 as two different Master programs: Maritime Management and Marine Engineering. In the year 2000, the programs are renovated and combined and named as "Maritime Transportation Engineering" Master Program. The same year, for the first time, the Ph.D.program is also started. Up to now, 16 students received their master degrees starting from the year 1993. The subjects of their thesis mainly concentrated on port management, maritime law, shipping management, marine engineering, human resource management, application of quantitative techniques in maritime management, and vessel traffic systems. The courses can be seen as below:
| Master Courses | ||||
| Compulsory | Winter | Spring | ||
| International Maritime Conventions | 3 | Economic Analysis in Maritime Sector | 3 | |
| Engineering Mathematics | 3 | Advanced Ship Management | 3 | |
| Electives | National and International Maritime Law | 3 | Vessel Traffic Management Services | 3 |
| Advanced Navigation | 3 | Analysis of Chartering Law | 3 | |
| Meteorological Navigation | 3 | Human Resources Management | 3 | |
| Economy of Energy in Ships | 3 | Electronic Navigation | 3 | |
| System Theory Of Ship Propulsion Units | 3 | Operation and Automation of Marine Engines | 3 | |
| Advanced Port Management | 3 | Advanced Design of Marine Engines and Systems | 3 | |
| Ph. D. Courses | |||
| Winter | Spring | ||
| Analysis of Maritime Insurance Law | 3 | Maritime Container Transportation | 3 |
| Cruising Management & Marina Marketing | 3 | Shipping Finance | 3 |
| Simulation and Troubleshooting of Marine Engines & Systems | 3 | The Main Concepts of International Law of The Seas and Legal Status of Turkish Straits | 3 |
| Environmental Management in Marine Operations | 3 | Accidents at Sea and Their Legal Analysis | 3 |
| Marine Diesel Engines Principles and Practice | 3 | Optimization Techniques in Maritime Management | 3 |
| Mechanical Vibrations of Marine Engines Propulsion Systems | 3 | Thermo hydraulic Simulation of Marine Diesel Engines | 3 |
| CAD / CAM of Marine Diesel Engines | 3 | ||
Master's: The master's program requires 24 credits of courses to be completed in at most four successive semesters, a non-credit graduate seminar and a Master's thesis, which is non-credit.
At least 12 credit hours of department courses are compulsory. Additional credit hours will be taken either from the Maritime Transportation Engineering program's elective courses or from other programs' elective courses of Institute of Science and Technology if approved by the candidate's advisory committee and graduate advisor.
The student chooses 3 areas of concentration: Maritime and Port Management, Marine Engineering and Navigation. Presently, more than 50 students are registered to the program.
The applicants to the program mainly come from maritime subjects like deck or marine engineering, naval architecture, and navy. But the program is open to the graduates of some other engineering subjects like mechanical engineering, meteorological engineering. Besides that, graduates of business administration and economy are also accepted. Most of the students also work in maritime companies during their study.
Ph.D.: For admission to the Ph.D. program, the applicant must hold a Master Degree and have a background in Maritime Subjects. This program also requires 24 credit hours and a Ph.D. thesis.
Since a Ph.D. program is essentially the pursuit of individual interest in a specific professional field, the course work is planned under the guidance of an advisor to fit the student's specific needs and objectives. Presently, 4 students are registered to the program.
The specific objective of the Graduate Program is the training of qualified graduate students, working toward the M.S. or Ph.D. degree, who have developed research interests in Maritime subjects. Both Master and Ph.D. programs seek to graduate professionals who can create feasible solutions for the problems in maritime sector and bring up academicians for the maritime undergraduate/graduate education.
| Prof.Dr.Nil Güler | Prof.Dr.Osman Kamil Sag |
| Department Head | Dean |
| Istanbul Technical University | Istanbul Technical University |
| Maritime Faculty | Maritime Faculty |
| Department of Maritime Transportation and Management |
