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In this connection, as a first step, the Department of Civil Engineering has been awarded with ISO 9001-2000 certification by BVQI in 2005, after auditing by UKAS. It is targeted that national and international levels are reached in the laboratory activities as well as research and implementation activities in practice.

During EU process, Faculty of Civil Engineering has started to participate in faculty members and students exchange programs in the frame of ERASMUS program. Each department has a sister department at a European Country and correspondent relations have already been started.

In our departments, with their modern spaces and laboratories, education and training, as well as research and development activities are carried out. The system has necessary dynamics to follow up with current science and technology.

The history of the Faculty of Civil Engineering is identical with the history of Yildiz Technical University. With a similar mission and vision today’s YTU in 1911, with the name of School of Conductors geared to educate technicians for public works. During the early years of young Turkish Republic the school continued its mission and in 1937 its statue was changed to an engineering college with the name of Istanbul Technical School, later in 1969 keeping the same status its name was changed to Istanbul State Academy of Engineering and Architecture. Finally, it became Yildiz University in 1982 and Yildiz Technical University in 1992. During these years of progress one thing has never changed: to offer a good engineering education for students.

As a classical engineering branch, civil engineering appeared at the beginning of the last century with the name of Civil Engineering, started in this university in 1937. Another engineering branch was started in 1949, with the name of Mapping and Cadastral Engineering. Completing 53 years of successful education, this department is now continuing its activities under the name of Geodesy and Photogrametry Engineering.

In the last quarter of the last century, environmental issues reached to a significant level, and therefore a third department, the Environmental Science Engineering Department was established. Now the Faculty of Civil Engineering has three well-known departments: Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Photogrametry Engineering and Environmental Science Engineering.

In departments of Civil Engineering and Geodesy and Photogrametry Engineering two different undergraduate programs are carried out concurrently. First program is between 8:00 and 18: 00 hours, whereas second program is between 16:00-22:00, hours. The approximate number of students in each department is shown below.

In all three departments there are sufficient numbers of faculty members: Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors, as well as lecturers and research assistants (see web site of the departments).

Regarding graduate study, there are six fields of study in the Civil Engineering Department, namely: Hydraulics, Transportation, Engineering Mechanics, Structures, Coastal and Harbour Engineering, and Geotechnics. There are two fields of study in Geodesy and Photography Engineering Department: Geomatics, Remote Sensing and GIS. Together with the Environmental Sciences there are nine fields for graduate study, leading to both Master of Science and Doctorate degrees.

In addition to education, many research projects supported by different organizations, i.e., TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Committee), DPT (State Planning Organization), KOSGEP (Small and Middle Scale Companies Research and Development Project) are being carried out in all three. Also, technical consulting services, laboratory testing services, and design services, as well as continuing education courses are offered to public.

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