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In compliance with our University’s mission and vision, long term strategic goal of the Faculty of the Civil Engineering is to implement engineering education and training in such a way that our graduates can successfully compete at international level. Since 1996, efforts towards program and infra structure development have been carried out to reach this goal. Among these efforts reviewing and updating the education programs and curricula for the departments had been the first priority. All education programs were reviewed in 1997 and 2003, and as a result of these reviews, improvements based on international standards for engineering education have been implemented to fulfill the following goals:

• help the students to gain ability for lifetime learning

• satisfy the internationally accepted criteria in engineering curriculum

• provide students opportunities of study in multi-disciplinary areas and promote cooperation between the departments

• graduate engineers with special skills and characteristics expected from today’s engineers (reformist, global viewing capability and environmental knowledge, informed about professional ethics, sensitive to actual developments, accustomed to team work, etc)

New education model in our university, developed according to Total Quality System Approach has been implemented successfully. This model is based on the concept of educating students in such away that while attaining best qualities in their profession also become socially compatible individuals with the modern society.

Some features of the new system include measuring the student’s success with a relative goaling systems opportunities for selecting area of interest through internal transfer system, giving chance for double major for successful students, and giving students the opportunity to compensate lost terms or to provide possibility of early graduation. Additionally, the mission and vision of each department are specially defined.

New education model, based on the philosophy of Total Quality System is based on the ABET and similar international accreditation models. In this model, beside compulsory courses, elective courses up to 40%, give students opportunity to develop themselves in the direction of personal interests and capabilities. On the other hand, the other two main aspects of the model are compulsory foreign language courses and usage of information technologies.

There are three departments in the Faculty: Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Photogrametry Engineering, Environmental Science Engineering. In all three departments, activities in the areas of education, research and implementation are being carried out in the content of the Continuous Quality Improvement Project in Education (EKSIP)...

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