Civil Engineering Istanbul Technical University

Overview

Istanbul Technical University's Civil Engineering Department has successfully undertaken its mission to educate top quality civil engineers in the past and in present by adapting to the changes in education and technology while respecting traditions, maintaining the largest and most competent faculty profile, continuously developing and updating the educational and research infrastructure, focusing more on innovation and entrepreneurship, and placing greater emphasis on internationalization and international collaboration.

Student Outcomes

The student outcomes describing the knowledge, the skills, and the attitudes that the graduates of our program will have can be listed as:

• an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering

• an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data

• an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability

• an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams

• an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems

• an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility

• an ability to communicate effectively

• the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context

• a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning

• a knowledge of contemporary issues

• an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.