Department of Industrial Engineering
Institute of Social Sciences

Department of Industrial Engineering

General Description

It began to provide postgraduate education affiliated with the Institute of Science in 2013. 

Degrees Offered

Thesis Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering

Cycle

Second Cycle / EQF 7 (Master’s Degree)

Admission and Registration Requirements

For Thesis Master’s Degree: To apply for the programme, candidates must hold a bachelor’s diploma, and submit the copy of their ALES score (Academic Staff and Postgraduate Education Admission Exam) which must be at least 55 of quantitative weight (SAY). The exam is centrally held by ÖSYM (Centre for Assessment, Selection, and Placement).

Graduates of the Science and Mathematics, Science and Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Programmes: bachelor’s degree holders in any Department of Engineering, primarily Departments of Industrial Engineering, teaching departments of a Faculty of Education, Department of Mathematics, Mathematics and Computing, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy and Space Sciences; Business Administration, Economics, Econometrics, International Logistics and Transportation, Logistics, International Trade, Management Information Systems, Banking and Finance,  graduates of Army Military Academy, Turkish Air Force Academy, Turkish Naval Academy, and graduates of Turkish National Police Academy who hold a bachelor’s degree can apply for the Thesis Master’s Degree Department. 

Recognition of Prior Learning 

In accordance with Article 10 of the Regulation on Beykent University’s Postgraduate Education and Training, students are admitted to the programmes at Institutes through horizontal transfer provided that they meet the requirements for horizontal transfer, which are determined by the Academic Board upon the Institute Administrative Board’s decision, and the Head of the Department’s opinion. Students submit a letter of application through which they request to be exempt from certain courses within the same postgraduate programme of Beykent University as the courses of their prior postgraduate programme at another university Their application including the course contents and transcripts will be evaluated upon the Institute Administrative Board’s decision, considering the opinion of the Head of the Department, and the Board will decide which courses the students took will be awarded credits for the courses they must take within the Programme they have recently enrolled. The courses students took at the university they attended may be recognised as the elective or compulsory courses with the Institute Administrative Board’s approval. 

If the prior learning is recognised, credits and letter grades of the courses the students passed successfully at their prior higher education institution are transferred in accordance with Article 19 of the Regulation on Beykent University’s Postgraduate Education and Training. Courses are transferred to the students’ transcripts, which state the equivalents in the course plan of the Programme they are enrolled, and include the original name, code, credit of the courses, as well as the grades received from the courses. Thus, the students will be exempt from the courses on condition that the total credits of the courses taken transferred cannot constitute 70% of the total courses required in the programme.

Competence Requirements and Rules 

Thesis Programme: 3 years, 2 terms in each year, 15 weeks in each term, 120 ECTS in total.

Programme Description 

In parallel with the changing requirements in Turkey and the world, we cultivate our students into future engineers, managers, and researchers who:

  1. Have the knowledge and experience to carry out industrial engineering practices in manufacturing and providing services. 
  2. Follow the technological developments in industrial engineering to make predictions about their profession. 
  3. Are able to present their academic studies both on national and or international platforms. 
  4. Carry out the decision-making processes, particularly in uncertainties. 

 

The Programme fundamentally focuses on the supply chain management, inventory planning, optimisation, and decision-making in uncertainties. To this end, the Programme ensures a more effective planning of processes, highlighting the lean manufacturing and fundamentals of management.

In addition, students can study before and after the courses on their own and or in groups. As part of the services offered in the University, we offer the opportunity to benefit from the subscribed databases and the libraries. In this way, we support academic studies. We offer academic advising to our master’s degree students regarding the problems they encounter at their workplaces. 

Enabling the students to prepare a report and a presentation on a subject, we ensure that they make the reports and presentations effectively. During the courses, they have the opportunity to discuss certain academic subjects. In this way, we identify their knowledge level, and make improvements on that matter. 

Learning Outcomes 

Regarding the supply chain management, and to become the best and make decisions in uncertainties, the students:

  1. Have the required knowledge both in theory and practice to solve Industrial Engineering problems. 
  2. Detect, define, formularise, and solve the problems of a system that manufactures products and provides services to choose suitable analytical methods, and modelling techniques. 
  3. Have the skills to develop, choose, and use techniques and tools necessary for the analysis and solution of complicated problems encountered, and to apply the information technologies effectively. 
  4. Collect data, analyse and interpret its results to analyse problems. 
  5. Work actively in teams within the field or multidisciplinary teams, and take responsibility. 
  6. Communicate in Turkish both verbally and in writing. Write reports effectively, and comprehend the reports written, prepare reports about design and manufacturing, make presentations effectively, and have the skills to receive and give instructions clearly. 
  7. Aware of the necessity of lifelong learning, and have the skills of accessing information, follow technological developments, and constantly renewing themselves.
  8. Abide by a code of ethics, aware of their professional and ethical responsibilities, and have the knowledge of the standards of Industrial Engineering applications. 

Career Opportunities

Graduates of Industrial Engineering Master’s Programme can work as senior or middle managers independently of the sector. They can also work as production planning and control specialists, quality management specialists, modelling and optimisation specialists in various sectors. They can establish their own consulting firm in these fields or work in business organisations providing consulting services. 

Students who completed the Thesis Programme successfully may apply for a PhD programme at various universities.