Department Mission

The Department of Industrial Engineering, which offers undergraduate and graduate level education at international quality and standards, aims to supply future engineers with:

• The professional basic knowledge and skills
• The skills of analysis, synthesis, design, and application
• The ability to work in teams
• The notions of learning to learn and life-long learning
• The ability to use English language efficiently
• Efficient usage of computer and computer technology
• Self-confidence and quick decision making ability.

Our departmental objective is to provide high quality education and to develop a high level of conscience in education and research through our MS and PhD programs. Graduate research topics have the potential to contribute to the education of our students and thus an original contribution to international scientific literature is attained.

In addition, our department has contributed to various national and international scientific activities and we aim to increase these in the future. Through activities like conferences, seminars, congresses, and through papers published in international refereed journals, not only our department and the university but also the TRNC have been promoted and this effort will continue.

Our department has been initiating projects that will contribute to the efficiency and efficacy of our university in various areas. One of these is the Double Major Program jointly developed with the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Distinguishing Attributes

The Industrial Engineering Department is known for the:

• Experienced, dynamic, and research-oriented faculty members
• Modern classrooms, equipment and laboratory facilities
• Courses that are designed to meet the needs of the future
• Technological innovations
• Opportunity to get a double major with Mechanical Engineering (This program, accredited by the Turkish Higher Education Council, provides the opportunity to obtain two separate diplomas with an additional educational duration of at least two semesters)
• Opportunity to participate in the academic and social activities organized within the department
• Graduate programs leading to MS and PhD degrees
• Ongoing ABET accreditation process

Department Facilities

Within the Industrial Engineering premises, there are laboratories for educational and research purposes, a student club which fosters professional and social development among students, a library, a reading room, seven classrooms, a multi-purpose auditorium equipped with sophisticated sound and light technology, and a seminar room with a wide selection of audiovisual presentation tools. All classrooms and offices have central heating and cooling.

We have various laboratories for education and research purposes. These are computer laboratories, equipped with the recent state-of-the-art technology, providing service to students 7 days a week, 14 hours a day; simulation and optimization laboratory, used mostly for graduate research; multimedia laboratory, used for the purpose of preparing files that contain multi-media communication tools and CDs, or for presentations that require sound and action; work study and ergonomics laboratory, mostly used for undergraduate courses, and computer integrated manufacturing laboratory, used for enabling students to comprehend and apply computer integrated manufacturing.

Quality of Graduates

The value of our graduates is understood better day after day in various fields of the industry. Our graduates can find jobs in Turkey , TRNC or other countries, in mid-sized firms as well as large corporations. It is quite common for our students ending up having job offers as they attract the attention of firms during their comprehensive industrial training. Our students prove that they can provide added value to many fields due to their engineering knowledge, application skills, and foreign language.

Our graduates are accepted into MS, MBA, and PhD programs of esteemed educational institutions such as Northeastern University (USA), University of Hartford (USA), University of Louisiana (USA), London School of Economics ( UK ), Linköpings University ( Sweden ), Bosphorus University ( Turkey ), and Istanbul Technical University ( Turkey ).

Job Opportunities

Industrial Engineers can work in many areas in the industry. Some of the possible employment areas include technology management, operations research, systems engineering, optimization, flexible manufacturing systems, planning and control of production and inventory systems, ergonomics, computer applications, process control, multi-objective decision making, machine scheduling, performance evaluation, simulation, service sector, and administrative duties.

In the information and technology age, industrial engineers are also expected to find many job opportunities in emerging areas such as knowledge management, innovation/R&D management, technology management, change management, and supply chain management.

Among the notable institutions our graduates are employed by are (in alphabetical order) Acibadem Health Group, Arçelik, Aslan Boya (TRNC), Beko, CitiBank, Dagli Trading (TRNC), Danone, Ford Otosan, Innova IT Solutions (METU Technopark), Ipragaz, Kale Oto, Lucas Electric, MAN Türkiye, Mavi Jeans, Osmanli Bankasi, Petrol Ofisi, Philips&Morris, Profilo, SakoSA, Süperpak Ambalaj, ToyotaSA, Turkcell, Türkiye Is Bankasi, and Weber-Markem.