ABOUT DEPARTMENT
General information about the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering profession and the department
Our department trains the qualified human resource needed by the maritime industry in a wide range of fields including ships, marine structures and maritime technologies. Our department is a department that continues its dynamic development process by organizing its educational infrastructure within the framework of international education standards and accreditation criteria.
The number of graduates of YTU Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department constitutes approximately 50% of the number of engineers in ship, yacht construction and sub-industry in our country. The main areas of work of our graduates are; Shipyards, ship and yacht design offices, ship and yacht sub-industry organizations, ship operating (ship-owner) organizations, insurance organizations, classification (loyd, ship inspection and certification) organizations, offshore shift engineering on ships, maritime-related public institutions and defense industry-related organizations.
By taking certain elective courses in the Department, our students, unlike the programs at other universities, also gain the right to work as Oceangoing Watch Engineers on ships.
Prof. Dr. Muhsin AYDIN
Head of Department