Metalurgical and Materials Engineering

Professor Fatih Çalışkan. I am a faculty member at Sakarya University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Technology, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. Our department is a department whose quality is certified by MÜDEK (Engineering Education Programs Evaluation and Accreditation Association), which evaluates engineering programs. We shape our training programs according to the priority areas and requirements of our country, as well as the needs of our sector stakeholders and the requisites of the era we live in. In our department, which adopts the principle of transforming our knowledge into skills, we apply an education model in almost all of our courses which reinforces the initial theoretical knowledge by practicing it afterwads. In our department, besides basic engineering courses such as physics and chemistry, basic vocational courses such as heat treatment, iron and steel metallurgy, ceramic materials, extractive metallurgy and thermodynamics are given. In addition, we try to broaden the vision of our students, especially by opening elective courses on emerging technologies. In order to train our students with confident application skills and the ability to apply their knowledge, there are many laboratories such as casting, ceramics, heat treatment, metallography, plastic shaping, microscopy with a closed area of 1200 square meters. In our Metallurgical and Materials Engineering department, there is an internship practice of 40 working days in total for 20 + 20 working days in the summer period within the scope of applying the theory, which we have adopted as a principle for our students. However, in the last year of their education, namely in the 7th and 8th periods according to their choice, students go to the workplace training practice in the form of a 16-week candidate engineer. Also in the 7th and 8th semesters, there are final projects and design lessons. In this context, our students reveal their knowledge and complete their studies with an innovative perspective. And at the end of this, our external stakeholders, students, and our Dean's Office come together to organize a competition for students and offer a fair competition environment.
Almost half of our Metallurgical and Materials Engineering faculty members have doctorate degrees from the universities abroad, and in general, our faculty members are very well connected with the universities abroad. In this context, we send our students to European Union member countries within the scope of Erasmus and to countries outside the European Union within the scope of Mevlana Programs every year. In parallel with the trainings we provide during the semester, we take our students to technical trips. Thanks to these trips, where our students can witness the application of the theoretical knowledge they have acquired on a macro scale in corporate and medium-sized companies, their horizons are broadened. In addition, they take part in many national and international conferences, symposiums and scientific studies, including our faculty members. Our Metallurgical and Materials Engineering students can work at all production levels, from raw materials to finished products. On a unit basis, they work in almost all sectors, including the iron and steel industry, the automotive industry, the aviation industry, the glass industry, the ceramic industry, and the manufacturing industry. It should not be forgotten that engineering is not possible without materials. Metallurgical and materials engineering is where manufacturing touches life. If you want to be in production, if you want to touch life, our Metallurgical and Materials Engineering department is exactly what you are looking for. In this sense, you can also take part in this department to shape your future. Sakarya has a good location, both due to its proximity to Istanbul and other major cities and to being a transit point. We offer our students a wide range of activities outside of the classroom with our social facilities, sports facilities, library and education centers both in our city and on our campus. I wish success to the candidates who will prefer Sakarya University of Applied Sciences Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.