Altınova Vocational School

Hi everyone, I'm Mustafa Rüçhan Pekcan. I am the Deputy Director of Altınova Vocational School of Yalova University. I graduated from Çanakkale 18 March University, Department of Fisheries Engineering. I did my master's degree at Kastamonu University. I started working at Yalova University in 2019. I'm still working as the deputy director. The Vocational School, local government Tersan Shipyard and our university are a project initiated within the framework of cooperation. We have 3 programs in Altınova Vocational School: Underwater Technology Program, Ship Building Program and Welding Technology. In the Welding Technology Program, with the support of the local government, we provide welding training in the public education center. Thanks to our partnership Tersan, they can provide us with technical equipment such as the welding machines. We have 13 teachers in our academic staff. The majority of our teachers are teachers with private sector experience. We make sufficient use of the years of experience gained by our teachers during the trainings. Our laboratory was founded as a part of the Bank project. It works as a test center for shipyards. In this way, a space will be created where more detailed studies will be carried out for the future. Our students complete 30 work days of vocational internships before graduating. After completing these internships, they can graduate. We also give our students the necessary guidance regarding their 30-day vocational internship, but they can also do their internships where they want to. Our Welding Technology Program and Ship Building Program offers a 3+1 system. They receive these trainings in the third and fourth periods of their second year. Our students who graduate from the Ship Building Program can work in mechanical workshops, shipyards and design studios. After graduating, students of the Department of Welding Technology can work in many places involved in machinery manufacturing, automotive, transportation and all other related sectors. Our vocational school guarantees employment. Graduate students start working in shipyards thanks to our involvement with the sector. In addition, students who want to work in these shipyards as subcontractors can start their own businesses. Yalova University is in a province that attracts many people thanks to its nature. It is located in the middle of major cities such as Istanbul, Bursa and Kocaeli. Therefore, our university is preferred a lot. I wish success to students who will choose our vocational school.