PhD
MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING DOCTORAL PROGRAM
 
In the most general sense, mechatronics engineering deals with the problem of directing a system to the desired state with appropriate software and hardware. After the industrial revolution, some problems that occurred due to the rapidly developing technology and the rapid increase in production led people to seek new ways to get more efficiency. The use of the information obtained because of the research in the industry and other systems that produce from the industry has created synergy between different engineering fields and has led to the birth of a new interdisciplinary engineering branch, “Mechatronics Engineering.
Mechatronics Engineering is one of the major engineering disciplines that inspires the future and guides various extraordinary technological leaps that have the potential to shape the future. Mechatronics Engineering doctorate programs within our university meet the demand for highly qualified personnel in the field of Mechatronics Engineering in academia and industry.
To be a national and international contemporary and respected program that will train high-qualified manpower to work in research and development studies in Mechatronics Engineering, create scientific and technological knowledge, and play an active role in the innovative development of our national mechatronics engineering industry are among the main objectives of this program.
The doctoral program, by carrying out original scientific research and development studies in different fields of mechatronics, to train qualified research engineers and academicians who are sensitive to global environmental and security problems to meet the needs of universities and the mechatronics engineering industry, teaches in a structure that transfers theory and theory to practice and educates doctors at international level. To be a pioneer training program among similar institutions, whose engineers provide benefits to our society and humanity.
 
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Study Subjects:
 
• Mechatronics System Modeling and Design
• Modeling, Simulation and System Determination
• Industrial automation
• Robotics
• Process Control, Measurement and Instrumentation
• Motion Control Systems (Servo Systems, Electric Transportation Systems, etc.)
• Drive Systems (Electric, Electronic, Pneumatic and Hydraulic)
• Intelligent Systems (Fuzzy Control, Artificial Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms etc.)
• Control of energy systems
• Computer Based Real Time Control Systems
 
 
Goals:

To train engineers who develop economic methods for the benefit of mankind by using the knowledge gained through study, experimentation, and application from mathematical and natural sciences wisely.
 
To prepare students for a successful engineering career by gaining the ability to apply their knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to Mechatronics Engineering problems.
 
To acquire the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge to design a system, product component, and process in accordance with relevant standards and limitations, as well as considering economy, efficiency, and environmental and social impacts.
 
To gain the ability to identify, formulate, model, analyze and solve Mechatronics Engineering problems, to design and conduct experiments when necessary, and to analyze and interpret the results.
 
To enable them to use the necessary modern engineering, calculation, and presentation equipment for this purpose.
 

 
Job Opportunities:
 
The fact that Mechatronics Engineers can apply their skills in almost every subject in today's world offers them wide working opportunities in their engineering life. Students who graduate from the Mechatronics doctorate program can easily find a job, and some of them even start working while they are still students.
 
Graduates of the Mechatronics engineering doctorate program can also work as research, design and production engineers in small and medium-sized businesses that design and manufacture Mechatronic systems. Students who complete this program also could start their own business operating in the field of Mechatronics with a small capital.
 
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS TO THE DOCTORAL PROGRAM
 
To apply for the PhD program, candidates must meet the following conditions:
 
• To have a master's degree with thesis (excluding preparatory classes, those who take ten semesters of undergraduate education are considered to have a master's degree) and to have received at least 55 points from ALES in the score type of the program applied.
 
• ALES is not required for foreign students.
 
• Those who apply to the doctorate program with a bachelor's degree must have a minimum of 3.00 or an equivalent point out of 4.00, and to have received at least 80 points in the score type of the program they applied for.
 
• To have at least 55 points from the international foreign language exams accepted as equivalent to the central foreign language exams accepted by the Higher Education Council other than their mother tongue, or to have an equivalent score from the international foreign language exams whose equivalence is accepted by ÖSYM.
 
 
 
ASSESSMENT AND STUDENT ACCEPTANCE IN DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
 
The evaluation of the applications of the candidates and the admission of students to the programs are made according to the following conditions:
                                                                                     
•  Success grade in the admission of the candidates who will apply to the doctorate program with a master's or bachelor's degree with thesis; It is calculated by taking 50% of the ALES score, 10% of the graduate or undergraduate grade point average, 30% of the written exam score and 10% of the interview exam score. Written exams and interviews may not be held in disasters and epidemics. In these cases, in student admission; The score obtained as a result of the sum of 50% of the ALES score and 10% of the undergraduate grade point average is ranked starting from the highest and students are admitted within the quota, starting from the candidate with the highest score. A reserve list equal to half of the quota is announced.
 
•  Written exam is determined by evaluating out of 100 full marks. Candidates who do not take the written exam or whose score is below 75 are considered unsuccessful.
 
•  Candidates who cannot be included in the list due to the quota within the overall success grade are ranked according to their success scores and form the substitutes.

 
 
DOCTOR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
 
For the students studying in this program to graduate,
 
  • They are required to register for at least 7 courses (21 local credits) and Seminar, Specialized Courses and Doctoral Thesis and complete at least 240 ECTS credits.
  • They are required to have a GPA of at least 3.00 out of 4.00 from all the courses stipulated in the program and to be successful in the Seminar course and the Doctoral Thesis Defense.
 
 
Evaluation Methods:
 
Exam (Interterm Exam, Quiz, Final), Experiment, Homework, Project
 
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Degree to be taken:
When the program is successfully completed and the program qualifications are met, a "PhD" degree in Mechatronics Engineering is obtained.
 
 
 

 
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TO GRADUATE PROGRAMS
 
a) To have a bachelor's or master's degree.
b) To have language proficiency. For the language proficiency of master and doctoral program candidates.
  • Must have at least a B2 level document proving that he knows Turkish from the exams held by TÖMER or equivalent official institutions.
  • Those who do not have a certificate of at least B2 level that they can speak Turkish in the exams held by TÖMER and its equivalent official institutions, gain Turkish language proficiency if they get at least 50 points from the language exams held by TÖMER and official institutions. Candidates who are unsuccessful in this exam are given a maximum of two (2) semesters to learn Turkish, and during this period, the candidates can continue their education and training. The records of the candidates who do not receive at least B2 level documents are deleted at the end of 1 (one) year.
  • Must have at least a B2 level document proving that they know Turkish from the exams held by TÖMER or equivalent official institutions for language proficiency.
  • Ph.D. candidates who do not have a B2 level certificate in Turkish and have obtained 55 points from an equivalent foreign language exam accepted by YÖK and the Interuniversity Board are required. Candidates for doctoral programs who do not have a foreign language certificate are required to have received at least 55 points out of 100 from the common language exam to be held by the departments or the university. A foreign language requirement is not required if the doctoral program candidates have completed their undergraduate or graduate education in the graduate program of the Karabuk University Institute to which they have applied.
  • Candidates who will apply to programs whose language of instruction is English are required to have received 60 points from an equivalent foreign exam accepted by the Council of Higher Education and the Inter-University Board. Candidates for doctoral programs who do not have a foreign language certificate are required to get at least 60 points out of 100 points from the common foreign language assumption made by the departments or the university.