DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

Our Mining Engineering Department, which was established in order to graduate engineers and to develop methods for the recovery of our surface and underground resources from the aspects of technology, economy and the environment, was firstly opened in 1972 as a different discipline within the constitution of Ege University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Although the formal education pioneered in the month of October of the same year, the department was only able to complete its set up in 1975. The Mining Engineering Department, which was connected to the Faculty of Mechanics in 1978, moved to the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture with the establishment of Dokuz Eylul University in 1982. At present, our department is structurally affiliated with the Faculty of Engineering of Dokuz Eylul University and provides formal education and also secondary (evening) education since the year 1992. The department that attempts to keep up with the innovations of the era has therefore passed to English-aided education in 1997-1998 in this context and the total education period increased to 5 years with an additional English preparatory class.
The Department, which had very limited academic staff and laboratory facilities in the beginning, developed itself hugely in time and in our day it consists of 41 academic staff who serves under the divisions of Mining Engineering, Mineral Processing and Mine Mechanization and Technology. Our department also contains Ore Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, Mineral Processing, Mine Planning, Chemistry, Rock Mechanics, Flotation, Ceramic Technology and Extractive Metallurgy laboratories surpassing its equivalent departments in Turkey.
The Department, which gave the first graduates back in 1977, graduated over 1400 mining engineers up to date. In our day, currently 473 students are studying mining engineering as major both in formal and evening education programs. In addition to this, the department has graduated about 100 M.Sc. and 40 Ph.D. engineers since its establishment.

Qualification Awarded

Mining Engineering, Bachelor's Degree (B.Sc)

Level of Qualification

First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

High school diploma, placement through a nation-wide Student Selection Examination.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

Vertical transfers to Dokuz Eylul University from any Higher Education Institution in Turkey or in the world can be made by Regulations for the transfers among the associate and bachelors degree programmes of Higher Education Institutes, Double Major, Minor and Interinstitutional Credit Transfer and Evaluation Requirements for Vertical Transfer defined by the University Senate.
Regulations on the Vocational school and associate programme graduates continuing Bachelors Education is applied for Vocational school graduates to continue their education for obtaining Bachelors degrees.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Students must obtain a grade point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and successfully pass all courses on the programme (equivalent to a total of 240 ECTS) and complete 12 weeks training programme and design project.

Profile of the Programme

The primary purpose of Mining Engineering department is to graduate expert, reseacher and modern engineers who can serve in mining industry and treat natural sources by having comprehensive knowledge and talent, and being aware of environmental sensitiveness, ethics, importance of learning and facts of life.
The education is in Turkish. The courses in first two years are compulsory. In the first year, mostly mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer, technical drawing, and some basic engineering courses are given. The technical courses related to the field are offered in following years. The students are required to be registered in 3 of technical elective ( two of them are problem-based) and 2 of social elective courses. In the senior year, open pit mine planning, underground mine planning and mineral processing plant design courses are offered by the department. Students are required to prepare an undergraduate thesis in the same year. Students ought to complete 12 weeks of training over the course of their education.
Successful students can complete Double Major and/or Minor Programme of departments in Faculty of Engineering. Students can obtain another diploma by completing Double Major Programme, and have certificate in second branch by completing Minor Programme. The department has been accredited by MUDEK since 2006 and had EUR-ACE label since 2009.
BOLOGNA process has been started in 2010. The program objectives and outcomes have been revised and updated according to the MUDEK requirements and the feedbacks from the internal and external partners. Dokuz Eylül Universitys application for Diploma Supplement Label in June 2012 has been found successful by European Commission and the department can supply Diploma Supplement Label since then. The process of obtaining ECTS label is still in progress as of 2013.
Department has bilateral agreements with four universities under the ERASMUS Students and Scholars Exchange Program since 2004. In addition, FARABI program has also been initiated in 2010.
The education and research activities in the department are performed with the academic staff including 12 professors, 15 associate professors, 2 assistant professors, 12 research assistants, 1 technician, 2 chemists as of 2017.
The department is serving to the researchers and the industry with the laboratories of Ore Microscopy, X-Ray, Chemical Analysis, Sample Preparation, Crushing and Grinding, Sieving and Classification, Chemical and Environmental Mining, Coal Technology, Agglomeration, Drying and Heat Treatment, Magnetic Enrichment, Gravimetric Enrichment, Flotation, Surface Chemistry, Industrial Raw Materials, Pilot Scale Equipments, Rock and Ground Mechanics, Natural Stones, Ventilation and Mine Mechanics.

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

This degree enables the holder to design, plan, construct both underground and open pit mining operations, to become an safety consultant of mines, sign and seal both mining and mineral processing projects and to give ability to the holder to utilize natural resources efficiently.
Our graduates can find a position in public and private sector. The primary public corporations are Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, and head offices of these ministries (MTA, TKİ, TTK, DSİ, etc.), provincial directorates, city halls. Also although the constructions of road, tunnel and dam are not related directly to the mining activities, it provides additional work opportunity to our graduates.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to second cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Related items in the Regulations on Associate and Bachelors Education and Examination and Regulations on Teaching and Examination of Engineering Faculty are applied for exams and class passing. The grade to pass is DD and to graduate is CC.
Assesment and Evaluation Methods are defined in the Course Plan included in information package for each courses prepared by related professor.

Graduation Requirements

Students must obtain a grade point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00 and successfully pass all courses on the programme (equivalent to a total of 240 ECTS) and complete 12 weeks training programme and design project to be graduated 4-year programme.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Head of Department
Prof. Dr. Vedat ARSLAN
E-mail: vedat.arslan@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 232 301 75 01

Bologna Programme Coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Mehmet TANRIVERDİ
E-mail: m.mehmet@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 232 301 75 26