DEGREE PROGRAMMES

History

Architectural education in the city of Izmir has first been offered in 1963 by Aegean Engineering and Architectural Private School, which has been founded at Buca, Izmir. Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Architecture has then been established in 1992, on the 3rd of July. However, the foundation of the Faculty as party of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Alsancak dates earlier, to the year 1971. The Faculty has been moved to its new building in Buca, Tınaztepe, Kaynaklar Campus in 2004.
Since the beginning of undergraduate architectural education with 12 students in 1972, the Faculty has gone through a number of new developments that have various legal and institutional reflections. One of such is the start of undergraduate education in urban planning with the foundation of the Department of City and Regional Planning in 1979. In time, the two Departments of Architecture and City Planning has taken a prominent place in the establishment of different institutional bodies as part of first the Aegean University Engineering Sciences, Academy of Engineering and Architecture (1971), secondly Aegean University Faculty of Fine Arts (1975), then Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (1982), and finally Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Architecture (1992). Since its inception the department has implemented formal education program. The education language of Bachelors Degree program is Turkish. There are graduate and doctorate (Phd) programs at the department of the city and regional planning in the Institute of Science as well as undergraduate program. The education language of graduate program is English.

Qualification Awarded

City and Regional Planning, Bachelor's Degree (B.Sc.)

Level of Qualification

First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

Placement High-school diploma and score of Student Selection Examination organizing at national level. Foreign language preparatory program with one year period is applied within a quota to students who wish join the program. Duration of foreign language preparatory program is not included shown in the curriculum column.

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

There is no special condition for the program beyond existing general rules at the university level. Regulation Regarding Principles of Transferring Between Programs Level of Associates Degree and Bachelors Degree in Higher Education Institutions, Double Major and Minor programs, and Making Credit Transfer Between Institutions and Assessment Terms concerned undergraduate transfer defining by Senate of Dokuz Eylul University are implemented for students wanting undergraduate transfer to Dokuz Eylul University from higher education institutions in Turkey and foreign countries.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

A student is required being grade point average at least 2.00, completing 240 ECTS total, being successful from all courses, completing successfully urban research training (20 workdays 4 weeks) and office training (20 workdays 4 weeks) to successfully complete his/her education and receive a diploma. It has been evaluated according to relative grade system in our department. (Related Regulation Articles: Application Rules of Education and Examination in Faculty of Architecture, Dokuz Eylul University Article 33.3, Article 17)

Profile of the Programme

The aim of education program is to educate qualified people and urban planners who are sensitive to man, nature and cultural processes, have the required professional knowledge and skills and adopt a professionally ethical behaviour. Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning aims at conceiving of the existing economical, social and cultural practices on the one hand, and producing of new alternatives derived from potentials on the other. For this purpose, courses related to urban design, urban planning, mathematics, economy, sociology, statistics, computer, law, ecology, urban geography, history of settlements, transportation, city management, architectural principles, infrastructure, urban conservation and renewal are given in the program. The courses are supported by modenr teaching tools and supplies. In the Department the education is full-time, and daytime and the language of education is Turkish. The Department have a project-based curriculum and the education program is supported by internships. The studies produced in project studios include the process of in-depth research studies. The data obtained in accordance with the information produced by the students in the course is used directly in project work. The project courses are carried out in the form of studio work and the projects are evaluated by the jury system at the end of the Semester. In the Department, due to the nature of the project based education, one to one relationship can be established between lecturers and students. Thus, different options for each student on an individual basis can be produced during the creation process. On the one hand the integration of theory and practice can be provided; experience created can be converted into knowledge through Revolving Fund and the Research Projects on the other.
City planning is an interdisciplinary profession in terms of its structure. This feature of the profession is also reflected in the education program of the Department. The education program contributes to the transformation of spatial environments that have been subject to rapid urbanization and to the production of alternative solutions provided for the existing spatial processes. The Department offers an education that enable the understanding of existing economic, social and cultural processes and that provide developing new options rooted by potentials. The Department educates qualified people and city planners who are sensitive to man, nature and cultural processes, attain professional knowledge and skills and are professionally ethical. Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning conducts research intended to deciphering the functioning of the urban system, understanding which processes the problems are connected with and setting forth the spatial hints in availing the offended social groups for reaching just conditions of living. The Department produces information about the city and delivers this information to the relevant institutions, organizations, and society.
Starting in 2011, The Bologna Process (European Higher Education Area adaptation efforts) that provides travelling of the countrys citizens in the European Higher Education Area in order to educate in higher education or work easily has started. Diploma Supplement can be given to the students who will graduate since 2012. Dokuz Eylul University has obtained Diploma Supplement Label. The studies about ECTS Label are in progress.
Our Department supports exchange of students and academicians with well-known and prestigious international institutions, and thereby upgrades information and experience. By 2012, we have 5 mutual agreements with the ERASMUS Program of student and academician exchange; and 3 mutual agreements with FARABI Exchange Program.

Key Learning Outcomes

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Alumni of the department are employed both in public and private sectors. Data about employment profiles of graduates is not acquired.
Our alumni can be employed both in public and private sectors. Major public institutions employing our alumni are ; The Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, some other ministries, related and provincial directorates of these ministries (such as DSI), municipalities and development agencies. In private sector, there are architecture, construction and development offices, real estate valuation firms, banks, et cetera. Our graduates can also establish their own offices/firms of planning and design, or construction.

Access to Further Studies

May apply to second cycle programmes.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Evaluation and assessment methods for each course are defined in the Course Description Form that prepared by the related faculty member/s and take place within the information package. For examinations and course grades, related items in DEU Associate Degree and Undergraduate Academic and Examination Regulations and Implementing Principles of Academic and Examination of Faculty of Architecture are applied.
Link to Implementing Principles of Academic and Examination of Faculty of Architecture: http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=11392
Link to DEU Associate Degree and Undergraduate Academic and Examination Regulations: http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php KOD=5683

Graduation Requirements

For the graduation, The students should have at least 2.00 GPA, 240 ECTS in completing the courses, the success in all courses and urban research internship and office practice should also be successfully completed. Relative grading system is applied in our department. (related regulations items: Implementing Principles of Academic and Examination of Faculty of Architecture- item 33-3, item 17)

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

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Professor Sezai GÖKSU, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Telephone: +90 232 3018357, +90 232 3018479
Fax: +90 232 4532986
e-mail: sezai.goksu@deu.edu.tr
address: D.E.Ü. Mimarlık Fakültesi Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi Doğuş Cad. No:209 35160 Buca
İZMİR, TURKEY
Assistant Professor Tolga Çilingir, Ph.D.
Vice Department Chair
Telephone: +90 232 3018479
Fax: +90 232 4532986
e-mail: tolga.cilingir@deu.edu.tr
address: D.E.Ü. Mimarlık Fakültesi Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi Doğuş Cad. No:209 35160 Buca
İZMİR, TURKEY
Bologna Undergraduate Coordinators:
Associate professor Sibel Ecemiş KILIÇ, Ph.D
Telephone: +90 232 3018364 +90 232 3018465
Fax: +90 232 4532986
e-mail: sibel.ecemis@deu.edu.tr
address: D.E.Ü. Mimarlık Fakültesi Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi Doğuş Cad. No:209 35160 Buca
İZMİR, TURKEY
Assistant Professor Neslihan KARATAŞ, Ph.D
Telephone: +90 232 3018446
Fax: +90 232 4532986
e-mail: neslihan.karatas@deu.edu.tr
address: D.E.Ü. Mimarlık Fakültesi Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi Doğuş Cad. No:209 35160 Buca
İZMİR, TURKEY