General Information

The department consists of one program. In the department; In addition to the machines used in pre-harvest, harvest, and post-harvest processes, education, training, research, design, and manufacturing studies are carried out on agricultural technologies, energy in agriculture, and precision agriculture applications. The aim of the department is to raise the level of knowledge by training qualified engineers, enabling research and application activities, and to meet the needs of modern agriculture and industry by seeking solutions to the problems related to the subject in a planned manner.

Length of Programme & Number of Credits

4 Year - 240 ECTS

Feature & Definition

This program consists of a department and includes 7 semesters of theoretical and applied basic science and field courses and 1 semester of workplace training, which students practice in the 8th semester. In addition to the machines used in pre-harvest, harvest and post-harvest processes, education, training and research, design and manufacturing studies are carried out on agricultural technologies, energy in agriculture and precision agriculture applications. The aim of the department is to increase the level of knowledge by training qualified engineers, enabling research and application activities, and to meet the needs of modern agriculture and industry by seeking solutions to the problems related to the subject in a planned manner. Graduates of Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Engineering Department in related public institutions; tractors and agricultural machinery manufacturing, marketing and sales sector, engineering services, education and training institutions, soil cultivation, planting-planting and maintenance, plant protection, irrigation and harvest-threshing, post-harvest machines and technologies and product processing technologies, greenhouse construction, They have work areas such as manufacturing and management of renewable energy systems, manufacturing and management-management of machinery and technologies used in livestock, occupational safety and energy efficiency expertise in institutions related to equipment, design, manufacture and automation.

Mode of Study

Full Time

Head of Department

Prof. Dr. ZELİHA BEREKET BARUT

ECTS / Course Catalog Coordinator

Doç. Dr. TUNAHAN ERDEM

Erasmus Coordinator

Prof. Dr. KUBİLAY KAZIM VURSAVUŞ

Internship Coordinator

Prof. Dr. ALİ MUSA BOZDOĞAN

Orientation Staff

Prof. Dr. ALİ BAYAT

Goals

PEA-1: Graduates of the Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Engineering Department take part in engineers, consultants, operators, and managers in public, private sector, and non-governmental organizations. PEA-2: Graduates carry out postgraduate studies in Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Engineering and other related fields, take part in scientific research and projects, and continue their academic careers at universities. PEA-3 Graduates can establish agricultural machinery manufacturing, developing, export and importing, marketing, maintenance-repairing, and/or other agricultural commercial enterprises with their personal initiatives.

Objectives

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES Our department was established in 1970 as Agricultural Machinery Chair. The main purpose of the studies in our department; To produce and disseminate information for the design, manufacture, selection, efficient operation, healthy and safe use and protection of agricultural machinery required for Agricultural Production, To ensure more efficient and comfortable use of existing agricultural machinery (intelligent machines, more hydraulic systems, etc.), Designing and manufacturing machines that are not in our country and putting them into service (In this sense, many machines have been designed and manufactured in our department and put into mass production. Lentil harvesting machines, grass mechanization machines, seedling machines, citrus spraying, pruning machines etc.. can be counted in this sense. ), To provide samples of machines in other countries that are not available in our country, and present them to manufacturers and producers (For example, for the first time in our country and in our Region, pneumatic planting machines, spraying machines, soil tillage machines, etc.. Many machines suitable for modern agricultural techniques were brought by our department, leading them to enter the Region and Turkish Agriculture.) . For these purposes, our Department continues its education and training activities in higher education. In line with the realization of these duties, the areas of expertise in our Department are shaped as follows. Energy Conversion Systems, Agricultural Tractors, Thermal Engines, Ergonomics, Tillage Machinery, Sowing, Planting, Fertilizing Machines, Plant Protection Machinery, Harvest and Threshing Machines, Post Harvest Process Technologies, Agricultural Machinery Management and Planning, Sustainable Agricultural Technologies Animal Production Technologies, Greenhouse Technologies, mechatronics, Precision Agriculture Technologies, Computer Aided Design. In parallel with the developments in the world, the new research topics targeted by our Department can be summarized as follows; Precision Agriculture: Input-yield evaluation with variable-level input application in the field of agricultural production and applications of environmentally friendly agricultural machinery, Ergonomics in Mechanization: Machine design and optimization studies to create efficient, healthy and safe working conditions in agricultural mechanization, New spraying techniques: Low-environmental risk spraying techniques, Energy saving: Automation and energy saving studies in greenhouse cultivation, Drying Mechanization: Drying mechanization of medicinal and aromatic plants, Developing relations and cooperation with the agricultural machinery manufacturing industry, Establishment of an accreditation center infrastructure for agricultural machinery. Development of safety systems in agricultural machinery. Adaptation of smart systems to existing machines. Use of more hydraulic systems on existing machines. To ensure the availability of the same machine for multiple jobs. To ensure the development of electronic control systems by reducing fuel savings and emission values ​​in agricultural tractors. To ensure the use of new generation materials in agricultural machinery. Sustainable agricultural techniques: In today's world, the sustainability of production, especially the protection and continuity of the efficiency and health of natural resources, has gained importance and is among the development goals of countries. For this reason, the sustainability of agricultural production is within the plans of agricultural policies. One of the important tasks that our department has undertaken and fulfilled as an important contribution to the practice until today is the experiments of agricultural machinery. Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Engineering Departments of universities have been authorized for these duties since the 1950s, and these duties have been successfully carried out by our departments.

Specific Admission Requirements

Placement through a centralized national university placement examination (ÖSYS). Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM) is responsible to place students according to their ÖSYS scores.

Qualification Awarded

Agricultural Engineer

Level of Qualification

Bachelor's

Qualification Requirements of Graduation

Students are required to be successful in all courses, practices and studies in the curriculum of the department or program they are enrolled in. A student who has completed at least 240 ECTS credits at the 4-year faculty undergraduate level and has a GPA of at least 2.00 is deemed to have earned the right to graduate.

Access to Further Studies

Students who successfully complete their undergraduate education in this program can continue their education in their own field or in related fields as a result of the evaluation of ALES, Undergraduate Graduation GPA, and interview exam together, within the framework of "Ç.Ü. Graduate Education and Training Regulations".

Internship

Non

Applied Course

Non

Work Placement

In the 8th semester of the program, applied workplace training is given in private or public institutions and organizations in accordance with the program, 5 days a week (8 hours / day) for 17 weeks. The credit of the Workplace Training course is 5+20 (T+U) 30 ECTS.

Double Major, Additional Major & Exchange Possibilities

Dual degree programs are academic programs that allow you to earn two degrees simultaneously such as Plant Protection, Field Crops, Horticulture, Animal Science, Plant Nutrition and Soil Department, Departments of Agricultural Economics, and Mechanical Engineering Department of Engineering Faculty along with Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Program.

Employment Opportunities

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Universities The Ministry of Labor and Social Security Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ministry of Industry and Technology Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources Municipalities Agricultural Credit Cooperatives Technotowns Agricultural machinery manufacturers and dealers Food machinery manufacturers and dealers Tractor manufacturers and dealers Banks Private sector organizations dealing with agriculture