CIVIL ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)

The aim of Civil Engineering Department is to provide its students with the knowledge and skills within industry structure planning, designing and constructing all kinds of buildings, dams, airports, bridges, roads, channels, pipelines, water treatment stations, tunnels, railways, metros and the like.

Civil Engineering is one of the oldest engineering branches of the world, which appeared with the transition of human to permanent settlement. Having become one of the important engineering branches in the light of the advanced technological and scientific developments, civil engineering has been in a constant development and motion through the changing life styles and expectations of the human kind.

Engineers carry out the planning, projecting, construction and auditing of all kinds of living spaces that you may imagine from residences to hospital buildings, dams to bridges, ports to water supply networks, shopping malls to schools as well as of service and industrial structures. Istanbul Gelisim University, Faculty of Civil Engineering has been raising such engineers that understand the requirements of their age, have the capacity to design human-sensitive, environment-friendly projects and successful in team-working.

Students of the Department of Civil Engineering receive basic courses like mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, computer programs, etc. in the first year of their education and they begin to receive technical courses and design projects in fields covered by the civil engineering department as of the 2^nd grade. The students who are granted with the internship opportunity are experiencing their theoretical knowledge in practice, as well. Some of the courses in the Department of Civil Engineering are performed at laboratories so as to ensure that practical training is provided to students. The curriculum of the Department of Civil Engineering was designed as per ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) in accordance with the Bologna Process.

Technological developments have paved the way for positive developments in the field of Civil Engineering, as in every field. Compared to previous years, more complex, environmentally friendly and sustainable projects and designs can be easily put into practice with the opportunities provided by technology. Due to the rapid population growth worldwide and the urbanization rates triggered by this situation, Civil Engineering will continue to be an engineering branch that supports and facilitates life with its infrastructure and superstructure elements in the future.

The Department of Civil Engineering offers a wide line of business. Graduates of this department can find an employment opportunity in any place where construction exists. They can find jobs at companies that develop, project new living spaces, airports, dams, roads, bridges as well as hundreds of structure types, or at auditing institutions in accordance with their fields of interest and expertise.

The graduates can work as academicians, researchers and experts in national or international universities, research centers and corporations.

Civil Engineering Department may be a suitable choice for candidates who want to take part in the planning and design stages of various projects such as buildings, bridges, roads, railways, dams, ports, who are interested in risk analysis and building information modeling, who take environmental and sustainability issues into account, who can make fast and accurate decisions, who follow current developments in the field, and who have a high entrepreneurial and research spirit and want to improve these aspects.