MS without Thesis

Mechanical Engineering

Innovation in product design and manufacturing has become a major driver for industrial competitiveness and profitability in recent years. As enabling technologies become more easily accessible, engineers are faced with increasing demands for designing and producing more complex mechanical devices to serve the needs of the society. Next generation engineering products will be ‘smart’ with many functionalities; they will be made of new materials; they will increase energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact; they will vary in size from nano to mega scales; and they will be more closely integrated with information processing systems. Also as mechanical systems are becoming increasingly complex to analyse and expensive to experiment, more emphasis will have to be placed on computer aided analysis, design, verification and manufacturing. Our research program in mechanical engineering responds to these trends and focuses on basic research related to materials science and process engineering, product design, and information integrated manufacturing processes. In doing so applications to different physical processes are studied (e.g. energy systems, bioengineering, metal forming, polymer processing, discrete part manufacturing to name a few).

Degree Requirements

Mechanical Engineering non-thesis master program consists of 10 courses of at least 30 credits, seminar course and term project.

Students are required to complete at least thirty (30) credits by taking at least ten (10) elective courses according to their areas of interest. Unless stated otherwise, courses are 3 credits. With the approval of their advisors, students can take a maximum of 3 undergraduate courses to provide a basis for graduate courses, and these undergraduate courses can be used to complete the course and credit requirements of the non-thesis master program.

In addition to the credit courses, students must complete the non-credit courses; MECH 591 - Term Project, MECH 590 - Seminar, ETHR 500 - Scientific Research Methods and Research and Publication Ethics, and ENGL 502 - Effective Writing and Presentation.

Conditions of Acceptance

Requirements for Koç University Mechanical Engineering BS degree holders

Minimum GPA = 2.80
Minimum ALES = 60
TOEFL or YDS/e-YDS/YOKDIL Requirement (for those whose native language is not English)
– Internet Based TOEFL: Minimum Score 80 (Exams taken in Türkiye must be carried out at the State Universities.)
– YDS/e-YDS/YOKDIL: 80

Requirements for other Koç University BS/BA degree holders

Students should take 3 courses below list (should be decided together with the advisor). These courses can be counted within the 10 courses that they will take throughout the program.

Mech 204 Thermodynamics
Mech 206 Dynamics
Mech 201 Statics and Mechanics of Materials
Math 204 Differential Equations
Mech 301 Fluid Mechanics
Mech 302 Heat Transfer
Mech 304 Dynamic Modeling and Control
Mech 306 Manufacturing Processes

Requirements for Mechanical Engineering BS/BA degree holders from other universities or institutions:

Interview
Minimum GPA = 2.80
Minimum ALES = 60
TOEFL or YDS/e-YDS/YOKDIL Requirement (for those whose native language is not English)
– Internet Based TOEFL: Minimum Score 80 (Exams taken in Türkiye must be carried out at the State Universities.)
– YDS/e-YDS/YOKDIL: 80

Students that are graduated from the other departments of other universities:

Students should take 3 courses below list (should be decided together with the advisor). These courses can be counted within the 10 courses that they will take throughout the program.

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