UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

ITU-TRNC Education and Research Campuses offer interdisciplinary learning experiences in undergraduate programs, providing opportunities for analytical thinking, communication skills, and indepth knowledge in specialized fields. Students can build a solid foundation for their future careers by focusing on both academic and personal development.
Undergraduate Programs
Computer Engineering
What are the aims of this course?
The Computer Engineering program aims to educate qualified engineers who can produce solutions based on advanced computer techniques to meet the needs of society, institutions, and the industrial sector.
Why choose this course?
- Our program provides our students with the privilege of studying abroad and pursuing a career thereafter;
- It will train qualified engineers who specialize in information systems and technologies, computer-based systems, software methods, telecommunication concept and infrastructure, technology and social sciences.
What will I study?
- Computer networks;
- Data science;
- Statistics;
- Computer vision;
- Data mining;
- Artificial intelligence and robotics;
- Nature-inspired computing;
- Machine learning;
- Parallel and distributed computing;
- Agricultural monitoring and information systems;
- Bioinformatics;
- Software modeling and analysis.
What are my career prospects?
Our graduates can pursue engineering or academic work worldwide, work in public institutions or private sector organizations and engage in activities such as:
- Establishing, operating and developing software for information systems,
- Designing computer systems in research and development units,
- Production and Embedded System Development Specialist,
- Production and embedded system development,
- Providing services in areas such as information technology, finance, banking, healthcare, education, energy, telecommunications, and defence industries.
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
What are the aims of this course?
The Electrical and Electronics Engineering program aims to cultivate engineers with advanced scientific and technological knowledge, providing education entirely in English to ensure competitiveness and recognition at the international level.
What will I study?
- Students in our program can specialize in important areas such as:
- Electrical circuits and systems,
- Electronics,
- Telecommunications,
- Digital system and microsystem design,
- Power electronics,
- Power systems,
- Electrical machines,
- Control systems,
- Computer hardware and communication systems.
What are my career prospects?
Graduates who reach a sufficient level in ensuring the intended and planned operation of all computer-based industrial production systems may find employment in various sectors, including:
- Electronic and telecommunications system manufacturing companies,
- Telephone system operators,
- Military and defense technology development institutions,
- Data transmission operators,
- Universities and high-tech institutes,
- Television and radio institutions,
- Information technology departments of banks and large-scale companies,
- Computer manufacturing companies.
Industrial Engineering
What are the aims of this course?
Our Industrial Engineering Program ensures that students receive the best education in the business environment, graduating with the ability to use the most up-to-date knowledge and technologies that can enhance the success of businesses.
Why choose this course?
In today's business environment, increasing efficiency, effective use of resources, developing new products and business models that will increase income, digitization, research and development (R&D), and innovation are among the most critical issues for enterprises.
What will I study?
- Innovation and business development,
- Strategic management,
- Quality management,
- Human resources,
- Production planning and control,
- Research and development (R&D),
- Supply chain and logistics management,
- Project planning,
- Management consulting,
- Human factors engineering,
- Data analytics,
- Artificial intelligence and information systems management.
What are my career prospects?
Our graduates can begin their careers in various positions in high-tech manufacturing, banking, insurance, retail, telecommunications, energy, tourism, health, food, automotive, and other diverse sectors. Upon completing their education, our students can:
- Actively contribute to the examination, organization, execution, monitoring, and development of systems in the industrial and service sectors, which consist of factors such as human, machine, material, information, and capital.
- They can propose new system models and methods, foresee problems that may arise in these mechanisms in advance, and provide alternatives for solutions.
Economics and Finance
What are the aims of this course?
The Economics and Finance program aims to train students at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels who can combine theory and practice and are ready for global competition.
Why choose this course?
- Our students will be able to think independently by developing their research, analysis, and evaluation skills.
- Students will specialize in the fields of economics, finance, and business, fostering expertise in these areas.
- The program aims to enhance students' abilities to analyze economic and financial data, generate information, and propose policies by teaching current techniques.
- Graduates, with expertise in data science, coding skills, and particularly machine learning techniques are highly sought after worldwide.
- Graduates will have an advantage in their positions due to the practical experiences provided by the program.
What will I study?
- Auditing
- Foreign trade
- Marketing
- Management
- Economic management
- Finance management
- Finance Specialist and International Opportunities
What are my career prospects?
Our graduates can pursue careers worldwide in various roles such as: Specialization in the private sector. Graduates, in addition to various fields such as finance specialists, can also find employment in international institutions such as the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the World Bank, as well as in banks and financial institutions.
Architecture
What are the aims of this course?
The ITU-TRNC Architecture program, established as the first "Digital Architecture" program at the undergraduate level in Turkey and TRNC, comprehensively addresses the stages of design, analysis, planning, production, and reuse in conjunction with contemporary digital technologies.
It not only focuses on the competent use of digital technological tools and software in architectural professional practice but also aims to cultivate students who possess technical knowledge and insight into how these technologies and mathematical methods are generated and can be developed.
The program places a special emphasis on incorporating computer technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics into the design, analysis, planning, and production processes. It is supported by a curriculum that centers on this focus, has adequate technical infrastructure, and is led by a team of expert faculty members.
Why choose this course?
Our students will be equipped with the skills to collaborate in interdisciplinary teams on large-scale projects such as: social innovation, prototype development, and software production and improvement.
What are my career prospects?
Our graduates can take on roles in national and international architectural offices, construction firms, material and system manufacturers, as well as municipal and relevant ministries in their respective countries. They may serve as:
- Designer architect,
- Practicing architect,
- Site project architect,
- Software specialist architect,
- Restoration architect.
Interior Architecture
What are the aims of the course?
The Interior Architecture program integrates theoretical knowledge and experiences about interior design with practical applications. It aims to train interior architects who can produce fast and easily applicable solutions in their professional lives and develop them further.
Why will I study?
During the first three semesters of the four-year education period, students take common courses with other programs in the Faculty of Architecture. They complete a significant portion of their education in studios where they can interact on a one-on-one basis with academics. This allows them to gradually form their own approach to interior design and exhibit their designs in various places throughout the year.
Why choose this course?
Upon successfully completing their education and obtaining the title of "interior architect," our graduates will be able to take on roles in the design and implementation stages of interior renovation projects for buildings or in the interior arrangements of newly designed buildings.
What are my career prospects?
With their comprehensive and versatile perspective on interior architecture gained through their education, students can gain experience in the production and marketing of interior architecture products in their professional lives, thanks to new approaches and modern technologies. Our graduates can work in various areas, including:
- Creating public or personal spaces
- Analyzing detailed and largescale projects
- Participating in projects that involve the refunctioning of buildings with historical value
- Taking on roles in the construction materials sector
Maritime Business Administration
What are the aims of this course?
Maritime Business Administration is a bachelor's program aiming to educate competent individuals in global maritime and shipping industries, focusing on ship management, ship financing or brokerage, maritime law, logistics and supply chain management. The program aims to produce graduates who can identify and solve maritime management problems by applying principles of management sciences. These individuals are equipped to meet the needs of maritime stakeholders, while also being aware of professional and ethical responsibilities in maritime management practices, and can analyze and interpret data.
What are my career prospects?
Graduates of this program can hold positions in both private and public sectors related to maritime, transportation, logistics, foreign trade, and maritime tourism. In the maritime sector, they can work in various fields such as: • Ship operators
- Transport agents
- Ship agents
- Ship brokers
- Transportation contractors
- Ship provision and supply businesses
- Maritime insurance companies
- Ports and terminals
- Yacht and marina operations
- Employment in shipyards
Moreover, they can take on middle and upper level managerial roles in international trade and logistics companies and work in the public sector within the maritime ministries and/or affiliated institutions of countries, as well as other ministries and state institutions related to maritime.
Marine Transportation and Management Engineering
What will I study?
This program incorporates the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) conventions specified in the Regulation on Seafarers and Pilot Captains by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Turkey, covering the AII/1 and AII/2 curriculum programs.
The program provides training in the conditions required for Distant Voyage Watch Officer / Long Voyage Captain, which is high in demand in the national and international maritime sector. The program, conducted entirely in English and with a uniform, integrates four years of theoretical, practical, and laboratory education. During the summer sessions of the 1st and 2nd years, students undergo three-month open-sea internships, and in the spring semester of the 3rd year, they have a six-month open-sea internship.
What are my career prospects?
Upon graduating with the title of Marine Transportation and Management Engineer, students can begin their maritime careers as "Distant Voyage Watch Officers" after successfully completing the competency exams organized by the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs Seafarers Exam Center (GASM). Depending on their work experience, they can upgrade their licenses to become "Long Voyage Captains."
Graduates can work in various areas, including:
- Turkish and foreign-flagged vessels on national and international platforms
- Maritime administration
- Navigation
- Vessel Traffic Services Operation
- Shipyards and marinas
- Offshore platforms
- Maritime companies
- Brokering
- Agency services
- Logistics, and more.
Marine Engineering
What are the aims of this course?
This program includes the AIII/1 and AIII/2 curriculum programs specified in the Regulation on Seafarers by the Republic of Turkey. Students receive fundamental engineering training alongside theoretical and practical education in ship main engines (diesel engines, steam turbines, gas turbines, etc.), auxiliary ship engines (boilers, pumps, separators, compressors, evaporators, etc.), and electrical electronics and ship automation. They will reach a level where they can follow international literature.
What will I study?
The program provides education in the conditions required for Distant Voyage Engineer / Chief Engineer, which is in demand in the national and international maritime sector. Students in this program, in addition to their 4 year theoretical and practical education, also undergo a 12month practical maritime training, enabling them to participate in the "Long Voyage Engineer" exams organized by the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs Seafarers Exam Center (GASM).
What are my career prospects?
Upon graduation, our alumni can work in various positions in different sectors, including but not limited to:
- Maritime companies
- Offshore platforms
- Ship engine manufacturing companies
- Energy production facilities
- Ship engine maintenance and repair companies
- Shipyards
- In public institutions and organizations, as well as various sectors, maritime enterprises and factories
Academic Staff
ACADEMIC STAFF
According to our founding principles, the academic staff of our undergraduate programs primarily consists of faculty members from the İTÜ (Istanbul Technical University) staff.