Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineers are professional engineers responsible for the design, construction and repair of military and civilian commercial ships and all structures floating at sea, including marine structures. The engineering education offered in this department is
• Commercial ships,
• Cruise ships, ferries,
• Warships – frigates, destroyers, aircraft carriers, amphibious ships,
• Submarines and underwater vehicles,
• Offshore oil drilling platforms, semi-submersibles, floating oil production and storage ships,
• High speed boats, air cushion ships, multihull ships, winged boats,
• Work platforms and boats, fishing boats, tugboats, pilot ships, rescue boats,
• Yachts, megayachts and other pleasure craft
• Floating devices for entertainment and tourist purposes
It covers the design, production and maintenance-repair of marine structures such as
Since these structures, which are a product of modern engineering, are the result of teamwork with the contribution of different engineering fields, the management skills and abilities of the naval engineers trained in this department also need to be developed.
The education plan of the department is designed to ensure that the naval architect can understand the basic concepts of different branches of science, have the most advanced skills in computer-aided design and calculations, and be able to form an effective team with different professional groups. Being effective in written and verbal communication, having the power to make quick and effective decisions, and being prone to teamwork are important outcomes of the training program.
Our Faculty’s Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Undergraduate Program;
• To provide students with social concepts and all kinds of professional work, design and production skills that are necessary throughout life and indispensable for a democratic society,
• To encourage graduates to academic life, postgraduate study and research,
• To provide students with a strong educational foundation that will enable teamwork, written and verbal communication, integrating information and problem solving, decision making and lifelong learning,
• To provide students with the necessary skills in environments where they can work efficiently and creatively, in addition to modern theoretical and conceptual development,
• To provide students with written/oral presentation skills and the ability to use modern engineering and production tools.
It is a contemporary engineering education program based on engineering principles.
Starting from the first year, all our courses have been developed as student-oriented and project-based. At our faculty, we are determined to provide our students with a good level of foreign language, high-level basic engineering knowledge, skills and experience, through close cooperation with the industry through projects in classes, participation in projects in the sector, ERASMUS opportunities and internships.
We are trying to create a program where teaching does not end in the classroom, conceptual and theoretical studies are supported by applications and projects in the form of team projects, and real problems are studied in all areas of the marine industry. We express this program as “We Will Use Shipyards as Teaching Schools”. The fact that Piri Reis University is a Sector University also serves this goal.
In the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, we have created a training program based on the principle of continuous development, as well as current design and production techniques. The aim of this program is to provide our students with high-level engineering knowledge and to integrate teamwork, communication knowledge and gain problem-solving, leadership and management skills.
We know that this teaching model, which will provide lifelong learning to our students, will increase their creativity, create the opportunity for teamwork, enjoy their work and provide a sense of success.
Our students have been making projects and learning by exploring since the first semesters. They produce prototypes by making designs with the opportunities provided to them, they eagerly await the results of their projects, from design to production, and compete.
In addition to the courses developed on a project-based basis, especially in the last two semesters, we have created programs where students can take part in existing projects at the institutions and work actively during certain periods of the semester. We create and shape the program practically in the maritime industry production, design companies and all other units belonging to our IMEAK DTO members, which are close to our University in Tuzla, with their support and supervision, in line with the strategic plans of the sector. This education style, where “Shipyards are Teaching Schools”, will not only provide students with practical training in their own fields, but also create a superior motivational environment and facilitate adaptation to business life. It is also clear that our industry-recognized students will be ahead in job opportunities after graduation.
According to their own choices, our students specialize in the design and production of motorboats, sailing yachts, military and commercial ships, in which Turkey is at the forefront in the world, as well as the design and production of small boats with the existing courses in the program.
As a result of our department’s work, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) accepts students who wish to do so as “student members”. With this membership, our students not only experience the pride of being a global member of the professional group at the first stage of their education, but also benefit from the opportunity to access books, scientific journals and other documents related to their profession at a discounted rate.
Students who graduate from the department will be able to work as Naval Architecture and Marine Engineers not only in Turkey but all over the world, in shipyards, in the production of all types of ships, in the production of offshore structures, in design offices, classification societies and in the sub-industry branches that feed these areas.