General Information
ZONGULDAK BULENT ECEVIT UNIVERSITY ALAPLI VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF HIGHER EDUCATİON
Department of Machinery and Metal technologies
Metallurgy Program
Introduction:
The metallurgy department is located in Alapli, district of Zonguldak, 15 km away from Eregli Iron and Steel factories, Turkey's only giant flat products producing company. Since the day it was founded, it has been training qualified intermediate staff for various industries. Metallurgy, in its shortest definition, is the science of metal. When we look at its expansion, if we consider that it covers all the phases of the ores from nature until they become the final product, it is understood how wide an area it addresses. Therefore, we see that countries with developed industries have advanced in the field of Metallurgy.
The aim of the program is to educate students about the production of metallic materials and especially steel, and to train sought-after intermediate staff. To train metallurgical technicians in the field of metallurgy to meet the need for intermediate staff who have the knowledge and skills related to their profession in the process from raw material preparation to the end user, passing through all stages of production.
Education:
Department of Machinery and Metal Technologies, Metallurgy associate degree program covers a 2-year education. He continues his education and training as a formal education. During 4 semesters, students have to complete 120 ECTS compulsory and elective courses and complete a 30-day summer internship.
In the 2019-2020 academic year, the general quota of the department is 30 students, and the number of foreign quotas for students coming from abroad is 10. Foreign students are subjected to the Turkish preparatory program for 1 year at the Turkish Teaching Application and Research Centre (Karaelmas TÖMER). Starting from the 2020-2021 academic year, an optional English preparatory program is planned for those who are accepted to the program. According to the data of March 4, 2020, the total number of students enrolled in the program is 61. There are no foreign students in our program yet.
Our students who graduate from our school are entitled to receive the "Associate Degree" with all their recognized powers. Graduates of the program, with the title of Technician, work as technical intermediate staff between Engineers and Technicians in private and public institutions.
Students who successfully complete the metallurgy associate degree program can transfer vertically to the following undergraduate programs determined by OSYM for this department, when they are successful in the Vertical Transfer Exam opened by OSYM.
- Mineral Processing Engineering
-Chemical Engineering
-Material science and engineering
-Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
-Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
-Nanotechnology Engineering
The Department of Machinery and Metal Technologies, with its Metallurgy Program, academic staff and other administrative personnel, strives to achieve the goals it has adopted in order to achieve excellence through education and research activities.
In this context;
Our Vision:
To become a preferred department in the field of metallurgy, whether in our country or internationally.
Our Core Values:
Scientific, modern and universal
Protecting the public interest
Adherence to scientific and academic principles
Participation sharing
Research and innovation
Our Mission:
To train technicians who are contemporary in the field of metallurgy, have environmental awareness, are prone to teamwork, have good communication skills and constantly follow the developments in their field.
Our Associate Degree Program Educational Objectives:
Able to work at the stages of metal and material production from ore under the management and supervision of a metallurgical engineer
Investigating the physical properties of metals and alloys
Able to work in the manufacturing and processing stages of new alloys developed in accordance with technological purposes,
Capable of casting (cast iron, steel casting, aluminium casting, copper casting) operations of various mines,
Able to operate melting furnaces, prepare mould materials, complete casting process by pouring molten metal into moulds,
Able to use computer package programs required by the profession
To train metallurgical technicians who are knowledgeable in social and cultural issues.
Administrative Staff:
Administrative/technical personnel consists of 2 people in total and consists of 1 Secretary and 1 Technician.
Infrastructure:
Metallurgy program is gathered in a separate building in Alapli Vocational School. There are 2 lecture classes and 1 technical drawing class (30 people each) in this building. It also has a Casting Workshop, Metallographic sample preparation and sand laboratory.