Under the Bursa Uludag University, Faculty of Agriculture, The Biosystems Engineering Department was established in 2009, where the fields of expertise of the previous Agricultural Machinery and Agricultural Structures and Irrigation departments were included in the form of Departments. Our department, which is located in most of the developed country universities of the world, started undergraduate education in 2009 and graduate education in 2013. The subjects of our department´s education and work include automation in agriculture and emerging technologies, precision agriculture techniques, energy and machinery, mechanization applications in crop and animal production, post-harvest mechanization applications, agricultural structures, development of land and water resources, development of rural areas. The Biosystems Engineering Department consists of four disciplines: Land and Water Resources, Agricultural Energy Systems, Agricultural Machinery Systems, and Agricultural Structures.

This department is subject to the second stage degree system in the field of Biosystem Engineering in higher education. The Ph.D. programme, on the other hand, has at least seven courses, not less than 24 credit hours (180 ECTS) and not more than 30 credit hours (240 ECTS), one seminar during the course stage, one qualification exam, and the full text publication on the thesis topic or department / science field consists of an original article published SCI-exp journals. When the programs are completed successfully and the program qualifications are met, a Ph.D. in Biosystem Engineering is obtained.

Third Cycle

To apply for a doctorate degree program with thesis in the field of Biosystems Engineering; a. Provided a Master´s degree and an ALES score determined by Senate b. Application to Ph.D programme with a Bachelor´s Degree subject to specific conditions of Ph.D programme. c. English, German, French, foreign languages, such as one, UDS, KPDS, YDS, TOEFL, or equivalent examinations accepted by Higher Education Council, or by the Uludag University School of Foreign Languages must have a minimum score of foreign language determined by the Senate. The Senate will decide equivalence of foreign language documents other than foreign languages in above. d. The international candidates must have Turkish competency issued by TOMER and about the ALES score or GRE, GMAT result certificate which decided equivalence in international level by Turkish Council of Higher Education.

The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.

In order to obtain a Ph.D. in the field of Biosystem Engineering, at least seven courses, one seminar in course stage, proficiency exam, thesis proposal, thesis work, not less than 24 credit (180 ECTS) hours and not more than 30 credit (240 ECTS) hours. Publishing an original full text article about the thesis topic or regarding department´s field in one of the journals included in SCI or SCI-exp indexes, and obtaining a letter grade of at least CB or above from all the courses taken, and the student´s GPA of at least 2.5 out of 4.00 is required.

The Biosystems Engineering program aims at educating professionals who will be experts in their field, who are dynamic, culturally engaged, active, research-oriented and capable of finding solutions to present and future problems in Biosystems Engineering field.
Doctorate program is maximum twelve semesters with together course work in two semesters. It is maximum fourteen semesters for candidate with BSc degree. This program fits Uludag University´s Graduate Education and Training Regulations.