Bursa Uludag University, Engineering Faculty, Textile Engineering Department was established and begun education in 1976 as the second textile engineering department of Turkey. Up to now, over 3000 undergraduate, and over 250 graduate students have been graduated from the department.

Education in the department is based on 240 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credits. When all the requirements of the program are completed successfully, the student is qualified and the bachelor degree is given by the department.

First Cycle

The candidates have to have a high school or an equal degree, and pass the university entrance exam carried out in Turkey. Generally, the degree can be obtained in 4 years. One year English study at the first year is obligatory for all students. The English courses are organised by School of Foreign Language of Bursa Uludag University. Students are directly accepted by the department when they pass the English exam.

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 textile engineering degree from the department, the students have to complete compulsory and elective courses (total in 240 ECTS) and must have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.00 out of 4.00.

The educational objectives of the Textile Engineering Department are given below:
1. Our graduates take part in textile production processes with their basic engineering infrastructure and provide solutions to textile engineering problems.
2. Our graduates design and apply textile products, processes or systems, taking into account economic, technological and environmental limitations.
3. Our graduates work in industrial organizations, R&D centers or academic institutions in line with the needs of society and industry, and aim for a successful career.
In the textile engineering department´s education curriculum, fundamental science and engineering courses and the courses intended to have textile engineering knowledge and ability are given in the first four semesters. In 2011, group elective courses have been added to the textile engineering department´s education curriculum in order to provide students to improve themselves in the field of interest in the profession. In this system, students choose one of the group elective courses entitled "Fiber Technology and Application of Technical Textiles," "Yarn-fabric Technology and Design," "Textile Finishing, Biotechnology and Ecology" or "Clothing Technology" at the end of the fourth semester. Starting from the fifth semester, each semester, they take two courses. Besides these courses, students take other elective courses starting from the 6th semester. In respect of 7th semester, social elective courses have been added to the program for the personal development of students. There are also project courses in the 6th, 7th and 8th semesters where students can work under the supervision of faculty members in their field of interest.
In our department, 30% of the courses have been given in English since 2014.