Agricultural Machinery Program started education in 1993 with the name of Agricultural Machinery and Tools, under the II. Turkish Council of Higher Education (HEC) - World Bank (WB) Project, with 2 instructors and 1 expert.

When all the lectures and 30 day internship at the workplace is successfully completed, Short Cycle degree is taken in the Agricultural Machinery field of science.

Short Cycle

The applicants should have a degree on high school, and have enough score in ÖSS.

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.

To obtain short cycle degree in Agricultural Machinery Program, students must achieve all of the general and elective courses (a total of 120 ETCS) which are required for the program, general weighted grade point average must be at least 2.0 on a 4.00 and must have completed a 30-day internship.

The objective of the Agricultural Machinery Program is to provide graduates who has enough knowledge in machinery and agriculture, who is familiar with the system and equipment the applied in agricultural product pocesses, and who put his knowledge on the industrial system and equipment, who organize the working atmosphere suitably and establish a good relationship with their collegauges and follow the developing technologies.

1. To gain the basic consepts of agricultural machinery science and understanding skills.
2. To research on issues such as, use of agricultural machines, construction and development
3. To determine the compliance of agricultural machines with national and international standards.
4. To develop new agricultural machines and tools or improve existing machines.
5. To gain the ability of observing, understanding and solving the issues related the agricultural mechanization.
6. To instill the ability for self development for continuous improvement depending on the evolving technology, vocational training, renew of existing information
7. To apply contemporary education to train individuals that entrepreneurial, can take bold decisions and implement them.
8. To improve the ability for using and applying of theoratical knowledge for solving technical problems practically.
9. To evaluate the information obtained in the learning process by using cause-effect relationships, to predict what information where, when and why to be needed
10. To take part in team work that has professional, scientific formation and ethical values, with taking individual responsibilities when necessary
11. To use Turkish language accurately and effectively in writing and oral communication

SKILLS

Cognitive - Practical

To research on issues such as, use of agricultural machines, construction and development
To develop new agricultural machines and tools or improve existing machines.
To evaluate the information obtained in the learning process by using cause-effect relationships, to predict what information where, when and why to be needed
To determine the compliance of agricultural machines with national and international standards.
To gain the basic consepts of agricultural machinery science and understanding skills.
To take part in team work that has professional, scientific formation and ethical values, with taking individual responsibilities when necessary
To improve the ability for using and applying of theoratical knowledge for solving technical problems practically.
To apply contemporary education to train individuals that entrepreneurial, can take bold decisions and implement them.
To instill the ability for self development for continuous improvement depending on the evolving technology, vocational training, renew of existing information
To gain the ability of observing, understanding and solving the issues related the agricultural mechanization.

KNOWLEDGE

Theoretical - Conceptual

To determine the compliance of agricultural machines with national and international standards.
To gain the basic consepts of agricultural machinery science and understanding skills.
To improve the ability for using and applying of theoratical knowledge for solving technical problems practically.
To apply contemporary education to train individuals that entrepreneurial, can take bold decisions and implement them.
To gain the ability of observing, understanding and solving the issues related the agricultural mechanization.
To evaluate the information obtained in the learning process by using cause-effect relationships, to predict what information where, when and why to be needed
To research on issues such as, use of agricultural machines, construction and development
To develop new agricultural machines and tools or improve existing machines.
To instill the ability for self development for continuous improvement depending on the evolving technology, vocational training, renew of existing information
To take part in team work that has professional, scientific formation and ethical values, with taking individual responsibilities when necessary

COMPETENCES

Field Specific Competence

To evaluate the information obtained in the learning process by using cause-effect relationships, to predict what information where, when and why to be needed
To research on issues such as, use of agricultural machines, construction and development
To take part in team work that has professional, scientific formation and ethical values, with taking individual responsibilities when necessary
To use Turkish language accurately and effectively in writing and oral communication
To develop new agricultural machines and tools or improve existing machines.
To determine the compliance of agricultural machines with national and international standards.
To gain the basic consepts of agricultural machinery science and understanding skills.
To apply contemporary education to train individuals that entrepreneurial, can take bold decisions and implement them.
To instill the ability for self development for continuous improvement depending on the evolving technology, vocational training, renew of existing information
To gain the ability of observing, understanding and solving the issues related the agricultural mechanization.
To improve the ability for using and applying of theoratical knowledge for solving technical problems practically.

COMPETENCES

Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

To determine the compliance of agricultural machines with national and international standards.
To gain the basic consepts of agricultural machinery science and understanding skills.
To research on issues such as, use of agricultural machines, construction and development
To take part in team work that has professional, scientific formation and ethical values, with taking individual responsibilities when necessary
To develop new agricultural machines and tools or improve existing machines.
To gain the ability of observing, understanding and solving the issues related the agricultural mechanization.
To instill the ability for self development for continuous improvement depending on the evolving technology, vocational training, renew of existing information
To apply contemporary education to train individuals that entrepreneurial, can take bold decisions and implement them.
To evaluate the information obtained in the learning process by using cause-effect relationships, to predict what information where, when and why to be needed
To improve the ability for using and applying of theoratical knowledge for solving technical problems practically.

COMPETENCES

Communication and Social Competence

To determine the compliance of agricultural machines with national and international standards.
To gain the basic consepts of agricultural machinery science and understanding skills.
To apply contemporary education to train individuals that entrepreneurial, can take bold decisions and implement them.
To improve the ability for using and applying of theoratical knowledge for solving technical problems practically.
To instill the ability for self development for continuous improvement depending on the evolving technology, vocational training, renew of existing information
To use Turkish language accurately and effectively in writing and oral communication
To take part in team work that has professional, scientific formation and ethical values, with taking individual responsibilities when necessary
To evaluate the information obtained in the learning process by using cause-effect relationships, to predict what information where, when and why to be needed
To develop new agricultural machines and tools or improve existing machines.
To gain the ability of observing, understanding and solving the issues related the agricultural mechanization.

COMPETENCES

Learning Competence

To use Turkish language accurately and effectively in writing and oral communication
To take part in team work that has professional, scientific formation and ethical values, with taking individual responsibilities when necessary
To develop new agricultural machines and tools or improve existing machines.
To research on issues such as, use of agricultural machines, construction and development
To improve the ability for using and applying of theoratical knowledge for solving technical problems practically.
To instill the ability for self development for continuous improvement depending on the evolving technology, vocational training, renew of existing information
To evaluate the information obtained in the learning process by using cause-effect relationships, to predict what information where, when and why to be needed
To determine the compliance of agricultural machines with national and international standards.
To gain the basic consepts of agricultural machinery science and understanding skills.
To gain the ability of observing, understanding and solving the issues related the agricultural mechanization.
To apply contemporary education to train individuals that entrepreneurial, can take bold decisions and implement them.

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Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples

The technician of the Agricultural Machinery, is a technical person working between high level manager/engineer and technician, has more theoric knowledge than technician and more pratic skills than engineer. A staff who has the skills written above, may be a leader and manager of the small and medium sized managements by making collaboration with the other coworkers suitably. The career opportunuties of the graduates may be the manufacture and marketing sector of the agricultural machinery and equipment, renewable energy sources sector, agricultural manufacture sector and sector for the processing of agricultural products.

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Access to Further Studies

Candidates who have successfully completed short cycle, may take undergraduate education if passed DGS (Vertical Transfer Examination) examination.

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Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Every student must register to courses at the beginning of each semester, and must be continued theoretical courses at least 70%, applications at least 80% for to take final exam. Students for each course at least one midterm and final exam are subjected to. The midterm exam contribution (as the midterm grade homework, laboratory exams, quizzes, etc. can be evaluated in the scores obtained from measuring instruments) is 40% and the final exam contribution is 60% for the success grade. All exams are evaluated over 100 points. Final exam are required to obtain at least 50 points. Students, which have received one of the letter grade AA, BA, BB, CB and CC, are considered successful from that course. DC and DD notes are notes that are conditionally successful. For to become successful from a course which the student´s grade is DC or DD, overall weighted grade point average must be at least 2.0.

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Graduation Requirements

To complete the program successfully, students must achieve all of the general and elective courses (a total of 120 ETCS) which are required for the program, general weighted grade point average must be at least 2.0 on a 4.00 and must have completed internship.

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Mode of Study

Full-Time

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Address and Contact Details

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ayşe Hilal ULUKARDEŞLER
Tarım Makineleri Program Başkanı-Program Koordinatörü
Tel:0-224-2942377
e-mail: ulukardesler@uludag.edu.tr
Prof. Dr. Yücel TEKİN
Tel:0-224-2942354
E-mail: ytekin@uludag.edu.tr
Prof. Dr. Yahya ULUSOY
Tel: 0-224-2942370
E-mail: yahyau@uludag.edu.tr
Öğr. Gör. Dr. Arzu MOR
Tel: 0-224-2942387
E-mail: arzum@uludag.edu.tr

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Facilities

There are 2 Prof. Dr. , 1 Assist. Prof. Dr. and 1 instructor in Agricultural Machinery Program. Program includes 1 diesel motor laboratory and 1 agricultural machinery atelier for training and education activities

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Curriculum