About the Department

Our Mission

Industrial Design Department aims to provide experienced graduates who can design the products planned to be mass produced in the industry in a useful, ergonomic and economical way, plan the production methods and processes of products, think multi-dimensionally, monitor and evaluate the developments in their field, and suggest new research topics in these fields.

Our Vision

With quality of education, quality of scientific research and cooperation, preferred first place around the world; in Turkey and the world in the field of design, actively working with original ideas and applications, following change and create change is to become a lead department.

Our Differences

• Applied Education Model

OSTİM Technical University was established in providing business and financial center have made remarkable contributions in Turkey's industrialization. In addition to theoretical knowledge, practical training is given importance in order to benefit from this knowledge. Starting from the first year, students will receive practical training, one course in each semester, in the first year of business in international trade and finance units in order to gain observation, application, innovation and management skills in the business environment.

• Entrepreneurship Scorecard

Entrepreneurship Scorecard, which is based on gaining entrepreneurship mentality, equipment and skills to OSTİM Technical University students, is a follow-up procedure that allows the evaluation of the performance of each student in the university according to some predetermined or subsequently accepted entrepreneurial actions and in case of passing a certain stage.

For our students who have achieved a certain payroll in the Entrepreneurship Scorecard, our school will be given support and awards such as start-up capital support for the design, product, service or project they have established, job opportunities in OSTİM Technopark, finding and contacting partners, and internship opportunities abroad.

• Lessons that Make a Difference

In the education program of our department, there are various activities that will be presented in addition to our students’ academic studies aiming to enable to easily adapt to university life, programs that will help the students to reach their goals and contribute to their personal development, courses such as Introduction to University Life, Building the Future, Entrepreneurship Project that help students to become active individuals, create intellectual curiosity, cultural sensitivity and awareness of taking responsibility, gain entrepreneurial qualities such as innovation-realization, commercialization, corporatization.

Our Philosophy of Education

• Learning by Simulation
• Web Based Learning
• Preparing Projects
• On-site Application
• Internships
• Professional Activitities
• Social Activities
• Field Studies
• Report Writing
• Course & Classroom Activities
• Team Work
• Homeworks
• Seminars
• Technical Tours

 Head of Department's Message

Dear OSTİM Technical University Industrial Design Department students,

With this section, you have stepped into your university life, where a brand new era will begin for you. We are here with the aim of training you as the best equipped professionals in their field. We care that you support your investigative and questioning approach, which will enhance the collective environment necessary to achieve this goal, with your productions.

We are very happy with your success. It excites us that you will take your new steps with us. We expect to be with you with all our energy and excitement. We wish you a successful, healthy and productive academic year.

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kemal YAMAN

Head of Department