Founded through the efforts of Cevat Dündar and a group of entrepreneurs, and preparing to celebrate its 50th anniversary, OSTİM aims to continue its contributions to Turkish industry with its strong production capabilities by increasing its scientific and technological expertise. The university project, which has been under development for some time by the OSTİM Foundation and meticulously designed, has yielded encouraging news.
OSTİM Technical University, which successfully completed the stages of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) and received unanimous approval from all members of the National Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) during the legislative discussions, was included in the Bill on Amendments to Certain Laws and Decrees for the Purpose of Industrial Development and Production Support, which was accepted by the TBMM.
The law, approved by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been published in the Official Gazette and entered into force. According to the law, OSTİM Technical University will be established in Ankara by the Middle East Industrial and Trade Center Research Development Education Development and Consulting Foundation (OSTİM Foundation).
It will produce original projects and solutions
Orhan Aydın, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OSTİM Foundation and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of OSTİM Technical University, said, "I would like to thank all our stakeholders who contributed and supported the establishment process."
Aydın provided the following information regarding the establishment of the university: “Our Foundation, which operates with the aim of the industrial development of our region and country, has decided to establish OSTİM Technical University with the goal of creating an effective and unique institution to increase our country's scientific and technological competence by combining its material and moral resources and values with the belief that conducting its activities, primarily in education, employment, research and development, as well as innovation, technology transfer, entrepreneurship, sectoral and regional development models, within a scientific institutional structure will be more competitive and sustainable in line with the evolving demands and needs of today and the future.”
Orhan Aydın stated that OSTİM Technical University will be established in strong collaboration with the business world, industry, and society, and listed its goals as follows: “To be a university that offers its students internationally qualified, high-level education, research, and application infrastructure and opportunities, especially in the field of advanced manufacturing systems and technologies; that cultivates individuals with the knowledge and skills required by the competitive business world, who have internalized national and human values, who design, create, and sustain; that are innovative, entrepreneurial, and highly qualified; that plays an active role in increasing our country's scientific and technological development capabilities; and that works for national and regional development by producing original projects and solutions.”
Academic Units
For the first 5 years, the university is planned to offer associate degree programs with 3 Faculties, 1 Vocational School, and 2 Institutes (3 semesters at the university, 3 semesters of practical training in a business). Undergraduate students will follow a program of 8 semesters, excluding the preparatory year, with the 6th semester being practical training in a business.
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences: Department of Business Administration
Faculty of Engineering: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering
Faculty of Architecture and Design: Department of Architecture, Department of Industrial Product Design
Vocational School: Machinery, Alternative Energy Sources Technology, Biomedical Device Technology, Electronics Technology, Mechatronics
Institutes: Institute of Science, Institute of Social Sciences
Priorities and Principles
Student-centeredness, qualified academic staff, pre-graduation practical experience (on-site training, final year projects addressing industry problems), a high-quality undergraduate education alongside an associate degree program to meet the industry's need for technical personnel, advanced applied education technologies (strong laboratory and workshop infrastructure, laboratory training), effective scholarship system; qualified students, strong foreign language skills, international accreditation (Bologna, ABET, MÜDEK), effective project-oriented collaboration with the public and business world, and an entrepreneurial culture.
The university, which is expected to admit high-achieving or exceptionally talented students, is also planned to offer ample scholarship quotas and opportunities. The close collaborations and partnerships that OSTİM has established with the business world since its inception aim to provide its students, who will receive maximum practical training, with a significant advantage in terms of employment.
It is stated that master's and doctoral studies will be directed towards fields aimed at designing and producing goods to meet domestic and national needs, that the university will assume not only an academic but also a leading and participatory role in such original projects and solutions; that research centers will actively work in the development of industry, and that maximum effort will be made to ensure that vocational, technical, and continuing education centers, and especially all levels of the business world, become a part of the university.
OSTİM Technical University is expected to make a strong start, supported by the accumulated experience of structures established through the previous efforts of the OSTİM Foundation and OSTİM Organized Industrial Zone, such as the OSTİM Consulting and Training Center, OSTİM Technopark, OSTİM Technology, and OSTİM Employment Office.
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