Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Industrial engineers are needed in Turkey a lot. In small enterprises, decisions are made according to experience and intuition. These methods become adequate while the small enterprises growing. For instance, Turkey had a bank crisis recently. In environments that have many variables, it is essential to make decisions based on scientific methods and analytic considerations. Industrial engineering is the ideal profession to supply such a want due to training education they received.

Yes. Industrial engineers receive a high level salary. There is competition between enterprises; therefore they hire industrial engineers to make system work efficiently. Because of the demand for industrial engineers the salary level that they receive is high.

Curriculum of IŞIKIE is created to train people who can make decisions which are crucial for strategic planning in every sector in Turkey and abroad, develop models and have analytical perspective, and qualified in mathematic s, computer science, operations research and statistics .After basic training, there are various department elective courses in senior class to major on field of professional interests.

Yes. Both theoretical and practical training has considered in industrial engineering curriculum. Practices are all realistic. Practices are relevant to real problems in every sector of Turkish economy. We have a relation with companies for both internships and graduate thesis. We care about our students can plan systems and make decisions about real life industrial problems. Therefore; we train students who can

•Generate mathematical models of systems,

•Solve these models with mathematical, statistical and computer skills,

•Imply them on real systems.

Briefly, we train students that turn out real solutions to real problems of economy.

In IŞIKIE we have industrial engineering education in international standards. In graduate school applications, the education level is important. Students who are insufficient in English will be educated as preparatory student first. Then, when they achieve the minimum level they will start undergraduate education in faculty. Graduate schools ask you to have examination scores of TOEFL to prove your English level regardless of which university you graduated.

The advisors of every student and other instructors consult them about their careers. There are career days that the university's organizes. Yet, the important thing that matters to get a job is achievements during studying, hobbies, creations; for short, how they add value to their career and improve their selves during education period.

It is nice to hear you want to be an industrial engineer. In factories from raw material purchasing to sales department, there are various kind of field to industrial engineers work for. Industrial engineering is a profession that optimizing all systems, therefore industrial engineers are able to work in every sector not only in factories. Just the success is up to you.

It is necessary to graduate from industrial engineering departments to become an industrial engineer. IŞIKIE has education for 4 years. Students who are insufficient in English study in preparation school firstly.

Işık University was established in 1996 by the Feyziye Schools Foundation (FMV) that has provided non-profit primary and secondary education since 1885. FMV is one of the oldest educational foundations in Turkey.