Program Objectives
The Automotive Technology Program aims to train technicians with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to develop modern and intelligent products using tomorrow's technology, through a high-quality education built upon fundamental engineering disciplines. To this end, our program aims to enable future automotive technicians to solve problems they will encounter in their professional lives by selecting and using necessary and up-to-date technologies, to gain interdisciplinary coordination skills enabling them to move easily between different automotive branches such as automotive, machinery, electronics, and electrical systems, and to generate solutions to these problems with new approaches. The fundamental goal of the Automotive Technology program is for our graduates to be technical personnel who can think analytically and effectively use modern technological tools in the rapidly changing automotive sector.
Career Opportunities
The automotive sector is in a state of continuous and dynamic development due to rapidly changing market and competition conditions at the global level. Because of these strategic characteristics, the automotive industry is a significant sector that acts as a locomotive in all world economies, supported by special policies from governments, and where investments are inevitable. With the increasing intensity of competition in the globalized business world, the need for qualified and well-equipped automotive technicians is also increasing day by day. Graduates of the Automotive Technology Program work in almost all levels of automotive factories, both main and sub-industry, with the title and responsibility of technician. They work as bridge elements, especially in production and assembly lines, providing communication and contact between engineers, planners, managers, and workers; they assume responsibility as team leaders in quality circles and as trainers in on-the-job training for lower-level personnel. Furthermore, they can work as operators or foremen in vehicle technical services, maintenance and repair work, and the automotive manufacturing industry, as well as actively participating in areas such as reading and drawing technical drawings, using measuring and control devices, and hydraulic-pneumatic systems. Our graduates can also be employed as customer representatives and sales staff in businesses trading in the automotive and spare parts industry. They also have wide and secure job opportunities in authorized service centers, vehicle inspection stations, and emission testing centers that are legally required to employ qualified personnel.
Fields of Study for Vertical Transfer
As Automotive Technology graduates, candidates can transfer to the following departments via the DGS exam:
- Automotive Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aircraft Maintenance and Repair
- Aircraft Fuselage and Engine Maintenance
- Mechanical Engine Energy Systems Engineering
- Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
In addition, candidates have the right to transfer to the following departments of Open Education Faculties via the DGS exam:
- International Relations
- Political Science and Public Administration
- Public Administration
- Public Relations and Promotion
- Public Relations and Advertising
- Labor Economics and Industrial Relations
- Economics
- Business Administration
- Finance
