About the Department of Energy Systems Engineering

Today, in a situation where access to energy resources is as important as the production of energy, our country serves as a bridge between Asia and Europe. Factors such as the depletion of the world's limited fossil fuel resources like oil, natural gas, and coal, the prominence of environmental problems in industrializing countries, and the fluctuating prices of oil always keep the effective use of energy resources and energy at the forefront. World energy consumption is rapidly increasing as a natural result of population growth, the rapid urbanization process, and developing technology. There is a need for Energy Systems Engineers who have the authority and sufficient knowledge to have a say in the production, distribution, and consumption of energy, which is one of the fundamental inputs of technological, social, and economic development, in an environmentally compatible manner. Therefore, the improvement in the efficient use of these limited resources, on the other hand, the production of energy from energy sources defined as nuclear energy sources and renewable energy sources such as hydroelectric, solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, wave, and hydrogen energy has also gained importance. In this respect, Energy Systems Engineering is an engineering discipline that plans, designs, implements, and develops strategies for the processes from the production of all kinds of energy in a sufficient, high-quality, continuous, low-cost, and environmentally compatible manner to its delivery to the consumer and its economic use. The most important feature that young energy systems engineer candidates who want to step into the scientific world, which is in constant search of energy resources, should have is a systematic and disciplined work habit. Being sensitive to the energy and environmental problems of our country and the world and being able to contribute to the solution of these problems, having analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, being creative and inquisitive, having an interest in mathematics and physics, and having academic research skills are other important qualities sought in our students who will choose this engineering field. Engineers trained in the Energy Systems Engineering Department with these qualities design and produce energy systems by considering the basic principles of energy technologies, learning and teaching techniques, in terms of the design of a system, performing the necessary calculations, establishing appropriate systems, and maintaining and renewing their manufacturing.

Graduates of the Energy Systems Engineering Department can be directly employed in the energy sector as well as in related sectors and supplier sectors. Thermal power plants, hydroelectric power plants, solar power plants, wind power plants, biofuel production, nuclear power plants, energy planning, energy efficiency, fuel production-distribution-marketing areas can be given as examples of the energy sub-sectors where our graduates will work. Considering all these points, Energy Systems Engineering has started to become one of the most popular professions.

Our goal is to uniquely train graduates of the Energy Systems Engineering program in problem-solving skills, teamwork, access to information, decision-making, and the ability to apply acquired knowledge, management skills, and human relations.

In this program, it is planned to provide more detailed training aimed at solving the problems that students may encounter in the sector where they will work after completing their education, thanks to internships and collaborations with organizations operating in the field of national-level energy production and management in the region. In this way, students who graduate from the program will have completed their education as Energy Systems Engineers who have learned the production and management technologies in the energy sector, have practical knowledge, and are prepared for the problems they may encounter in the industry and business life.