1. What is an engineer?
An engineer is a person who designs, produces and tests complex structures, machines, products and systems. He/she develops new methods by considering the requirements for the most efficient service of the systems.

 

2. What is a computer engineer and what does he/she do?
Computer engineering is a discipline that combines many fields such as computer science and electronics engineering. A computer engineer deals with the analysis, design, testing and development process of information systems that include computer hardware and software in order to provide solutions to various problems.

 

3. Who can be a computer engineer?
People who have analytical problem-solving skills, are willing to solve the problem correctly and efficiently, are patient and ambitious in problem solving, and are interested in technology can be computer engineers.

 

4. What is the educational process of GTU Computer Engineering?
In addition to the basic engineering disciplines of programming languages, computer architecture and hardware, data structures, algorithms, operating systems, communication networks and theoretical foundations, students are given courses that allow them to specialize in the fields of computer engineering.

GTU Computer Engineering Department offers its students the opportunity to specialize in one of three different fields. Students specializing in a field will help them be more successful in their professional careers (especially in their first steps into business life). Students will be entitled to receive a ‘Specialization Field Certificate’ if they successfully complete one of the fields below according to their interests. You can visit the pages below for details.

 

You can access the specialization field courses here.

You can access all courses here.

 

5. What are the working environments of computer engineers like?
It is difficult to say that computer engineers work in a single field. Because computer engineers can undertake different tasks in management, industry and service fields. Today, like many professions; computer engineers generally work in offices and research and development laboratories as software and hardware engineers. They usually work in a quiet environment. Those working in the marketing field interact with other environments they work with and have a more social work environment. Business analysts, on the other hand, make observations in the field. Computer engineers who prefer academics can also work in classrooms in addition to these. Computer engineers interact with other colleagues and employers while working.

 

6. What are the job opportunities of computer engineers, how much do they earn?
Information technologies are developing rapidly and today they have an important place in many areas such as health, education, communication, defense, entertainment and banking. For this reason, the Computer Engineering department offers ease of finding a job in many areas. Computer engineers are employed in software companies where the majority of their employees are computer engineers and their main job is engineering, in the IT departments of many companies working in different fields, in research and development departments working in a project-oriented manner within the state, in the public sector and in universities.

 

Computer engineers are in high demand compared to many professions and receive high wages. Accordingly, job change rates are high in computer engineers and their unemployment periods are quite low. Especially with many SME projects supported by the state, the chance to establish their own enterprises also allows computer engineers to earn high incomes.

 

7. What are the job descriptions of computer engineers?
Computer engineers have a wide job description. They can work in different positions upon graduation. Examples of these job descriptions are given below.

 

• System Analyzer: A qualified person who establishes information processing systems and collects new information, defines the necessary methods for the establishment and operation of systems, performs their installation, supervises them and makes suggestions for their development.

 

• System Programmer: A person who designs, programs and maintains the system software of the computer, examines the software provided by the manufacturer and decides on the necessary optimum structure, examines the changes made by the manufacturer in the software and determines their effects on existing operating systems, system design, programming and operating methods, guides system analyzers and programmers in the use of system software and its connection to application programs by testing new or changed software before installing it.

9. What is the academic staff of GTU Computer Engineering like?
It has faculty members who have studied abroad and come from different schools. Detailed information about the faculty members is given in the table below.

 

 

 

    

 

For laboratories please click here.

 

11. Are there scholarship opportunities?
For detailed information, please visit the GTU Scholarship Office web page. Although we cannot give a clear number, scholarship opportunities are provided by companies in the area to students determined by the school administration.

 

12. What are the accommodation opportunities?
Our dormitory serves with a total capacity of 760 students, 320 girls and 440 boys, in the area allocated to the Higher Education Credit and Dormitories Institution in the west of the Muallimköy Campus. For more information about Muallimköy KYK dormitory, please click.

 

In addition to the KYK dormitory, a student dormitory is planned to be opened on campus. The construction of this dormitory, which will be open to all our students, is ongoing. Apart from these, there are also various foundation dormitories around our university.

 

There are also secure sites close to the university where students can rent a house. The places drawn in blue in the picture below are the places where students live in the Istanbul and Gebze regions.