The Faculty of Civil Engineering comprises the Departments of Civil Engineering, Geomatics Engineering, and Environmental Engineering, which are among the core fields of engineering science.
The history of the Faculty of Civil Engineering is inextricably linked to that of Yıldız Technical University. Under its current name, mission, and vision, Yıldız Technical University began offering instruction in 1911 as the Kondüktör Mektebi Alîsi. Continuing its operations under the name Nafıa Science School with the establishment of the Republic, the institution later adopted the names Istanbul Technical School in 1937 and Istanbul State Academy of Engineering and Architecture (İDMMA) in 1969. In 1982, it became Yıldız University, and in 1992, Yıldız Technical University, undergoing a restructuring to keep pace with contemporary developments in education.
The Department of Civil Engineering, whose history is intertwined with that of our historic university, is the second-oldest civil engineering department in the country in terms of its founding date. Established in 1949, the Department of Surveying Engineering takes pride in being the first department of its kind established in our country. The Department of Environmental Engineering was established in 1989 with the aim of training engineers capable of developing engineering-based solutions to the growing environmental challenges of the past century. These three departments, which rank among the country’s most distinguished in their respective disciplines, were brought together under the umbrella of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in 1992 during the university’s transition to the YTÜ structure, and have since successfully continued their educational, teaching, and research activities.
The departments’ educational programs are designed to produce engineers capable of competing at an international level and equipped with a commitment to lifelong learning. Students joining the Yıldız Technical University family take 30 percent of their engineering courses in English after completing a one-year English preparatory program at the School of Foreign Languages.
Our faculty’s distinguished academic staff shares with our students the theoretical knowledge gained from the national and international research projects in which they are involved, as well as the practical experience acquired through projects conducted within the framework of university-industry collaboration.
Upon successful completion of their studies, our students earn bachelor’s degrees in engineering that are internationally recognized. In this context, the educational programs of our Faculty’s departments are authorized to grant the EUR-ACE Label by the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE) (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education), which is authorized to grant the EUR-ACE Label, and have been accredited by MÜDEK, the national quality assurance agency for engineering program accreditation.