The current rules and application principles regarding the internship and Vocational Training in Business (VTB) processes of the Mechatronics Engineering (English) department within the Faculty of Engineering at Istanbul Gedik University are detailed below:
- Summer Internship Requirements and Topics
The total compulsory summer internship duration required for graduation in the Mechatronics Engineering departments is 60 working days. This period is divided into two different internship areas, each lasting at least 30 working days:
A. Control / Automation and Electrical / Electronics Internship:
Must be completed for at least 30 working days. Within this scope, the student should increase their professional awareness by contributing to the internship workplace in Control and Automation-related topics such as automation technologies, robotics, computer-aided manufacturing, flexible manufacturing systems, mass production lines, controllers, mechatronics systems, the use of sensors and actuators, as well as in Electrical-Electronics and Installation fields such as high and low voltage transformations, circuit design, power and control panels, installation, etc.
B. Production Methods and Business / Organization Internship:
Must be completed for at least 30 working days. Within this scope, the student should increase their professional awareness by contributing to the internship workplace in topics related to Production Methods such as raw material production, full or semi-finished product manufacturing, casting, joining techniques, machining / non-machining manufacturing techniques, and forming, as well as in business topics such as office management, human resources management, sales/marketing, purchasing, contracts, engineering economics, workflow, supply, and logistics.
Internship Placement Selection and Supervision Requirements:
- The main field of activity of the institutions where the internship will be conducted must fall within the scope of Mechatronics Engineering (in the fields of Control-Automation, Electrical-Electronics, Production Technologies, or Business-Organization). The Department Internship Committee makes the final decision on the suitability of the enterprises and their fields of activity.
- For the internships to be considered valid, it is mandatory that the internship be carried out under the supervision of an engineer with at least 5 years of professional experience.
- An engineer from the field of Mechatronics Engineering must be present at the institution where the internship is conducted, or the internship file must be approved by an authorized engineer. If this condition is not met, the Department Head and the Internship Committee may not approve the internship, and the completed internship may be deemed invalid.
Prerequisite:
- In order for students to start their summer internships, they must have successfully completed the “Occupational Health and Safety” course included in their curriculum.
- Principles of Vocational Training in Business (VTB)
To obtain their bachelor’s degree, Mechatronics Engineering students can choose one of two options in their 8th semester: participating in the Vocational Training in Business (VTB) (30 ECTS) application or taking 6 elective courses (30 ECTS in total) instead.
The academic and administrative requirements that students who prefer the VTB application must meet are as follows:
- Summer Internship Obligation: Participating in the VTB application does not provide an exemption from summer internships; students are strictly obligated to complete their mandatory summer internships separately.
- Academic Success Condition: The student’s Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) must be at least 2.00 in the semester of application.
- Course Attendance Status: If the student has any failing courses from lower classes that require mandatory attendance, they cannot participate in the VTB application. However, courses carried over from lower classes that do not require mandatory attendance (only the exam will be taken) can be taken along with the VTB period, provided that the student has completed at least one industrial internship (30 working days).
- Course Load Restriction: A student who chooses to do VTB cannot take any other course during the same semester (except for lower-class courses without mandatory attendance) and is exempted from the 8th-semester elective courses.
- Working Schedule and Absenteeism: VTB is carried out continuously for at least 5 working days a week within working hours. If the total number of days on leave exceeds 20% of the VTB duration, or if unauthorized/unexcused absence is made for more than 3 consecutive days, the students’ VTB application will be canceled. In case of illness, an official medical report must be obtained; if the report duration exceeds 20% of the total duration, the VTB period is extended by the number of exceeding days.
- Important Academic Rules and Ethical Principles
- Artificial Intelligence and Plagiarism Ban: If it is detected at any stage of the internship files or VTB reports that the content has been copied from different sources or prepared using applications such as artificial intelligence, the relevant files will not be accepted, and the completed internship/VTB will be deemed entirely invalid.
- Document Submission Deadline: The reports and end-of-term evaluation forms prepared at the end of both the summer internship and VTB must be submitted to the Department Head no later than two weeks following the completion of the process.
Directives, Presentations, and Required Documents
To access the current directives, information presentations, and all required forms regarding the Summer Internship and Vocational Training in Business (VTB) processes, please visit the Current Internship and VTB Announcement and Documents page.