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FACULTY of ENGINEERING / DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING

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Phone: +90 0462 3257406 , 3773153
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FACULTY of ENGINEERING / DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING /
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FOUNDATION & HISTORY  
Mining Engineering Department was established in 1991 under the name of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. Mining Engineering Department which was connected to the Faculty of Engineering in 2005, includes Sub-Divisions of Mining Operations, Ore-coal Preparation and Evaluation, Mining Mechanization and Technology. Many students have graduated from the department with "Mining Engineer" diploma until today. The department also offers graduate and doctoral educations.
QUALIFICATION AWARDED  
The students who have graduated from Mining Engineering Department is awarded with a Bachelor's degree in the field of Mining Engineering.
LEVEL of QUALIFICATION:  
First Cycle Degree  
MODE of STUDY  
Full Time
ADMISSION & REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS  
1- High school and/or equivalent school diploma,
2- Sufficient score from the related exams organized by the Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM),
3- Have a sufficient language skills for English education,
OBJECTIVE of THE PROGRAMME  
Established in a region where engineering problems and metallic mineral deposits occur widely, Department of Mining Engineering carries out a curriculum to educate students to become mining engineers who can take a role in mining and processing of natural resources, deal with rock mechanics and marble technology, recognise the natural events such as landslides, search for their causes and produce solutions for them. The curriculum constructed to achieve these objectives contain courses in the field of physical geology, mineralogy-petrography, ore deposits, rock mechanics, mining methods, mine vantilation, ore processing, and mineral economics, and additional courses such as engineering ethics, computer applications, mining and labour laws, health and safety and mining and environment sciences. In addition to compulsory courses, the students are given the chance of taking courses from the list of elective courses based on their own preferences, which makes the programme flexible from the students' perspective. This enables the department to educate students who have the competency to work individually or in groups to identify mining problems, find solutions for them and apply them with an ethical responsibility. Among the alumni of the department are many mining engineers who have reached the highest positions in the state companies such as Turkisk Coal, ETI Mine Works, and Mineral Research and Exploration Institute, as well as in many private companies.
RECOGNATION of PRIOR LEARNING  
The "Directive on Recognition of Prior Learning", Senate Decision No. 340 issued on July 28, 2023, has been accepted and entered into force regarding the students registered in all programs of Karadeniz Technical University to determine the principles to be followed for the recognition, crediting, and adaptation of the achievements acquired by the students at non-university institutions.

In this Directive,

- recognition of knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired with special interest through an exemption exam to be substituted as program courses,
- recognition of workplace and internship experiences through portfolio evaluation to be substituted as program courses,
- and the crediting of certificates received from accredited institutions regarding students' special interests are covered.

Announcements of courses included in the scope of recognition of prior learning, applications, and evaluation will be made on the dates specified in the academic calendar. Recognition of prior learning will offer numerous benefits to our students and employers. For our students, increasing professional development and mobility in the labour market, preventing repetition of education and waste of time, providing early graduation, reducing the cost of learning, encouraging learning, and increasing the student's motivation and self-confidence can be counted among the benefits of recognition of prior learning. From the employers' perspectives, it will contribute to satisfying skill or competence deficiencies in the workplace, reducing the time employees spend outside the workplace for training purposes, and thus using resources more efficiently.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS and REGULATIONS  
To be able to obtain a bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering (to win the title of Mining Engineer), the students should perform the followings:
(a) to pass all courses in the curriculum with a grade of at least DC,
(b) to have a cumulative gross point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00,
(c) completed the compulsory practical placement period of 60 days at least at two diferent places and had a passing grade for the reports prepared for these placements,
(d) prepared a graduation thesis, submitted and successfully defended with a passing grade.
EXAMINATION, ASSESSMENT and GRADING REGULATIONS  
In the evaluation of the grades; the relative evaluation system in the courses where the number of students exceeds 10 and the absolute evaluation system in the courses where the number of students is below 10 is applied. Relative evaluation system measures the success of the student according to the performance level of the other students in the class. Students are required to take at least 45 out of 100 in the final exam in order to pass a course regardless of the mid-term grades. The course grade is calculated on the grades taken from the mid-term exam and the final exam. Accordingly, the contribution of midterm (quizzes, homework, project, etc.) and final exam to course grade are equal (50%). All exams are evaluated over 100 points. Students taking one of the (AA), (BA), (BB), (CB) and (CC) letter grades from a course are considered successful. Students who have received the (DC) letter grade have the right to be conditional pass and this condition requires a academic average of the relevant semester be at least 2.00. At the end of each semester, students can take the make-up exam from all the courses they fail.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS  
The graduation requirements for the Department of Mining Engineering are the same as the qualification requirements and regulations. There is no additional requirement to secure the Bachelor's Degree provided that the students have passed all the courses in the curriculum with at least a DC grade, had a cumulative gross point average of at least 2.00 out of 4.00, and completed the compulsory practical placement period of 60 days and had a passing grade for the reports prepared for these placements.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES of GRADUATES  
The graduates of the Mining Engineering Department has many opportunities of employment in a varitey of state and private companies. The main state companies where they can work include Turkish Coal, ETI Mine Works, the State Water Works, General Directorate of Motorways, Mineral Research and Exploration Institute, Turkish Petroleum and municipalities. Currently, majority of the graduates find jobs in private sector engaged mainly in surface and underground companies as well construction companies working on tunnels, roadworks and dams. There are also cases where the graduates setup up their own jobs mainly in mining supervision, mine planning, etc.
ACCESS to FURTHER STUDIES  
Upon successful completion of the undergraduate program; the students who provided that they have a suffiecient score from the Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES) organized by the Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) and English language skills, may apply to post graduate programmes (MSc. and PhD.) at home and other universities.
CONTACT INFORMATION  
Postal Adress: KTU Mühendislik Fakültesi, Maden Mühendisliği Bölümü, Trabzon
Phone: 3257406 , 3773153
Fax: 325 7405
E-Mailialp@ktu.edu.tr
Web Adresshttp://www.muhfak.ktu.edu.tr/maden/index.htm
DEPARTMENTAL FACILITIES : 
Mining Engineering Department carries out education-teaching and R & D activities in a roughly 3000 square meters area that can be divided into 4 functional parts. These areas consist of staff offices, technologically equipped classrooms, seminar rooms, course study hall and student club room, Labs belonging to the each sub-divions, computer labs for both undergraduate and graduate students. Our department is among the most modern Mining Engineering departments in our country which meets the objectives of the Mining Engineering Program with these facilities offered to the students.