Department of Energy Systems Engineering (ESE) was established in 08.03.2012. The department of ESE primarily aims to prepare its students for a successful engineering career so that they can identify, formulate, model, analyse and solve the problems related with Energy by implementing their mathematics, science and engineering knowledge. Our department will offer a four-year applied undergraduate education plan (one semester will be spent as an apprentice in industry). The undergraduate admissions will be accepted within the frame of two different types of quotas. The first quota is open to the High School graduates while the second one is only open to the Vocational and Technical Secondary School (known as MTOK in Turkey) graduates. Students accepted by the second type of quota will take the scientific preparation for one more year. Successfully students passed the scientific preparatory will continue to the education from the first year.
Energy always comes at the top of the global challenges. The dependence of the world energy on fossil fuels which are becoming rapidly scarcer has recently intensified geopolitical conflicts emerging from access to these scarce resources. In the case of easy access to and consumption of fossil fuels increase the carbon-dioxide emission levels in the atmosphere causing the global climate change. This paradoxical situation could only be resolved through a “green revolution” or a secure transition of energy economy into a “low carbon economy.” In other words, the future of mankind will be shaped by the success of such transition.
Energy is so vital for the Turkish economy because it is one of the main factors of the production process. However, Turkish energy system faces serious problems in supplying the security of this important input. As one of the consequences of its fast-economic growth, Turkey has become one of the economies with the highest increase in energy consumption. Unable to meet its demand because of its insufficient domestic production, Turkey should supply 75% of its energy consumption from imports. Although the resource potential is high, the use of renewable energy technologies remains very low. It is evident that Turkey needs professionals in the field of Energy who are endowed with an international and top quality education and whose education and professional training capacitate them in finding solutions to energy problems of Turkey and the rest of the world. Turkey’s success in the 21st century will depend on the its capability to cultivate human capital which would have capacity to find solutions to energy problems.
Our department will give education on detecting, generating, managing, conducting and distributing any kind of energy resources (e.g. conventional energy, renewable energy, hydrogen energy, geothermal energy, biomass energy, nuclear energy, energy planning and management, etc.). The graduates can work at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, General Directorate of Petroleum Affairs, Mineral Research and Exploration Institute (MTA), General Directorate of Renewable Energy, TEAS, TEIAS, TEDAS, DSI, TPAO, BOTAS, TUPRAS.
