History : Department was firstly founded in the 1997-98 academic year as a Welding Technology Program. Since January 2011, education continues as Machinery Program under of Department of Machine and Metal Technologies.

Qualification Awarded : Machinery Pre-Bachelor Grade
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle) : Pre Bachelor
Specific Admission Requirements : Admission to the vocational school is arranged within the framework of Turkish Higher Education Council law and decisions. Students are admitted to the Machinery Program in accordance with the Higher Education Entrance Examination (YKS). Students taking enough points from TYT are admitted to the Machinery Program.

Documents required for the registration;
1 - High school diploma or its equivalent,
2 - Student placement examination result given by the Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM)
Specific Arrangements For Recognition Of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal) : Recognition of prior non-formal and informal learning is at the beginning stages in Turkish Higher Education Institutions. Exams of exemption are organized at the beginning of each school year for English Language courses. Students who have completed the proficiencies for these courses on his/her own or through other means, and believes that they have achieved the learning outcomes specified are given the right to take the exemption exam. Students who achieve a passing grade (65%) from these exams are held exempt from the related course in the curriculum. Also, the recognition of the previous formal education, horizontal transitions between universities are executed according to the “Legislation on the Principals about the Transition between Associate Degrees and Bachelor's Degrees, Double Major, Lateral Major and Credit Transfer between Institutions” that is determined by Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK). If a student successfully completed a course in another institution, the department can waive that course if there is a corresponding course at Celal Bayar University and the content of that particular course is approved by the department faculty members.
Qualification Requirements and Regulations : Students should fulfill 120 ECTS which has been predetermined at department program including must and elective courses. In addition, Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) must be at least 2.00/4.00 to earn PreBachelor degree for Machinery Program.
Profile of The Programme : The Machinery Program is a program that aims to provide education in fundamental sciences as well as theoretical and practical education in the subjects specific to the field of machinery such as design, production, materials, and measurement. The main purpose of the program is to train the technician to make them gain the fund of knowledge meeting with the current requirements of rapidly developing science and technology. The program also aims to make students acquire the ability to transfer this knowledge into practice and analyzing and synthesizing skills.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates With Examples : The graduates of the program have many opportunities for employment in a variety of state and private companies and also cases where the graduates setup up their own jobs.
Access to Further Studies : It is possible for our graduates to continue Bachelor's degree by succeeding in DGS exam. Our graduates may take vertical transition (DGS) exam to enter the faculty of; Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Marine Engineering, and Agricultural Machinery.
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading : Evaluation criteria for each course is determined by the faculty member who is teaching the course and this evaluation criteria is available on the University Course Information Catalogue. The students are required to take at least one midterm and one final exam in the scope of each enrolled course. In addition to these, quizzes, homeworks, presentations, projects etc. are determined by the faculty member to be involved in the evaluation criteria. At the end of the year, the grades of the students are calculated by the combination of midterm and final exam grades, in-year activities and participation in class. When passing grade is determined, midterm exam is 40% and final exam is 60% effective. All exams are evaluated over 100 points. Success grade is converted to letter grade with relative evaluation system. The note that the student gets when calculating the success grade is converted to the letter grade in the relative system. The student must receive at least CC letter grades to be successful in a course. Students with a GANO score of at least 2.00 (DC) and (DD) are considered to be successful in grades. Students who do not have a failed course, but whose GANO is below 2.00, must first take the courses (DC) and (DD) to get their GANOs above 2.00 in order to graduate.
Graduation Requirements : In order to graduate from the program, it is required to pass all the courses in the program (equivalent to total 120 ECTS) during the permitted period and to have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 over 4.00
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning ) : Full Time
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent : Manisa Celal Bayar University Turgutlu Vocational School, Department of Machine and Metal Technologies/ Turgutlu-Manisa
Prof. Dr. Aysel YAZICI
Chair of Department
Program Training Catalog Responsible and Coordinator
Tel :+ 90-236-313 55 02 Ext:141 Fax :+ 90-236-314 45 66
e-mail: aysel.yazici@cbu.edu.tr
Facilities : The education language is Turkish in the program. Computer labs, machining, CAD/CAM, welding, and CNC Atelier are available for students` use. Presently, there are 1 professor, 1 assistant professors, and 3 lecturers at the program.