ITU Faculty of Mines — Principles of the Graduation Project

These principles were established at the 52nd meeting of the Faculty Board, dated 18 March 1998, pursuant to Article 5 of the "Senate Principles on the Undertaking, Submission, and Examination of the Graduation Project," taking into account the specific characteristics of the Departments of our Faculty.

• In the Departments of our Faculty, the assignment of Graduation Project topics may also be carried out in the 6th semester with the approval of the student's advisor.
• Graduation Project topics should be of a nature that requires the student to apply most of the knowledge acquired in the professional courses taken during their education. Graduation Projects should not be assigned on highly specialized topics.
• Depending on the characteristics of the Departments, the Graduation Project may be carried out in the field, in operating plants, in pilot plants, or in laboratories.
• During a topic-assignment period, a faculty member may undertake to supervise the Graduation Projects of at most three students. However, where necessary, this number may be increased by a decision of the Departmental Board.
• The Graduation Project shall be submitted to the Dean's Office within the prescribed period, in accordance with the process set out in the documents below.
• The Graduation Project Examination is conducted by an examination committee composed of one faculty member selected from each Division (Anabilim Dalı) affiliated with the Department, as determined by the advisor and the Departmental Board. However, the number of committee members may not be fewer than three.
• With the approval of the Departmental Boards, Graduation Projects may be carried out jointly between Departments.
• In matters not addressed in these Principles, the "Senate Principles on the Undertaking, Submission, and Examination of the Graduation Project" shall apply.
• These Principles shall take effect as of 18 March 1998.

Regarding the Enrollment Requirements for the Courses 4901 Tasarım I / 4901E Design I and 4902 Tasarım II / 4902E Design II
At the meeting of the University Senate dated 19 March 2020 and numbered 726: following the review conducted upon student requests concerning the application of the prerequisites placed on the courses 4901 Design I / 4901E Design I and 4902 Design II / 4902E Design II, located in the 7th and 8th semesters of our University's undergraduate programs; in line with the Senate Decision dated 12 January 2017 and numbered 646, by which the Design course was offered over two semesters, and the Senate Decision dated 15 March 2018 and numbered 672 concerning the prerequisites placed on the course 4901 Design I / 4901E Design I; and in order to prevent the grievances of students arising from the difficulties experienced in the course plans of the fall semester of the 2017–2018 academic year and thereafter, it has been decided that:

1. On a one-time basis only, in order to allow students registered in the post-fall-2017–2018 academic-year plans to enroll in the course coded 4901 Tasarım I / 4901E Design I — located in the 7th semester of their course plans — during the fall and spring semesters of 2020–2021:

• the student must be in the 3rd year (having completed at least 70 credits);
• students in programs that failed to determine or report on time the 5th- and 6th-semester courses to be set as prerequisites for the Design I course shall be permitted to register for the Design I course without regard to the prerequisite.

2. Effective from the fall semester of 2020–2021, the "ITB and/or SNT Elective package" courses located in the first four semesters of the post-fall-2017–2018 plans shall not be required as prerequisites; however, these courses must be completed prior to graduation.

Graduation Design Project Submission Process

1. A thesis prepared in accordance with the thesis writing guidelines must be prepared for CHZ492/4902. For CHZ4901, a report must be prepared (a short report — FORM-3 — containing preliminary information on the work to be carried out, the scope of the study, and a literature review).


2. It is essential that the submission of the thesis (CHZ492/4902) or the report — FORM-3 (CHZ4901) be announced together with the information provided on Ninova. (Students must, in particular, post a reply in the messages section confirming that they have read and acknowledged the announcement in advance.)


3. Any revisions provided by the advisors for the thesis (CHZ492/4902) or report — FORM-3 (CHZ4901) shall be carried out by the students as soon as possible and resubmitted to the advisor for approval. The thesis must be signed by the advisor.

-!- For theses conducted as group work, only a SINGLE thesis / preliminary report (FORM-3) shall be submitted.
-!- THESES / PRELIMINARY REPORTS THAT ARE UNSIGNED AND NOT APPROVED BY THE ADVISOR WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO THE EXAMINATION.

Documents that must be included in the compressed file (zip, rar) to be uploaded by the student:

- The Word document of the thesis/report (FORM-3 for CHZ4901);
- The PDF document of the thesis/report (FORM-3 for CHZ4901);
- The "Thesis Submission Form" PDF (the first signature page of the thesis), signed by the thesis advisor to confirm acceptance of the thesis, which must be added by the student among the thesis files together with the thesis;
- Students registered in CHZ492/4902 shall prepare a paper related to their thesis, in accordance with the paper writing guidelines, using the "paper template";
- Students registered in CHZ492/4902 shall also prepare a "Graduation Form" (Mezuniyet Fişi).


4. The theses/report documents uploaded to Ninova will be forwarded by the Department Chair to the student's thesis advisor and the designated jury members. A physical meeting for the thesis/report defense will be arranged on a date set by the Department Chair within the Graduation Design Project Examination period, and the other jury members and the presenting students will be invited to this meeting.

4.1. Students will present their theses/reports at this meeting attended by the designated jury members and will be graded according to the criteria set by the Department Chair. Document signing procedures will be carried out physically.

4.2. Students shall complete the revisions to the thesis text requested at the thesis defense examination within 2 days following the examination date and shall upload a revised version to the system, converting to PDF the approval obtained from the jury members confirming that these revisions have been completed (including the pages signed by the thesis advisor and the jury members).

4.3. All of these final files are forwarded to the Dean's Office. In addition, 2 copies of the final thesis (for CHZ492/4902) must be physically printed by the student, signed, and submitted to the Dean's Office with a cardboard cover.


5. Students who wish to postpone thesis submission to the end of summer school must complete the postponement forms approved by the advisor and the department chair and submit them to the Department Chair.