The information and program qualifications related to the Smart Buildings and Facilities Management Master of Science Without Thesis Program, under the Department of Energy Planning and Management of the Graduate School, are summarized below.
Information About The Program
Smart Building and Facility Management, non-thesis master's program started in 2019 under Energy Planning and Management Department of energy Institute, which is the only one in Turkey, has been prepared in order to train specialists especially demanded by facility management companies on the basis of sustainability.
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Registration Requirements
Application Term : Previous Term / 2024-2025 Fall Semester (Second Application)
Application Requirements (For T.C Nationality) ALES is not required. Undergraduate GPA must be minimum 2.2/4 (58/100). Graduation must be All Engineering, Energy Science and Technology, Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning. The teaching language method of this program is Turkish. English is not a requirement to start education.
Quota (For T.C Nationality): 30
Uygulanan Başvuru Şartları (Uluslararası Aday Öğrenciler İçin) ALES is not required. Undergraduate GPA must be minimum 2.2/4 (58/100). Graduation must be All Engineering, Energy Science and Technology, Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning. The teaching language method of this program is Turkish. English is not a requirement to start education.
Kontenjanı (Uluslararası Aday Öğrenciler İçin): 9
Application Page Graduate Education and Training Regulation Senate Principles
Application requirements, application dates, and quotas are updated in real-time from the Application System.
Program Fees
English Proficiency
The teaching language method of this program is Turkish. English is not a requirement to start education.
Regulations and Guidelines
Academic Calendar
Course Plans
Course Schedules
Course Adjustment and Exemption Procedures
Program Educational Objectives
To train masters of facility engineers combining the knowledge from a variety of scientific and engineering fields to empower University-Industry Collaboration.
Improve the awareness of sustainability and ecosystem.
Present the state of the art new generation applications on sustainable building and facility management.
Teach the design & management of building and facility automation.
Create the awareness of digitalization.
Teach the implementation and usage of the IoT and big data analytics.
Teach the condition monitoring-based maintenance management.
Measurement and Evaluation
Evaluating Student Success
The student success is evaluated considering Articles 56, 57, 58, and 59 of the Istanbul Technical University Graduate Education and Training Regulation Senate Principles.
ARTICLE 56 - Before the enrollment for the courses begins, the faculty member who offers the course informs the Program Executive Committee about the types, number and contribution percentage to the final grade of the studies within the semester, as well as requirements for a right to take the semester final exam. These requirements shall be finalized by approval of the Program Executive Committee and approval of the chair of the department, who declares them to the student and informs the Graduate School.
ARTICLE 57 - A student may appeal the final grade of a course within one week following the announcement of the grades. Appeals must be submitted to the Graduate School in writing. The relevant faculty member shall re-evaluate the student's success status and submit the result to the Graduate School within one week. Appeals not submitted within the prescribed time frame shall not be considered by the Graduate School.
ARTICLE 58 - Courses in graduate programs shall be evaluated according to the following grading system.
| Grade Description |
Grade |
Scale |
| Excellent |
AA |
4.00 |
| Very good plus |
BA+ |
3.75 |
| Very good |
BA |
3.50 |
| Good plus |
BB+ |
3.25 |
| Good |
BB |
3.00 |
| Conditional Pass |
CB+ |
2.75 |
| Conditional Pass |
CB |
2.50 |
| Conditional Pass |
CC+ |
2.25 |
| Conditional Pass |
CC |
2.00 |
| Fail |
FF |
0.00 |
| Fail(No Exam) |
VF |
0.00 |
ARTICLE 59 - Students who wish to improve their cumulative grade point average may retake courses during the course-taking period. The most recent grade will be counted for the repeated courses.
Internship
There is no internship in this program.
Graduation Requirements
Complete totally 12 courses, in which 6 is mandatory, and to do term project.
The Awarded Degree and Title
Degree : Master of Science Without Thesis Title : -
Program Employment Opportunities
Sustainable Building and Facility Design
Intelligent Building - Facility Control - Smart Cities
Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Facilities
Energy Load Optimization in Buildings and Facilities
Waste - Environmental Management in Buildings and Facilities
Climate Change Based Buildings and Facility Design
Condition Based Smart Maintenance in Buildings and Facilities
Digitization - Innovation Projects in Buildings and Facilities
Digitization and Innovation Projects in Smart Cities
Number of Graduates
Graduate Statistics
| Year | Number of Graduates |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 6 |
Program Outcomes
P.O.1 Grasping interdisciplinary interaction related to social and technical fields in undergraduate level and developing and intensifying the current knowledge in that area of Smart Buildings and Facility Management; integrate with the knowledge from other scientific fields and evaluate them to create new knowledge (Knowledge).
P.O.2 By means of ability to use theoretical and practical information related to the area of Smart Buildings and Facility Management to combine and interpret them with information from different disciplines producing new information and solving the faced problems by related searching methods (Skill).
P.O.3 By means of the ability to critically analyze knowledge, skills and also a study related to the area of Smart Building and Facility Management that requires expertise on that area, directing and continuing independently, developing new strategies for the problems that are not foreseen and taking the responsibilities together with fulfilling the leader role, the ability to produce solutions for that problems (Competence to Work Independently, Competence to Take Responsibility, Competence to Learning).
P.O.4 By means of the ability to promote current development and studies by supporting with qualitative and quantitative data in the area of Smart Building and Management and to use computer software together with information and communication technologies with a required level, critical analyzing, developing and altering, if required, social relationships and the norms directing these relationships, establishing written oral and visual communication with groups within one’s or different fields (Communication and Social Competency).
P.O.5 Proficiency in a foreign language and establishing written, oral and visual communication with that language for presenting one’s studies in the international environment (Communication and Social Competency).
P.O.6 By means of the ability to inspect the steps like gathering, interpreting, implementing and announcing related data with the area of Smart Building and Facility Management by overseeing scientific, cultural and ethical norms, teaching these norms, developing strategy, policy and action plans in related subjects and evaluating the obtained results by making the use of quality processes, using the gathered information and solving problems and/or implementation skills in the interdisciplinary strategies (Area Specific Competency).
Program Coordinator
Head of the Department
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