İTÜ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, one of the core faculties involved in the founding of Istanbul Technical University, such as Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Electrical Engineering, received its current name in 1944. In 1933, with the new university reform, the "Istanbul Darülfünunu" (Istanbul University) Electrical and Mechanical Institute, which was part of the Faculty of Science, was abolished, and the Electrical-Mechanical Department was opened at the Higher Engineering School, initiating Mechanical-Electrical Engineering education. In 1944, with a new law, the Higher Engineering School was renamed "Istanbul Technical University," and the Mechanical Department became an independent Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

Our faculty is one of the oldest institutions in our country conducting education and research in the field of mechanical engineering. The various branches of engineering it houses have evolved into independent faculties. In 1969, the Faculty of Shipbuilding and Marine Sciences, in 1983, the Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and in 2004, the Faculty of Textile Technologies and Design gained their independent status. In its early years, some of the basic science and general engineering courses were also taught within the Mechanical Engineering Faculty, and the Mining Engineering Department, which was initially part of the Mechanical Faculty, became an independent faculty in 1953.

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, through the Department of Mechanical Engineering, carries out education and research in the design, development, and production planning of all types of mechanical systems and energy conversion systems. Research and development activities continue in various fields, such as the automotive industry, energy production, petrochemical industry, robotics technology, textile industry, defense industry and technologies, reverse engineering, clean energy, renewable energy, underground coal gasification, MEMS, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical technology, and biomolecular engineering.

Today, Istanbul Technical University's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, which is a contemporary education and research institution compatible with world technology, is one of the faculties in our country with the largest research laboratories.