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MÜDEK is recognized by the Higher Education Quality Board of Turkey as the National Quality Assurance Agency in accrediting engineering programs.
MÜDEK is a full member of ENAEE (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education).
MÜDEK is authorized by ENAEE to award EUR-ACE Label.
MÜDEK is a Washington Accord Signatory of International Engineering Alliance.

Call for New Evaluator Candidates

MÜDEK is seeking for evaluator candidates both from academia and industry/business to conduct accreditation evaluation of engineering education programs according to MÜDEK Evaluation Criteria in order to play an important role in quality studies of institutions. Click here >>>>> for further details.

ENAEE President José Carlos Quadrado visited MÜDEK (posted on: 17.07.2023)

ENAEE President José Carlos Quadrado visited MÜDEK. During the visit, which took place on Thursday, July 13, 2023, the relations between the two institutions were evaluated and new areas of cooperation were discussed. Chair of the Executive Board İsmail Duranyıldız, Member of the Executive Board Engin Arıkan, Advisory Board Member Birgül Ersolmaz and Secretary General Serhan Başer attended the meeting on behalf of MÜDEK.

Accreditation Decisions for 2023 (posted on: 01.07.2023)

Accreditation decisions for 2023 were taken by MAK. Out of 121 engineering programs evaluated in the 2022-2023 accreditation cycle, full term accreditation is granted to 10 programs, extended accreditation until next general review is granted to 30 programs, accreditation with interim review is granted to 61 programs, and no accreditation is given to 20 programs.

For the updated list of acredited programs, click here >>>>>

A. Bülent Özgüler Became Deputy Chair of Washington Accord (posted on 15.06.2023)
  
A. Bülent Özgüler, founding member of MÜDEK, was elected as the Committee Deputy Chair of Washington Accord at the IEA General Assembly held in Taichung, Taiwan. We congratulate him for this success and thank him for his contribution to MÜDEK's international recognition.

Serhan Başer Attending 40th Engineering Deans Council Meeting (posted on 01.06.2023)
 
Serhan Başer, Secretary General of MÜDEK attended to the 40th MDK (Engineering Deans Council) meeting held at Uşak University on May 26, 2023 s MÜDEK representative and gave a presentation. Click here to reach the presentation >>>>>
MÜDEK General Assembly Held

MÜDEK 2023 General Assembly was held with 20 MÜDEK members without considering the quorum at the location and time announced earlier on April 15, 2023 Saturday. As a result of the elections, Executive Board and Auditing Board were formed for the 2023-2025 term as follows

Executive Board Members*: Executive Board Substitute Members **:
  1. İsmail Duranyıldız- Chair
  2. Gürkan Karakaşl – Vice Chair
  3. Zehra Jale Akyel - Secretary Member
  4. Engin Arıkan - Treasurer Member
  5. Süheyda Atalay - Member

  1. Ahmet Aran
  2. Necati Aras
  3. Aydın Kosova
  4. Coşkun Köse
  5. Macit Fikret Suner
Auditing Board Members: Auditing Board Substitute Members:
  1. Hüsamettin Alper
  2. Altay Onur
  3. Ertuğrul Orhan Örücü
  1. Mehmet Demirkol
  2. Sadullah Can Meydanlı
  3. Mehmet Yalçın Tanes

* Executive Board has held its first meeting right after the General Assembly meeting to assign the positions within the Board.
** Substitute members were determined according to the number of votes taken; in case of equal votes they are listed according to alphabetical order of their last names.

We thank to board members of the previous period for their devoted and successful service and wish a successful term to newly elected members of the boards.

Higher Education Quality Council Extended Quality Evaluation and Registration Certificate of MÜDEK for 5 Years

Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK) extended the validity of Quality Evaluation and Registration Certificate of MÜDEK for a period of 5 Years starting from February 1, 2023 in its General Assembly meeting on January 22, 2023. This certificate had been issued to MÜDEK for the first time in 2007 by the Higher Education Council YÖK of Turkey for 5 years and it was re-issued by YÖK again for another 5 years in 2013 and 2018. Thus has been extended once again for 5 years in 2023. Click here for the official notification of YÖKAK in Turkish. 
[Registration Certificate]
Müfit Gülgeç Became TMMOB Representative at MAK

Müfit Gülgeç was appointed as TMMOB’s Representative at MAK, which was vacated due to Mehmet Soğancı filling his term, upon the proposal of TMMOB. Müfit Gülgeç will continue this duty until 31.12.2024.

We wish him good luck and success in his new position.

MÜDEK General Assembly 

MÜDEK General Assembly will meet at TED Tennis Fencing and Mountaineering Sports Club located at Tarabya Bayırı Caddesi No:68 34457 Tarabya-İstanbul with the following agenda at 11:00 hours on April 08, 2023, Saturday. If no quorum is reached, then it will meet with the same agenda at the same place 7 days later on April 15, 2023, Saturday.

Agenda:
  1. Opening and moment of silence
  2. Election of Chairing Board
  3. Discussion and acceptance of the agenda and its amendments
  4. Presentation, discussion, and acceptance of Executive Board activity report for the past term, financial balance and income-expense tables for 2021
  5. Presentation, discussion, and acceptance of Auditing Board report
  6. Acquittal of Executive Board
  7. Discussion and acceptance of budget proposal for 2023
  8. Decision on membership fees for 2024
  9. Presentation of budget proposals for 2024 and 2025
  10. Election of 5 principal 5 substitute members of Executive Board
  11. Election of 3 principal 3 substitute members of Auditing Board
  12. Discussion and acceptance of proposed amendments on the Operational Regulations
  13. Wishes
  14. Closure

2023 MÜDEK Training for Institution Representatives

MÜDEK Training will be held in April 2023 for administrators and faculty members responsible for engineering undergraduate programs planning to apply for MÜDEK evaluation or to make improvements in their programs according to MÜDEK criteria.

The training will be carried out in two parts in a virtual environment. The first part will be held asynchronously on Google Classroom and will be available to participants as of April 10, 2023. The second part of the training will be held on Saturday April 29, 2023 in video-conference format via Zoom.

Pre-registration for the first part of the training is required by April 10, 2023 at the latest.

Click here to access (in Turkish) detailed information about pre-registration and 2023 MÜDEK Training for Institution Representatives.

Application Regulations for 2023-2024 Accreditation Cycle Determined

For the application regulations to MÜDEK accreditation in the 2023-2024 accreditation cycle, click here >>>>>.

ATTENTION: Application deadline is January 27, 2023.

MAK Members for the 2023-2024 Term

Following members of MÜDEK MAK (Engineering Programs Accreditation Board) for 2023-2024 years started their terms of service as of 01.01.2023.
  • Fuat Tiniş, (Chair), Industry Representative
  • Cüneyt Güzeliş, (Vice Chair), Prof. Dr., University Representative
  • Şebnem Baydere, (Past Chair), Prof. Dr., University Representative
  • Berçin Gün, (Member), KalDer Representative
  • Tarık Reyhan, (Member), Industry Representative
  • Macit Özenbaş, (Member), University Representative
  • Serpil Erol, (Member), University Representative
MAK services of Filiz B. Dilek who served 4 terms as MAK member since 2015 and Müjgan Çulfaz who served as University representative since 2017, and Mehmet Soğancı who served as TMMOB representative since 2017 ended as of December 31, 2022. Thanks go to them for their very precious services.

We welcome two new members, Serpil Erol and Macit Özenbaş as University representatives, who joined MAK as of 01.01.2023. Wishing a productive and successful term to the new MAK team.

The 40th MÜDEK New Evaluator Training will be held on December 5-17

The second MÜDEK New Evaluator Training of 2022 will be held on December 05-17, 2022. The first part of the training, which will be held in two parts, will be held on December 05-16, 2022 in the form of individual study via Google Classroom. Part II. will be held on Saturday, December 17th between 9:30-15:00 in video conference format via Zoom.

2022 MÜDEK Student Evaluator Training Held

The MÜDEK remote workshop for Student Evaluator (SE) training for 2022 was completed on November 5th, 2022. This year's SE training was conducted in two parts. Part I was held on October 28-November 4th, 2022 as a self-study on Google Classroom. The Part II was held online via Zoom on Saturday, November 5th. Education completed by 18 Student Evaluator candidates.

For more information (in Turkish) please click here:>>>>

2022 Evaluation and Accreditation Implementation Principles Directive has been updated

MÜDEK, Evaluation and Accreditation Implementation Principles Directive has been updated.

 For more information (in Turkish) please click here:>>>>

Sapling Donation by MÜDEK

As MÜDEK, we have donated saplings on behalf of all our volunteers who do not spare their time and effort. We wanted to contribute to being a breath of fresh air for our country, just like the support given to our association and to increase our quality in education and always achieve better. The image of our certificate of the donation is below.

Accreditation Decisions for 2022

Accreditation decisions for 2022 were taken by MAK. Out of 180 engineering programs evaluated in the 2021-2022 accreditation cycle, full term accreditation is granted to 40 programs, extended accreditation until next general review is granted to 62 programs, accreditation with interim review is granted to 56 programs, and no accreditation is given to 22 programs.

For the updated list of acredited programs, click here >>>>>

2022 MÜDEK Training for Institution Representatives

MÜDEK Training will be held in April-May 2022 for administrators and faculty members responsible for engineering undergraduate programs planning to apply for MÜDEK evaluation or to make improvements in their programs according to MÜDEK criteria.

The training will be carried out in two parts in a virtual environment. The first part will be held asynchronously on Google Classroom and will be available to participants as of April 15, 2022. The second part of the training will take place on Zoom on May 14, 2022, with a more limited number of participants.

Pre-registration for the first part of the training is required by Friday, April 15, 2022 at the latest. Please note that participants of the training will be determined according to the order of pre-registration.

Click here to access (in Turkish) detailed information about pre-registration and 2022 MÜDEK Training for Institution Representatives. >>>>>

MÜDEK General Assembly 

MÜDEK General Assembly will meet at TED Tennis Fencing and Mountaineering Sports Club located at Tarabya Bayırı Caddesi No:68 34457 Tarabya-İstanbul with the following agenda at 10:00 hours on April 02, 2022, Saturday. If no quorum is reached, then it will meet with the same agenda at the same place 7 days later on April 09, 2021, Saturday.

Agenda:
  1. Opening and moment of silence
  2. Election of Chairing Board
  3. Discussion and acceptance of the agenda and its amendments
  4. Presentation, discussion, and acceptance of Executive Board activity report for the past term, financial balance and income-expense tables for 2021
  5. Presentation, discussion, and acceptance of Auditing Board report
  6. Acquittal of Executive Board
  7. Discussion and acceptance of budget proposal for 2022
  8. Decision on membership fees for 2023
  9. Presentation of budget proposals for 2023 and 2024
  10. Discussion and acceptance of proposed amendments on the Operational Regulations
  11. Wishes
  12. Closure

UNESCO World Engineering Day 24HRS LIVE Streaming 

There will be a host/presenter/contributor to the UNESCO World Engineering Day 24HRS LIVE program, kicking off March 4th (from midday GMT 11+Sydney time or from 04:00 hr Istanbul time). You can catch organizations presenting the vital and important work they are doing in their region and watch all the the engineering activities from across the world on the 24HRS LIVE global stream free on the World Engineering Day homepage - worldengineeringday.net

A. Erbil Payzın Attended BMO Meeting

The 3rd Computer Engineers Congress of the Chamber of Computer Engineers (BMO) was held online on January 15-16, 2022. MÜDEK Advisory Board Member A. Erbil Payzın made a presentation titled “Graduate Qualifications to Look for in Future Engineers” at the Congress. Click to access the presentation (in Turkish) 
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MÜDEK Stakeholder Survey Has Been Published

The report containing the results of the “MÜDEK Stakeholder Survey” conducted by MÜDEK for Faculty Administrators, Program Administrators and Evaluators has been published. To access the report (in Turkish) click here 
>>>>>

Public Disclosure of MÜDEK Accreditation Reports Work Group Final Report Published

The Final Report of the MÜDEK Public Disclosure of Accreditation Reports Working Group, which includes the practices of IEA/WA and ENAEE/LC member peer accreditation agencies, the requirements of higher education quality institutions, and the views of stakeholders on the Public Disclosure of Accreditation Reports has been published. To access the report (in Turkish) click here 
>>>>>

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development and WED2022 Hackathon

To our stakeholders: The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), in cooperation with the International Engineering Alliance (IEA), of which MÜDEK is a member, organizing an international competition named as WED2022 Hackathon for engineering students, on 04.03.2022 corresponding the day March 4th which was declared as the World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development by UNESCO.

Detailed information about the competition can be found in the Hackathon Concept and WED Live Concept documents and the necessary information to register for the competition from the web site https://worldengineeringday.net/global_events/.

We invite you to publish it on your institution's website and forward it to your students.

MÜDEK IT Manager Takes Office

Barış Tümer has been appointed to the newly created MÜDEK IT Manager position as of 01.12.2021. He will be responsible for the organization and execution of MÜDEK IT operations. We welcome Mr. Barış, who we believe will make a great contribution to the digitization of MÜDEK processes in particular and wish him a successful and productive business life at MÜDEK. He can be reached at MÜDEK office phones or e-mail address of tumer@mudek.org.tr.

Evaluator List of 2020-2021 Cycle Published

The list of team chairs and program evaluators served in the evaluation teams in the 2020-2021 evaluation cycle is published.

We thank the MÜDEK volunteers on this list for continuing to support MÜDEK's evaluation activities and achievements.

Click to access the list >>>>>

2021 Evaluator Update Training Held

The 2021 Update Training, planned for the current MÜDEK evaluators, was completed with a meeting held on Saturday, November 20, 2021, between 10:00-13:30, via Zoom.

The update training was carried out in 2 parts. Part I of the training was carried out as an individual study on Google Platform between October 31 - November 20, 2021. 86 MÜDEK Volunteers attended the first part of the training.

Part II of the update training was held on November 20, 2021 as a question-answer session. This part was conducted by Bülent E. Platin, Z. Jale Akyel, A. Erbil Payzın, and Ramazan Yıldırım and it was attended by 75 MÜDEK Volunteers.

MÜDEK Remote Workshop for Student Evaluator Candidates (posted on 14.11.2021)

The MÜDEK remote workshop for training candidates of MÜDEK student program evaluator is held in virtual environment by MÜDEK 
Executive Board Member Engin Arıkan on November 14, 2021 (Sunday). Fourteen invited students are participated in the workshop as student program evaluator candidates in different engineering disciplines from various universities.


Bülent E. Platin Delivered ZİDEK Training

The coordinator of MÜDEK Advisory Board Bülent E. Platin delivered a training titled "Self-Evaluation Report Analysis and Some Critical Points in ZİDEK Program Evaluations" in a workshop, which was held on November 14, 2021 via Zoom to the attendees formed by evaluation team chairs and co-chairs of ZİDEK (Agricultural Faculties Education Programs Evaluation and Accreditation Association).

Team Chairs Experience Sharing Meeting

MÜDEK's 2021 Team Chairs Experience Sharing Meeting is held on Zoom on October 09, 2021 between 10:00-13:00 with the participation of 22 team chairs and co-chairs.
At the meeting, the following presentations are made
  • Overview of the Remote Program Evaluation Process for the 2020-21 Term
  • Remote Program Evaluation: Questions and Answers
  • 2020-21 Term Consistency Analysis
  • Directive on Virtual Document Rooms Preparation
  • Preliminary Review Step of Self-Assessment Reports: Methods and Problems
and the participants shared their experiences and suggestions.

New MÜDEK Member

The application of İlker Usta, who has been serving as MÜDEK volunteer, to become member of MÜDEK Association is accepted by MÜDEK Executive Board at its meeting on September 27, 2021. We welcome her for extending her contributions to MÜDEK as a "MÜDEK member".

A. Erbil Payzın's Presentation in ENAEE Members Forum 2021: EUR-ACE® Going Global

The paper entitled Expected Evidences for Achievement of Program Outcomes: A MÜDEK Perspective prepared by MÜDEK Executive Board member Engin Arıkan, Advisory Board member A. Erbil Payzın and Advisory Board coordinator Bülent E. Platin is presented by A. Erbil Payzın on behalf of MÜDEK in the online conference ENAEE Members Forum 2021: EUR-ACE® Going Global organized by ENAEE on Srptember 23-24, 2021.

To reach the presentation, click here >>>>>

Documents on Virtual Document Rooms Published

At the meeting of MÜDEK Executive Board held on September 22, 2021, two MÜDEK documents
  • Directive on the Preparation of Virtual Document Rooms (Version 1.0 in Turkish) - pdf
  • Folder Structure of Preparation of Virtual Document Rooms (Version 1.0 in Turkish) - zip
are accepted and published for using in remote program evaluations.

Engin Arıkan Attended PEMDER Evaluator Training

MÜDEK Executive Board member Engin Arıkan attended online the Program Evaluator Training held by PEMDER (Landscape Architecture Education and Science Association) in Düzce on August 20-21, 2021 representing MÜDEK and made a presentation titled "Program of the Site Visit, Teamwork Before the Visit, Institution Visit, Report Writing". Click to access the presentation >>>>>

MÜDEK Evaluations Go Remote in 2021-2022 Cycle

It is decided in the meeting of MÜDEK Executive Board numbered 2021-14 held on 06.07.2021 to conduct all Fall and Spring evaluations in 2021-2022 Evaluation Cycle in the remote mode due to uncertainties in the course of pandemic situation.

MÜDEK Advisory Board Renewed

It is decided during the meeting of MÜDEK Executive Board numbered 2021-14 held on July 07, 2021 that the new composition of MÜDEK Advisory Board will be as follows.

MÜDEK General Assembly Held

MÜDEK 2021 General Assembly was held with 16 MÜDEK members without considering the quorum at the location and time announced earlier on June 26, 2021 Saturday. As a result of the elections, Executive Board and Auditing Board were formed for the 2021-2023 term as follows.

Executive Board Members*: Executive Board Substitute Members**:
  1. Mehmet Yavuz Erçil - Chair
  2. Necati Aras - Vice Chair
  3. Zehra Jale Akyel - Secretary Member
  4. Engin Arıkan - Treasurer Member
  5. Süheyda Atalay - Member

  1. Macit Fikret Suner
  2. Ahmet Aran
  3. Gürkan Karakaş
  4. Zeki Ayağ
  5. Coşkun Köse
Auditing Board Members: Auditing Board Substitute Members:
  1. Hüsamettin Alper
  2. İsmail Duranyıldız
  3. E. Orhan Örücü
  1. Müjgan Sağır
  2. Altay Onur
  3. Ramazan Yıldırım

* Executive Board has held its first meeting right after the General Assembly meeting to assign the positions within the Board.
** Substitute members were determined according to the number of votes taken; in case of equal votes they are listed according to alphabetical order of their last names.

We thank to board members of the previous period for their devoted and successful service and wish a successful term to newly elected members of the boards

MAK Accreditation Decision Meeting

MAK meeting at which accreditation decisions for 2020 are made is held on 27.06.2021. In the meeting, out of 124 engineering programs evaluated in the 2020-2021 accreditation cycle, full term accreditation is granted to 19 programs, extended accreditation until next general review is granted to 26 programs, accreditation with interim review is granted to 70 programs, and no accreditation is given to 9 programs.

For the updated list of accredited programs based on these decisions made in the meeting, click here  >>>>>

Invitation to Experienced Program Evaluators to Become a Member of MÜDEK Association

We are inviting those MÜDEK volunteers who has served at least twice on an evaluation team of MÜDEK or similar national or international agency for the evaluation of engineering programs to become a member of our association. For further information click here >>>>>.
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