Chemical Engineering

HISTORY
The Department of Chemical Engineering was established in 1999 within the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Selçuk University. In our department, undergraduate education started in the 2002-2003 academic year, and a secondary education program was opened in the 2010-2011 academic year. In Selcuk University, Institute of Science and Technology, master's program was opened in the 2000-2001 academic year and a doctorate program was opened in the 2006-2007 academic year. In the 2016-2017 academic year, our secondary undergraduate program was closed. With the establishment of Konya Technical University in May 2018, our department was transferred to the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences of Konya Technical University and the departent is the only Chemical Engineering department serving in its region. Moreover those, Master's and PhD programs are carried out in Konya Technical University Graduate Education Institute.
MISSION

• Successful promotion of the department in order to be preferred by successful students,
• Upgrading the department laboratory and computer software infrastructure to a sufficient level,
• Adequate support of student exchange programs such as Erasmus and Farabi for the development of professional English skills,
• Encouraging participation in national and international student science competitions at the highest level in order to train chemical engineers who can follow and apply the developing technology in every field that they are going to work in the future,
• Making new contributions to the literature with national and international joint research and development studies by disseminating multidisciplinary studies,
• Providing education, research and consultancy services based on international standards in science and technology,
• Ensuring the cooperation of the students with the industry and solving the problems encountered in the industry by being in close and continuous cooperation with the industry.

​​​​​​​VISION

• To be an educational institution that is always developing by increasing the quality of education and training, and which is recognized and appreciated at the national and international level in the field of chemical engineering.
• To be a department with a high image in the society where our graduates can find jobs in the best way.
• To train chemical engineers who are open to research in their profession and who can apply them, and to be the department preferred by the industry.

QUALITY POLICY

Our department;

• Establishing infrastructure studies to complete theoretical training in all scientific fields with applied training,
• Establishing an international quality assurance system that constantly measures, analyzes, develops itself,
• Increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of education by using the facilities of our department in all education and training activities,
• Updating and conducting education and training activities in parallel with changing conditions,
• Keeping the participation and satisfaction of internal and external stakeholders in quality processes at a high level,
• Producing and sharing international knowledge in current scientific fields of study,
• To be able to graduate creative and productive students who have the ability to analyze and synthesize, and can transfer educational achievements to the field of scientific productivity, develop them,
• It adopts as a principle to ensure that students and lecturers continue their education and training activities in an environment where they can follow international developments and express their opinions.

EDUCATION POLICY

• To determine, design, implement, monitor and improve education and training programs in line with the latest developments,
• To make learning more enjoyable, productive and permanent by ensuring that student-oriented teaching methods, techniques and tools are used in applied education in learning and teaching processes,
• To support the development of faculty members and students, who are the most important stakeholders of education and training processes, in parallel with changing conditions,
• Increasing digital opportunities in education and improving technology integration processes,
• Developing distance education processes,
• To make educational activities and opportunities sufficient and accessible for all our students.
• Developing good practice examples in education and training processes so that our graduates have the necessary equipment,
• With the continuous improvement of education and training quality, our graduates will gain the high level of knowledge, skills and competence required by their profession,
• Carrying out activities by taking responsibility for all relevant academic functions of our department to achieve these goals,
• To train Chemical Engineers in parallel with the scientific and technological development of our country, the chemical industry and related sectors need qualified, strong infrastructure, internalized the superior qualities of the scientific approach, modern, innovative, researching, questioning, analytical thinking, able to lead the society in changing world conditions, aware the importance of R&D and respectful to human values,
• To ensure that our graduates are basically able to answer questions such as “What is a Chemical Engineer? and how should it work?’’ and solution-oriented, knowledgeable, conscious and proactive, able to answer questions, have the qualifications to be practical, able to comment, have strong analytical skills and always follow the developments in the agenda,
• In line with the needs of internal and external stakeholders, it is aimed to ensure continuous improvement in the education and training targets determined by the Quality Commission and the Institutional Development and Planning Coordinator.

RESEARCH POLICY
The unit's perspective on research:
The Department of Chemical Engineering conducts its research policy based on the views of the administration and faculty members and the perspectives of stakeholders while determining its objectives and strategies. Considering these strategies and objectives, it uses the resources of the department and the university efficiently and fairly in order to maximize the contribution of the faculty members. The department's research and development activities are carried out in accordance with its purpose, taking into account the relevant laws. It motivates the academicians and undergraduate students with effective methods and enables them to produce works that can come to the fore in the national and international arena.
Monitoring of research activities:
The department has projects supported by TÜBİTAK as non-university resources for research and development activities. Teknofest and some other projects with undergraduate students are also supported by SRP (Coordinatorship of Scientific Research Projects). The thesis projects are monitored by SRP. TÜBİTAK projects are monitored by TÜBİTAK. Small projects and activities with undergraduate students are under the supervision of the department's project consultants.
What method is adopted for research and development:
Chemical Engineering Department has many research and application laboratories in various fields. Through these laboratories, academicians are encouraged and supported in project preparation, execution and evaluation, and the performance and results of the projects are monitored. A method for research and development is not yet available.
Priorities and preferences in research:
The Department of Chemical Engineering is in the process of preparing priority research areas by envisaging a research policy. Since it is a technical university, it aims to focus on projects and R&D studies in areas suitable for the priority areas programs of YÖK. Inquiry Scientific Education and STEM studies regarding undergraduate students have not been started yet.
Principles related to faculty members and other research staff:
The Department of Chemical Engineering has opened new positions for faculty members and other research staff, and notified new requests to the Dean on this subject. The Department requested the departments need of research assistants and planned the recruitment of research assistants by considering the needs and performance of the departments.
Choices in managing research resources and infrastructure:
The Department of Chemical Engineering supports thesis, research projects and various projects, encouraging research activities, rewarding the outputs of research activities, increasing the quality of research and encouraging studies for its departments. The Department also made the devices available to the research staff. In project partnership studies, this situation is more easier. Research laboratories are available and open to undergraduate students to participate in small projects and R&D activities.
Relationship with education-teaching and social service processes:
As a requirement of its responsibility and service to the society, the Department of Chemical Engineering shares the announcements about the activities of undergraduate students in education, research and development, and the updated data, including the parts of the activities on the websites of our University, Faculty and Department of Chemical Engineering.
Responsibilities and roles in research management:
Responsibilities and assignments for projects carried out under research management are prepared by the coordinators. Responsibility and role sharing in individual projects are within the plan of the project manager. There are no principles in line with these plans.
Methods of monitoring, dissemination and generalization of research outputs and results:
The research performance of the Department of Chemical Engineering is monitored and quantitatively evaluated by collecting performance monitoring forms and performance goals forms presented annually by the faculty members of the department.

SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION POLICY
To what extent the unit reflects its knowledge to community services:
The Department of Chemical Engineering carries out its experience in the field of science in a way that the industry and other institutions can benefit from. In addition to those R&D studies have been completed under very different titles in the field of science by the department, there are also those which continue.
In which priority (national, regional or local community) and in which areas (agriculture, development of natural resources, environmental awareness, tourism, etc.) social services are performed:
It carries out a quality policy that considers the needs and priorities of the society and encourages, supports effective and sustainable social contribution activities. The services to be provided by the Department of Chemical Engineering will primarily be regional industry-based services. Environmental awareness will be essential for these services. Factory owners will be motivated to produce environmentally friendly materials and joint cooperations are important in this sense. It is aimed to produce projects with the internship places provided for undergraduate students in Konya.
Mechanisms-tools to be used for social contribution:
The Department of Chemical Engineering engages in social contribution activities that are compatible with sustainable development goals, respond to the needs of society and the environment, and create value (such as effectiveness, product produced, and the use of innovative materials for human needs). It continues its education, service, research, consultancy and production and social contribution activities through institutional collaborations at national and international level, various public institutions and organizations within the body of the department. Such services and updated data will create documents such as WEB pages, project outputs, theses, and will be included similar studies in production technology processes.

INTERNATIONALIZATION POLICY

• To encourage the establishment of international collaborations in the research and scientific activities of faculty members in order to increase the international competitiveness of the department by attracting the best researchers and projects in priority areas,
• To ensure more student and academic staff mobility with partner universities by participating in Erasmus, Mevlana and similar bilateral exchange programs in order to reach international standards in education and research,
• Increasing the number of international students by giving importance to national diversity and student quality, and increasing the number of international faculty members, make our department one of the most preferred departments for international academicians and students,
• To give priority to participation in international activities organized in the field of higher education in order to ensure international recognition,
• Organizing international seminars/conferences and workshops and inviting leading researchers to these organizations,
• Updating the curriculum in accordance with the students/graduates and the requirements of the international scientific and business world,
• Developing joint diploma programs with universities abroad by ensuring that all our students and staff benefit from international cooperation with the effective use of the resources offered by the Erasmus Program and other mobility programs.

MANAGEMENT POLICY

• To act with a fair, transparent, accountable, responsible and ethical management style, and to employ qualified academic and administrative personnel,
• To make the management system sustainable by establishing the necessary technological infrastructure in the decision-making processes related to education, research, innovation and technology development activities,
• To provide the necessary adaptation trainings to the university staff in order to create the corporate culture and sense of belonging,
• Developing actions to ensure the activities related to information management systems in order to manage the processes of the department effectively,
• Preparation, implementation, measurement and evaluation of in-service training programs,
• To ensure the sustainability of structured and systematic in-service training programs that support the individual and professional development of academic and administrative personnel,
• To systematically carry out management system studies aiming at effective resource use, sustainability and improvement,
• To create a quality-oriented university environment for all stakeholders by using resources effectively,
• To solve the problems as a result of the findings obtained by regularly measured satisfaction levels of internal and external stakeholders
• To monitor and continuously improve all processes carried out with the stakeholders of the department in order to increase the quality of service in accordance with the requirements of the quality management system,
• To determine the mechanisms that receive the feedback of all strategic stakeholders, to implement management systems to ensure their satisfaction,
• Our "management system" policy is to ensure the development and sustainability of the necessary administrative and technological infrastructure in order to reach a pioneering and leading position in education-training and research-development fields.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, TARGETS AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Click here to access our department's strategic plan and tables of performance indicators for 2022.