Mission, Program Objectives, and Program Outcomes of
MS and PhD Programs of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Bilkent University:

Mission:

The mission of the Graduate Program is to train the graduate students in an active research environment and equip them with the latest tools of research.

Objectives:

To accomplish this mission, the Program sets forth the following objectives. The MS and PhD graduates of the Graduate Program will have ability to:

1. Creatively use their background in basic sciences and mathematics in solving engineering problems.
2. Use their expertise in certain areas of electrical engineering in solving engineering problems.
3. Innovatively apply design process to complex engineering problems.
4. Communicate effectively and to act with social and professional responsibility in their encounter with those inside and outside the engineering profession in an international level.
5. Innovatively use computers as a tool for simulation, analysis, design, computing and control.
6. Design and carry out experiments with systems and instruments of various complexities and analyse their findings.
7. Creative, critical and model-based thinking and problem solving.
8. Ability to do research on important scientific and technical problems.
9. Ability to disseminate knowledge and publish research findings.
10. Ability to function effectively in multidisciplinary research and development teams.

Outcomes:

The MS and PhD graduates of the Graduate Program of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Bilkent University will have:

1. An in-depth knowledge and understanding of the principles and recent trends of some branches of electrical and electronics engineering;
2. An innovative ability to formulate and solve incompletely defined engineering problems in their area of expertise;
3. An ability to apply design processes creatively to problems even having interdisciplinary features;
4. An ability to identify, locate, obtain and evaluate required data in their investigations by way of designing and conducting observations, modelling, simulation, or experiments;
5. A knowledge of the ethical, environmental and commercial constraints on engineering practice together with an understanding of applicable methods and techniques in interdisciplinary and complex engineering problems;
6. Function and communicate effectively as leader of a team that may be composed of different disciplines and demonstrate awareness of project management and business as well as the impact of engineering solutions in a societal and environmental context.