• It is a graduate program under the Textile Engineering Department and provides education only at Master of Science level..

• Candidates who have graduated from a four-year undergraduate program from different disciplines can apply to this program.

• ALES score (Quantitative): min.65.

• Undergraduate GPA: 2.30 / 4.00

• Student admission to the program is carried out according to ITU Graduate Regulations and Senate Principles.

• There is no Scientific Preparation.

• Considering the demand from textile companies' R&D centers, the quota of the program is determined as 30 people.

• This program is supported by the Istanbul Textile Raw Materials Exporters Association (ITHIB).

• For all other details, check the wesite of Institute of Science. www.fbe.itu.edu.tr.

Scope of the Program and the Disciplines It is related with

• It has an interdisciplinary structure as it includes the applications of different disciplines such as Materials, Polymer, Nanotechnology as well as Textile Engineering in technical textiles.

• The difference of this proposed graduate program from the other master's programs such as Materials, Polymer, and Nanotechnology being carried out in our university is that these disciplines do not include a education and curriculum for the use of a technical textile product in the design, development, production and testing processes.

• Course contents included in the curriculum are also designed for technical textile applications such as innovative and functional materials and products used in technical textiles, polymeric biomaterials, nanomaterials and composites, high performance textile materials.

To be a program that has knowledge about product design and development processes in the field of innovative technical textiles, can raise solutions for technological problems, train manpower to lead developments and ensure its continuity.

To train manpower with knowledge and equipment that can contribute to the competitiveness of our country and lead interdisciplinary studies in the field of innovative technical textiles that ha been currently developing in the world.

• Having detailed information about all processes from raw material to final product in different fields of innovative technical textiles,

• Having the necessary knowledge and equipment to solve technological problems in the field of innovative technical textiles and lead future developments,

• Having the ability to design, develop and evaluate innovative and unique technical textile products and evaluate product quality depending on the area of use,

• Has the potential to create competitive advantage in their professions thanks to the interdisciplinary perspective offered by the program,

• To raise graduates who have the ability to transmit the current developments and their studies in the field of innovative technical textiles in their own language or foreign language in written, verbal and visual form, by supporting with quantitative and qualitative data and by using information and communication technologies.

1. To be able to develop and deepen their knowledge in the field of innovative technical textiles at the level of expertise based on their undergraduate level qualifications.

2. To be able to comprehend the interdisciplinary interaction associated with the field of innovative technical textiles

3. Being able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge at the level of expertise gained in the field of innovative technical textiles

4. To be able to interpret the information gained in the field of innovative technical textiles by integrating with information from different disciplines and to create new information

5. To be able to solve the encountered problems associated with innovative technical textiles by using research methods.

6. To be able to independently conduct a specialist study on innovative technical textiles

7. To be able to develop new strategic approaches to solve unpredictable problems encountered in applications related to innovative technical textiles, and by taking responsibility to produce solutions and to take leadership.

8. To be able to evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired at the level of expertise in the field of innovative technical textiles with a critical approach and canalize their own learning

9. To be able to transfer current developments and their own works in the field of innovative technical textiles by supporting with quantitative and qualitative data, to the groups in and out of the field systematically by written, oral and visual means.

10. To be able to communicate orally and by written means using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B2.

11. To be able to use information and communication technologies at an advanced level together with computer software required by the field of innovative technical textiles

12. To be able to supervise and teach social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and disseminating data on innovative technical textiles.

13. To be able to use the knowledge, problem solving and / or application skills they adopt in the field of innovative technical textiles in interdisciplinary studies

14. To be able to transfer their own works in written form, orally and / or visually on international platforms in the field of innovative technical textiles.

• There are a total of 26 courses in the curriculum.

• The teaching language of the program is 100% English.

• There are 10 compulsory and 16 elective courses in the program.

• The number of credits of each course is 3 credits (7.5 ECTS).

• At least 4 of the compulsory courses must be selected and hence, at least 50% of the courses chosen should be compulsory courses.

• The academic calendar of the program will be in accordance with ITU Graduate Academic Calendar.

• Elective courses are planned for different fields of study of technical textiles.

• In accordance with the 6th article of the Istanbul Technical University Regulation on Postgraduate Education; providing not less than eight courses, the program consists of at least twenty four-credit courses and non-credit courses, a seminar course and a thesis work.

The curriculum of the program is presented in the table below.

For students who want to specialize in various subjects, there are 3 different program modules consisting of elective courses in both “Innovative Technical Textiles” and “Textile Engineering” graduate programs

MODULE I “Composites and Indutex”

MODULE II “Protech and Clothtech”

MODULE III “Nanotech and Medtech”