Faculty of Architecture

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Faculty Mission

The Faculty of Architecture offers a learning environment with a contemporary approach to education for young people of diverse cultural backgrounds.

The aim is to provide opportunities for future architects to be equipped with necessary knowledge and skills to cope with rapid global changes, to react rationally as well as creatively to contemporary issues in architecture, its problems and challenges, within an interdisciplinary approach to education through its distinguished academic infrastructure. The graduates are expected to contribute to the improvement of quality of life as dynamic individuals with a high sense of responsibility and leadership, capable of assuming central roles in teamwork - a global reality of our day. They are to be equipped not only with designing and decision making abilities but also with the implementation of project management functions .

The four-year integrative curriculum which has been prepared to fulfill this mission provides the opportunity for students to acquire the background needed towards a creative and fruitful career. It is frequently revised and updated to keep abreast of the latest developments.

The main focus of the educational approach is on the architectural design studio supported by professional theory courses and first year service courses. The interactive studio, as the proper arena for critical thinking, provides a milieu for addressing social, technical and environmental issues around an architectural project, through the re-creation and discussion of the spatial dimension of the built environment. The curriculum is flexible in that it offers students the chance to take elective courses from other departments or faculties to support an interdisciplinary approach.

Faculty Facilities

EMU's Main Library houses a wide collection of books and periodicals related to art and architecture. The Department also maintains a special reading room, offering a wide range of valuable architectural periodicals and books to students. Modern studios provide a perfect milieu for exchange of ideas and individual areas for students to work on their projects. In addition to the two well-equipped CAD labs, there are materials; environmental control system; model making and photography laboratories at the disposal of the students. Additionally, a Design and Research Center , an Urban Research and Development Center and a Building Research Center are among the educational facilities widely used by the students.

Distinguishing Attributes

The Faculty of Architecture is one of the largest departments at Eastern Mediterranean University with nearly 500 students and has some of the best educational facilities among the architecture departments in the region. With increasing demand for enrollment from Turkey and the third world countries, the student body in the Faculty is increasing in number, but a one-to-one relationship between the student and the instructors in design studios is still sustained in a democratic milieu of education where free discussions and creativity are valued. Additional academic and social activities in the Faculty such as conferences, symposia, exhibitions contribute to the educational discourse. Occasionally, scholars from various countries such as Turkey , Spain , England , etc. are invited to conduct seminars or workshops.

Implementation-oriented work in the Design and Research Center provides possibilities for future architects to face the realities of professional life.

The graduate and undergraduate programs offered in the Faculty are all accredited by YÖK (Higher Education Council of Turkey).

Quality of Graduates

Graduates of the Department will have the advantage of being the alumni of a Faculty which is a full member of EAAE (European Association for Architectural Education), an academic organization consisting mainly of institutions in the European Union member states. They will have a wider choice of professional prospects in global scale. A number of our graduates who pursue academic careers already find opportunities in European, American, Cyprus and Turkish universities.

Job Opportunities

Graduates of the Faculty of Architecture find opportunities for work in public or private institutions, or work as freelance architects. Some get into the type of work concerning a wide range of functions from designing shop-windows or fair stands, to more implementation-oriented work in construction firms. Others take up post-graduate studies either at EMU and universities in Turkey , or other universities in Europe or the US and pursue academic work successfully.

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