The aim of the Environmental Design Master's Program is that graduates who have received undergraduate education in physical planning fields such as Architecture, Interior Architecture, Industrial Product Design, Landscape, City and Regional Planning Departments will gain experience through the education of environmental and cultural contexts.

The goal of the Environmental Design master's program is to focus on physical environmental organisations, sociology, culture and sustainability studies aiming at human comfort in the built environment at different scales.

It encourages to think on how to transform the built environment in collaboration with its users, taking into account the contexts of Society, Sustainability, Culture and Environment.

It is expected for program graduates to have following speciliaties;
- Develops and deepens professional practice, research methods and technique with a base on the Bachelor’s degree in the field of architecture, planning and design at an advanced level.

- Conducts a scientific research in a critical way, improves skill in academic dialog for the critical and categorical results

- Makes contribution to professional knowledge and practise in the related field , takes mutual and individual responsibilities , conceives interdisciplinary interaction.

- Has an advanced level of art and culture aesthetical knowledge in the related field

- Improves skills in using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B2 General Level.

- Has competence in using communication technology and informatics by software knowledge in the relevant field.

- Conducts an academic research in a systematical and critical way, prepares and presents academic research in national and international media.

- Has theoretical and practical knowledge at an advanced level in the reletad field.

- Has artistic and aesthetical knowledge and improves skill in application which leads to productivity.

- Organizes and manages phases of artistic and scientific studies while having a competence in project management.

- Defines goals in the artistic and cultural media.

- Defines national and international literature in the related field.

- Expresses aim, value and meaning of his studies for the target population in an effective way.

- Has multi dimensional point of view for the principles and standards of economical, environmental and sustainable environmet in the related field.

- Takes an active role in the process of raising the awareness of public by preserving and introducing cultural merits

• Raising self-confident individuals with original, creative thinking

• Absolute compliance with scientific criteria

• Universality

• Transparency, meticulousness

• Solution-oriented with original thinking

• Sharing

• Encouraging cooperation

• Developing interdisciplinary programs

In order to start the thesis in the Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department, Environmental Design Master's Program (with Thesis), it is necessary to complete 12 ECTS compulsory courses and 48 ECTS elective courses with a minimum 2.70 GPA.

*Apart from the above-mentioned departments of the Fine Arts Faculties of the universities, from which departments students can be admitted will be decided according to the proposal of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design to the relevant Institute. It is envisaged to apply a 1-year "Master's Preparation Program" for students who graduated from different departments of Fine Arts Faculties. In order to start the Master's Program, the student must complete the Preparation Program with a GPA of at least 2.00. According to this; the "Interior Architecture Master's Preparation Program" to be completed by the student is as follows.

1. YARIYIL HAZIRLIK DERS PROGRAMI		T	U	L	AKTS
IÇM 1002	Temel Tasarım	2	2	0	5
IÇM 1011	Mimari Anlatım Teknikleri I	2	2	0	6
IÇM 0311	İç Mimarlık Proje III	2	6	0	9
IÇM 1033	İç Mimarlığa Giriş	2	0	0	3
IÇM 3031	Mimarlık ve Sanat Tarihi II	2	0	0	2
IÇM 3025	Bilgisayar Destekli Tasarım	1	2	0	5
IÇM 3042	Yapı Bilgisi ve Malzeme I	2	4	0	6
	Seçimlik Alan Dışı Ders (SAD)	3	0	0	4
TOPLAM		16	16	0	40

 

2. YARIYIL HAZIRLIK  DERS PROGRAMI		T	U	L	AKTS
IÇM 2012	Mimari Anlatım Teknikleri II	2	2	0	6
IÇM 2003	Perspektif	3	0	0	4
IÇM 0412	İç Mimarlık Proje IV	2	6	0	9
IÇM 4032	Mimarlık ve Sanat Tarihi III	2	0	0	2
IÇM 4043	Yapı Bilgisi ve Malzeme II	2	4	0	6
IÇM 4026	Mimari Simülasyon	1	2	0	4
IÇM 4044	Yapı ve Tesisat	1	2	0	3
IÇM 6052	Restorasyon	2	0	0	2
IÇM 8035	Meslek Uygulama Bilgisi	2	0	0	3
TOPLAM		17	16	0	39

Candidates who successfully complete the Istanbul Kultur University, Graduate Education Institute, Interior Architecture Master's Program can enter the Doctorate Program according to the application conditions of the relevant programs of the universities.

Academic Staff in the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design are architects, interior architects and industrial product designers. The academic staff in our department consists of 2 Professors, 2 Associate Professors, 4 Doctoral Faculty Members and 2 Lecturers with PhD.

ACADEMIC STAFF

MSc in Environmental Design

Prof. Dr. Rana Kutlu

Prof. Dr. Gülay Usta

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Armağan Seçil Melikoğlu Eke

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Derya Adıgüzel Özbek

Assist. Prof. Dr. Arzu Erçetin

Assist. Prof. Dr. Bilge Şan Özbilen

Assist. Prof. Dr. Aliye Rahşan Karabetça

Assist. Prof. Dr. Elif Altın

Dr. Handan Güzelci*

Dr. Vehbi Tosun* 

*part-time

The Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, together with the students of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, exhibits the works they carry out within the scope of Project courses, with the main theme of "Student Exhibition" every semester.

Our department is represented in national/international platforms. Our faculty members participate in the Architectural Project Competitions opened in our country and represent our university in the architectural community, national and international platforms with the degrees they have received. Scientific researches carried out are presented at national and international congresses and published in journals.