Research Article

Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities

Volume: 26 Number: 1 February 20, 2020
  • Cihan Çetinkaya
  • Ayşenur Uslu
  • Eren Özceylan
  • Kaan Mert Hayırsöz
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Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities

Abstract

Today, engineers make efforts for post-graduate programs far more than before. The main reasons can be increasing awareness of firms about education, decreasing job opportunities for undergraduate degrees, the increasing demand for being an academician or scholarship opportunities by government. Some firms want their post-graduate student engineers to solve the firm’s problems in their master or doctoral thesis as case studies. In this regard industrial engineering is a field that adjusts almost with every sector because of its multidisciplinary nature. Thus, there are many post-graduate theses written in this area. The aim of this paper is to analyze 2,122 post-graduate theses (master & doctoral) which are carried out in the department of industrial engineering in Turkish universities. The data is obtained from the website of Council of Higher Education of Turkey. The time period is determined as 2010-2017 and only the 1780 “permission” theses are analyzed in order to reach keywords for solution approaches and keywords analysis. Nine different indicators are used to analyze the thesis such as; university status, page numbers, language, keywords etc. As a result, this study shows how the theses are clustered according to different indicators and which topics are studied more frequently in recent years. The inference of the paper is important because the results give an insight about the road map of industrial engineering thesis completed in 56 different Turkish universities.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Cihan Çetinkaya This is me
Türkiye

Ayşenur Uslu This is me
Türkiye

Eren Özceylan This is me
Türkiye

Kaan Mert Hayırsöz This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

February 20, 2020

Submission Date

May 20, 2018

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 26 Number: 1

APA
Çetinkaya, C., Uslu, A., Özceylan, E., & Hayırsöz, K. M. (2020). Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, 26(1), 268-278. https://izlik.org/JA92GS92UA
AMA
1.Çetinkaya C, Uslu A, Özceylan E, Hayırsöz KM. Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi. 2020;26(1):268-278. https://izlik.org/JA92GS92UA
Chicago
Çetinkaya, Cihan, Ayşenur Uslu, Eren Özceylan, and Kaan Mert Hayırsöz. 2020. “Analysis of Post-Graduate Theses in Industrial Engineering Area of Turkish Universities”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 26 (1): 268-78. https://izlik.org/JA92GS92UA.
EndNote
Çetinkaya C, Uslu A, Özceylan E, Hayırsöz KM (February 1, 2020) Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 26 1 268–278.
IEEE
[1]C. Çetinkaya, A. Uslu, E. Özceylan, and K. M. Hayırsöz, “Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities”, Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 268–278, Feb. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA92GS92UA
ISNAD
Çetinkaya, Cihan - Uslu, Ayşenur - Özceylan, Eren - Hayırsöz, Kaan Mert. “Analysis of Post-Graduate Theses in Industrial Engineering Area of Turkish Universities”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi 26/1 (February 1, 2020): 268-278. https://izlik.org/JA92GS92UA.
JAMA
1.Çetinkaya C, Uslu A, Özceylan E, Hayırsöz KM. Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi. 2020;26:268–278.
MLA
Çetinkaya, Cihan, et al. “Analysis of Post-Graduate Theses in Industrial Engineering Area of Turkish Universities”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 26, no. 1, Feb. 2020, pp. 268-7, https://izlik.org/JA92GS92UA.
Vancouver
1.Cihan Çetinkaya, Ayşenur Uslu, Eren Özceylan, Kaan Mert Hayırsöz. Analysis of post-graduate theses in Industrial Engineering area of Turkish Universities. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi [Internet]. 2020 Feb. 1;26(1):268-7. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA92GS92UA