YÖK: Artificial Intelligence Departments Will Be Opened in Universities

Artificial intelligence technology, which has made great progress in the last few years, has begun to enter every aspect of our lives. Education is one of them. A statement from the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) today shows that artificial intelligence will be more integrated into education in Turkey.

YÖK President Erol Özvar, in his statement today, said that universities New departments and programs in the fields of artificial intelligence, digitalization and big data will open announced.

5 undergraduate and 12 associate degree programs will be opened

According to Özvar, 2 of them were for the first time at universities. 5 licenses and 12 all new associate degrees program will open. These numbers will increase in the future. Of these “Data Science and Analytics” with “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning”, will be a first at the undergraduate level. The departments of “Information Systems and Technologies”, “Software Development” and “Information Security Technology”, which are currently located in different state and foundation universities, will also come to different universities.

Apart from this, among the associate degree programs that will be opened for the first time; “Artificial Intelligence Operator”, “Big Data Analyst”, “Autonomous Systems Technician”, “Digital Conversion Electronics”, “Robotics and Artificial Intelligence”, “Game Development and Programming”, “Cloud Computing Operator”, “Manufacturing Execution Systems”, “Enterprise IT Expertise”, “Unmanned Vehicle Technician”, “Front-End Software Development”, “Back-End Software DevelopmentThere are programs such as “.

Additionally, the programs will be opened 20 universities was also announced. Stating that they carried out a meticulous study when determining the schools, Özvar added the following:

“Students of the universities where the programs will be opened will also be able to take lessons from another university faculty member via online courses. Ensuring quality assurance in new programs to be opened is our most important agenda item. The contributions of our instructors who are experts in the field of informatics and artificial intelligence and the relevant sector representatives will increase the quality of the curricula of our new programs.

The universities where new departments and programs will be opened are listed as follows:

• Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University
• Ataturk University
• Bursa Technical University
• Aegean University
• Eskisehir Technical University
• Gaziantep University
• Harran University
• Karabuk University
• Karadeniz Technical University
• Kayseri University
• University of Kocaeli
• Konya Technical University
• Manisa Celal Bayar University
• Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University
• Ondokuz Mayıs University
• Sakarya University
• Sakarya University of Applied Sciences
• Sivas Cumhuriyet University
• University of Trakya
• Yıldız Technical University