About the Department

Department of Software Engineering was established in 2005 and is the first Software Engineering department in Ankara. The rapid advancements in today’s technologies—such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, and Blockchain—have placed Software Engineering among the top professions of both today and the future.

Our department offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs with a qualified academic staff, continuing its educational and research activities. The PhD program at Atilim University is one of only two universities in Turkiye that offers doctoral-level education in this field.

In our department, while there is a comprehensive focus on the fundamental phases of software (such as analysis, design, development, and testing) and related methodologies, education is also provided in specialized areas such as Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Software Quality Assurance, Software Requirements Engineering, Software Design and Architecture, Software Project Management, Software Testing, and Model-Driven Software Development.

The curriculum of our department is designed to produce graduates who are capable of contributing to every stage of large-scale software development projects in line with the needs of the software industry. Our Software Engineering Department is accredited by MÜDEK until September 30, 2030, and has earned the EUR-ACE label, which is recognized across Europe. Thanks to this label, our graduates gain a significant advantage when applying to postgraduate programs and entering professional environments within European Union countries.

Within our department, the Virtual Reality (VR) Laboratory—established for research in Virtual and Augmented Reality—and our software education laboratories are equipped with various software tools and hardware, allowing students to work with up-to-date software technologies and tools.

Our graduates are employed in software and R&D companies (especially those in technoparks), national and international institutions that focus on or benefit from computer and software technologies (such as banks, healthcare institutions, IT departments of public or private organizations, telecom companies, as well as TÜİK, SPK, BDDK, EPDK, RK, and universities), and in research institutions like TÜBİTAK.

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Mission

To educate students to become qualified individuals who are capable of generating effective solutions by using engineering approaches in the software life-cycle and provide new direction to the field of software engineering through academic research.

Vision

To educate our students to become competent software engineers, and open up new horizons to software engineering by academic research.