İKÜ DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, ENGLISH UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM INTERNSHIPS
The application must be completed 10 DAYS BEFORE the first day of internship! All prospective students must apply to internship via ONLINE FORM. Please click... on the link of Internship Management System User Manual for detailed information on the internship application process.
Only Double Major Students have to ratify COMPULSORY INTERNSHIP FORM in the internship application process.
2020-2021 SUMMER INTERNSHIP APPLICATION
| WHAT IS AN INTERNSHIP? | Internship is a practice held in “architecturally related” public or private companies at the end of the second term. If the schedule of the internship occur at the same time as the academic terms including summer term, internship dates must be approved by student’s academic advisor and internship commission should be informed. |
| HOW LONG DO INTERNSHIPS LAST? | Internship duration is 40 days. 20 days must be held as office internship and the other 20 days would be for construction. 20 days must be continuous, an internship period could not be divided. If the student will continue her/his internship during Saturdays, an approval document by the company must be included in the report folder. |
| Internship Report |
Internship report is a series of written and visual documents including all the activities and works held by the student during the internship. The folder of internship report will include the documents below in the same order:
The students are required to submit the report’ sections and documents in a single file folder, A4 size paper – spiral bound document including digital submission via CD. The students can find the INTERNSHIP REPORT FORMAT in the ONLINE DOCUMENT LIST. The students can get access to IKU Internship Instruction from Istanbul Kultur University Legislation System. By force of Senatus Consultum dated March 31, 2016, valid starting from 2015-2016 Academic Year, the Internship I and II courses’ credits are not included as course credits in the transcript. The Senatus Consultum is applied all the students who have done their internship as of this date, regardless of which term the student is enrolled in. |
The students can get access to IKU Internship Instruction from Istanbul Kultur University Legislation System. By force of Senatus Consultum dated March 31, 2016, valid starting from 2015-2016 Academic Year, the Internship I and II courses’ credits are not included as course credits in the transcript. The Senatus Consultum is applied all the students who have done their internship as of this date, regardless of which term the student is enrolled in.
FOR THE ONLINE DOCUMENTS:
The results are announced by the Internship Commission:
- Assoc. Prof. Asiye Akgün Gültekin
- Assist. Prof. Ceren Göğüş
- Res. Assist. E. Merve Aksoy Oral
- Student must deliver the INTERNSHIP REPORTS (OFFICE AND CONSTRUCTION) to the commission.
- Internship reports and Internship review forms must be assigned to Internship Commission by the announced date. In each term, the schedule and deadline for handing the reports are being announced on the Internship Board by the commission.
- Reports must be submitted to the comission members in the following year of internship. Older reports cannot be submitted.
- All the documents should be cased / foldered in the order and handed as one.
- All the documents in the report, including the photograph pages, must be signed and stamped by the contact person of the company.
- Report must be comprehensive enough to explain the activities during the internship process.
- The language of the report must be clear, using passive voice. (such as …was done …was observed)
- Report must be written via computer, as handwriting reports will not be accepted.
- In the case of more than one student interns in a company at the same period, their reports must be exactly different from each other. If the reports are same, both the students re-write the returned reports.
- Internship reports are inquired in accordance within the indicated instructions and evaluated as “Passed / Failed”. The first internship is listed within the course name of INTERNSHIP 1 (4 ECTS) at 7th academic term and the second one, INTERNSHIP II (4 ECTS) at the 8th term. These courses are not counted in GPA.
- Assoc. Prof. Asiye Akgün Gültekin
- Assist. Prof. Ceren Göğüş
- Res. Assist. E. Merve Aksoy Oral
Internship abroad could be accepted with 2 possible conditions:
1.1. Erasmus + Europe Internship Consortium
For further information, please check the web site of Europe Internship Consortium, which is the Istanbul Kultur University Coordinator Establishment: http://www.euro-intern.org/ For further information please check https://aday.iku.edu.tr/tr/erasmus
2. A foreign company to be determined by the student:
- Student contacts with the company to determine the exact dates and details of the internship.
- ONLINE APPLICATION needs to be held by the student via his/her student account. It is advised for the student to insure the internship as university is not responsible for insuring the international internships but the local ones.
- Internship period
- Internship reports need to be written in both languages, English and Turkish, and must be approved by the company to be submitted to Internship Commission. (If the student is a foreign student who does not know Turkish, only English report would be necessary)
Our university has 12 protocols with renowned Turkish architecture firms, who can give the students the opportunity to work in these firms to gain experience, improve skills, and see the inner workings of an everyday architectural practice.
INTERNSHIP PROTOCOL APPLICATION FORM can be found under the online documents.
Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Internship Requirements being valid from 2020-2021 Academic Semester
| Description | Compulsory internship of the Architecture Faculty, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department is a practical work done in public or private workplaces in the fields related to interior architecture starting from the end of the fourth semester until the graduation. In the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, there are two internship courses: IAD4001 SUMMER TRAINING I, and IAD6000 SUMMER TRAINING-II. SUMMER TRAINING-I is included in the Fourth Semester (2 ECTS), SUMMER TRAINING-II is included in the Third Semester (2 ECTS) and does not participate in the GNO. |
| Duration | The compulsory internship duration in the Architecture Faculty, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department is 40 workdays. The first part of this study consisting of 20 days will be completed as construction site internship and the other 20 days will be completed as office internship (interior design and reinforcement design offices and institutions, etc.). The 20-day internship duration is required to be completed at once and cannot be divided. In case of being working on Saturdays; an approved document from the institution indicated that Saturdays are workdays is required to be submitted in the report. It is absolutely not possible to work on Sundays, Public Holidays and Religious Holidays. |
| Procedure | The internship student is required to firstly fill out the internship approval form (you can find the relevant document below) and have the form signed and stamped by the authorized person at the institution. Afterwards this document are required to be upload to the internship management system and the related sections of the internship management system must be filled. The student is required to do this procedure at least 10 days prior to the internship. The student starts the internship after completing all the necessary approvals; first from the advisor and then from the financial affairs. If the internship is done during the semester break, the student should choose the İÇM4001 Internship-I or İÇM6000 Internship-II course from automation in the spring semester following the semester break, and if the internship is done during the summer break, the student should choose the Internship-I or Internship-II course from automation in the fall semester following the summer break. Afterwards, the student is required to submit the internship report that explains the internship period of the student, on the date announced by the internship commission. |
| Internship Report |
Documents required being included in the internship report respectively;
Internship Report Format and Submission Requirements:
Internship Report Submission Dates:
Internship reports must be submitted on Thursday and Friday of the second week after the beginning of the spring semester in accordance with the Istanbul Kultur University Academic Calendar. Summer Semester Internship reports must be submitted on Thursday and Friday of the second week after the beginning of the summer semester in accordance with the Istanbul Kultur University Academic Calendar. Internship Report Evaluation Process and Criteria After the submission of the internship reports, the internship reports are evaluated by the internship commission. In cases where the internship report is inadequate, with the commission decision, the internship report is given back to the student to edit the report or if student’s work is inadequate, the commission may ask to repeat the internship. In this case, the internship course in the automation system is indicated with the “P” letter. In case of the internship work and the submitted report is sufficient, the internship course is indicated with the “Y” letter in the automation system. |
You can access the IKU Internship Directive from Istanbul Kultur University "Legislation" system. In accordance with the decision taken in the Senate dated 31.03.2016, the credits of Internship I and Internship II courses will not be counted as an extra course load being valid from 2015-16 Academic Year. The decision covers all students who have done internship after that date, regardless of the registration term of the student.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED BY STUDENTS
| TR | ENG | |
| Online Application Form | ||
| Internship Approval Form | ||
| Internship Report Cover Page | ||
| General Report | ||
| Daily Report | ||
| Internship Evaluation Form | ||
Internship results are announced by the Internship Commission.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN INTERNSHIP PROTOCOLS
Students who have GPA over 3.00 can proceed their Internship Trainings at following firms which have protocols signed with İKÜ Rectorate, with the approval of Internship Comission. Those students who would like to do their internships at these firms must apply to Internship Comission with their recent transcripts.
Firms That Sign The Internship Protocol.
| Firma Adı/Company Name | Kontenjan/Quota | Staj Tipi/Intership Type |
| Mirharita Müh. Hiz. Ltd Şti. | 2 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| Terlemez Yapı Endüstri ve Mimarlık Ltd. Şti. | 2 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| DOX Mimarlık İnşaat Ticaret Ltd. Şti. | 2 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| ÖZ-KA Mühendislik Mimarlık İnşaat Ltd.Şti. | 2 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| Sedeko Mimarlık ve Müşavirlik Ticaret Ltd. Şti. | 1 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| Vitel Vit. Elektril San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. | 2 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| Abdik + Akın Mimarlık Hizmetleri | 2 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| Monoblok Tasarım ve İç Mimarlık | 3 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| ERKE Sürdürülebilir Bina Tasarım Danışmanlık Ltd. Şti. | 1 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| Modern Mimarlık Tasarım ve Danışmanlık Mimarlık İnş. Müh. Ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. | 3 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| Emir Elmaslar İç Mimarlık Hizmetleri | 2 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| Yüksel Proje Uluslararası A.Ş. | 3 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| Pınar Yıldız Design Office | 1 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
| KY Mimarlık İnşaat San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti | 1 | Ofis/Office - Şantiye/Site |
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN DEPARTMENT INTERNSHIP COMISSION
- Assoc.Prof. Derya Adıgüzel Özbek
- Assist. Prof. Arzu Erçetin
- Assist. Prof. Elif Altın
- Lecturer PhD. Gamze Akbaş
- Res. Asst. Furkan Evliyaoğlu
- Res. Asst. Armağan Gülhaş
