If you love adventure, exploring deep blues, and wish to have a profession that you can practice all around the world, the Underwater Technology Program is calling for you!
The Underwater Technology Program is a two-year associate degree program. The program provides education for 2 years. In the first year, free diving and scuba diving training are provided. At the end of the first year, our students can do internships in various diving schools in the fields of tourism and industrial diving.
In their second year of education, students receive courses on underwater welding, underwater cutting, mixed gas diving, wreck salvage, underwater search and rescue, underwater film and photography, underwater robotic systems (ROV), and non-destructive testing (NDT), and pressure chamber operation. Graduates, after these two years, obtain three highly valuable certificates that no other institution in Turkey, except for the Universities’ Underwater Technology Program and the Naval Forces, can provide: “First Class Diver,” “Pressure Chamber Operation,” and “3* CMAS Diver.”
With this, we are preparing our graduates for job opportunities anywhere in the world.
Students studying in Gedik University’s underwater technology program are preferred by companies even before they graduate. Graduates can work as divers in both underwater industrial diving and tourism sectors.
Objective
The content of our diploma program aims to provide students with a qualified and modern education, in line with the conditions required by the global competitive environment and the high-quality standards of the formal education system. We aim to educate graduates who have problem-solving abilities, quick thinking, adaptability to their circumstances, can make decisions on the spot, and can implement these decisions correctly. We also strive to prepare them as experts in all areas they receive training in, who can shape the industry and are more active and research-oriented individuals.
Goal
The priority goal is to train First Class Divers who possess the competence and skills required to work in underwater technology areas such as defense industry, underwater bridge and tunnel construction, laying of pipelines and communication systems, diving tourism, underwater search and rescue operations, manned and unmanned underwater vehicles, and scientific research.
Who Can Apply to This Program?
Applicants who wish to choose this program are required to have sufficient exam scores and a health report approved by a sea and underwater physician.
Who is a Professional Diver and What are Their Work Areas?
A professional diver is someone who dives for commercial purposes in seas, lakes, and rivers.
The work areas of an industrial diver include:
- Underwater constructions, foundation laying
- Repair of ships underwater without pulling them ashore
- Cleaning of ships underwater
- Survey work
- Welding and cutting
- Underwater search and rescue operations
- Laying and inspecting underwater pipes and cables
- Maintenance and repair of underwater discharge lines
- Diving for exploration and wreckage removal
- Deep-sea floor drilling
- Underwater research
- Developing diving projects
- Underwater photography and videography
- Shipwreck salvage
- Maintenance and repair of all underwater structures
- Aquarium maintenance
- Diving supervision in fish farms
- Pressure chamber operation
- Environmental control tests at sea
- Maintenance, repair, and construction of buoys
- Construction and maintenance of oil platforms
- Construction and maintenance of gas platforms
- Seismic research
- Retrieval of fishing nets from the sea
- Establishing and managing diving organizations
- Diving education, consultancy, and expert witness.
Program Entry Requirements
Applicants must have a minimum of 150 points from the Transition to Higher Education Exam (TYT) in Turkey. Additionally, a detailed health report and swimming ability are required.
What Does a First Class Diver Do?
A First Class Diver can perform various tasks, including:
- Underwater constructions
- Foundation laying
- Repair of ships underwater
- Cleaning of ship and pipeline underwater
- Survey work
- Welding and cutting
- Underwater search and rescue operations
- Laying and inspecting underwater pipes and cables
- Maintenance and repair of underwater discharge lines
- Diving for exploration and wreckage removal
- Deep-sea floor drilling
- Underwater research
- Developing diving projects
- Underwater video and photography
- Shipwreck salvage
- Maintenance and repair of all underwater structures
- Aquarium maintenance
- Supervising dives in fish farms
- Pressure chamber operation
- Environmental control facilities at sea
- Maintenance, repair, and construction of buoys
- Construction and maintenance of oil platforms
- Construction and maintenance of gas platforms
- Seismic research
- Retrieval of fishing nets from the sea
- Establishing and managing diving organizations
- Diving education, consultancy, and expert witness.
Vertical Transfer Opportunities
Graduates of the Underwater Technology Program may continue their education in departments such as Aquatic Products Engineering and Fishing Technology.