ITU School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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ITU School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Type Public school
Established1944 as a department, March 3, 1983 [1]
Dean Prof. Dr. Fevzi Unal [2]
Location,
Campus Urban
Website www.faa.itu.edu.tr

ITU School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, founded in 1983, is the 11th school of Istanbul Technical University. Three departments were engaged to the faculty, which are Aeronautical Engineering, Astronautical engineering, and Meteorological Engineering. Aeronautical Engineering Department was established as a branch training aeronautical engineers in the Mechanical Engineering Faculty in 1941, and then in 1944 became a department of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty. Meteorological Engineering Department was established in 1953 in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. It is the only Meteorological Engineering department in Turkey. [3]

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  1. http://www.faa.itu.edu.tr/Icerik.aspx?sid=4370
  2. http://www.faa.itu.edu.tr/Icerik.aspx?sid=4371
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2010-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)