1.    Students in the departments of the Faculty of Engineering at METU should take part in an industrial summer practice program in addition to the fulfillment of the courses and laboratory studies as required by the B. S. degree cuuriculum.

2.    The year of the practice, its duration, subjects to be covered, time to be spent on each subject related with the requirements of the type of industry selected for the summer practice are specified by each department concerned. The minimum duration of this practice is given in the Summer Practice Performance Report page (pages 4-5).

3.    Each department has a "Summer Practice Committee", including at least one member of the teaching staff. This committee administers the department's summer practice affairs reporting to the department chairperson. Members of the committee are selected by the department chairperson.

4.    The Faculty of Engineering has a "Faculty Summer Practice Committee" which meets when necessary. This committee is composed of one advisor from every department which conducts summer practice programs and meets under the chairmanship of the Dean to ensure that the summer practice procedures are performed according to the rules common to all departments of the Faculty,

5.    If the students themselves find a working place approved by their department, the conduct of their summer work is under their own responsibility. On the other hand, the summer practice vacancies available to the department are distributed to the prospective students by the departmental Summer Practice Committee giving priorities in order of graduation, status, academic achievement, and the use of previous summer practice assignments, or by drawing lots.

6.    Students who find their own working places must submit satisfactory information about their working place to the departmental Summer Practice Committee and should obtain an approval before starting their summer practice. Students can do their summer practice at places not yet approved by the Committee only on their own risk.

7.    Each student about to start work should obtain a "Summer Practice Guide". In this guide, a general information on summer work and the necessary forms are given. The student records daily all The work he/she has performed according to the department summer practice programme during the summer practice period, and later passes all these notes into the Report Book in accordance with the "Format of Summer Practice Report". The student submits the report of the departmental committee during the registration period of the semester following the summer practice. When it necessitates, this dale may be delayed for some time by the committee. Those students who do not submit their reports at the end of the assigned period are considered not to have done their summer practice. In addition to this report, the departments may ask for documents covering additional information on the work accomplished. Departments are free to return or not to return successful reports to the students.

8.    Those students who have not written their reports to the acceptable standards given by the "Format of Summer Practice Report", are asked to improve their reports within two weeks if they fulfilled their summer practice successfully. Those students who do not hand in the required report within this period, or those whose reports are rejected, are required to repeat their summer practice.

9.    Each student is required to deliver the summer practice forms, marked "CONFIDENTIAL" in this guide, to the employer at the start of the summer practice. At the end of the practice, one of these forms is sent directly to the departmental committee by registered post. The responsibility of ensuring this belongs to the student. The other copy is retained in the employer’s files.

10.    The student who gets an "F" average on his performance report, or who has got an "F" for his attendance status, is required to repeat this summer practice.

11.  The Department sends the summer practice grades of the students to the Registrar’s Office.
 

FORMAT OF THE SUMMER PRACTICE REPORT

1. The report should be in accordance with the summer practice programme and the summer practice regulations.

2. The report should be in English and printed in ink or typed.

3. The main headings are to be centered and written in capital letters. The sub-titles should be written in small letters and underlined. All writings and drawings should conform to the acceptable engineering standards.

4. Each report Should contain the following sections:

a) Table of Contents with the corresponding page numbers.
b) Description of the Company at which the summer practice has been accomplished.

    - Name of the company
    - Location of the company
    - Structure and scheme of (he industrial organisation of the company
    - Number of engineers employed and the functions they perform
    - Main sphere of activity of the company
    - Brief history of the company

c) Introduction : The purpose and the scope of the summer practice should be presented briefly in this section.
d) Main Text of the Report: In this section, a detailed description of the work performed and observed during summer practice should be given according to the programme outlined by the each department for the second and third year students. The necessary data, tables and diagrams should be numbered and placed in the Appendices.
e)  Conclusion : In this section, the data obtained and the experience gained during summer practice should be assessed, the industrial work of the company should be discussed in terms of technical aspects, and appropriate recommendations should be included.