Dear Faculty Members and Students,

Please find below the schedule prepared by the Department of Computer Engineering for the Multidisciplinary Design Project course for the Fall 2026–2027 semester.

Notes Regarding the Multidisciplinary Design Project (
MDP) Schedule

• Advisors must hold their first meeting with the groups they are advising no later than Friday, October 16, 2026.

• Each group must prepare its Management Plan and submit it to their advisor in PDF format via online.yildiz.edu.tr or by email no later than November 13, 2026 (Friday) at 11:59 PM.

• Each group must prepare a Final Report and submit it to their advisor in PDF format via online.yildiz.edu.tr or by email no later than 11:59 PM on Friday, December 25, 2026.

• The Project Fair for the Multidisciplinary Design Project course will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2027, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The layout and details for the project groups will be determined and announced by the respective departments.

• All groups are required to participate in the project fair with their project outputs. Groups that do not participate in the project fair will fail the Multidisciplinary Design Project course.

• Advisors must verify whether their teams participated in the project fair, evaluate their performance based on the assessment criteria provided below, and enter their grades into the OBS system. Once grade entry is finalized, letter grades will be automatically generated in OBS.

Assessment of the
Multidisciplinary Design Project Course

The evaluation process must be conducted based on the following items:

1. For in-term evaluation, two separate midterm exams must be added to the OBS system:

When adding the first exam, select “Midterm Exam” as the Exam Type and “Midterm Exam/Vize” as the Exam Template Name; then, manually enter “Interim Report” in the Exam Name field. The exam date should be set to November 20, 2026, at 5:00 PM, and the weight should be 30%. The “CDTP Management Plan” submitted by your team should be taken into account for grading.

When adding the second exam, select “Midterm Exam” as the Exam Type and “Project/Project” as the Exam Template Name. The exam date should be set as December 25, 2026, at 5:00 PM, and its weight should be 30%. The “CDTP Final Report” should be taken into account for grading.

2. For the End-of-Semester Exam (Final), in OBS, “End-of-Semester Exam” should be selected as the Exam Type and “End-of-Semester Exam/Final” as the Exam Template Name. The exam date should be set as January 6, 2027, at 9:00 AM, and its weight

40%. For this evaluation, your team’s success in the project market, the work performance of the students on the team, and their fulfillment of the specified task should be taken into account, and a separate evaluation should be conducted for each student on the team. Grades for the fall semester final exam must be entered by January 9, 2027, at the latest.