ASORTHOPEDIC PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC PROGRAM

Location	Turkey, Üsküdar, Istanbul
Type	Associate, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years
Study language	Turkish
Awards	AS

Tuition fee	$2,400.00 per year
Application fee	$100.00 one-time

Entry qualification

High school / secondary education (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: Turkish. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university.

Language requirements	Turkish Turkish Language Certificate (C1 Level). In case there is no Turkish Language Certificate before enrollment, Üsküdar University offers for its candidate international students one-year (1-year) preparatory Turkish-language school intense program.

Other requirements	At least 2 reference(s) should be provided.

More information	uskudar.edu.tr/en

Overview

The purpose of this program is to train technicians who are able to make functional prostheses for people who have lost their upper or lower extremities for various reasons as well as durable, aesthetic and functional orthotics for decreasing pain, increasing function, mobilizing, correcting and supporting body parts in musculoskeletal and nervous system pathologies.

Career opportunities

For the production of prostheses and orthoses the technician will take measurements from the patient, make plaster casts, remodel them and finish the device and apply it to the patient by making static and dynamic alignment and adjustments. Graduates can work in public and private hospitals with prosthetics-orthotics workshop, universities and private workshops. They can make artificial limb prosthesis, body corsets, mobility aids in different lengths and they also have the chance to run their own workshop.