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Economic growth and development are only possible with trained human resources. Vocational education is to make the future better, livable and brighter by blending the knowledge and advanced technology gained and transferring it to students and then to the region, country and the whole world. The Department of Handicrafts was opened in 2017-2018 and continues its education and training activities under the name of Muş Alparslan University Technical Sciences Vocational School Handicrafts Department. In the Department of Handicrafts, there are eleven workshops including Illumination Design Workshop, Jewelry Design Workshop, Tile Workshop, Ceramic Shaping Workshop, Pattern Design Workshop, our classroom with a smart board where theoretical courses are taught, Marbling Workshop, Wood Workshop, Sculpture Workshop, Engraving Workshop, Computer Workshop and our workshops are fully equipped with tools, equipment and machines. The Department of Handicrafts continues its education and training activities as formal education in the Architectural Decorative Arts Program with 3 lecturers, 1 administrative staff and 1 technician responsible for the workshops.

It started its education and teaching life with a quota of 35 when it was established. In the 2022 academic year, the quota was determined as 20+1. Our department is located in the central district of Muş and is located in the Muş Alparslan University complex. It is close to main arteries such as Erzurum, Elazığ, Diyarbakır, Van. Our department is in close contact with the business world and the public. In order to ensure that our Handicrafts department candidate students are provided with the necessary education and training in the constantly changing and developing field of design and production, business visits are made in cooperation with the relevant sectors. In addition, our department is promoted with activities carried out in the local press and TRT Kürdi and other channels, and efforts are made to be in close communication with our graduates. At the beginning or end of each semester, meetings are held with the graduate students via Google Meet and the necessary information is obtained.

Students accepted to the Department of Handicrafts Architectural Decorative Arts Program must have the infrastructure to acquire the outcomes (knowledge, skills and behaviors) that the program aims to provide within the prescribed period. The indicators taken into consideration in the acceptance of students should be monitored and their development should be evaluated over the years.

The Department of Handicrafts of our Vocational School is a four-semester full-time associate degree program that aims to train qualified intermediate staff and offers students job opportunities in the public, private sector, non-governmental organizations and/or art and production fields within the scope of all these opportunities mentioned above. The department of handicrafts, which has always been the preferred department of our Vocational School, still continues its formal education. The language of education is Turkish, but the compulsory foreign language course is English. The Department of Handicrafts Architectural Decorative Arts Program accepts students who score 150,000 points and above in the TYT score type according to the 2018 YKS system according to the ÖSYM exam regulations. Students enrolled in the Department of Handicrafts Architectural Decorative Arts Program must take all courses in the prescribed curriculum in order to graduate from the program. Our students must do a 30-day internship before graduating. The program places utmost importance on the follow-up and sustainability of internships. Students submit their internship submission files to the relevant program advisors following the next academic term and when course selections are made.