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At Özyeğin University, we shall adopt a multidimensional approach which will offer different possibilities and characteristics, and develop an environment including different cultures and points of view. Our university will evolve in an environment of diversity providing different opportunities for intercultural exchange, and supporting creativity, learning and discovery. In this context, we attach great importance to international exchange programs for students and professors and international academic cooperation. |
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Erhan Erkut, Rector of Özyeğin University
International students in every classroom, exchange partnerships all around the world, research collaboration on a regional and global level - see what is happening on the international front at Özyeğin...
The Centre for EU Education & Youth Programmes of Turkey, better known as the Turkish National Agency, invited Özyeğin University together with 37 other universities without Erasmus University Charter and additional 29 universities that lack the Extended EUC to an information meeting in Ankara on November 3, 2008. The coordinator of LLP/Erasmus for Turkey, Mr. İlyas Ülgür, and members of his staff gave an overview of the different LLP (Lifelong Learning Programme) actions and funding opportunities. Mr. Ülgür then went over the procedural guidelines for the Charter application and described various successful and unsuccessful submissions to the audience. Özyeğin University formally submitted an application for the Extended Erasmus University Charter on November 28. When granted, we will qualify for different programs under Erasmus (student and staff mobility, intensive programmes and centralized actions through multilateral projects such as curriculum development, cooperation between universities and enterprises, modernization of higher education and virtual campuses). The Extended Charter also covers student placement to internships in EU countries.
NOVEMBER 13-16, 2008
The IO visited several High Schools and English preparation courses in Moldova, November 13-16. All have expressed high interest in promoting Özyeğin University in their educational institutions with further meetings with students scheduled for March 2009. Based on the statistics provided by YOK, a total of 158 students from Moldova were studying in Turkey during the 2007-2008 academic year.
NOVEMBER 7-8, 2008
Dr. Şirin Tekinay, soon to be appointed to the position of Vice-Rector for Research and Technology, and Anjariitta Rantanen, the Director of International Office (IO), participated in YÖK Turkish National Bologna Process meeting on November 7-8, 2008, hosted by Sakarya University on its Esentepe campus in Adapazarı. This meeting brought together all of the Turkish universities with representatives of YÖK, Turkish Bologna experts and members of National Qualifications Framework Commission and Working Group. The opening plenary session covered different aspects of the Bologna Process, such as strategic planning, quality assurance, ECTS, Diploma Supplement and qualification frameworks and learning outcomes. The workshops that followed provided participants an opportunity to share experiences and develop skills in these areas.
The IO is also establishing relationships with educational institutions in the Asia-Pacific region. Following the visit from Bond University's Vice-Chancellor and International Office General Manager in October, Özyeğin University will host Bond University Professor Tim Kiessling and a group of his graduate business students on January 9th, facilitating a portion of their study tour concerning the Turkish business world. The International Office is also in contact with the Tongji University International School in Shanghai, China in discussing language study tours and other collaboration opportunities for our students in future years.
SEPTEMBER 10-13, 2008
Özyeğin University will be represented in the 20th Annual Conference of the European Association for International Education (EAIE) in Antwerp, Belgium. This is the biggest annual event of its kind in Europe, with a close of 3000 professionals in the field of international higher education coming together for four days of intensive networking and information exchange. The theme of this year's conference is "Re-designing the Map of European Higher Education". The EAIE is a non-profit organization whose main aim is the stimulation and facilitation of the internationalization of higher education in Europe and around the world, and to meet the professional needs of individuals active in international education.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
Ms. Roxana Tunç joins the International Office as a Specialist in non-EU regional countries. She has an undergraduate degree in industrial management from Moldova Technical University and an MBA from Ball State University in the USA. She is a native Russian speaker, fully proficient in English and fluent in Turkish.
AUGUST 15, 2008
Özyeğin University will appear in the "Higher Education Institutions in Turkey" publication prepared by the Turkish National Agency for European Union Education and Youth Programs.
JULY 1, 2008
The International Office opens its doors with Ms. Anjariitta Rantanen and Mr. Jason Lau taking up their positions at Özyeğin University.
Mr. Jason Lau has an undergraduate degree in business administration at the University of Southern California in the USA and an MBA degree from Bilkent University in Turkey. Jason will be a Specialist in North-American and Asian partnerships. A native English speaker, he also knows Cantonese Chinese and is fluent in Turkish.
Ms. Anjariitta Rantanen joins Özyeğin University as the Director of the International Office. She has a law degree from Finland, a master's degree in law from Columbia University in the USA and an M.A. in international relations from Bilkent University. She taught at Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration between 1993 and 2008 and served as the faculty exchange and international programs coordinator between 2002 and 2008. Anjariitta is experienced in participation in European educational and research programs and works in Finnish, Swedish, English and French languages.
Both Jason and Anjariitta will also be teaching in the undergraduate business program at Özyeğin University.
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