ERASMUS POLİTİKA BEYANI
Adana
Science and Technology University (Adana STU) is a relatively young higher
education institution established in 2011 in Adana located in the south of
Turkey and is the pivotal city incorporating industrial and agricultural
activities in the region. Our university consists of 9 faculties, 1 school of
foreign languages, 1 institute of social sciences, 1 institute of natural &
applied sciences, 1 continuing education center supporting lifelong learning
and a Turkish Language Education Center that helps our international students
gain an insight into Turkish language and culture during their study period.
Adana
STU has taken great strides in becoming an international university that
focuses more on establishing cooperation with its counterparts both in the EU
and non-EU countries. Therefore, an international relations office was
established in 2012 that is responsible for coordinating partnerships with, but
not limited to, the institutions in the EU since it is also in charge of the
Mevlana Exchange Program in Turkey which allows for student and staff mobility
in non-EU countries. Working in close collaboration with both its faculty
members as well as Erasmus coordinators in each department, it has so far reached agreements with higher
education institutions in the USA (Oklahoma State University), the UK (Leeds
Metropolitan University), China (Shenyang Aerospace University) and Hungary
(Hungarian Academy of Education) in the field of student and staff mobility.
Our
internationalisation strategy lies in expanding partnerships with our
stakeholders both in the EU and the rest of the world with regard to student
and staff mobility, curriculum development, knowledge alliances, capacity
building, conducting joint researches, co-publishing, and establishing
dual/joint degrees. Therefore, we are working in close collaboration with the
Turkish National Agency and Eurodesk to provide our student and staff with the
necessary information and assistance as regards those subjects via our staff
experienced in Erasmus Programme. The office also has a website which provides
our prospective incoming and outgoing students and staff with all the
information, activities and events regarding Erasmus + and other exchange
programs (http://intoff.adanabtu.edu.tr/En/Homepage).
Adana
STU is a distinguished public university in that it has high-tech classrooms
and accredited laboratories. Furthermore, it ranks among the top 10
universities in Turkey where English is the language of instruction.
Furthermore, one of the goals set by the administration of Adana STU is to
increase the number of international students and teaching staff to the extent
that 50% of the faculty will be international. It is also a great vantage point
for our institution to admit ideal number of students so that each student is
offered full support about the mobility opportunities abroad. What’s more, as
the language of instruction is English, our university makes sure that every
single student has attained the required level of proficiency of English in
order to follow courses both in Turkey and abroad.
Adana
STU attaches great importance to offering training opportunities for our
students. Therefore, we have already established partnerships with some
industrial companies in the region so that our students will have employment
opportunities right after graduation. With its mission to be in close
collaboration with relevant industrial institutions both in the region and
across Europe, Adana STU selects its partners on the basis of active partnership,
non-discrimination, mutuality, and sustainability. It regularly provides its
first, second, and third cycle students of all departments as well as the
faculty and administrative staff in our institution, who constitute the target
groups for our mobility activities with the necessary information and
assistance regarding studying, training, teaching and youth opportunities both
across Europe and the surrounding regions. Adana STU does its best to ensure a
successful implementation of the Bologna Process in our institution. ECTS is
applied in the university, which ensures transparency and full recognition
across higher education institutions while Diploma Supplement is coming close
to perfection and DS in English is soon to be given to every student free of
charge upon graduation..
Adana
STU is also aware of the importance of involving in integrated study programmes
within the framework of Strategic Alliances, which contributes to increasing
the employability of our students. It has concluded a joint degree program in
the departments of civil engineering and business administration with Leeds
Metropolitan University in the UK. It has also set out to expand its number of
bilateral and multilateral agreements with HEIs across Europe and the rest of
the world via its faculty members who are always provided with full support by
the International Relations Office.
Adana
STU established the International Relations Office in 2012 to organize and
implement international programs representing Adana STU both in the EU and
non-EU countries and regions. There are 2 specialists and an office director
experienced in the previous LLP, working in the office responsible for
participating in national and international projects. They are also in charge
of providing regular support and guiding for faculty members and students as
well as the department coordinators. Moreover, the office is an accredited EVS
sending and coordinating institution and it holds regular information meetings
for our students while establishing partnerships with accredited receiving EVS
institutions in the Programme countries. Moreover, the Erasmus Student Club has
been established by our students under the guidance of the office in order to
take an active part in Erasmus Student Network activities. In addition, our
students and staff are regularly informed about the opportunities in education,
training, youth and sport in Erasmus +
through close collaboration with the Turkish National Agency and Eurodesk.
Additionally,
Adana STU has established strong links with the business sector in the city by
providing its students with training opportunities during their study and
employment opportunities after graduation. Furthermore, Adana STU aims to
cooperate with businesses in the Programme countries to provide its students
with international training opportunities while providing its staff with the
teaching opportunities abroad. The office is also responsible for the Mevlana
Exchange Program in Turkey allowing for student and staff exchange with non-EU
countries.
In
addition, Adana STU has an R&D and Technology Office as well as the
Coordination Office for Quality Assurance which function in coordination with
the International Relations Office in order to ensure an efficient
implementation of EU and non-EU cooperation projects.
Each
of the 5 priorities of the EU Modernisation Agenda underpins the modernisation
and development strategies of Adana STU, which can be traced on the website of
Adana STU. Adana STU is quite aware of the Europe 2020 Strategy and
deems it necessary and important to participate in the Erasmus + Programme,
which in turn is expected to have positive impact on the modernisation quality
and capacity of our institution.
Priority
1:
Adana
STU deems it necessary for its students and researchers to engage in
international study/training programmes, which in turn helps our institution
develop its modernisation strategy. With its participation in Erasmus +, Adana
STU, which offers all of its courses in English and has already strong links
with the business sectors in the region, aims to attract more students and
researchers from across Europe and the surrounding regions to study and work in
our institution. Moreover, Adana STU has accredited laboratories and high-tech
classrooms that enable our incoming/ outbound students and researchers to
improve their skills and competences.
Priority 2:
Adana
STU focuses on offering quality education/training relevant to the demand of
the labor market in the region. Moreover, it is in the process of creating an
alumni tracking system which will help our institution streamline our
study/training, employment and research opportunities. Therefore, Erasmus + is
expected to be instrumental in helping our institution establish collaborative
partnerships with similar HEIs and businesses to develop a more flexible,
innovative and sustainable curriculum supporting staff exchanges and involving
the practice in its courses.
Priority 3:
Adana
STU is aware of the fact that learning mobility activities and cross-border
partnerships between HEIs and entreprises allow for a quality and sustainable
interaction, which in turn makes a positive contribution to our education
quality. With ECTS already in use and the recognition of academic
qualifications and credits earned abroad, Adana STU has set out to establish
double/joint diploma programs in both EU and non-EU countries in order to
create an attractive studying/working place. Furthermore, participating in
Erasmus + will help our institution students and staff develop their
professional and intercultural competences via mobility, which is the integral
part of our commitment to being an internationally attractive institution.
Priority4:
Adana
STU already works in cooperation with the business sectors here and serves the
local economy in order to better answer the needs of the labor market in the
region. It also commits itself to take part in knowledge alliances and
strategic partnerships in the Programme countries, as well to modernise and
streamline its curriculum via integrating research and innovation results into
its curriculum.
Priority 5:
The
Programme will allow our institution to reinforce its governance by promoting a
more efficient system in managing the funds and human resources. In addition,it
is expected to have a positive impact on our institution in that it will help
us build a more reliable, transparent and accountable funding system with much
more efficiency.