The first International Entrepreneurship Department of Turkey, at TOBB ETÜ

Granting admissions since 2010, the International Entrepreneurship Department’s first graduates left the school in 2014.

The department currently implements two programs. These are in Russian, and Arabic, respectively. The students of the International Entrepreneurship Department spend 1 year of their education at other countries in line with their choice of program. The students in the program spend the said time frame in Russia, Ukraine, or Jordan. All the details for both programs (the agreements with the universities where the student will receive education, the accommodation to be provided, pocket money for the students, transportation arrangements) are handled by the department. The students of the department start to get the education in line with their choice of the program in Turkey, by the Spring semester of their 2nd year. The students who wish to get their education in Russia or Ukraine are provided with the foundations of reading, writing, listening, speaking, and grammar in Russian, while those who wish to get theirs in Jordan are provided the same background, only in Arabic. Once they get the basics in Turkey, the students are then sent to the country of their choice for the first time, in the Summer semester of their 2nd year. During their tenure there, the students who opt for the Russian language program get only Russian courses. The same applies for the students who opt for the Arabic language program as well. The students get the chance to improve and build on their language skills on the basis of the foundations they got in Turkey.

Russian language program:

We have an agreement with Moscow State University, for the execution of this program.

The students who choose the Russian language program are educated at that university. Venturing there for the first time in the Summer semester of their 2nd year, to take Russian language courses, the students return in the Summer semester of their 3rd year, to take courses on the economics, politics, and geography of the country, in a set called Culture courses. In this context, our students went to Russia for the first time in 2013, to get preparatory education.

During their tenure in Moscow, the students stay at the dormitories of the universities.

For the Russian language program, Ukraine is also on offer as an alternative. The students who wish to take their Russian language education in Ukraine are given the option to get education at universities in Kiev or Odessa. We have an agreement with Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University in Kiev. Our students went there for the first time in 2016, to get their preparatory education.

I.I. Mechnikov Odessa National University is yet another university we have an agreement with, to provide the program for the Culture courses, from 2016 on.

Arabic Language Program:

We have an agreement with The University of Jordan, for the execution of this program.

The students who choose the Arabic language program are educated at that university. Venturing there for the first time in the Summer semester of their 2nd year, to take Arabic language courses, the students return in the Summer semester of their 3rd year, to take courses on the economics, politics, and geography of the country, in a set called Culture courses. In this context, our students went to Jordan for the first time in 2015, to get preparatory education. During their tenure in Jordan, our students stay at the guesthouse/dormitories located near the university and contracted by the university.