Bahçeşehir University is implementing 21st century education model, CO-OP; which brings today and future, life and school and university life and work life together for the first time in Turkey.
Since 2008 to now ‘My Campus is My Office’ is proceeding with the perception of combining university and work life. So that, BAU students have a chance to experience a real business place while they are still students. BAU students have the possibility of working full time in the summer and part time in the winter over one thousand local and foreign firms. Until now BAU gave the facility of combining study life and work life to nearly 3 thousand students with CO-OP Education Model.
The most innovator and unique concept of CO-OP is ‘Lectures with Brands’. ‘Lectures with Brands’ is a name given to the lectures which companies are opening in Bahçeşehir University for the aim of raising qualified labors and the lectures are about companies field, service, product and applications. Companies are preparing these practice intended lectures by considering sectors needs and sector representatives are giving the lectures. By this, students have a chance to have lecture with company representatives and directors. At the end of the program certificate will be given to the ones who are successful. Since 2008, BAU offered 84 ‘Lectures with Brands’ given into students service.
You can find some of the ‘Lectures with Brands’ below;
1. Ajans Press “Media Monitoring & Coverage Analysis”
2. Alametifarika “Future Brand Management”
3. Alcatel – Lucent “Optical Networks”
4. Anadolu Insurance “Insurance Management”
5. Bersay Communication Institute “Proficiency in Communication”
6. BOYNER Group “Retail Management”
7. Böcek Production “Advertising Production and Management”
8. Citibank “Global Investment Products”
9. Denizbank “Banking Practice”
10. FOX TV “Media Strategy & Implementation”
11. Garanti Factoring “Factoring: The World of Receivable Finance”
12. Hürriyet Daily News “News Room”
13. IBM “Service Oriented Architecture”
14. Lidyana “Internet Entrepreneurship”
15. Medyanet “Digital Advertising”
16. Mercedes Benz “Materials and Distribution Management”
17. NTV “TV Formats”
18. TEB “Banking Academy”
19. Türk Telekom “Telecommunication Systems”
20. Turkcell “Mobile Communication & Technologies”
21. Ülker “Strategy & Creativity in Marketing Communication”
22. Virgin Radio “Radio Formats”
"MY VISION HAS CHANGED"
Bahçeşehir University International Commerce and Business Administration 4th year student Meltem Küçükkorucu, have the facility to work in Borusan Mannesmann for a short time period with the CO-OP privilege. By CO-OP Meltem Küçükkorucu both have a facility to practice what she has learned in the undergraduate years and live the business life closely in a critique period of time before starting professional life. Meltem Küçükkorucu thinks that with this program Bahçeşehir University students are going one step beyond and students have the possibility to overcome the hard period of finding a place for mandatory internship with CO-OP opportunity. She also added that making an internship in an important and big company like Borusan Mannesmann enlarged her vision and of course this effect is through BAU CO-OP system. Küçükkorucu is thankful to everyone giving her this opportunity and also to the builders of the CO-OP system.
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