Important Collaboration Between Bahçeşehir University and Oyak Renault

Through a partnership between Bahçeşehir University (BAU) and Oyak Renault Automobile Factories, digital transformation initiatives and young talent programs are being launched. Within the scope of the project, young entrepreneurs affiliated with the BAU Technology Transfer Office (TTO) will be able to join Oyak Renault's innovation laboratory and software development community.

An important agreement aimed at evaluating and developing the projects of young entrepreneurs has been signed between Bahçeşehir University and OYAK Renault Automobile Factories. The program, hosted by Oyak Renault CEO Dr. Antoine Aoun, was attended by BAU President Prof. Dr. Şirin Karadeniz and Vice President Prof. Dr. Tunç Bozbura, and programs for young talent, digital transformation topics and collaboration opportunities were discussed during the visit. The visit also included the signing ceremony of the CO-OP Collaboration Memorandum of Understanding, jointly prepared by Oyak Renault Human Resources and the Bahçeşehir University Career Development Application Center, which aims to mutually increase the efficiency and quality of activities in important areas such as preparing young people for professional life and resource use. Under this protocol, collaborations will be carried out in the coming period in young talent programs such as university internships, reverse mentoring, branded courses and promotional seminars.

"Digitalization and Innovation Will Gain Momentum"

Speaking at the signing ceremony, where Oyak Renault CEODr. Antoine Aoungave the opening speech, he said: "As Oyak Renault Automobile Factories, accelerating digitalization and innovation in every field, we will continue, as we always have, to support young people and to combine their enthusiasm with the know-how and R&D experience of the Oyak Renault family. In this context, our collaboration with Bahçeşehir University, one of the most important universities in Türkiye, is of great importance to us. I hope that with this collaboration, for which we are taking an important step today, we will not only help increase the qualified workforce the sector needs but also lay important groundwork for creating high value-added technologies. I would like to thank, in your presence, Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Şirin Karadeniz, Vice President Prof. Dr. Tunç Bozbura, and the valued executives of Bahçeşehir University and Oyak Renault who contributed to launching this project."

"We Will Contribute to the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem"

Bahçeşehir University PresidentProf. Dr. Şirin Karadeniz said:"We attach great importance to our collaboration with Oyak Renault, a world-leading brand in the automotive sector, in raising better-equipped, innovation-minded and entrepreneurial new generations. With both its CO-OP education model and its R&D activities, our university is one of the top 10 universities contributing most to our country's entrepreneurship ecosystem. In this context, within the framework of our collaboration with Oyak Renault, we will work together on R&D projects, CO-OP (branded courses, internships, career events, reverse mentoring) and entrepreneurship. Our first step is our CO-OP reverse mentoring system, to be implemented with Oyak Renault's senior management. The other important steps of our collaboration are creating R&D projects and entrepreneurship programs. Together with Oyak Renault, by increasing our existing interdisciplinary work and running entrepreneurship programs under sustainable smart mobility themes within a university-industry collaboration approach, we will contribute to the ecosystem with entrepreneurs who have strong market integration. In this context, we will also create joint areas of work with Renault on human resources and talent acquisition for its five-year strategic plan called 'Renaulution'. I would like to thank Oyak Renault CEO Antoine Aoun and the entire team who worked on it for their valuable contributions to launching this collaboration."