BAU and ALARKO Group of Companies Join Forces

Through a "corporate-specific master's program" designed as a result of the cooperation between the ALARKO Group of Companies and Bahçeşehir University (BAU), a university education program tailored to the needs of company employees is being launched for the first time in Türkiye.

 

The ALARKO Group of Companies, one of Türkiye's leading companies, and Bahçeşehir University (BAU), which has reached world standards through its contributions to education in Türkiye, have decided to cooperate in order to redesign and jointly run, from 2013 onwards, Türkiye's first corporate education program, which Alarko launched in-house in 2011.
 

As a result of this cooperation, within the framework of the education program whose content has been prepared specifically for Alarko, employees of the ALARKO Group of Companieswill have the opportunity to receive training and earn an MBA degree in the fields of Finance, Marketing and Sales, Engineering and Support Units. Company employees will receive 70 percent of their training from Bahçeşehir University faculty and 30 percent from ALARKO Group of Companies executives.

 

Bringing together two major brands that believe education comes first in professional business life, this cooperation is a first in Türkiye, and aims to take the goals of both participants and institutions to the next level.
 

Taking the podium first at the press launch of the cooperation between Bahçeşehir University and the ALARKO Group of Companies, Enver Yücel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bahçeşehir University, concluded his remarks by saying, "As Bahçeşehir University, we are once again achieving a first. The cooperation of a world-class holding company with a university also sets an important example for our country. I believe this is not just an educational cooperation but an opportunity to show what universities and industry can do together. I hope that, through the scientific research and studies to be carried out together, this cooperation will make important contributions to the world, and I thank the entire ALARKO team for being with us."
 

Stating that this cooperation with the ALARKO Group of Companies, one of Türkiye's leading holding companies with a very important place in the country's development, adds a very important link to the chain of education, Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın said, "This cooperation will also pave the way for courses prepared jointly with ALARKO to be added to the branded courses designed with CO-OP at the doctoral, master's, undergraduate and associate degree levels. As is well known, the ALARKO Group of Companies has always prioritized education in business life. This is the secret of its success in the sector. With this cooperation, both Bahçeşehir University and the ALARKO Group of Companies will make significant progress."
 

Beginning by thanking the university for hosting this cooperation, ALARKO Group of Companies General Coordinator Ayhan Yavrucu said, "As ALARKO Holding, the issue we attach the greatest importance to is education. You don't necessarily have to open a university to make progress in education. You can make progress in education by cooperating with a young and dynamic university like Bahçeşehir University. Therefore, Bahçeşehir University can now be considered our university as well. Through the cooperation of these two giants, Bahçeşehir University and the ALARKO Group of Companies, we will raise successful young people who will benefit both our company and our country. In the first year, twenty-eight of our colleagues will be trained in this program. We know that in the coming days they will become successful employees and successful managers. I therefore congratulate everyone who has put their signature to this cooperation and wish them continued success."
 

Director of the Bahçeşehir University Graduate School of Social Sciences Assist. Prof. Dr. Burak Küntay concluded his speech by saying, "Our cooperation with the ALARKO Group of Companies will not only bring success at the corporate level but will also bring a new perspective and revolutionary changes to graduate education in Türkiye. In the new period, we are making an agreement with the ALARKO Group of Companies that exists nowhere else in the world. With this agreement, we have developed a program specific to the individual, the institution and the sector. This will provide a major boost to the development of companies. I would therefore like to thank the valued executives of ALARKO Holding who have been with us in this cooperation, as well as the staff of our university's Graduate School of Social Sciences and CO-OP department for their contributions to this agreement."