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a. As a higher education institution, MTU has a mission of being internationally recognized by raising individuals and entrepreneurs who areintellectually rich and sensitive both global and local issues. One of the main activities to collaborate with instutions all over the world. Exchange programmes give an opportunity to having close cooperations with European partners as well as other institutions from other geografies. Therefor MTU is open for all kind of programmes and international activities. The partners are choosen according to the benefits fort he parties which are based on comprehensive understanding of partner institution, compatibility of acedemic profiles and a relation of trust between the institutions in making academic decisions. Each collaboration offer is taken into consideration; especially the recommendations and result of surveys made by academic and students are taken into account. However MTU prefer to sign the agreements and be involved in mobility with the accredited institutions in both Europe and non European countries.
b. As for the geographical areas, MTU willing to collaborate almost with all European countries in the frame of Erasmus+ programme. Since Turkey has a rising higher education demand from non-EU countries’ student, MTU sign agreements with these institutions. MTU willing to cooparate with institutions with neighbour countries’ institutions.
c. MTU aim to make as many as students and staff gain benefits from the activities. Therefore, the main objective of international strategy is to increase the number of participants both incomings and outgoings. The second objective is to provide a balance between incomings and outgoings as well as to make all kinds of inter institutional agreements active. MTU treat all participants equally, which means participants who fullfill the necessisities can attend the mobility. MTU also give a chance to the participants to choose the institution or university in order to maket hem gain maximum benefit. The main target of MTU is short cycle and first cyle students. Besides these,increase the quality of the institution. Acedemic staff mobility is also supported by MTU.
MTU do not participate in double, multiple and joint degrees; it will be the priority of MTU in the near future.
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MTU aim to support and encourage both the students and academic staff to be involved in the international cooperation projects. As MTU is a new established university, it has already built relations with institutions to run a cooperate projects.
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MTU undertake to contribute to the European Union’s modernization and internalization agenda as a higher education institute by signing the Charter. MTU give importance to the related priorities:
