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Evaluation of the Opinion of Incoming Students Participation in the Erasmus Exchange Programme at Selcuk University
Evaluation of the Opinion of Incoming Students Participation in the Erasmus Exchange Programme at Selcuk University

Author(s): Seda Cankaya
Subject(s): Higher Education , Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Editura Universitară Danubius
Keywords: Turkey; EU Educatıon Programme; Erasmus;

Summary/Abstract: Erasmus Programme is one of the most visible educational programme which finance by EU. Programme was launched in 1987. For 30 years, EU has funded the Erasmus Programme, which provided over three million students to study or training opportunity in different country. Programme aims to providing new abilities, different experience, meet new culture, improving tolerance and learning different languages etc. Turkey has been a full participant in the Erasmus programme since 2004 with the establishment of National Agency. Selcuk University has participated to this programme since 2005. From 2005 Selcuk University accepted many foreign students from EU countries each semester. The purpose of this study is to analyse the practice of the Erasmus students, share experiences and opinion of the students who came from various countries. The study group consist of 55 foreign students who come to Selcuk University between 2014-2016 academic year. To understand opinion of the student’s survey was applied. SPSS software programme was used to analyse the data. The results of the study show that students had positive opinion during their study and they returned back with different experience even they had to encounter some academic problems.

  • Issue Year: 10/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 97-109
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English