Council of Higher Education and Ministry of Industry and Technology
Sign University-Sector Cooperation Protocol
CoHE President Education Özvar:
"With the protocol, elective courses can be opened at Turkish
universities within the framework of the demands of our business world
and sectors. Those working in the relevant and related organizations
affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Technology or experts in the
field from sector organizations will be able to take part in the
delivery of these courses."
"Thanks to this protocol, it will be possible to further develop
university-industry cooperation"
February 22, 2024 / Ankara
The Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Council of Higher Education
signed a protocol on the establishment of courses at universities within
the framework of the demands and needs of the industrial sector and the
business world.
The signing ceremony was held at the Ministry of Industry and Technology.
Minister of Industry and Technology, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, President of the
Council of Higher Education, Erol Özvar, CoHE Executive Board Members Prof.
Naci Gündoğan, Prof. Erol Arcaklıoğlu, Prof. Hüseyin Karaman, and Prof.
Arif Bilgin, rectors of some universities and ministry officials attended
the event.
In his speech at the ceremony, CoHE President Özvar stated that they were
pleased to take another step in bringing universities together with the
sector, and that the protocol would further developed university-industry
cooperation.
Özvar said that underlying all these efforts is the idea and determination
of "contributing to the development of the economy, society and human
capital of our country", which is emphasized by the Council of Higher
Education on every platform.
"Our graduates will enter the labor market more prepared"
Özvar pointed out that the university-industry cooperation would allow
university students to be familiar with sectoral developments and dynamics
while they were in the education process, and said, "In this way, our
graduates could be prepared when entering the employment market and it
would be possible to reach the qualified workforce needed by the sectors
more easily."
He noted that he believed the protocol would constitute an important basis
for more comprehensive and diverse collaborations between the Ministry and
the Council in the following years, and hoped that the protocol would be
beneficial.
In his speech, Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır, said, "We will continue to make
the biggest investment in our human resources, and we will not hesitate to
mobilize all our opportunities for the young people."
Following the speeches, Minister Kacır and CoHE President Özvar signed the
protocol.