This action supports physical and blended mobility of higher education students and staff from EU Member States and third countries associated to Erasmus+ to any country in the world. Students in all study fields and cycles can take part in a study period or traineeship abroad. Higher education teaching and administrative staff can take part in professional development activities abroad, as well as staff from the field of work in order to teach and train students or staff at higher education institutions.

"Abdullah Gül University was accredited to Erasmus+ EU Program in 2015. This Mobility of Learners and Staff project aims to enhance internationalisation strategy through mobility of University students and staff between Program and EU countries. AGU's mobility objectives:-Giving AGU students and staff the opportunity to increase their international experience,dimension and gain new knowledge,skills and methods in internationally qualified HEIs-Increasing AGU’s presence on the international arena-Increasing AGU’s international development on campus with the presence of many international students and staff-Giving European students the opportunity to learn new knowledge, skills, methods and culture in AGU,a HEI with high quality facilities and staffWith these projects,1. AGU will increase attainment levels to provide the graduates and researchers Europe needs by:-Increasing the quality of students, researchers and academicians through mobility; by exposing them to different educational, social, and cultural environments-Increasing the diversity of AGU by attracting students, staff and faculty members from different cultures and social backgrounds-Complying with European teaching and diploma standards to ensure that we produce high quality graduates with internationally recognized certifications.-Increasing the attractiveness of AGU due to a combination of 100% English teaching and the promise of international mobility -Producing multilingual graduates able to export their technical knowledge to any market-Enabling AGU to score better in the national and international University rankings2. AGU will improve the quality and relevance of higher education by:-Bringing our research and curricula levels up to the standards of highly recognized European institutions (benefit from their knowledge and expertise)-Promoting and deliver employment related skills adapted to today’s corporate sector’s expectations through crosssectorial partnerships-Collaborating with research institutions to develop highly innovative and competitive technologies-Improving quality (knowledge, expertise, teaching methods…) of teaching staff through teaching exchanges-Providing students with access to knowledge without geographical barriers: collaboration with institutions in touch with today’s labour market and offer learning opportunities to facilitate equality of chances with other European graduates3. AGU will strengthen quality through mobility and cross-border cooperation by:-Adapting our academic system to European quality standards-Aligning our diploma and credit systems with that of European universities to eradicate barriers to mobility-Benefiting from future European network to make AGU a recognized institution outside of Turkey4. AGU will make the knowledge triangle work:This project enables AGU students to take advantage of international professional opportunities and AGU to build a European level network gathering the 3 corners of the knowledge triangle (HEI's, business and research)5. AGU will improve governance and funding:AGU’s participation in the program allows us to develop a network of partners outside of Turkey and to diversify our sources of funding, in order to decrease our dependency from the AGU foundation and therefore allows greater flexibility.AGU Erasmus Office is leaded by Erasmus Institutional Coordinator, Vice Coordinator and Project Assistant and supported by 3 staff of International Office. AGU signed 49 staff and 40 student mobility agreements according to ""quality exchange"" criteria such as ECTS, DS and rankings. Info days, orientation, live broadcast, breakfast, office sessions, non-formal learning methods, infopack and documentary are organized. Also Erasmus Office is organizing info sessions for High Schools, NGO's and Chamber of commerce on EU opportunities since we are also Eurodesk contact point. One of our strongest part is combining Youth and Erasmus. Youth projects and Eurodesk network support us to find internship places for our students. After mobilities, internship and study mobility evaluation meetings and questionaries were organized. With the results of questionnaires a scientific paper was written and it was submitted to international conference and accepted. Our Erasmus vice coordinator finished her master thesis on ""CULTURAL MATCH IN NORM CREATION:THE IMPACT OF ERASMUS+ ON EU ENTEGRATION PROCESS. Participant profile: 1rst, 2nd and 3rd cycle students and staff members with good English skills, Openmindedness, adaptability, intercultural mindset and motivation.AGU gives priority to disadvantaged students. As a State University, AGU gave utmost importance to gender balance, students with low income, geographically disadvantaged areas.13 students went for study mobility and 17 students went for internship.11 staff member went for training and teaching mobilities."

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.

"Abdullah Gül University was accredited to Erasmus+ EU Program in 2015. This Mobility of Learners and Staff project aims to enhanceinternationalisation strategy through mobility of University students and staff between Program and EU countries. AGU's mobility objectives:-Giving AGU students and staff the opportunity to increase their international experience,dimension and gain new knowledge,skills andmethods in internationally qualified HEIs-Increasing AGU’s presence on the international arena-Increasing AGU’s international development on campus with the presence of many international students and staff-Giving European students the opportunity to learn new knowledge, skills, methods and culture in AGU,a HEI with high quality facilitiesand staffWith these projects,1. AGU will increase attainment levels to provide the graduates and researchers Europe needs by:-Increasing the quality of students, researchers and academicians through mobility; by exposing them to different educational, social, andcultural environments-Increasing the diversity of AGU by attracting students, staff and faculty members from different cultures and social backgrounds-Complying with European teaching and diploma standards to ensure that we produce high quality graduates with internationallyrecognized certifications.-Increasing the attractiveness of AGU due to a combination of 100% English teaching and the promise of international mobility-Producing multilingual graduates able to export their technical knowledge to any market-Enabling AGU to score better in the national and international University rankings2. AGU will improve the quality and relevance of higher education by:-Bringing our research and curricula levels up to the standards of highly recognized European institutions (benefit from their knowledgeand expertise)-Promoting and deliver employment related skills adapted to today’s corporate sector’s expectations through crosssectorial partnerships-Collaborating with research institutions to develop highly innovative and competitive technologies-Improving quality (knowledge, expertise, teaching methods…) of teaching staff through teaching exchanges-Providing students with access to knowledge without geographical barriers: collaboration with institutions in touch with today’s labourmarket and offer learning opportunities to facilitate equality of chances with other European graduates3. AGU will strengthen quality through mobility and crossborder cooperation by:-Adapting our academic system to European quality standards-Aligning our diploma and credit systems with that of European universities to eradicate barriers to mobility-Benefiting from future European network to make AGU a recognized institution outside of Turkey4. AGU will make the knowledge triangle work:This project enables AGU students to take advantage of international professional opportunities and AGU to build a European levelnetwork gathering the 3 corners of the knowledge triangle (HEI's, business and research)5. AGU will improve governance and funding:AGU’s participation in the program allows us to develop a network of partners outside of Turkey and to diversify our sources of funding, inorder to decrease our dependency from the AGU foundation and therefore allows greater flexibility.AGU Erasmus Office is leaded by Erasmus Institutional Coordinator, Vice Coordinator and Project Assistant and supported by 4 staff ofInternational Office and 5 staff of AGU Youth Factory. AGU signed 41 staff and 32 student mobility agreements according to ""qualityexchange"" criteria such as ECTS, DS and rankings. Info days, orientation, live broadcast, breakfast, office sessions, non-formal learningmethods, infopack and documentary are organized. Also Erasmus Office is organizing info sessions for High Schools, NGO's andChamber of commerce on EU opportunities. One of our strongest part is combining Youth and Erasmus+. Youth projects and Eurodesknetwork supported us to find internship places for our students. Uniquely ""Coaching Program"" has been started with ICF accreditedcoaches. After mobilities, internship and study mobility evaluation meetings and questionaries were organized. With the results of questionnaires a scientific paper was written and it was submitted to international conference and accepted.Participant profile: 1rst, 2nd and 3rd cycle students and staff membersGood English skillsOpenmindedness, adaptability,intercultural mindset and motivation.AGU gives priority to disadvantaged students. As a State University, AGU gave utmost importance to gender balance, students with lowincome, geographically disadvantaged areas.14 students went for study mobility and 27 students went for internship. 9 staff member went for training and teaching mobilities.AGU aims to improve crosssectorial approach combining business and educational sectoral approach in the long term. An advisoryboard was established with Chamber of Commerce."

"Abdullah Gül University was accredited to Erasmus+ EU Program in 2015. This Mobility of Learners and Staff project aims to enhance internationalisation strategy through mobility of University students and staff between Program and EU countries.AGU's mobility objectives:-Giving AGU students and staff the opportunity to increase their international experience,dimension and gain new knowledge,skills and methods in internationally qualified HEIs-Increasing AGU’s presence on the international arena-Increasing AGU’s international development on campus with the presence of many international students and staff -Giving European students the opportunity to learn new knowledge, skills, methods and culture in AGU,a HEI with high quality facilities and staffWith these projects,1. AGU will increase attainment levels to provide the graduates and researchers Europe needs by:-Increasing the quality of students, researchers and academicians through mobility; by exposing them to different educational, social, and cultural environments-Increasing the diversity of AGU by attracting students, staff and faculty members from different cultures and social backgrounds-Complying with European teaching and diploma standards to ensure that we produce high quality graduates with internationally recognized certifications.-Increasing the attractiveness of AGU due to a combination of 100% English teaching and the promise of international mobility-Producing multilingual graduates able to export their technical knowledge to any market -Enabling AGU to score better in the national and international University rankings2. AGU will improve the quality and relevance of higher education by:-Bringing our research and curricula levels up to the standards of highly recognized European institutions (benefit from their knowledge and expertise)-Promoting and deliver employment related skills adapted to today’s corporate sector’s expectations through crosssectorial partnerships-Collaborating with research institutions to develop highly innovative and competitive technologies-Improving quality (knowledge, expertise, teaching methods...) of teaching staff through teaching exchanges -Providing students with access to knowledge without geographical barriers: collaboration with institutions in touch with today’s labour market and offer learning opportunities to facilitate equality of chances with other European graduates3. AGU will strengthen quality through mobility and cross-border cooperation by:-Adapting our academic system to European quality standards-Aligning our diploma and credit systems with that of European universities to eradicate barriers to mobility -Benefiting from future European network to make AGU a recognized institution outside of Turkey4. AGU will make the knowledge triangle work:This project enables AGU students to take advantage of international professional opportunities and AGU to build a European level network gathering the 3 corners of the knowledge triangle (HEI's, business and research)5. AGU will improve governance and funding:AGU’s participation in the program allows us to develop a network of partners outside of Turkey and to diversify our sources of funding, in order to decrease our dependency from the AGU foundation and therefore allows greater flexibility.AGU Erasmus Office is leaded by Erasmus Institutional Coordinator, Vice Coordinator and an officer and supported by2 staff of International Office.AGU signed 45 Erasmus agreements and 49 bilateral agreements according to ""quality exchange"" criteria such as ECTS, DS and rankings. Info days, orientation, live broadcast, breakfast, office sessions, non-formal learning methods, infopack and documentary are organized. Also Erasmus Office is organizing info sessions for High Schools, NGO's and Chamber of commerce on EU opportunities since we are also Eurodesk contact point. One of our strongest part is combining Youth and Erasmus. Youth projects and Eurodesk network support us to find internship places for our students.After mobilities, internship and study mobility evaluation meetings and questionaries were organized. With the results of questionnaires a scientific paper was written and it was submitted to international conference and accepted.Our Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator finished her master thesis on ""CULTURAL MATCH IN NORM CREATION:THE IMPACT OF ERASMUS+ ON EU ENTEGRATION PROCESS in 2018. AGU Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator was selected to go for TCA in Portugal, Lizbon-""Impact of Erasmus+ on internationalisation of HEI and VET institutions Promoting best practices in Impact and Dissemination"" in 2019. Participant profile: 1rst, 2nd and 3rd cycle students and staff members with good English skills, Openmindedness, adaptability, intercultural mindset and motivation.AGU gives priority to disadvantaged students. As a State University, AGU gave utmost importance to gender balance, students with low income, geographically disadvantaged areas.25 students went for study mobility and 32 students went for internship.11 staff member went for training and teaching mobilities."