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After Istanbul Commerce University signed a protocol on cooperation with English Language Institute of York University which is known as a public research university located in Toronto of Canada, the first meeting between committees was held in Istanbul Chamber of Commerce.

Associate Director of York University English Language Institute Joanne Millard, York University Project Manager Ben Collins, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees Hasan Erkesim and our Rector Prof. Nazim Ekren got together. According to the meeting results, as well as the program in which language experts from Canada will teach preparatory class students and students who are enrolled in graduate programs to make them gain competence in English, a decision in principle has been reached to work on joint programs for undergraduate and graduate students.

International Cooperation

Istanbul Commerce University Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees Hasan Erkesim said "A concrete step of Istanbul Commerce University Global Experience Campus model has been taken with the expansion of the scope of the protocol signed in September . We, as Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, give importance to this issue. We support all projects organized to move our university at a better level in foreign language education. ".

Our Rector Prof. Nazim Ekren stated that the negotiations with York University at Istanbul Commerce University constituted an important part of the process they had initiated in foreign language education. "At our university, in 5 departments the medium of instruction is %100 in English; in a part of each faculty, it is %30. We aim to bring a new approach in English-medium education at our university with this project which will contribute to the knowledge and experience of the instructors at English Preparatory School. Furthermore, we have put the Global Experience Campus application on the agenda to make our university global. We are implementing the largest part of Global Experience Campus in our English Preparatory School." Ekren said.

Emphasizing the initiation of negotiations immediately after the signing of the protocol, Foreign Language Teaching Advisor to the Rector Asst. Prof. Aynur Kesen Mutlu expressed her happiness that the education would reach more students in a short time.

Making a cooperation the first time in Turkey with Istanbul Commerce University, York University representatives stated that they had planned to provide education with four instructors in the first step under the 5-year agreement and they had had the opportunity to evaluate wider cooperation areas in those negotiations.