Overseas Education Process of Outgoing Students within the Erasmus Exchange Programme

Abstract

Erasmus Programme is a student exchange programme carried out within the frame of the agreements between higher education institutions of European Union countries and the candidate countries. Programme is supported by The European Union. Programme aims at providing the outgoing students with new abilities and different experiences.The Exchange programme also aims at enhancing the employment opportunities of the outgoing students.Programme came into use in Selcuk University in 2005 and 465 students have been sent to study abroad as Erasmus students in the last three years. The aim of this study is to evaluate the education process of outgoing students sent to abroad by Erasmus Programme. In this study, Erasmus Students Satisfaction Survey was applied to the 50 outgoing students. The problems, encountered by outgoing students in their education, were determined; the experiences that students gained in a different education life and culture were presented and also the contribution of the Erasmus Programme on personel and carreer development of outgoing students were determined. The comments and suggestions were stated according to feedbacks obtained from the survey based on opinions and thoughts of outgoing students. With this study it is aimed to shed light on the students to be sent to study abroad next academic year based on the knowledge and experiences and to minimize the encountered problems.