Students studying in academic units within Toros University; Since the 2016-2017 academic year, different Applied Education models have been successfully implemented in order to develop professional skills and experiences as well as the theoretical knowledge in the curriculum of the departments/programs. Applied trainings are given in the form of "Vocational Education Course" in one or two semesters of education.
Applied Education is not an “internship”; students take charge and work as an employee in the industry or sector related to the fields of the department/programs, far beyond the internship application (at least 70 or 140 working days) for 14 or 28 weeks of education. they participate in person. Students who successfully complete their applied education graduate with work experience. Most of our students who graduated in this way started to work in the workplace where they received Applied Education.
There are many cooperation protocols with Toros University, especially with Mersin, industry, sector and public or private health institutions where Applied Training will be held at regional and national level. Applied training can also be done in a sector or organizations abroad, with the appropriate opinion of the department or program. Practical training in these sectors; carried out under the supervision of professionally qualified personnel assigned by the workplace. In addition, at least one faculty member or officer is assigned to coordinate the workplace training of students on a department/program basis.
Applied Education models in the departments or programs of Toros University are a credit course covering one semester or two semesters of education and the attendance requirement is 100% over working days. At the end of the semester, the relevant advisor and/or lecturer is given one of the letter grades defined in the relevant articles of the "Toros University Associate Degree and Undergraduate Education and Training Regulations", in line with the opinion of the workplace representative where Applied Vocational Education is given, and the academic success grade is evaluated (Graduation). note) is included.
7+1 Education Model (Internship, Applied Vocational Education)
The "Applied Engineering Education Course", which is compulsory to be taken in the last semester (8th semester) of the course curriculum of all departments of the Faculty of Engineering, is applied in the industry/sector. It is an education model developed for graduate engineers who will spend their last semester, that is, their 8th semester, in industry after completing their engineering education courses in Software Engineering, Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Civil Engineering departments. Intern students are to take part in the industry as an engineer and personally participate in the studies, far beyond the internship application (at least 70 working days) in an academic year. Since the 2016-2017 academic year, "Intern Engineering" training has been carried out successfully in 4 departments and many of our graduates "Intern Engineering" started to work in their workplace.
In the last semester (8th semester) of the curriculum of the Department of English Translation and Interpretation within the Department of International Finance and International Trade and Logistics affiliated to the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences of our university and the School of Foreign Languages, the "Applied Education Course" is applied in industry/sector. The students who study in these departments have completed their 7 semesters of education and will spend their last semester, that is, the 8th semester, in the sector, to take part in one academic year (at least 70 working days) in the sector and personally participate in the studies. Since the 2018-2019 academic year, "Applied Education" training has been carried out successfully in these departments.
6+2 Education Model (Vocational Education and Applied Course)
It is a model that allows the Nursing, Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Departments to receive education in 3 and 4 step health institutions within the scope of the "Clinical, Intern and Vocational Training Practice" in the 8th semester of the last year of the Faculty of Health Sciences. In these academic semesters, the trainings in health institutions are not internships, but provide the practical training or courses that must be taken on site. Beyond the internship application, students personally participate in the studies by acting as healthcare personnel for approximately 8 months uninterruptedly (minimum 140 working days).
3+1 Education Model (Applied Vocational Education)
In the curriculum of 11 (Eleven) and 10 (Ten) programs within the Vocational School of Health Services of our university, the compulsory "Vocational Practice Course" is applied in industry/sector or health institutions. Students studying in these programs will receive applied training in the 4th semester of the academic year under the supervision of competent experts in order to improve their knowledge and skills in the relevant industry or health sector, depending on the nature of the program. The Applied Vocational Education model is far beyond the internship application, and the students participate in the studies themselves by taking a role as an employee in the relevant sector for at least 70 working days uninterruptedly.
Last updated: 26 October 2026