Explore Your Options

«Careers in …» Events

These are the events organized in specified periods during the year in order to introduce various sectors and alternative lines of work. There are Company Info Sessions, Open Office and Field Visits, Mock Interviews, Case Studies, Recruitment and Alumni Panels on Campus (in cooperation with Alumni Relations Office and Alumni Association) and similar events within the programs. We recommend that our students attend the events both about their own majors and for having information about various majors

Please click here to see event program

Company Info Sessions

The company info sessions which are organized all year long within the scope of the “Careers in…” Events and on campus separately will be one of your most important information sources before the recruitment process. These sessions are organized by the institution officials selected by our students’ opinions on campus and as a guest of the Career Development Center. Enabling you to meet the employers personally, these sessions will give a chance to clarify your career options and to know the internship opportunities. You can follow the events at the link in order to attend the company info sessions.

Open Office & Field Visits

These are the visits which we organize to the offices, factories and R&D centers of companies and institutions in various industries in “Careers in…” Events in various times during the year. We aim that our students are closely acquainted with business world, make contact with professional executives and have detailed information about the industries.

Since various perspectives on life and career matter in people’s choices, it is aimed to bring you together with speakers as much as possible.

« Advance in Your Profession» Seminars

These are the seminars aiming to provide our students/alumni with prior occupational knowledge about issues they have interest in or they plan to expert on about business life and professional fields.

«Career Readiness » Seminars

These are the seminars organized to improve the skills students need during the transition from education life to corporate life.

KUcareerlink

KUcareerlink is a platform designed to meet your needs of career and bring you, employers and the Career Development Center together about career issues. By logging in to KUcareerlink, it is possible to make appointment with career counselors, to upload Curriculum Vitae, cover letter and other documents necessary for job application and apply for job and internship advertisements, and to register in events and company info sessions.

You can access the sources of GoinGlobal and Vault Career Insider, which are open only for Koc University students and alumni, through KUcareerlink.

We suggest you to log in to KUcareerlink regularly to apply for job and internship opportunities which are published and updated every day.

Internship Procedure

You will save time if you consult with your Academic Advisor and have information and opinion about which majors are suitable for you to intern and will receive approval. There are some requirements and procedures about internship for each program in our university. You can see the General Internship Directive here.

After making the necessary preliminary preparation, you can research the internship opportunities by using the resources of the Career Development Center and get an appointment from our Career Advisors in order to determine the institutions where you will intern, internship positions and how to connect with people from professional life.

For your internship to be valid, it is important that you follow the compulsory internship procedure for the programs especially within Engineering Faculty. It is useful that you know the Internship Terms and preparation steps determined for each program.

Computer Engineering | Internship Steps -Procedure

Electrical and Electronic Engineering| Internship Steps -Procedure

Industrial Engineering | Internship Steps -Procedure

Chemistry and Biology Engineering | Internship Steps -Procedure

Mechanical Engineering | Internship Steps -Procedure

What Can I Do With My Major?

You can see the “What Can I Do With This Major” content here which is an international study of Tennessee University about the majors where various program alumni can generally work.

The detailed information you can see by clicking on the headings below are adapted to our university from the study in the link and by the Career Development Center; and prepared based on on recent job ads and our alumni’s data in order to provide insight about career, job and higher education choices.

This information does not represent any advice of a certain industry, area, organization, company or academic institution. The potential job opportunities, industries, job ads, organizations and academic institutions are not limited to the ones written here. There may be other opportunities except for the ones written here.

You can always meet career counselors for more information and support. To make appointment, click here.

AIESEC

It is among the biggest exchange programs in the world. As well as possible internship or job opportunities abroad, it provides an opportunity for abroad social project experience through volunteer programs.

You can visit http://aiesec.org.tr to view details of the programs built for different profiles and be informed about exchange programs.

It requires a good preparation and planning to apply for graduate programs such as master’s and doctor’s degree. Higher Education Planning involves three steps:

1- Exploring

The questions you need to ask yourself are: -What is graduate school? – Should I go to graduate school? – How do I choose a graduate program?

It is important to decide upon the major in order to determine your academic direction. There are some general and specific higher education graduation degrees such as MSc (Master of Science), MA (Master of Arts) and MBA (Master of Business Administration). You can clarify this with our Career Advisors.

If you want to maintain your higher education abroad and become an academician, you can see some general information from the links (aşağıdaki ilgili başlıktaki linke yönlenecek) in Useful Resources.

2- Preparing

Time Planning | It is a personal course you need to create considering the application dates of the schools you prefer and your own agenda.

Determining the Tests Required in the Evaluation | It is important that you follow exam timetables of the language exams such as TOEFL, IELTS and academic aptitude tests such as GRE, GMAT, LSAT of which grades are required in parallel with your own timeline.

Funding | It is required that the current budge of the related programs of schools are learnt and application preparation is made by determining the possible scholarship application resources if needed.

3- Applying

Monitoring the Application Process | Completing the application forms, paying the application fees, providing the transcripts between the requested time period and having the test aptitude documents are at the latest stage.

Preparing Statement of Purpose (SoP) | It is an address letter where you state why you are interested in the program you apply for, what your possible contributions are and your future vision about the major and which is typically about two pages long. You can share your draft with our related career advisors and take support from our SoP Advisor whose mother tongue is English.

Receiving Letters of Recommendation | These are the official recommendation letters which is demanded to be received from the competent academicians in your major or related experts, supposed to have to quality to approve your convenience to the program you apply for and will be effective in evaluation of your application.

You can make an appointment with our Career Advisors in order to discuss in detail and shape your career in this way.