Long-Term Workplace Education through IMU
Our university’s Directive on Eighth-Semester On-the-Job Professional Practice (IMU), dated 26 January 2021, regulates eighth-semester workplace education for undergraduate students within its scope. It specifies at least 14 weeks and 70 working days of continuous practice. Entry requires having taken prior-semester courses at least once and fulfilled attendance conditions; a graduation thesis or project is an alternative in the circumstances defined in the directive.
Source: IMU Directive — Articles 2, 4, 5 and 6 (Turkish)
Responsibilities for Supervision and Assessment
Within the IMU framework, the Career Centre and Alumni Coordination Unit handles protocols and forms, the academic supervisor appointed by the department provides academic oversight, and the workplace supervisor guides students at the host organisation. Two assessment files are required for the mid-term and end-of-term evaluations.
Source: IMU Directive — definitions, assessment files and forms (Turkish)
IMU Regulation Dated 2025
The Senate decision dated 22 January 2025 adds a temporary provision to Article 6(2) of the IMU Directive concerning GE courses delivered remotely outside IMU working hours, applicable only to the 2024–2025 academic year. This academic-year scope is not used as a placement count for calendar year 2025.
Source: Senate Decision of 22 January 2025 — 2025/03, decision 12 (Turkish)
Recording and Assessing Required Placements
The Vocational School Associate-Degree Internship Directive in Senate Decision No. 2025/03 dated 22 January 2025 sets out placement delivery and assessment conditions. It assigns the Career Centre responsibility for placement documents, duration compliance, system processing and final checks of internship logs.
Official source: Vocational School Associate-Degree Internship Directive — sections 1 and 3(a), p. 1 (Turkish)
Internship Logs and Results
Section 5 provides for students to record their daily placement activities, the host organisation to approve the assessment form, and the programme head to enter the result into the system after checks.
Official source: Vocational School Associate-Degree Internship Directive — section 5, p. 2 (Turkish)
Preparation for Placements and Working Life
The April 2025 E-Bulletin records a completed event on CV preparation, interview techniques and effective LinkedIn use. The Career Centre and Alumni Coordination Unit brought students together with industry professionals to discuss CV content, professional profiles and interview processes. This career preparation event is not used as a long-term placement participation count.
Source: April 2025 E-Bulletin — CV, interview and LinkedIn event, p. 11 (Turkish)
Event news: Career Centre completion report — published 8 April 2025 (Turkish)
Career and Alumni Information Channels
Our career counselling page provides information on support for CV preparation, interviews and career planning, with an ATS link and kariyermerkezi@nisantasi.edu.tr for appointments. The alumni page provides access to the alumni survey. These service and contact details are supplementary sources for reaching the responsible unit.
Source: Career counselling — scope and appointment information (Turkish)
Alumni source: Alumni page — alumni survey (Turkish)