Istanbul, Turkey
I am really happy and satisfied with my decision to go to Koç,
Turkey, because the application / integration worked seamlessly, CEMS office is
very friendly and helpful, People in general are warm and hospitable, the city
is downright amazing and the school has everything you need on campus.
Courses
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Global Strategy (mandatory):
medium to high workload, lots of assignments, but also something to take from
the course
·
Developing intellectual
financial capital (awarded best cems course 2014): high workload, a bit
unstructured, but definitely puts everything in perspective and you see the
greater picture of why some countries are rich and some are poor (also the same
title has the book you have to read)
·
e-commerce: not recommended.
topic is interesting, but it's together with bachelor students and therefore
does not optimally fit in the cems schedule and the teacher is a mess
·
International Negotiations:
many insights from the lecturer, workload is rather low (only final exam)
·
sales management: joyful
lecturer with many insights, rather low workload and fair exams (midterm +
final)
Housing
I took housing provided by Koç, which are
located off-campus in 3-5 person apartments. They are worth the money with huge
rooms and good facilities, only the furniture is a little limited and you might
need to buy a pan or two
University
The facilities at koç are unbeatable:
swimming pools, fitness centers (gyms), golf course, ice skating, foodcourt,
supermarket: you have everything you need on campus. Wifi works most of the
time quite well (in comparison to Nova).
In the library the space is rather limited,
but i always could find a spot, even during the exam period.
Since Koç is considered an elite school in
turkey, there were presentations and workshops from all major consulting firms
and many investment banks. Also many FMCG companies showed presence
Sightseeing
Istanbul has a lot to offer regarding
sightseeing, too much to go into detail
a trip that most of the students did was
the one to "capadoccia", which is worth the money
turkish food is really tasty but rather
heavy, so take care about not getting addicted and eat to much :-)
Visa
As a German you actually don't need a visa for turkey, but you need
to apply for a resident permit. We had to spend half a day at the embassy with
an ambassador (helping hand) to take care of the whole process. For Germans it
was no problem at all, some Italians had problems with their insurance
Vaccines
n/a
Surprises
The level and intensity of courses were higher as expected, but i
did actually have some "aha" moments and take-aways. Besides that, no
severe surprises
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By Markus
Mohr, Class of 2014/2015
Term abroad - Fall 2014
Nationality:
German
Country
of residence: Germany / Portugal
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