Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership Practice and Research

Hello everyone, I am the Director of Entrepreneurship and Leadership Application and Research Center, Professor Begüm Şahin. Our center was established in 2019 to support the entrepreneurship ecosystem, to raise our students with an entrepreneurial spirit and to take part in a wide variety of projects. The mission of the Entrepreneurship and Leadership Application and Research Center is to introduce Ostim Technical University to the world of entrepreneurship from the first year. Our entrepreneurial students have the chance to present their prototypes, which they develop to realize their business ideas in the first year, to investors at our DemoDay event at the end of the year. They get the chance to cooperate with the development agency TÜBİTAK (Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council), KOSGEB (T.R. Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Support Administration) and many national and international institutions within their entrepreneurship projects. With the Social Workshop Project we carry out, we bring social entrepreneurship together with NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) and associations in the field of women's entrepreneurship that will support the work of our students. We also enable them to take part in different projects such as Erasmus+. Entrepreneurship and Leadership Application and Research Center also coordinates the preparation of the entrepreneurship scorecard document, which records all the work done by Ostim Technical University students regarding the entrepreneurship ecosystem before they graduate. With the Entrepreneurship Scorecard, you gain all the data you need to have while stepping into the business world or starting your own ventures. Entrepreneurship and Leadership Application and Research Center works together with all young people who have business ideas and want to step into the world of startups in the fields of techno-entrepreneurship, women's entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. We welcome all the students who want to step into the world of entrepreneurship to Ostim Technical University Entrepreneurship and Leadership Application and Research Center.