By applying our project; -The internationalization of our school, the development of its capacity, updating the educational tools according to technological developments, raising a qualified workforce, increasing the employment rate of graduates, transferring new methods-techniques, establishing a sustainable international institutional partnership, providing school-industry cooperation -We aimed to improve students' professional knowledge and abilities, social communication skills, transversal and language skills, entrepreneurship and initiative, and increase their employability. In addition, the main and primary task of our school is to train the qualified workforce demanded in the field of industrial product design and development by the R&D field, where the companies of the Built-in Products Cluster, which has increased the competitiveness of the Merzifon Organized Industrial Zone in the national and international business market in recent years, focus on the name of INNOVATION. We wanted to contribute to the fulfillment of these needs through the overseas partnerships that the school established within the scope of the project, the internships that our students will take in Europe, and other project processes.
Merzifon Organized Industrial Zone Directorate (OSB), in order to realize the "Target of the Turkish Built-in Sector to Have a Voice in the International Market" of the Merzifon Built-in Cluster (MAK); In 2019, it has planned to establish a large R&D center that many companies can benefit from. A qualified workforce employment opportunity with 250 quota to work in this unit has arisen. With the innovation of the sector, there is a growth of 37% in 5 years and the inclusion of 2000 workforce in the sector. Built-in companies have searched for qualified workforce from distant provinces as a temporary solution; He abandoned this plan in the face of the high cost of the transfer. Finally, according to the results of the cooperation platform of Merzifon District Governorship, MAK representatives and OIZ, it was decided to strengthen cooperation with VTE institutions in order to meet the aforementioned need. The first action of the platform to increase the technical capacity and graduate quality of our school was to support an EU project to be prepared by the school.