The intention is to offer a number of possible pathways for young Turkish secondary maritime school graduates, who wish to entre the seafaring profession, and who are also not necessarily qualified to enter similar programmes in Turkish universities due the current rules by Yuksek Ogretim Kurulu (YOK) . The ultimate aims of the PRU MYO programmes will be:
- To improve the quality of Maritime Education and Training (MET) at Level 5 (MYO Diploma/HND) in Turkey .
- To offer a second opportunity to young Turkish generation who have not obtained the required grade to study on degree programmes leading to the ocean going ‘Officer Of Watch’.
- To integrate Level 6 (BSc Level) with Level 5 with a given set of pathways.
- To facilitate the mobility of Turkish seafarers offering them the means to be more mobile and to improve their employability through wider acceptance of their certificates. The pathways that will be offered under PRU MYO programmes are based on revised TUDEV Programmes which are now known as UniMET Programmes.