THE EVALUATION OF TWO MASTER PROGRAMS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY: IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND POLITECNICO DI MILANO

This paper evaluates yacht design master programs in Izmir University of Economics (IUE) and Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) in terms of where each institution is in the partnership with the industry. Therefore, vision and educational structure of both programs are summarized and projects as the cases are exhibited to understand in which ways each contributes to the development of yacht industry. A table of university - industry links typology prepared by The Innovation Policy Platform is used as a tool for evaluation and both programs are considered as two institutions in collaboration not only to the industry, but also to each other as an example of a collaborative development vision.