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Participatory Educational Research, vol.8, no.2, pp.460-475, 2021 (Scopus)
English medium instruction (EMI) in university-level engineering
programmes is becoming the norm globally as well as in Turkey due to
the internationalisation and job opportunities in this field. However,
research about the job prospects among the engineering graduates who
studied in EMI programmes are quite limited compared to the presence
and dominance of EMI implementation in these programmes. To address
this gap, this study with a causal-comparative research design focused on
the predictive power of studying in different EMI engineering subjects in
terms of graduates’ job prospects. 139 engineering graduates took part in
this study representing three academic subjects and two different EMI
models (i.e., full vs. partial). All participants filled out an online survey
that inquired into their job prospects. Proportional Odds Logistic
Regression (POLR) analysis was used to determine the differences
among academic subjects and EMI models. Findings of our study
revealed that different EMI academic subjects in the field of engineering
had different prospects in the job market. Moreover, differences in the
same academic subject that employed a different EMI model were also
observed. This study builds up on the limited scientific knowledge about
the contribution of our higher education institutions to the career
prospects of their graduates