Evaluation of the students' opinions that benefited from erasmus + exchange program in terms of management

The aim of this study is to find out whether erasmus + exchange program contributes to the students benefiting from the program in terms of personal development, professional development and language skills and to reveal management deficiencies. Between the years 2015-2018,30 students enrolled (not graduated) in Düzce University and benefited from erasmus + exchange program at undergraduate or graduate level, participated in the study. Qualitative research method was implemented in order to extract in-depth information. Interview technique was used through face-to-face or e-mail environment. This study was configured in the phenomenological context which is one of the qualitative research designs. According to the results, the students who participated in the program attended to the program with the aim of "improving language skills" and "getting to know new people and cultures", "education and career", "seeing new places", "experiencing a different country", "widen the horizon". It was determined that language improvement, especially "reading improvement", "listening improvement", "speaking improvement", "writing improvement", and this language improvement also benefited the students in their social relations. The students stated that by means of their language skills, they could come to the forefront in topics such as "making international friends","contributing to social relations", "contributing to establishing business network connections", "contributing to the academic field". The experiences viii such as "language proficiency" ,"employment", "professional competence and experience", "social relations" gained by Erasmus + Program, revealed in the future plans of them as "professional thinking", "working abroad and settling" and "contribution to the academic field areas". At the beginning of the difficulties faced by the students towards the program, "inability to speak a foreign language effectively", "living conditions", "cultural, social and personal difference" and "education" are the main problems. These difficulties also contributed to personal and professional development of students such as "increasing self-confidence", "being discreet and patient", "changing their point of view to a different culture and society", "discovering their own potential", "coping with difficulties" and "taking responsibility". It has been determined that Erasmus + program needs improvement in areas such as "improving the functioning", "improving the grant support", "improving the communication", "providing educational support for adaptation", "course matching" and "qualifications of the opportunities".