Abstract

Innovation is a concept which sheds a light on scientific and technological improvements in todays world. To keep up with these fast and dynamic changes within the mindset and applications of technology, engineers should be conscious and open to innovation. The purpose of this paper is to study Turkish engineering students from a select university on their perception of novelty and self-innovativeness. To gather data, a survey formed by thirty four questions is directed to students from different engineering disciplines. Acquired data is analyzed via SPSS 21 and detailed according to demographical information provided by the participants such as their department, age and gender. Moreover, to see the reliability of the study Cronbachs Alpha coefficient is calculated. Found results are compared and discussed with sample studies from literature. Also possible ways of increasing innovative knowledge among bachelors students of engineering faculties are discussed in this paper.

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