Middle East Technical University
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Middle East Technical University (METU; in Turkish
, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ODTÜ) is a public
technical university
located in Ankara
, Turkey
. The university puts special emphasis on research and education in engineering
and natural sciences, offering about 40 undergraduate programs within 5 faculties, and 97 masters and 62 doctorate programs within 5 graduate schools. The main campus of METU spans an area of 11100 acres (4,492 ha), comprising, in addition to academic and auxiliary facilities, a forest area of 7500 acres (3,035.1 ha), and the natural lake Eymir
. METU has more than 95,000 alumni worldwide. The official language of instruction at METU is English
.
Over one third of the 1,000 highest scoring students in the national university entrance examination
choose to enroll in METU; and most of its departments accept the top 1% of the nearly 1.5 million applicants. METU had the greatest share in national research funding by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) in the last five years, and it is the leading university in Turkey in terms of the number of European Union
Framework Programme
(FP) projects participation. Over 40% of METU's undergraduate alumni choose to pursue graduate studies.
, Balkans
, and Caucasus
, by creating a skilled workforce in the natural and social sciences. "Arrangements and Procedures as for the Foundation of METU, Law No 6213" was enacted on January 22, 1957, whereby the current name "Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi" (ODTÜ) was adopted. Finally, the "Foundation Act No 7907", setting forth the particular standing of METU and establishing it as a juridical entity, was enacted on May 27, 1959.
In the early years immediately following its foundation, METU was temporarily hosted in a small building that previously belonged to the Social Security Office of Retirees in Kızılay
and another building near the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
. In 1963, the university moved to its current location west of Ankara city center, creating the first university campus of Turkey. In 1956, the Department of Architecture initiated the first academic program at METU, followed by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the spring of 1957. At the start of the 1957–1958 academic year, the Faculty of Architecture, the Faculty of Engineering, and the Faculty of Administrative Sciences were established. In 1959, the establishment of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences was completed. The Faculty of Education launched its academic program in 1982.
In addition to these, there are the Department of Basic English and the Department of Modern Languages in the School of Foreign Languages; the Technical Vocational School of Higher Education; and, bound directly to the President's Office, the Department of Turkish Language and the Department of Music and Fine Arts.
As of 2010, METU has approximately 23,000 students, of which 15,800 are enrolled in undergraduate programs, 4,500 in masters, and 2,700 in doctorate programs. A further 1,500 students are attending programs in the new Northern Cyprus Campus. Over 40% of METU's students go on to graduate school. Each academic year, METU hosts over 1,500 regular international students from nearly 80 different countries; and through 168 Erasmus Programme
agreements and 182 bilateral exchange and cooperation agreements with universities abroad (e.g. in Central Asia, Middle East, North America, Australia, Far East and Pacific Region), it sends 350 students and receives 300 students and 50 researchers annually. As of 2010, the university employs 2,500 faculty (professors and associate professors), 500 academic instructors, and over 2,000 research assistants. The number of the alumni exceeds 500,000 (about 350,000 having completed undergraduate programs).
METU has about 40 undergraduate programs within the faculties of Engineering, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Economic and Administrative Sciences, and Education, and there are 97 masters and 62 doctorate programs available in the graduate schools of Natural and Applied Sciences, Social Sciences, Informatics, Applied Mathematics, and Marine Sciences. METU commonly ranks close to the top among research universities in Turkey, with over one third of the 1,000 highest scoring students in the national university entrance examination choosing to enroll; and most of its departments accepting the top 1% of the nearly 1.5 million applicants. In the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
published in July 2009, aiming to measure through web-based publications the institution size, research output, and impact, METU ranked as the world’s 435th (1st place within Turkey) among 15,000 universities, being the only university from Turkey to get included among the top 500. Recently, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
published in September 2010 placed METU at the 183rd position worldwide based on indicators of teaching, research, influence, innovation, and international character, making it one of the two universities from Turkey listed among the top 200 (The other being Bilkent University
at number 112). The QS World University Rankings
2010 by Quacquarelli Symonds
ranked METU as 185th worldwide in the field of engineering and technology, and as 285th in the field of natural sciences.
The language of instruction at METU is English
. All enrolled students are required to have a degree of proficiency in English for academic purposes, and this is assured by a proficiency examination before the commence of studies. Students with unsatisfactory knowledge of English follow a preparatory English education for one year, given by the METU School of Foreign Languages. Two exceptions instructed in Turkish are the Turkish language and the history of Turkish revolution courses mandated by the Council of Higher Education
.
Researchers from METU actively take part in many COST
, EUREKA
, NASA
, NATO, NSF
, UN, World Bank
, Jean Monnet
, Erasmus Mundus
, Leonardo
and SOCRATES
projects. METU has been involved in 56 European Union
6th Framework Programme (FP6) projects, including the coordination of 12 FP6 and 3 Networks of Excellence projects. Within the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), 33 research projects involve participation of METU, since 2007.
As of 2010, METU has 19 international joint degree programmes
with European and American universities at the undergraduate and graduate levels. METU is a member of various associations and networks dealing with international education and exchange, including EUA
, EAIE, IIE
, GE3, CESAER
, SEFI
, and CIEE. The university also actively participates in AIESEC
and IAESTE
summer internship programs. English as the language of instruction in all its degree programs has greatly facilitated METU's international involvements and accommodation of international students and researchers.
METU continually goes through external assessment, accreditation, and certification by international organizations. In 1991, METU initiated a long term program to have its engineering programs evaluated by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
(ABET), the recognized U.S. accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology. This process was concluded with the Faculty of Engineering having all its thirteen undergraduate programs declared as "substantially equivalent" to the ABET accredited programs in the USA. The university has completed the evaluation process of Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP) of the European University Association
(EUA) in 2002.
Because of METU's effort to maintain international standards, the Faculty of Engineering was awarded in 1977 the "Silver Badge of Honor" by the UNESCO
International Center for Engineering Education and the "Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities" by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). METU was awarded the international Aga Khan Award for Architecture
in 1995 for its forestation program.
Being the pioneer institution of the country to connect to the Internet backbone in the early 1990s, METU also manages Turkey's Country Code Top-level Domain (ccTLD)
(the ".tr" domain).
, containing nearly 400,000 books classified according to the Library of Congress Classification
(LCC) scheme. The library subscribes to 1,500 print journals (170,270 volumes) and it provides access to 50,537 electronic journals, 71,256 electronic books, and 66 electronic reference sources. The library collections also hold over 1,780 book and serial CDs, 1,300 doctoral dissertations and 11,600 masters theses. Abstracts for doctoral dissertations and some master theses from North American colleges and universities and some accredited international universities are also provided, starting from 1861, with full texts available from the year 1997. All of library's collections are predominantly in English
, but there are also items in Turkish
, German
, and French
.
.
Lake Eymir
near Gölbaşı
, inside the campus, is used by the students and faculty for rowing and recreational activities. The campus is accessible by several types of public transport, and the construction of METU subway station of the Ankara Metro on the main entrance to the campus (gate A1) is near completion.
campus in Mersin
on the Mediterranean coast, used by the Institute/Graduate School of Marine Sciences
(Deniz Bilimleri Enstitüsü) since 1975, is the first campus of METU out of Ankara. It is situated about 45 km from Mersin
. Campus area is 660,000 m², close to the shore and surrounded by lemon trees. The laboratory space is about 700 m². METU-IMS Harbor is an important shelter for marine biological diversity on the Mersin coast. The harbor is the only intact rocky habitat along the long sandy coast.
) on the island of Cyprus
, admitted its first students during the academic year 2002 - 2003, but the doors were officially opened in Cyprus in September 2005.
Live footage from all campuses can be accessed via METU-CAM, a collection of six webcams in METU main campus, one in METU Northern Cyprus Campus, and one in the Graduate School of Marine Sciences, in Erdemli, Mersin.
of Turkey. Founded within the campus, it aims to facilitate the development of companies that conduct substantial research and development
to produce high-tech products and services through benefiting from METU's research capacity and information pool. Priority is given to companies executing research and development work on information technologies, advanced materials, energy, automotive, chemistry, biology and environment technologies.
As of 2009, the METU-Technopolis project employs about 3,300 personnel, approximately 2,700 of which are researchers (86% of the total staff are university graduates, and 23% have MS, MA, or PhD degrees), working within 240 firms. Around 90% of the firms are small and medium enterprises (SMEs), 65% of these are specialized in information and communication technologies
, 25% in electronics, and 15% in other sectors such as aerospace, environment, bio-technology, nanotechnology, and advanced materials. The company profile also includes multinationals such as SBS
, MAN
, Cisco
, and Siemens
. To promote entrepreneurship and innovation, the incubation center at the METU-Technopolis serves 38 start-ups and micro sized companies, most of which start their life a spin-offs from METU research projects.
METU-Technopolis hosts partners to several European Union
Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) projects, such as NICE, SINCERE, ReSIST, SmeInnov8gate and IP4INNO.
The student life at METU is marked with activities of student societies, frequent political protests
, and festivals. The Cultural and Convention Center continually hosts a wide spectrum of cultural events and also regular occurrences such as the METU Jazz Days and METU Art Festival. The event with the largest number of participants is the annual METU Spring Festival, a five day long series of open air concerts and exhibitions held at the main campus.
There are various traits shared by METU students, including the usage of an English–Turkish jargon
(apparently stemming from the fact that English is the language of instruction) covering academic processes and student life, which reputedly is not liked much by the students of other universities; and the omnipresent word "hocam" (meaning "my teacher"), which is used by METU students to address anyone from bus drivers to senior faculty members. Underneath this phrase lies the philosophy that everyone has something to learn from each other.
The main campus has dormitory capacity for nearly 6,000 students who benefit from the shopping center, banks, post office, and a wide variety of sports facilities, including gymnasiums, tennis courts, basketball and football fields, jogging trails, olympic-size indoor swimming pool, and an outdoor swimming pool.
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ODTÜ) is a public
Public university
A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...
technical university
Institute of technology
Institute of technology is a designation employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system...
located in Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. The university puts special emphasis on research and education in engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and natural sciences, offering about 40 undergraduate programs within 5 faculties, and 97 masters and 62 doctorate programs within 5 graduate schools. The main campus of METU spans an area of 11100 acres (4,492 ha), comprising, in addition to academic and auxiliary facilities, a forest area of 7500 acres (3,035.1 ha), and the natural lake Eymir
Lake Eymir
Lake Eymir is a small lake in Ankara Province, Turkey. According to notes of Seyyah Kandemir published by the governate of Ankara in 1932, the lake was named after a Turkmen tribe named Eymür.- Geography :...
. METU has more than 95,000 alumni worldwide. The official language of instruction at METU is English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
Over one third of the 1,000 highest scoring students in the national university entrance examination
Education in Turkey
Education in Turkey is governed by a national system which was established in accordance with the Atatürk Reforms after the Turkish War of Independence...
choose to enroll in METU; and most of its departments accept the top 1% of the nearly 1.5 million applicants. METU had the greatest share in national research funding by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) in the last five years, and it is the leading university in Turkey in terms of the number of European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
Framework Programme
Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development
The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP1 through FP8, are funding programmes created by the European Union in order to support and encourage research in the European Research Area...
(FP) projects participation. Over 40% of METU's undergraduate alumni choose to pursue graduate studies.
History
Middle East Technical University was founded under the name "Orta Doğu Teknoloji Enstitüsü" (Middle East Institute of Technology) on November 15, 1956, to contribute to the development of Turkey and the surrounding countries of the Middle EastMiddle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
, Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
, and Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
, by creating a skilled workforce in the natural and social sciences. "Arrangements and Procedures as for the Foundation of METU, Law No 6213" was enacted on January 22, 1957, whereby the current name "Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi" (ODTÜ) was adopted. Finally, the "Foundation Act No 7907", setting forth the particular standing of METU and establishing it as a juridical entity, was enacted on May 27, 1959.
In the early years immediately following its foundation, METU was temporarily hosted in a small building that previously belonged to the Social Security Office of Retirees in Kızılay
Kizilay, Ankara
Kızılay is a neighborhood in Ankara, mostly known for its trading and shopping centers. It is named after Kızılay Derneği hospital which is located in this district....
and another building near the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey , usually referred to simply as the Meclis , is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Constitution. It was founded in Ankara on 23 April 1920 in the midst of the Turkish War of Independence...
. In 1963, the university moved to its current location west of Ankara city center, creating the first university campus of Turkey. In 1956, the Department of Architecture initiated the first academic program at METU, followed by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the spring of 1957. At the start of the 1957–1958 academic year, the Faculty of Architecture, the Faculty of Engineering, and the Faculty of Administrative Sciences were established. In 1959, the establishment of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences was completed. The Faculty of Education launched its academic program in 1982.
Faculties and departments
METU has 42 academic departments, most of which are organized into 5 faculties. These are responsible for the undergraduate programs.- Faculty of Architecture: Architecture, City and Regional Planning, Industrial Design
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Biology, Chemistry, History, Mathematics, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, Statistics
- Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences: Business Administration, Economics, International Relations, Political Science and Public Administration
- Faculty of Education: Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Educational Sciences, Elementary Education, Foreign Language Education, Physical Education and Sports, Secondary Science and Mathematics Education
- Faculty of Engineering: Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineering Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Food Engineering, Geological Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Mining Engineering, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Graduate schools
The 5 graduate schools present in METU are responsible for the graduate programs.- Graduate School of Applied Mathematics
- Graduate School of Informatics
- Graduate School of Marine Sciences (Institute of Marine SciencesInstitute of Marine SciencesThe Institute of Marine Sciences focuses on marine science-related education and research. IMS was founded in 1975 on the Erdemli Campus at METU in Erdemli / Mersin. Institute’s campus at Erdemli, houses laboratories, office buildings, computing and remote sensing facilities, a library, an...
- IMS) - Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Graduate School of Social Sciences
Academics
Erasmus Programme
The Erasmus Programme , a.k.a. Erasmus Project is a European Union student exchange programme established in 1987...
agreements and 182 bilateral exchange and cooperation agreements with universities abroad (e.g. in Central Asia, Middle East, North America, Australia, Far East and Pacific Region), it sends 350 students and receives 300 students and 50 researchers annually. As of 2010, the university employs 2,500 faculty (professors and associate professors), 500 academic instructors, and over 2,000 research assistants. The number of the alumni exceeds 500,000 (about 350,000 having completed undergraduate programs).
METU has about 40 undergraduate programs within the faculties of Engineering, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Economic and Administrative Sciences, and Education, and there are 97 masters and 62 doctorate programs available in the graduate schools of Natural and Applied Sciences, Social Sciences, Informatics, Applied Mathematics, and Marine Sciences. METU commonly ranks close to the top among research universities in Turkey, with over one third of the 1,000 highest scoring students in the national university entrance examination choosing to enroll; and most of its departments accepting the top 1% of the nearly 1.5 million applicants. In the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, also known as Ranking Web of World Universities, is ranking system for the world's universities based on a composite indicator that takes into account both the volume of the Web contents and the visibility and impact of these web publications...
published in July 2009, aiming to measure through web-based publications the institution size, research output, and impact, METU ranked as the world’s 435th (1st place within Turkey) among 15,000 universities, being the only university from Turkey to get included among the top 500. Recently, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings is an international ranking of universities published by the British magazine Times Higher Education in partnership with Thomson Reuters, which provided citation database information...
published in September 2010 placed METU at the 183rd position worldwide based on indicators of teaching, research, influence, innovation, and international character, making it one of the two universities from Turkey listed among the top 200 (The other being Bilkent University
Bilkent University
İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, commonly referred to as Bilkent University or Bilkent, is the first private, nonprofit university in Turkey with the fundamental aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research...
at number 112). The QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....
2010 by Quacquarelli Symonds
Quacquarelli Symonds
Quacquarelli Symonds is a company specializing in education and study abroad. The company was founded in 1990 by Wharton School MBA graduate Nunzio Quacquarelli...
ranked METU as 185th worldwide in the field of engineering and technology, and as 285th in the field of natural sciences.
The language of instruction at METU is English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. All enrolled students are required to have a degree of proficiency in English for academic purposes, and this is assured by a proficiency examination before the commence of studies. Students with unsatisfactory knowledge of English follow a preparatory English education for one year, given by the METU School of Foreign Languages. Two exceptions instructed in Turkish are the Turkish language and the history of Turkish revolution courses mandated by the Council of Higher Education
Council of Higher Education (Turkey)
The Council of Higher Education is responsible for the supervision of universities in Turkey, in a capacity defined by articles 130 and 131 of the 1982 constitution.- See also :* Turkish Academy of Sciences...
.
International perspective
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Times Higher Education | 183 | ||
| THE–QS World University Rankings Engineering & IT | 185 | ||
| THE–QS World University Rankings Natural Sciences | 285 | ||
| Webometrics Ranking of World Universities Webometrics Ranking of World Universities The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, also known as Ranking Web of World Universities, is ranking system for the world's universities based on a composite indicator that takes into account both the volume of the Web contents and the visibility and impact of these web publications... |
321 |
Researchers from METU actively take part in many COST
Cost
In production, research, retail, and accounting, a cost is the value of money that has been used up to produce something, and hence is not available for use anymore. In business, the cost may be one of acquisition, in which case the amount of money expended to acquire it is counted as cost. In this...
, EUREKA
EUREKA
EUREKA, often abbreviated as "E!" or "Σ!", is a pan-European research and development funding and coordination organization. EUREKA aims to coordinate efforts of governments, research institutes and commercial companies concerning innovation...
, NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
, NATO, NSF
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
, UN, World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, Jean Monnet
Jean Monnet Programme
The Jean Monnet Programme, also known as the Jean Monnet Project, is a European Union initiative to encourage teaching, research and reflection in the field of European integration studies in higher education institutions...
, Erasmus Mundus
Erasmus Mundus
The European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme aims to enhance quality in higher educationthrough scholarships and academic co-operation between Europe and the rest of the world.Erasmus Mundus comprises three Actions:-Erasmus Mundus Joint Programmes:...
, Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci (European Union programme)
In the European Union, the Leonardo da Vinci programme is a programme to encourage learners and trainees in vocational education and training to move between European countries in the course of their studies.-Examples:...
and SOCRATES
Socrates programme
The SOCRATES programme was an educational initiative of the European Commission; 31 countries took part. The initial Socrates programme ran from 1994 until 31 December 1999 when it was replaced by the Socrates II programme on 24 January 2000, which ran until 2006...
projects. METU has been involved in 56 European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
6th Framework Programme (FP6) projects, including the coordination of 12 FP6 and 3 Networks of Excellence projects. Within the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), 33 research projects involve participation of METU, since 2007.
As of 2010, METU has 19 international joint degree programmes
Double degree
A double-degree program, sometimes called a combined degree, conjoint degree, dual degree, or simultaneous degree program, involves a student's working for two different university degrees in parallel, either at the same institution or at different institutions , completing them in less time than...
with European and American universities at the undergraduate and graduate levels. METU is a member of various associations and networks dealing with international education and exchange, including EUA
European University Association
The European University Association represents and supports more than 850 institutions of higher education in 46 countries, providing them with a forum for cooperation and exchange of information on higher education and research policies...
, EAIE, IIE
IIE
IIE can stand for:* The Institut d'Informatique d'Entreprise, one of the French public Grandes écoles of engineering, specializing in computer science...
, GE3, CESAER
CESAER Association
The Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research is a non-profit association of leading engineering universities in Europe. CESAER was set up on May 10, 1990, with headquarters in Leuven, Belgium...
, SEFI
European Society for Engineering Education
The European Society for Engineering Education is the leading organisation for engineering education in Europe. Commonly known as SEFI, an acronym for its French name, Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs, it is also known in German as the Europäische Gesellschaft für...
, and CIEE. The university also actively participates in AIESEC
AIESEC
AIESEC is a global youth organisation that develops leadership capabilities through their internal leadership programmes and engaging students and graduates in international student exchange and internship programmes for profit and non-profit organisations. Its international office is in...
and IAESTE
IAESTE
The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience commonly referred to as IAESTE is an international organization exchanging students for technical work experience abroad. Students gain relevant technical training lasting from 4 weeks to 18 months...
summer internship programs. English as the language of instruction in all its degree programs has greatly facilitated METU's international involvements and accommodation of international students and researchers.
METU continually goes through external assessment, accreditation, and certification by international organizations. In 1991, METU initiated a long term program to have its engineering programs evaluated by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
ABET, Inc., formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, is a non-profit organization that accredits post-secondary education programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology...
(ABET), the recognized U.S. accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology. This process was concluded with the Faculty of Engineering having all its thirteen undergraduate programs declared as "substantially equivalent" to the ABET accredited programs in the USA. The university has completed the evaluation process of Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP) of the European University Association
European University Association
The European University Association represents and supports more than 850 institutions of higher education in 46 countries, providing them with a forum for cooperation and exchange of information on higher education and research policies...
(EUA) in 2002.
Because of METU's effort to maintain international standards, the Faculty of Engineering was awarded in 1977 the "Silver Badge of Honor" by the UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
International Center for Engineering Education and the "Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities" by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). METU was awarded the international Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community...
in 1995 for its forestation program.
Being the pioneer institution of the country to connect to the Internet backbone in the early 1990s, METU also manages Turkey's Country Code Top-level Domain (ccTLD)
Country code top-level domain
A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
(the ".tr" domain).
METU library
The METU main library has one of the largest collections in TurkeyTurkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, containing nearly 400,000 books classified according to the Library of Congress Classification
Library of Congress Classification
The Library of Congress Classification is a system of library classification developed by the Library of Congress. It is used by most research and academic libraries in the U.S. and several other countries; for example, Australia and Taiwan, R.O.C. It is not to be confused with the Library of...
(LCC) scheme. The library subscribes to 1,500 print journals (170,270 volumes) and it provides access to 50,537 electronic journals, 71,256 electronic books, and 66 electronic reference sources. The library collections also hold over 1,780 book and serial CDs, 1,300 doctoral dissertations and 11,600 masters theses. Abstracts for doctoral dissertations and some master theses from North American colleges and universities and some accredited international universities are also provided, starting from 1861, with full texts available from the year 1997. All of library's collections are predominantly in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, but there are also items in Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
.
Campuses
Main campus
METU main campus in Ankara, used by the university since 1963, is the first university campus of Turkey. It is situated about 20 km west of central Ankara and encompasses an area of 11100 acres (4,492 ha), of which 7500 acres (3,035.1 ha) constitute the METU Forest. The campus grounds was transformed into a forest with the continuing help of students and volunteers since the foundation of the university. The creation of this distinctive campus with its forest was spearheaded by the METU rector from 1961 to 1969, Kemal KurdasKemal Kurdas
Kemal Kurdas was Turkish Minister of Finance, the IMF’s adviser to Latin American governments and deputy head of the Turkish Treasury. But those jobs were just a small part of a long career. He went on to develop Middle East Technical University, build a distinctive campus for it and create a...
.
Lake Eymir
Lake Eymir
Lake Eymir is a small lake in Ankara Province, Turkey. According to notes of Seyyah Kandemir published by the governate of Ankara in 1932, the lake was named after a Turkmen tribe named Eymür.- Geography :...
near Gölbaşı
Gölbasi, Ankara
Gölbaşı is a town and district of the Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, south of the city of Ankara. According to a 2010 census, the population of the district is 95,109; 93,852 of which live in the town of Gölbaşı....
, inside the campus, is used by the students and faculty for rowing and recreational activities. The campus is accessible by several types of public transport, and the construction of METU subway station of the Ankara Metro on the main entrance to the campus (gate A1) is near completion.
Erdemli campus
METU ErdemliErdemli
Erdemli is a town and district of Mersin Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, west of the city of Mersin.-Geography:The district extends from the Mediterranean coastal plain, the largest agricultural area in Mersin Province, to high in the Taurus Mountains where there is forest, and...
campus in Mersin
Mersin
-Mersin today:Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast, with Turkey's second tallest skyscraper , huge hotels, an opera house, expensive real estate near the sea or up in the hills, and many other modern urban...
on the Mediterranean coast, used by the Institute/Graduate School of Marine Sciences
Institute of Marine Sciences
The Institute of Marine Sciences focuses on marine science-related education and research. IMS was founded in 1975 on the Erdemli Campus at METU in Erdemli / Mersin. Institute’s campus at Erdemli, houses laboratories, office buildings, computing and remote sensing facilities, a library, an...
(Deniz Bilimleri Enstitüsü) since 1975, is the first campus of METU out of Ankara. It is situated about 45 km from Mersin
Mersin
-Mersin today:Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast, with Turkey's second tallest skyscraper , huge hotels, an opera house, expensive real estate near the sea or up in the hills, and many other modern urban...
. Campus area is 660,000 m², close to the shore and surrounded by lemon trees. The laboratory space is about 700 m². METU-IMS Harbor is an important shelter for marine biological diversity on the Mersin coast. The harbor is the only intact rocky habitat along the long sandy coast.
Northern Cyprus Campus
The new METU Northern Cyprus Campus, about 50 km west of Lefkoşa (NicosiaNicosia
Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...
) on the island of Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
, admitted its first students during the academic year 2002 - 2003, but the doors were officially opened in Cyprus in September 2005.
Live footage from all campuses can be accessed via METU-CAM, a collection of six webcams in METU main campus, one in METU Northern Cyprus Campus, and one in the Graduate School of Marine Sciences, in Erdemli, Mersin.
METU-Technopolis
METU-Technopolis, or METUTECH, is the first science and research parkScience park
A research park, science park, or science and technology park is an area with a collection of buildings dedicated to scientific research on a business footing. There are many approximate synonyms for "science park", including research park, technology park, technopolis and biomedical park...
of Turkey. Founded within the campus, it aims to facilitate the development of companies that conduct substantial research and development
Research and development
The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...
to produce high-tech products and services through benefiting from METU's research capacity and information pool. Priority is given to companies executing research and development work on information technologies, advanced materials, energy, automotive, chemistry, biology and environment technologies.
As of 2009, the METU-Technopolis project employs about 3,300 personnel, approximately 2,700 of which are researchers (86% of the total staff are university graduates, and 23% have MS, MA, or PhD degrees), working within 240 firms. Around 90% of the firms are small and medium enterprises (SMEs), 65% of these are specialized in information and communication technologies
Information and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
, 25% in electronics, and 15% in other sectors such as aerospace, environment, bio-technology, nanotechnology, and advanced materials. The company profile also includes multinationals such as SBS
SBS
-Banking:* Swiss Bank Corporation, previously one of the major Swiss banks, now merged into UBS* SBS Bank, a building society in the Southland region of New Zealand that is now registered as a bank* Skipton Building Society* Scarborough Building Society...
, MAN
Man
The term man is used for an adult human male . However, man is sometimes used to refer to humanity as a whole...
, Cisco
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
, and Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
. To promote entrepreneurship and innovation, the incubation center at the METU-Technopolis serves 38 start-ups and micro sized companies, most of which start their life a spin-offs from METU research projects.
METU-Technopolis hosts partners to several European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) projects, such as NICE, SINCERE, ReSIST, SmeInnov8gate and IP4INNO.
Student life and culture
Protest
A protest is an expression of objection, by words or by actions, to particular events, policies or situations. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass demonstrations...
, and festivals. The Cultural and Convention Center continually hosts a wide spectrum of cultural events and also regular occurrences such as the METU Jazz Days and METU Art Festival. The event with the largest number of participants is the annual METU Spring Festival, a five day long series of open air concerts and exhibitions held at the main campus.
There are various traits shared by METU students, including the usage of an English–Turkish jargon
Jargon
Jargon is terminology which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, group, or event. The philosophe Condillac observed in 1782 that "Every science requires a special language because every science has its own ideas." As a rationalist member of the Enlightenment he...
(apparently stemming from the fact that English is the language of instruction) covering academic processes and student life, which reputedly is not liked much by the students of other universities; and the omnipresent word "hocam" (meaning "my teacher"), which is used by METU students to address anyone from bus drivers to senior faculty members. Underneath this phrase lies the philosophy that everyone has something to learn from each other.
The main campus has dormitory capacity for nearly 6,000 students who benefit from the shopping center, banks, post office, and a wide variety of sports facilities, including gymnasiums, tennis courts, basketball and football fields, jogging trails, olympic-size indoor swimming pool, and an outdoor swimming pool.
Student societies
There are numerous student societies active in METU. Some of these are:| Abbreviation | Full name | Founded | Description | External link |
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| HUT | METU Aerospace Students Society (EUROAVIA Ankara) | The aerospace interested students society of METU and one of the biggest members of the European Association of Aerospace Students (EUROAVIA), It organizes local events (e.g. seminars, parties, BBQs, speeches, scaled-model aircraft courses, aviation history lectures) and takes part in international events of EUROAVIA (e.g. congresses, fly-ins, symposia). | http://www.hut.metu.edu.tr | |
| HAT | METU Aviation Club Paragliding Group | 1992 | The group has educated hundreds of people who love aviation and paragliding Paragliding Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure... , and has set several records in Turkey. The training place frequently used by the group is Racon hill in Ankara, while for more advanced trainings the group organizes trips to other provinces of the country. |
http://www.havacilik.metu.edu.tr |
| CCLUB | METU Computer Club | 1989 | The Computer Club aims to inform the members about computer technologies and increase the number of sources written in Turkish about computer science. CClub has been organising the Traditional Programming Contest every year since 1997. The club also has an electronic magazine called "e-bergi" which is published every month on the website http://www.e-bergi.com . | http://www.cclub.metu.edu.tr |
| IEEE | IEEE METU Student Branch | The METU branch of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence... (IEEE) is one of the most active student societies on campus. Having twelve student sub-branches, IEEE METU Student Branch gets involved in both technical and social activities. The society is also active in Europe-wide projects and organizations such as the EESTEC. IEEE METU publishes the magazine Biltek four times a year. |
http://www.ieee.metu.edu.tr | |
| VT | METU Productivity Club (Odtü Verimlilik Topluluğu) | 1992 | A willing and active group aiming to foster relationships between the students, academics, and business world. With 70 enthusiastic active members and lots of beneficial projects, the club reaches a large student profile, especially to the engineering and management students. METU Productivity Club is the first Turkish member of the European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management (ESTIEM), connecting the club to Europe since 1996. | http://www.odtuvt.org.tr |
| SDT | METU Socialist Thought Club (Sosyalist Düşünce Topluluğu) | 1965 | One of the oldest societies of METU. It was originally founded in 1965 by 12 socialist students. During the beginning of 1970s, it had more than 400 members. It was closed by rectorship in 1971, as a part of the oppressive policy of the oncoming military coup in the country. SDT was refounded in 2002 by students with massive events in the campus. | http://www.sdt.metu.edu.tr |
| KGT | METU Classical Guitar Society (Klasik Gitar Topluluğu) | 1975 | Founded by Ahmet Kanneci Ahmet Kanneci Ahmet Kanneci is a Turkish guitar virtuoso particularly on the Classic style. Currently, Kanneci is the chairman of the Department of Guitar, at Hacettepe University State Conservatory and actively teaching as well.-Biography:... in 1975, it is Turkey's first guitar society and Ankara's first serious guitar education organization. The society aims to introduce and spread classical music culture. The society has raised some of the most talented artists (such as Ahmet Kanneci, Cem Duruöz, Orhan Anafarta, Emre Sabuncuoğlu Emre Sabuncuoğlu Emre Sabuncuoglu is a Turkish classical guitarist, arranger, composer and mathematician. He is the director the Los Angeles Guitar Academy.LA Guitar Academy's website-Biography:... , and Gutay Yıldıran) and has been an active supporter of classical music with its voluntary classical guitar lessons, continuous music activities, and the annual International Classical Guitar Festival (which is also the longest running classical guitar festival in Turkey). |
http://www.gitar.metu.edu.tr |
| METU Capoeira Society | 2002 | A student society that deals with martial art capoeira Capoeira Capoeira is a Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, sports, and music. It was created in Brazil mainly by descendants of African slaves with Brazilian native influences, probably beginning in the 16th century... . Founded by Şeyda Kavak in 2002. Its main focus is capoeira;but also focuses on Brazilian Culture. Since 2010, it is the represtative of Muzenza. The official website is www.parande.com |
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| THBT | Turkish Folklore Club (Türk Halk Bilimi Topluluğu) | 1961 | One of the oldest student societies in METU, mainly engaging in folk dance and folk music. It opens free courses for Turkish folk instruments and folk dances. Anatolian Musical Festival Anatolian Musical Festival Anatolian Musical Festival is an annual festival organized by METU THBT. The scope of the festival varies, but it is mostly limited to Turkish Folk Music.... and Folklore Days are the events that the society organizes annually. |
http://www.thbt.metu.edu.tr |
| ORT | METU Robotic Society (ODTÜ Robot Topluluğu) | 2000 | A technical student society. Robotic Society organizes free technical courses to METU students. The society enters Formula-G Formula-G Formula-G or Turkish Solar Car Grand Prix is a solar car championship. The last race was done in Ankara, Turkey on 2007.The first and second positions in this year was held by the teams of Istanbul Technical University. The third place was held by Sakarya University. The 2006, and 2005 races were... in Turkey every year. MEŞ-e, the solar car built by the Robotic Society won the Formula-G 2005. Besides, The International METU Robotics Days event is hosted annually by the society. |
http://robot.metu.edu.tr/ |
| ADT | Atatürk's Thought Club | 1989 | A student society involved in political activities. The group organizes panel discussions and debates on various aspects of politics. | http://www.odtuadt.com/ |
| ILKYAR | First Aid Society | Aiming to introduce the concepts of moral and material aid to the elementary and high school students. The society organizes activities to raise money for these aids and it cooperates with many other companies and charities. | http://www.ilkyar.metu.edu.tr/ | |
| DKSK | Mountaineering & Winter Sports Club | An important sports society in METU. This society became famous after their trip to the peak of Everest. The first Turkish female summitter, Eylem Elif Maviş Eylem Elif Mavis Eylem Elif Maviş, née Koç, is the first Turkish woman mountaineer to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth.... , is a member of the society. |
http://dksk.styxstudios.com | |
| KTMT | Turkish Classical Music Club (Klasik Türk Müziği Topluluğu) | Another society on music. The scope of KTMT is mostly on classical Turkish music instruments. Like THBT, KTMT also organizes free courses to students. | ||
| Book Club | 1996 | A student society about literature, books, and reading. The society organizes reading sessions every term and aims to increase students' scope of reading and intellectual abilities. Apart from organizing seminars about writers and literature, the society hosts renowned authors for panels. | http://www.kitap.metu.edu.tr/ | |
| SFFS | Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (Bilim Kurgu ve Fantazi Topluluğu) | A student club that unites students who are interested in science fiction Science fiction Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities... and fantasy Fantasy Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common... literature, cinema, comic Books, role playing games. The two major activities of the club are Treasure Hunt, one of the oldest and most popular activities of METU Spring Fest, and METUCON, a science fiction and fantasy convention held annually. Apart from TH and METUCON, the club organizes seminars and reading groups on science fiction and fantasy genre and film shows. Also a library dedicated to science fiction and fantasy literature is formed by the members of the club in years and everyone in the university can utilize it. |
http://www.bkft.metu.edu.tr/ | |
| Chess Club | A student society with real chess-lover members. The club organizes several tournaments and activities about chess. | http://www.odtusatranc.com | ||
| METU KARATE-DO Club | 1984 | Member of WKF and WSKF. Since 1984, members of the club have been training Shotokan style of Karate. | http://www.kdo.metu.edu.tr | |
| METU Bridge Club | A student society dedicated to introduce the game of bridge Contract bridge Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table... to the students of METU and eventually develop them into strong players. The club supplied a considerable number of young players to the Turkish Youth Bridge Teams (U21, U26, and Girls) over the last decade. |
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| ODTÜ MT | METU Music Societies | A student society with a primary mission of supporting amateur music (especially rock and related genres) since late 80s. The Music Societies is a very active society with events like Lake Festival, Metal Days, Amateur Music Days, Rock'n Blues Days, Rock Festival, and part of METU Spring Festival with no major sponsorship support and with fully voluntary work of society members. The society acts like a school for amateur musicians mainly in the genres of rock, metal and blues. | http://www.mt.metu.edu.tr | |
| METU Classical Music Society | Aiming to organize concerts and recitals related to classical music. | |||
| METU Players (ODTÜ Oyuncuları) | 1960 | Metu Players is a university theatre club. | http://www.odtuoyunculari.metu.edu.tr/ | |
| METU Musical Society "The Company" (ODTÜ Müzikal Topluluğu) | 1997 | A student society enacting musicals on various venues throughout the country. | http://thecompanymusicals.com |
Faculty
- Behram KurşunoğluBehram KursunogluBehram Kurşunoğlu was a Turkish physicist and one of the founders of the University of Miami's Center for Theoretical Studies. He was best known for his works on unified field theory, energy and global issues. Moreover, he participated in the discovery of two different types of neutrinos in late...
(1956–1958) — Physicist - Cahit ArfCahit ArfCahit Arf was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups, and Arf rings.-Biography:Cahit Arf was born on 11 October 1910 in Selanik , which was then...
(1967–1980) — Mathematician - Erdal İnönüErdal InönüErdal İnönü was a Turkish physicist and politician. He was the son of Turkey's second president İsmet İnönü...
(president 1970–1971, faculty 1964–1974) — Physicist and former politician - Feza GürseyFeza GürseyFeza Gürsey was a Turkish mathematician and physicist. His best known contribution to theoretical physics is his work on the Nonlinear Chiral Lagrangian.-Biography:...
(1961–1974) — Mathematician and physicist - Halil BerktayHalil BerktayHalil Berktay is a Turkish historian at Sabancı University and columnist for the daily Taraf.-Biography:Berktay was born into an intellectual Turkish Communist family. His father, Erdogan Berktay, was a member of the old clandestine Communist Party of Turkey...
(1992–1997) — Historian, currently at Sabancı UniversitySabanci UniversitySabancı University is a private research institution located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1996. SU is a small and highly focused university with 2861 undergraduates and 624 graduates, maintaining a strong emphasis on social and natural sciences... - Hasan Ünal Nalbantoğlu — Sociologist and Philosopher
- Johann Otto von SpreckelsenJohann Otto von SpreckelsenJohann Otto von Spreckelsen was a Danish architect.He was born in Viborg and studied at the Viborg Katedralskole and Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen, and later served as director up to his death....
— Architect - Kemal KarpatKemal KarpatKemal Karpat is a Turkish historian and former professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is of Crimean Tatar origin and was born in Medgidia, Romania. He received his LLB from the University of Istanbul, his MA from the University of Washington and his PhD from New York University...
(1958–1959, 1968–1971) — Historian, currently at University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonThe University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866... - Mübeccel Belik Kıray — Sociologist
- Oktay SinanoğluOktay SinanogluOktay Sinanoğlu is a Turkish scientist specializing in theoretical chemistry and molecular biology. In May 1963 at the age of 29 , he was full professor at Yale University...
— Chemist - Ordal DemokanOrdal DemokanOrdal Demokan was a Turkish physicist.- Biography :Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Demokan graduated from TED Ankara Koleji in 1962, and received his BSc and MSc degrees on Electrical Engineering in 1966 and 1967 from Middle East Technical University in Ankara. He received TUBITAK scholarship between...
(1966–2004) — Physicist, electrical engineer - Ulus BakerUlus BakerUlus Sedat Baker was a Turkish Cypriot sociologist. Baker was born to a cosmopolitan family; his mother was the famous Cypriot poet Pembe Marmara, and his father was the prominent psychiatrist of the island, Sedat Baker. Baker studied in Russia , Turkey, France, and Cyprus...
— Sociologist
Alumni
- Ahmet KanneciAhmet KanneciAhmet Kanneci is a Turkish guitar virtuoso particularly on the Classic style. Currently, Kanneci is the chairman of the Department of Guitar, at Hacettepe University State Conservatory and actively teaching as well.-Biography:...
(B.Arch.) — Classical guitar virtuoso and educator - Alev AlatlıAlev AlatliAlev Alatlı is a Turkish economist, philosopher, columnist and bestselling novelist.-Early years:She was born 1944 in the town of Menemen in western Turkey to an officer's family...
(B.S. 1963) — Writer - Ali BabacanAli BabacanAli Babacan is a Turkish politician and the current Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey responsible for the Economy. He was previously Minister of Economy in the 58th cabinet from the Justice and Development Party . On August 29, 2007, he was named Minister of Foreign Affairs of in the cabinet of...
(B.S. 1988) — Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey - Amir Farshad EbrahimiAmir Farshad EbrahimiAmir Farshad Ebrahimi is a former member of Quds Force of Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution and is currently a peace and human rights activist living in Germany.-Paramilitary career:...
(Ph.D.) — Human rights cctivist in Iran, journalist - Asu Özdağlar, (B.S.) — Associate Professor, MIT EECS
- Bora Maviş (B.S., M.S.) — Mountaineer, summiter of Mt. Everest
- Burçak Özoğlu PoçanBurçak Özoglu PoçanBurçak Poçan, née Özoğlu, is a female mountaineer and one of the first Turkish women who climbed over 8,000 m.Burçak was born on January 4, 1970 in Ankara...
(B.S.) — Mountaineer, one of the four Turkish female summiters of Mt. Everest - Can DündarCan DündarCan Dündar is a Turkish journalist, columnist and documentarian. He is one of the best known figures in Turkish media, described as possessing "impeccable republican credentials".-Biography:...
(M.S. 1988, Ph.D. 1996) — Journalist - Derya KöroğluDerya KörogluDerya Köroğlu is the founding member and lead singer of the Turkish musical group Yeni Türkü. He plays guitar. Besides Yeni Türkü, he made a solo album titled Musikarium in 1997. He still actively performs music and works as a producer....
(B.Arch. 1979, M.S. 1983) — Musician, Yeni TürküYeni TürküYeni Türkü is one of the best selling and best-known bands in Turkey. The group has held concerts in more than twenty countries and has recorded many albums since forming in 1978. Their musical style is characterized by a combination of traditional Turkish and modern musical instruments, including... - Doruk Pamir (B.Arch.) — Architect
- Elif ŞafakElif SafakElif Şafak , is a Turkish writer who writes in both Turkish and English. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages.-Fiction:...
— Best-selling Turkish novelist - Emin ÇölaşanEmin ÇölasanEmin Çölaşan is a Turkish investigative journalist, whose daily column appeared in the country's internationally best-known and most influential mass-circulation newspaper, Istanbul-based Hürriyet, for 22 years, from 1985 to 2007...
- Famous Turkish dissenter journalist/columnist - Emre Selvi - Physics professor, Muskingum University, New Concord, OH
- Erol GelenbeErol GelenbeSami Erol Gelenbe is a Turkish computer scientist, engineer and applied mathematician who currently holds the Dennis Gabor Professorship at Imperial College...
— Computer scientist, engineer, applied mathematician, ACM Fellow - Erol Kalkan (B.S. 1998 M.S. 2001) — Scientist at US Geological Survey
- Eylem Elif MavişEylem Elif MavisEylem Elif Maviş, née Koç, is the first Turkish woman mountaineer to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth....
(B.S., M.B.A.) — Mountaineer, first Turkish female summiter of Mt. Everest - Haluk Mesci (B.S., M.S.) — Advertiser and writer
- Hammad HusainHammad HusainHammad Husain is a Pakistani architect and writer, based in Islamabad.- Early life :Hammad was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. His father, Javed Husain, a retired brigadier, served in the armoured corps and the elite Special Service Group of the Pakistan Army. His mother, Nazli is a religious...
(B.Arch.) — Former chairman of Institute of Architects, Pakistan (IAP) and architect of former Pakistani President Pervez MusharrafPervez MusharrafPervez Musharraf , is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled... - Irfan Burney — Chairman, NESCOMNational Engineering and Scientific CommissionNational Engineering and Scientific Commission is a civilian controlled Pakistani scientific and research organization carrying out research in many engineering and scientific areas including information technology, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering,...
, Pakistan - Javaid LaghariJavaid LaghariJavaid Laghari , is a Pakistani electrical engineer and science administrator who is currently serving as the chairperson of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan...
— Senator in Pakistan Senate, Acting President & Project Director SZABIST - Kadir Semih Incedayı (B.S.) — CTO of TurkcellTurkcellTurkcell is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 34.1 million subscribers as of June 30th, 2011.- Company background :...
Technology - Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui — CEO and founder, Techcorp Group of Companies & Emerging Energy Systems
- Kürşad TüzmenKürsad TüzmenKürşad Tüzmen is a former Minister of State of Turkey responsible for foreign trade. He has been in this position between 2002 and 2009.-Education and career:...
(B.S. 1981) — Former Minister of International Trade and Customs - Mehmet Ali TalatMehmet Ali TalatMehmet Ali Talat is the former President of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He was the leader of the left wing Republican Turkish Party . He became prime minister in 2004, and subsequently won the Presidential election held on 17 April 2005...
(M.S. 1977) — President of Turkish Republic of Northern CyprusTurkish Republic of Northern CyprusNorthern Cyprus or North Cyprus , officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , is a self-declared state that comprises the northeastern part of the island of Cyprus... - Mutlu Karakelle (B.S. 1978, M.S. 1979) — Head of Intraocular Research at Alcon Laboratories
- Ragıp Buluç (B.Arch.) — Architect
- Serhan PoçanSerhan PoçanSerhan Poçan is a Turkish mountaineer and a summiter of Mount Everest.He was born on April 11, 1970 in Konya, Turkey. Serhan graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara with a BS degree in Mathematics...
(B.S.) — Mountaineer, summiter of Mt. Everest - Serkan Girgin (B.S., M.S.) — Mountaineer, Mt. Everest summiter
- Soner Büyükatalay Mountaineer, Mt. Everest summiter
- Svante CornellSvante CornellSvante E. Cornell, born in 1975, is a Swedish scholar specializing on politics and security issues in Eurasia, especially the South Caucasus, Turkey, and Central Asia...
(B.S.) — Academic - Suna Yılmaz (B.S.) — Mountaineer, one of the four Turkish female summiters of Mt. Everest
- Süreyya SerdengeçtiSüreyya SerdengeçtiSüreyya Serdengeçti is a Turkish economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey. He is currently working as an instructor in Turkish and world economics at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Ankara, Turkey....
(B.S. 1979) — Economist, former governor of the Central Bank of TurkeyCentral Bank of the Republic of TurkeyThe Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey is the central bank of Turkey and is founded as a joint stock company with the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Turkey. The preparations to establish a central bank began in 1926, but organization was established on 3 October 1931 and opened... - Şebnem FerahSebnem FerahŞebnem Ferah is a Turkish singer and song-writer. She was the head vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career...
— Rocker, musician - Tamer Özsu, (B.S., M.S.) — Computer scientist, ACM Fellow
- Taner AkçamTaner AkçamAltuğ Taner Akçam is a Turkish historian and sociologist. He is one of the first Turkish academics to acknowledge and openly discuss the Armenian Genocide, and is recognized as a "leading international authority" on the subject....
(B.S. 1976) — Historian, sociologist and author - Tunç HamaratTunç HamaratTunç Hamarat is a Turkish chess player living in Austria and the 16th International Correspondence Chess Federation World Champion in 2004....
(B.S.) — Grandmaster and International Correspondence Chess FederationInternational Correspondence Chess FederationInternational Correspondence Chess Federation was founded in 1951 as a new appearance of the ICCA , which was founded in 1945, as successor of the IFSB , founded in 1928....
World Champion in 2004 - Turgay UzerTurgay UzerAhmet Turgay Uzer is a Turkish-American theoretical physicist.Currently Regents' Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has contributed in field of atomic and molecular physics, nonlinear dynamics and chaos significantly...
(B.S.) — Theoretical physicist at Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States... - Vedat Çakmak (B.S.) — Lecturer, Universite Galatasaray
- Volkan Ugur (B.S.)— Vehicle Project Management
- Yasemin DalkılıçYasemin DalkiliçYasemin Dalkılıç is a Turkish female free diver. She holds numerous world records in different categories of free diving. Though still in the middle of her career, she is already considered to be one of the all time greats in the sport....
(B.S.) — Holder of world records in free diving - Ziya Tanalı (B.Arch.) — Architect
- Cigdem Kurdas (B.S.)— Economist and Financial Journalist
See also
- Institute of technologyInstitute of technologyInstitute of technology is a designation employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system...
- List of universities in Turkey
- METU Science and Technology MuseumMETU Science and Technology MuseumMETU Science and Technology Museum is a museum established within the campus of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara,Turkey. The museum is aimed to present the modern technological tools as well as technological past of Turkey.- Construction :...
- Lake EymirLake EymirLake Eymir is a small lake in Ankara Province, Turkey. According to notes of Seyyah Kandemir published by the governate of Ankara in 1932, the lake was named after a Turkmen tribe named Eymür.- Geography :...
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- Middle East Technical University (official web site)
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