Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in
Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a
public
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technical university
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located in
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
,
Turkey
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. The university emphasizes research and education in
engineering
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and
natural sciences
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, offering about 41 undergraduate programs within 5 faculties, 105 masters and 70 doctorate programs within 5 graduate schools.
The main campus of METU spans an area of , comprising, in addition to academic and auxiliary facilities, a forest area of , and the natural
Lake Eymir
Lake Eymir is a small lake in Ankara Province, Turkey. According to notes of ''Seyyah Kandemir'' published by the governorate of Ankara in 1932, the lake was named after a Turkmen tribe named ''Eymür''.
Geography
The lake is about south of ...
. METU has more than 120,000 alumni worldwide.
The official language of instruction at METU is
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
.
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 0.1% of the nearly 3 million applicants.
METU had the greatest share in national research funding by the
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, TÜBİTAK) is a national agency of Turkey whose stated goal is to develop "science, technology and innovation" (STI) policies ...
(TÜBİTAK) in the last five years, and it is the leading university in Turkey in terms of the number of
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
Framework Programme
The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP1 to FP9, are funding programmes created by the European Union/European Commission to support and foster research in the Europea ...
(FP) projects participation.
Over 40% of METU's undergraduate alumni choose to pursue graduate studies.
History
![METU,_Rectorate_Building_(14849783445)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/METU%2C_Rectorate_Building_%2814849783445%29.jpg)
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 East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...
,
Balkans
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...
, and
Caucasus
The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically ...
, 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
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( tr, ), usually referred to simply as the TBMM or Parliament ( tr, or ''Parlamento''), is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Consti ...
. 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.
Organisation
Faculties and departments
METU has 42 academic departments, most of which are organised 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''
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''.
Graduate schools
The 5 graduate schools present in METU are responsible for the graduate programs.
*''Graduate School of Applied Mathematics''
*''Graduate School o
Informatics'
*''Graduate School o
Marine Sciences' (
Institute of Marine Sciences
The Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) is a Turkish facility that focuses on marine science-related education and research. IMS was founded in 1975 on the Erdemli Campus at METU ( Middle East Technical University) in Erdemli
Erdemli is a town ...
– IMS)
*''Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences''
*''Graduate School of Social Sciences''
Academics
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As of 2020, METU has approximately 27,000 students, of which 19,700 are enrolled in undergraduate programs, 4,700 in masters, and 3,000 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 1,700 regular international students from 94 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_Science_and_Literature_Faculty](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/METU_Science_and_Literature_Faculty.jpg)
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 0.1% of the nearly 1.5 million applicants.
In the
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, also known as Ranking Web of Universities, is a ranking system for the world's universities based on a composite indicator that takes into account both the volume of the Web content (number of web pages ...
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
The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' (often referred to as the THE Rankings) is an annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' (THE) magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli ...
published in September 2016 placed METU at the 501–600th position worldwide based on indicators of teaching, research, influence, innovation, and international character,
making it one of the six universities from Turkey listed among the top 600 (the other being
Bilkent University
Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...
at number 351–400).
The
QS World University Rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...
2010 by
Quacquarelli Symonds
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) is a British company specialising in the analysis of higher education institutions around the world. The company was founded in 1990 by Nunzio Quacquarelli.
History
On 5 October 2017, QS Quacquarelli Symonds acquired Hob ...
ranked METU as 185th worldwide in the field of engineering and technology,
and as 333rd in the field of natural sciences.
The language of instruction at METU is
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
.
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.
International perspective
Researchers from METU actively take part in many
COST
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,
EUREKA
Eureka (often abbreviated as E!, or Σ!) is an intergovernmental organisation for research and development funding and coordination. Eureka is an open platform for international cooperation in innovation. Organisations and companies applying th ...
,
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
,
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
,
NSF
NSF may stand for:
Political organizations
*National Socialist Front, a Swedish National Socialist party
*NS-Frauenschaft, the women's wing of the former German Nazi party
*National Students Federation, a leftist Pakistani students' political gr ...
,
UN,
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...
,
Jean Monnet
Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (; 9 November 1888 – 16 March 1979) was a French civil servant, entrepreneur, diplomat, financier, administrator, and political visionary. An influential supporter of European unity, he is considered one of the ...
,
Erasmus Mundus
The European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme (named after Erasmus, the Renaissance scholar) aims to enhance quality in higher education through scholarships and academic co-operation between the EU and the rest of the world. The three main objecti ...
,
Leonardo
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Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname.
The given name and surname originate ...
and
SOCRATES
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projects.
METU has been involved in 56
European Union
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6th Framework Programme (FP6) projects, including the coordination of 12 FP6 and 3 Networks of Excellence projects.
Within the
7th Framework Programme
The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP1 to FP9, are funding programmes created by the European Union/European Commission to support and foster research in the Europea ...
(FP7), 33 research projects involve participation of METU, since 2007.
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As of 2020, METU has 22 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
The European Association for International Education'' (EAIE) is a European centre for expertise, networking and resources in the internationalisation of higher education. It is a non-profit, member-led organisation serving individuals actively i ...
,
IIE
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,
GE3,
SEFI, and
CIEE
The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) is a non-profit organization promoting international education and exchange. It was founded in 1947 and is based in the United States. The organization is headquartered in Portland, Maine.
...
.
The university also actively participates in
AIESEC
AIESEC is an international youth-run, non-governmental and not-for-profit organization that provides young people with leadership development, cross-cultural internships, and global volunteer exchange experiences. The organization focuses on emp ...
and
IAESTE
The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience commonly referred to as IAESTE (pronounced i-a-es-te or ai-es-te) is an international organization exchanging students for technical work experience abroad. Stude ...
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
The European University Association (EUA) represents more than 800 institutions of higher education in 48 countries, providing them with a forum for cooperation and exchange of information on higher education and research policies. Members of th ...
(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
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International Center for Engineering Education and the "Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities" by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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(IEEE). METU was awarded the international
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) 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 Muslim societies in the fields ...
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).
METU library
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The METU main library has one of the largest collections in
Turkey
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,
containing over 500,000 books
classified according to the
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(LCC) scheme.
The library subscribes to 1,500 print journals (170,270 volumes) and it provides access to 76,671 electronic journals, 587,493 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.
The library's collections are predominantly in
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
, but there are also items in
Turkish,
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
, and
French.
Campuses
Ankara campus
METU main campus in Ankara, used by the university since 1963, is the first university campus of Turkey. It is situated about 10 km west of central Ankara and encompasses an area of , of which 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 Kurdas Kemal may refer to:
;People
* Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, a Turkish politician and the first president of Turkey
* Kemal (name), a common Turkish name
;Places
* Kemalpaşa, İzmir Province, Turkey
* Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa Province, Turkey
;See als ...
.
Lake Eymir
Lake Eymir is a small lake in Ankara Province, Turkey. According to notes of ''Seyyah Kandemir'' published by the governorate of Ankara in 1932, the lake was named after a Turkmen tribe named ''Eymür''.
Geography
The lake is about south of ...
near
Gölbaşı, located 15 kilometers from the academic portion of 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
The Ankara Metro ( tr, Ankara Metrosu) is the rapid transit system serving Ankara, the capital of Turkey. At present, Ankara's rapid transit system consists of two metro lines – the ''Batıkent Metrosu (M1)''and the new ''Keçiören Metrosu (M4 ...
on the main entrance to the campus (gate A1) was completed in 2014.
Northern Cyprus campus
The METU Northern Cyprus Campus, the first overseas campus of a Turkish university, 50 km west of
North Nicosia
North Nicosia or Northern Nicosia ( tr, Kuzey Lefkoşa ; el, Βόρεια Λευκωσία) is the capital and largest city of the ''de facto'' state of Northern Cyprus. It is the northern part of the divided city of Nicosia, and is governed b ...
in
Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...
, admitted its first students during the academic year 2002–2003, but the doors were officially opened in Northern Cyprus in September 2005.
Erdemli campus
The METU
Erdemli
Erdemli is a town and district of Mersin Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, west of the city of Mersin.
Geography
Erdemli is located between the districts of Mezitli (to the east) and Silifke (to the west). In the north, Erdemli i ...
campus in
Mersin Province
Mersin Province ( tr, ), formerly İçel Province ( tr, ), is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of fo ...
on the Mediterranean coast, used by the
Institute/Graduate School of Marine Sciences (''Deniz Bilimleri Enstitüsü'') since 1975, is the first campus of METU outside of Ankara. It is situated about 45 km from
Mersin
Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ...
. The campus area is 660,000 m
2, close to the shore and surrounded by lemon trees. The laboratory space is about 700 m
2. 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.
Live footage from all campuses can be accessed vi
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 park in Turkey.
Founded within the campus, it aims to facilitate the development of companies that conduct substantial
research and development
Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in Europe as research and technological development (RTD), is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products, and improving existi ...
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 whom are researchers (86% of the total staff are university graduates, and 23% have MSc, MA, or PhD degrees), working in 240 firms.
Around 90% of the firms are
small and medium enterprises
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are businesses whose personnel and revenue numbers fall below certain limits. The abbreviation "SME" is used by international organizations such as the World Bank ...
(SMEs), 65% of these are specialized in
information and communication technologies
Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, ...
, 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
A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromo ...
,
Cisco
Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, ...
, and
Siemens
Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad.
The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', '' ...
. 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 as spin-offs from METU research projects.
METU-Technopolis hosts partners to several
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
Sixth Framework Programme
The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP1 to FP9, are funding programmes created by the European Union/European Commission to support and foster research in the Europe ...
(FP6) projects,
such as NICE, SINCERE,
ReSIST,
SmeInnov8gate
and IP4INNO.
Student life and culture
![METU_Sports_hall](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/METU_Sports_hall.jpg)
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
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(METUrkish, ODTÜrkçe as once named by an alumnus artist in an art project) which apparently stems from the fact that English is the language of instruction covering academic processes and student life (and blending into campus language similar to Persian, Arabic and later French in the past blended into Turkish to form Ottoman technical language), 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 7,000 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 organizations
There are numerous student organizations active in METU.
Some of these are:
METU Pride march
METU Pride march has been held annually since 2011.
The 2022 Pride march was banned by the university, and the university threatened to summon police if it should proceed.
The 9th annual Pride march held 2019 found students and faculty met with pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets used by police. Some were dragged on the ground and others sustained head injuries. 18 students and an academic were arrested and released late in the night on the same day. Following a letter from the Ankara Security Office, arrested students had their KYK scholarships and credits terminated. The arrested were prosecuted, and they were acquitted October 2021, with the university's ban found lacking legal basis.
Notable people
Faculty
*
Behram Kurşunoğlu
Behram Kurşunoğlu (14 March 1922 – 25 October 2003) was a Turkish physicist and the founder and the director of the Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami. He was best known for his works on unified field theory, energy and ...
(1956–1958) – physicist, B.Sc. and M.Sc. at
University of Edinburgh
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and Phd in
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
, best known for his works on unified field theory and participated in the discovery of two different types of neutrinos in the late 1950s
*
Cahit Arf
Cahit Arf (; 24 October 1910 – 26 December 1997) was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 (applied in knot theory and surgery theory) in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem ...
(1967–1980) – known for
Arf invariant
In mathematics, the Arf invariant of a nonsingular quadratic form over a field of characteristic 2 was defined by Turkish mathematician when he started the systematic study of quadratic forms over arbitrary fields of characteristic 2. The Arf i ...
, B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mathematics at
École Normale Supérieure
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...
*
Erdal İnönü
Erdal İnönü (6 June 1926 – 31 October 2007) was a Turkish theoretical physicist and politician, who served as the interim Prime Minister of Turkey between 16 May and 25 June 1993. He also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from ...
(president 1970–1971, faculty 1964–1974) – B.Sc. and M.Sc. in physics at Middle East Technical University and Phd. at
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...
and former
Prime Minister of Turkey
The prime minister of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı'') was the head of government of the Republic of Turkey from 1920 to 2018, who led a political coalition in the Grand National Assembly of ...
*
Feza Gürsey
Feza Gürsey (; April 7, 1921 – April 13, 1992) was a Turkish mathematician and physicist. Among his most prominent contributions to theoretical physics, his works on the Chiral model and on SU(6) are most popular.
Early life
Feza Gürse ...
(1961–1974) – Theoretic physicist – B.Sc. in mathematics and physics at
Istanbul University
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, latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis
, motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü
, mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future
, established = 1453 1846 1933
...
and Phd at
Imperial College London
Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...
and receiver of
Wigner Medal
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in 1986
*
Halil Berktay
Halil Berktay is a Turkish people, Turkish historian at Ibn Haldun University and was columnist for the daily ''Taraf''.
Life and career
Berktay was born into an intellectual Turkish communist family. His father, Erdogan Berktay, was a member o ...
(1992–1997) – Historian, currently at
Sabancı University
Sabancı University ( tr, Sabancı Üniversitesi), established in 1994, is a young foundation university located on a 1.26 million squaremeter campus which is about 40 km from Istanbul's city center. Its first students matriculated in 1999. ...
*
Kemal Derviş
Kemal Derviş (; born 10 January 1949) is a Turkish economist and politician, and former head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development ass ...
– (1973–1976) – economist – Alma Mater:
London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 millio ...
,
Princeton University
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former head of the
United Nations Development Programme
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, former vice-president of the
World Bank
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for the Middle East, former
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
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*
Kemal Karpat
Kemal Haşim Karpat (15 February 1924, Babadag Tulcea, Romania – 20 February 2019, Manchester, New Hampshire, United States) was a Romanian- Turkish naturalised American historian and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Earl ...
(1958–1959, 1968–1971) – Historian, currently at
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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*
Hakkı Ögelman (1970–1990) – physicist and astrophysicist
*
Oktay Sinanoğlu
Oktay Sinanoğlu (February 25, 1935 – April 19, 2015) was an internationally renowned Turkish physical chemist and molecular biophysicist.
Private life
Sinanoğlu was born in Bari, Italy on February 25, 1935 to Nüzhet Haşim and Rüveyde (K ...
– physical chemistry, molecular biophysics and biochemistry – B.Sc. and Phd at
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
, M.Sc. at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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receiver of
Humboldt Prize
The Humboldt Prize, the Humboldt-Forschungspreis in German, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany to internationally renowned scientists and scholars who work outside of G ...
in 1973 and two-time nominee for
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
)
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.
*
Ordal Demokan
Ordal Demokan (January 13, 1946 – October 29, 2004) 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 196 ...
(1946–2004) – physicist, electrical engineer
*
Ulus Baker
Ulus Sedat Baker (July 14, 1960 in Ankara, Turkey – July 12, 2007 in İstanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish Cypriot sociology, sociologist. Baker was born to a cosmopolitan family; his mother was the Cypriot poet Pembe Marmara, and his father was the p ...
– Sociologist
*
Tarik Ogurtani - Experimental and theoretical solid-state physicist, materials scientist. Professor Emeritus of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering @ METU.
*
Robert Langlands
Robert Phelan Langlands, (; born October 6, 1936) is a Canadian mathematician. He is best known as the founder of the Langlands program, a vast web of conjectures and results connecting representation theory and automorphic forms to the study o ...
(1967–1968) – mathematician, B.Sc. at
University of British Columbia
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and Ph.D. at
Yale University
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.
Alumni
*
Abdullah Atalar
Abdullah Atalar (born April 11, 1954) is a Turkish scientist and academic. Atalar was the Rector
Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to:
Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an a ...
(B.Eng.) in electronics engineering, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
, former president of
Bilkent University
Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...
*
Ahmet Bozer (B.BA.) – vice president of
The Coca-Cola Company
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*
Alev Alatlı Alev Alatlı (born 1944 in Menemen) is a Turkish columnist and bestselling novelist.
Early years
She was born 1944 in the town of Menemen in western Turkey to an officer's family. She spent her childhood in Japan, where her father was appointed a ...
(B.S. 1963) – Economics, economist, writer and columnist
*
Ali Babacan
Ali Babacan (; born 4 April 1967) is a Turkish politician, economist, and engineer. He is the founder and current leader of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA). He served 13 years as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Economy, Chief ...
(B.S. 1988) – Politician and former
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
The Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey is the abolished official deputy of the head of government of Turkey. Conventionally all of the junior partners in a coalition get one deputy, and they are ranked according to the size of their respective par ...
*
Ataç İmamoğlu (B.Eng.) electrical engineering – Ph.D.
Stanford University
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, former researcher at
Harvard University
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and currently head of Quantum Photonics Group and professor at
ETHZ
(colloquially)
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, established =
, type = Public
, budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021)
, rector = Günther Dissertori
, president = Joël Mesot
, ac ...
(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
*
Aylin Nazlıaka (B.S.) – Economics, businesswoman and politician, Emerging Leaders program at
Harvard Kennedy School
The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...
and former lecturer at
Bilkent University
Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...
, member of
Republican People's Party
The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...
*
Amir Farshad Ebrahimi
Amir Farshad Ebrahimi ( fa, امیر فرشاد ابراهیمی ) (born August 14, 1975)
is a former member of Ansar-e Hezbollah.
Ansar-e Hezbollah used violence against students but Ebrahimi decided, "No, Ansar-e Hezbollah is wrong, you the ...
(Ph.D.), Human rights activist in Iran, journalist
*
Burçak Özoğlu Poçan
Burçak Poçan, née Özoğlu, (1970) is a mountaineer and one of the first Turkish women to climb over 8,000 m.
Burçak was born on January 4, 1970, in Ankara. Following her graduation from the School of Business Administration at the Middle ...
(B.S.) – Mountaineer, one of the four Turkish female summiters of
Mount Everest
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*
Naşide Gözde Durmuş (B.S. 2007) – scientist at
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
, recognized among the "World's Top 35 Innovators Under 35" (TR35) in 2015, as a pioneer in biotechnology and medicine, by
MIT Technology Review
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*
Can Dündar (M.S. 1988, Ph.D. 1996) – journalist, B.S. in journalism at
London School of Journalism
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, receiver of
Reporters Without Borders
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prize in 2015
*
Cevdet Yılmaz
Cevdet Yılmaz (born 1 April 1967) is a Turkish politician who served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu from 28 August to 17 November 2015. He previously served as t ...
(B.Sc.) – Economics, Ph.D. in
Bilkent University
Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...
and former
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
The Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey is the abolished official deputy of the head of government of Turkey. Conventionally all of the junior partners in a coalition get one deputy, and they are ranked according to the size of their respective par ...
and minister at
Ministry of Development (Turkey)
The Ministry of Development ( tr, Kalkınma Bakanlığı) was a government ministry in the Republic of Turkey that was formed on 29 June 2011 after the dissolution of the State Planning Organisation. The Ministry was led by Minister of Developme ...
*
Cüneyd Düzyol (1988) – B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, M.Sc. in economics at
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Universit ...
and former minister at
Ministry of Development (Turkey)
The Ministry of Development ( tr, Kalkınma Bakanlığı) was a government ministry in the Republic of Turkey that was formed on 29 June 2011 after the dissolution of the State Planning Organisation. The Ministry was led by Minister of Developme ...
*
Ece Sükan
Ece Sükan (born 1977) is a Turkish actress and stylist, creative director and fashion editor who works in Istanbul and New York. She has been called a "Turkish street style star."
Work
Sükan was the editor-at-large for ''Vogue Turkey'' from ...
(B.S. 1998) – Turkish model and former editor-at-large at
''Vogue'' Turkey
*
Elif Şafak
Elif Shafak ( tr, Elif Şafak, ; born 25 October 1971) is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, public speaker, political scientist and activist.
Shafak writes in Turkish and English, and has published 19 works. She is best known for her no ...
– Best-selling Turkish novelist and columnist, receiver of
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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in 2010
*
Emin Çölaşan
Emin Çölaşan (born 14 March 1942) is a Turkish investigative journalist, whose daily column appeared in the mass-circulation newspaper, Istanbul-based ''Hürriyet'', for 22 years, from 1985 to 2007. Since 2007, he continues his column in ''S ...
– Famous Turkish dissenter journalist/columnist
*
Emre Koksal - Computer scientist, electrical engineer and entrepreneur
*
Eren Bali
Eren Bali (born 1984, Malatya, Turkey) is a Turkish engineer and technology entrepreneur. based in the United States. He was the founding CEO of Udemy, a platform and marketplace for massive open online courses (MOOCs), and he is now the found ...
(B.S. 2005) – Mathematics and Computer Engineering, founder and CEO of
Udemy
Udemy, Inc. is a global destination for teaching and learning online. It was founded in May 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani, and Oktay Caglar.
As of November 2022, the platform has more than 57 million students, 213,000 courses, and 74,000 ins ...
*
Erdem Duhan Özensoy
Erdem Duhan Özensoy (born 1988) is a Turkish businessman and industrialist. Born in Ankara as the only son of one of Erol Ozensoy, he attended high school at Ted Ankara College. Duhan then studied at the Middle East Technical University and rece ...
(B.S. 2009) – Businessman, boardmember of
Kimetsan
*
Erdem Başçı (B.Sc.) electronic engineering – M.Sc. in
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...
, M.Sc., Ph.D. and professor of economics in
Bilkent University
Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...
and head of
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, CBRT ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası, TCMB, literally "The Turkish Republic Central Bank") is the central bank of Turkey. Its responsibilities include conducting monetary and exchange rate pol ...
*
Erol Gelenbe
Sami Erol Gelenbe (born 22 August 1945, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish and French computer scientist, electronic engineer and applied mathematician who pioneered the field of Computer System and Network Performance in Europe, and is active i ...
(B.S. 1966) electronic engineering – MSc. and Ph.D. at
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United Sta ...
, D.Sc. at
Pierre and Marie Curie University
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and professor at
Imperial College
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, London
*
Eylem Elif Maviş Eylem Elif Maviş, née Koç, (born November 9, 1973) is the first Turkey, Turkish woman mountaineer to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth.
Elif was born on in Tokat, Turkey. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in environmen ...
(B.S., M.B.A.) – Mountaineer, first Turkish female summiter of
Mount Everest
Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...
*
Fikri Işık – Educator, politician and
Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology (Turkey)
The Ministry of Industry and Technology ( tr, Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanlığı) is a government ministry office of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for industrial and commercial affairs in Turkey. The ministry is headed by Mustafa Varank.
Ref ...
*
Gülnur Tumbat
Gülnur Tumbat (born 1975) is a Turkish female academic in marketing as well as amateur mountain climber and ultramarathon runner. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California.
Early years
Gülnur Tumbat was born to a teacher father and ...
– Academic of Marketing, mountaineer
*
Hakan Topal
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(B.Sc. 1996, M.Sc. 1999) – Civil Engineering and Gender and Women's Studies – Artist, professor at
Purchase College
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, New York
*
Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat (B.S. 2006, B.S. 2007) Mechanical engineering – academician at the
Pennsylvania State University
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*
Ilkay Altintas (B.S. 1999, M.S. 2001) Computer engineering - Chief Data Science Officer of
San Diego Supercomputer Center
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*
Javaid Laghari
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(M.S. EE 1975) – Ph.D. SUNY Buffalo 1980, former senator in
Pakistan Senate
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, former president and project director SZABIST, chairperson Higher Education Commission (HEC)(YOK), Pakistan, coordinator general COMSTECH, commissioner higher education, Ministry of Education, UAE
*
Kürşad Tüzmen
Kürşad Tüzmen (born October 9, 1958) is a Turkish former civil servant and Minister of State of Turkey responsible for foreign trade. He held this position between 2002 and 2009.
Personal life
Kürşad Tüzmen was born to Nuray and his wife ...
(B.S. 1981) – M.Sc. in international relations at
University of Illinois
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and former
Minister of International Trade and Customs (Turkey)
*
Mehmet Ali Talat
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(M.Sc. 1977) – President of
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
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*
Mehrafza Mirzazad Barijugh (B.S. 2009) – Industrial designer
Red Dot
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Design: Design Concept Best of the Best award 2010
*
Nabi Avci (B.S. 1986) – board member of
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, TÜBİTAK) is a national agency of Turkey whose stated goal is to develop "science, technology and innovation" (STI) policies ...
chairman of the Turkey National Committee of
UNESCO
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, minister of
Ministry of National Education (Turkey)
The Ministry of National Education ( tr, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı) is a government ministry of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for the supervision of public and private educational system, agreements and authorizations under a national cur ...
*
Müge Fermen (B.S. 1986) – First female aeronautical engineering graduate. MS in aerospace engineering and PhD in mechanical engineering from University of Dayton, Ohio, US. Award-winning program manager in R&D.
*
Salih Neftçi
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(B.S.) – economist, financial expert, author of the book ''An Introduction to Mathematics of Financial Derivatives''
*
Serhan Poçan (B.S.) – Mountaineer, summiter of Mount Everest
*
Svante Cornell
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(B.S.) – International relations, founder of
Institute for Security and Development Policy
An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body.
In some countries, institutes can ...
, associate professor at
Johns Hopkins University
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– SAIS and associate professor (part-time) at Uppsala University.
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Rita Orji
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(MS.C, 2009) – Computer Science Professor,
Canada Research Chair
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Program goals
The Canada Research Chair program was established in 2000 as a part of the Government of Canada ...
, Top 150 Canadian Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), Member,
Royal Society of Canada
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,
Global Young Academy
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Membership strength is capped at 200, and the membership tenure is 5 years.
Organization and membership
Th ...
, Top 100 Canada's Most Powerful Women
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Şebnem Ferah
Şebnem Ferah (born 12 April 1972) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. She was the lead vocalist of the all-female hard rock band Volvox until 1994, after which she went on to pursue an illustrious solo career. Her music s ...
(B.S.) – famous rock singer and songwriter
*
Süreyya Serdengeçti (B.S. 1979) – economist, former governor of the
Central Bank of Turkey
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Taner Akçam
Altuğ Taner Akçam (born 1953) is a Turkish-German historian and sociologist. During the 1990s, he was the first Turkish scholar to acknowledge the Armenian genocide, and has written several books on the genocide, such as '' A Shameful Act'' ( ...
(B.S. 1976) – Historian, sociologist and author
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Tülay Adali
Tülay is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Tülay" may be used to express "Delicate as a tulle" and "Bright like the moon". However, as Given Name it means "tulle moon" a combination of both the previous meanings.
People
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(B.S. 1987) – electrical engineer, M.Sc. and Phd at
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...
and distinguished university professor at
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral, ...
, Fellow of the
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) is a non-profit organization founded in 1991, and headquartered in Washington. It represents 50,000 medical and biomedical engineers, and academic institutions, private industry, ...
, Fellow of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Tugce Aktas (B.S.) – PhD at
EMBL
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, Max Planck Research Group Leader at the
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics is a research institute for molecular genetics based in Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Max Planck Institute network of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science.
Departments and rese ...
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Tunç Hamarat
Tunç Hamarat (born December 1, 1946) is a Turkish chess player living in Austria and the sixteenth ICCF World Champion, 1999–2004.
Born in Istanbul, Hamarat attended the Austrian St. Georgs-Kolleg high school in Istanbul, and then graduate ...
(B.S.) – chess player –
grandmaster and
International Correspondence Chess Federation
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World Champion in 2004
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Turgay Uzer (B.S.) – Theoretical physicist, PhD in
Harvard University
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Regent's professor at
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Umran Inan
Umran Savaş İnan ( tr, Ümran Savaş İnan; born December 28, 1950) is a scientist at Koç University and Stanford University in the field of geophysics and very low frequency radio science. He received his PhD from Stanford in 1977 under the ...
(B.Sc. and M.Sc.) electrical engineering – Ph.D. in electrical engineering at
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
and president of
Koç University
Koç University ( tr, Koç Üniversitesi) is a non-profit private university in Istanbul, Turkey. It started education in temporary buildings in İstinye in 1993, and moved to its current Rumelifeneri campus near Sarıyer in 2000. Koç Universit ...
and Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
group achievement award in 1983, 1998 and 2004.
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Yasemin Dalkılıç
Yasemin Dalkılıç (born 2 May 1979) is a Turkish female free diver. She holds numerous 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 s ...
(B.S.) – Mathematics – Holder of world records in
free diving
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Besides the limits of breath- ...
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Abzal Saparbekuly (B.S.) – Ambassador of the
Republic of Kazakhstan
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to Turkey
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M. Tamer Özsu (B.S. 1974, M.S. 1978) – PhD at
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
; University Professor at
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is one of three cities in the Regional Municipality ...
Cheriton School of Computer Science; Fellow of
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...
, Fellow of
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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, Fellow of
Association of Computing Machinery, Fellow of
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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See also
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Gazete ODTÜLÜ
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Institute of technology
An institute of technology (also referred to as: technological university, technical university, university of technology, technological educational institute, technical college, polytechnic university or just polytechnic) is an institution of te ...
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List of universities in Ankara
This list of universities in Ankara lists the universities within the city limits of Ankara.
Public universities
Private universities
Former universities
See also
* List of universities in Istanbul
* List of universities in İzmir ...
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List of universities in Turkey
This is a list of universities in Turkey. There are 209 universities and academies in total: 129 state universities (eleven technical universities, one institutes of technology, and two fine arts university, one special national defense university, ...
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METU Science and Technology Museum
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List of Middle East Technical University rectors
References
External links
Middle East Technical University(official web site)
METU Northern Cyprus Campus(official web site)
METU-Technopolis(official web site)
METU Campus Map
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Technical universities and colleges in Turkey
Engineering universities and colleges in Turkey
Educational institutions established in 1956
1956 establishments in Turkey