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METU
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A n k a r a T U R K E Y
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Turkey's premier state-financed university
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Founded in 1956
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Medium of instruction is English at all levels.
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METU is an international research university
which seeks the excellence in serving the country
and the World.
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37 undergraduate programs within 5 faculties.
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All engineering departments evaluated and
approved by the Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (ABET).
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67 graduate programs within 4 graduate schools.
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1,100 full-time academic staff and 1,200 research
assistants, 70 have studied abroad.
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METU accepts only the top 1 of the over
1,500,000 students taking the National University
Entrance Examination each year.
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Enrolment of 15,000 undergraduate and 5,000
graduate students
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65,000 graduates contribute to the industry,
research, politics and economy of the country and
the World at top levels.
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36 research centers carry out research
activities at METU.
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More than 700 industrial projects are underway in
a single year.
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METU has set aside 70 hectares for the first
Technopolis in Turkey.
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With 40 companies, METU Technopolis provides the
means for cooperative research between the
faculty and industry.
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• As rightly observed in a recent book by Bernard
  Lewis entitled What went wrong? the
  civilizations that survive are those who actively
  contribute to science and technology rather than
  trying to adapt or copy
• This defines METUs role in scientific and
  technological development in the world

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METU will continue its leading role in EU funded
projects in Turkey and will try its best to
further increase this collaboration in EU
projects and thus contributing to EU with the
ambition of becoming a part of it soon!
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Thank you for your attention