ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

ODTÜ serves in Ankara, Mersin-Erdemli and Northern Cyprus campuses. Since 1956 its high-quality education and research services, scientific freedom, importance given to fundamental values such as questioning approach and merit, ODTÜ has become one of Turkey's respected institutions with qualified graduates. ODTÜ is the first Turkish university which uses English as a teaching language, and it is still the only language of education in all programs within the university. Almost all faculty members have studied abroad or received their PhD degrees at a foreign university. Many departments of the university accept students from only the top three percent, according to the results of the higher education institutions exam. For ODTÜ, presence of international students is extremely important as an indispensable part of the university life. Just like Turkish students who have entered into great competition to become an ODTÜ member, thousands of international students from about 100 countries apply ODTÜ undergraduate and graduate programs each year and only the best students have the opportunity to become ODTÜ students. ODTÜ offers students a high quality and colorful student life in terms of physical infrastructure and cultural opportunities. The METU campus, which resembles a student town with its dormitories with more than 7,000 beds, a forest area of 32 km2, sports and social facilities hosts more than 1,000 academic, cultural and sporting events per year with active participation of more than 100 student communities. ODTÜ is the first Turkish university to host a science park (Teknopark) in the campus region in order to strengthen the university-industry cooperation. Today, ODTÜ students are able to do internship, can work part-time and participate in projects at ODTÜ Teknokent which includes 380 companies more than 60 of which are established in ODTÜ.