ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

Istanbul Technical University is one of the oldest technical universities in the world about its approximately 250 years of history. İTÜ, the first technical University of our country is identified with education of engineering and architecture. With its 245-year history, ITU is a brand institution with science, technology, art and sports. It is a science center that produces projects for the future, linking the past to the present. Our university is one of the oldest and most distinguished technical universities in the world, which is the architect of countless scientific and technological advances, and which have achieved firsts. İTU provides education in 5 different campuses located at the central points of Istanbul, in 39 undergraduate programs in 13 faculties and graduate and postgraduate programs in 6 institutes. In İTÜ, there are 360 laboratories and 13 research centers. With 23 accredited engineering programs, it is the University of the world with the most ABET accreditations. Students participating in International Joint Undergraduate Program are entitled to receive a double diploma by completing half of their education at contracted universities in United States. Offering double major and minor opportunities in many departments, İTÜ has the most Erasmus exchange program in Turkey with more than 900 agreements. İTÜ is a science-industry-technology center with about 200 R & D projects conducted in ARI Teknokent. With ITU Çekirdek which is an entrepreneurial ecosystem, entrepreneurial students are supported. First cube satellite, first electric minibus, first hydrogen-powered boat, first unmanned automobile, first domestic computer were produced in İTU. The first television broadcast of Turkey and first university radio was established in ITU. İTU's institutional history, intellectual memory and distinguished environment is a powerful bridge that extends from the past to the future. ITU is the university of yesterday, today and tomorrow with its understanding of continuous development according to the requirements of the era, its innovative perspective, and its structure that always keeps its international relations strong.