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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.[2] The main campus of METU spans an area of 11,100 acres (4,500 ha), comprising, in addition to academic and auxiliary facilities, a forest area of 7,500 acres (3,000 ha), and the natural lake Eymir. METU has more than 500,000 alumni worldwide.[citation needed] The official language of instruction at METU is English.[2]
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi
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Motto | Metu Impact |
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Type | Public |
Established | November 15, 1956 |
President | Ahmet Acar[1] |
Academic staff | 2,500 |
Students | 23,000[2] |
Undergraduates | 15,800[2] |
Postgraduates | 7,200[2] |
Location | , |
Campus | Suburban, 11,100 acres (4,500 ha, 45 km²)[2] |
Colors | Red and white |
Nickname | - |
Affiliations | EUA, EAIE, CESAER, IIE, GE3, SEFI, CIEE[2] |
Website | metu.edu.tr metu.edu |
METU ranks among the top 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.[2]. In terms of research output and impact, it is often placed first within the country by both national[3] and international[4][5] rankings. METU had the greatest share in national research funding by the 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.[4][6] Over 40% of METU's undergraduate alumni choose to pursue graduate studies.[2]