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Middle East Technical University

Middle East Technical University
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi
Motto
Scientia Dux Vitae Certissimus (Latin)
Motto in English
Science is the truest guide in life
TypePublic
EstablishedNovember 15, 1956 (1956-11-15)
Budget$134 million (2024)[1]
PresidentAhmet Yozgatlıgil[2]
Academic staff
1,892
Students23,395[3]
Undergraduates18,456[3]
Postgraduates4,546[3]
Location
Çankaya, Ankara,[3]
CampusSuburban, 11,100 acres (4,500 ha, 45 km²)
LanguageEnglish
Other campuses
ColorsRed White
NicknameMETU Falcons
(American football)
Affiliations
Websitemetu.edu.tr
metu.edu
Map
University rankings
Global – Overall
QS World[5]285 (2025)
THE World[6]351–400 (2025)
National – Overall
QS National[7]1 (2025)
THE National[8]1 (2025)

Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, ODTÜ) is a prestigious public technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. As Turkey’s top ranked university, they focus on research and education in engineering, natural sciences and social sciences, offering 41 undergraduate programs across five faculties and 105 master's and 70 doctoral programs through five graduate schools.[3][9] 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 120,000 alumni worldwide.[10] The official language of instruction at METU is English.[3]

Over one third of the 1,000 highest scoring students in the national university entrance examination choose to enroll in METU; most of its departments accept the top 0.1% of the nearly 3 million applicants.[3] METU had the greatest share in national research funding by 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.[11][12] Over 40% of METU's undergraduate alumni choose to pursue graduate studies.[3]

  1. ^ "2024 Yılı Maddi Durum ve Beklentiler Raporu" (PDF).
  2. ^ "University Administration". METU - Middle East Technical University. 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "METU at a Glance: General Information". Middle East Technical University. 8 June 2025. Archived from the original on 8 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Home". Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  5. ^ "Middle East Technical University". Top Universities. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  6. ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  7. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2025: Turkey". Top Universities. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  8. ^ "World University Rankings: Turkey". Times Higher Education (THE). 2024-11-14. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  9. ^ "History". METU - Middle East Technical University. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  10. ^ "METU: History". Middle East Technical University. July 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference InnovationEurope was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "Sayılarla ODTÜ" (in Turkish). Middle East Technical University. 2009. Archived from the original on 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

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