Facts about ODTU
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ) / Middle East Technical University (METU), a state university founded in 1956, currently has about 26,500 students.
ODTÜ has 40 undergraduate programs within 5 faculties. Additionally, there are 5 Graduate Schools with 104 masters and 66 doctorate programs and a "School of Foreign Languages" which includes the English Preparatory Department. 15 undergraduate programs and 3 graduate programs are offered in connection with ODTÜ Northern Cyprus Campus.
English as the language of instruction in all its degree programs has greatly facilitated ODTÜ’s efforts to accommodate international students and researchers. ODTÜ hosts over 1,700 international students from nearly 94 different countries studying toward myriad of academic degrees.
The main part of the campus has dormitory capacity of approximately 7000 students who benefit from a shopping area, banks, post office and many eating places. Also a wide variety of sports facilities, including gymnasiums, tennis courts, basketball and football fields, jogging trails, olympic-size indoor swimming pool, and an outdoor swimming pool are available on ODTÜ campus.
