Facts about METU
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ) / Middle East Technical University (METU), a state university founded in 1956, currently has about 27,000 students.
METU has 41 undergraduate programs within 5 faculties. Additionally, there are 5 Graduate Schools with 105 masters and 70 doctorate programs, and a "School of Foreign Languages", which includes the English Preparatory Department and Modern Languages Department. 15 undergraduate programs and 5 graduate programs are offered in connection with METU Northern Cyprus Campus.
English as the language of instruction in all its degree programs has greatly facilitated METU’s efforts to accommodate international students and researchers. METU hosts over 1,700 international students from nearly 94 different countries studying toward myriad of academic degrees. METU, with 168 Erasmus agreements and 182 bilateral exchange and cooperation agreements with universities in third countries (i.e., in Central Asia, Middle East, North America, Australia, Far East and Pacific Region), annually sends 350 students and 60 teaching staff and hosts 300 students and 50 teaching staff/researchers.
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 METU campus. Throughout the academic year, students can enjoy art exhibitions, concerts, recitals, cinema and theater events as well as a variety of social and academic activities on the campus.
