Middle East Technical University

Students
Middle East Technical University (METU), a state university founded in 1956, currently has about 27,000 students.Undergraduate and graduate students from many countries attend a semester or a year-round at METU as "Special Student" or "Exchange Student". Middle East Technical University is currently conducting Student Exchange Program activities with many universities around the world.

Academic Programs
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. 15 undergraduate programs and 5 graduate programs are offered at METU Northern Cyprus Campus.
 
Academic Year
The academic year in METU is divided into two semesters. The first term of the academic year generally begins in the last week of September and ends in the middle of January. The second term begins in the middle of February and ends in mid June. METU also has a summer school with regular courses and an International Summer School with special topics courses for international students.

International Perspective
Since its foundation, METU, as an international research university, has been the leading university in Türkiye in terms of depth and breadth of research partnership on international level and the amount of funds generated from international research projects. METU actively took part in and managed many Med-Campus, MEDA, COST, Eureka, NASA, NATO, NSF, UN, World Bank, Jean Monnet, INCO, EUMEDIS, 6th and 7th Framework, Erasmus Mundus ECW, Leonardo and Socrates projects. METU has also involved in 59 FP6 projects, 48 of them have already been completed. Furthermore, 32 FP7 projects are still in execution. METU has 19 international joint degree programmes with European and American universities at undergraduate and graduate level.METU hosts over 1,700 international students from nearly 94 different countries studying and conducting their research at various academic programs.METU, with 168 Erasmus agreements and 182 bilateral exchange and cooperation agreements with universities in developing countries, annually sends 350 students and 60 teaching staff and hosts 300 students and 50 teaching staff/researchers.METU has been a member of many associations and networks specializing on international education and exchange such as EUA, EAIE, IIE, GE3, CEASAR, SEFI, CIEE. METU has actively participates in AIESEC and IAESTE summer internship programs.METU highly values external assessment, accreditation and certification by international organizations, and is committed to a "quality culture". The University has completed the process of "Institutional Evaluation" by the EUA in 2002. As a part of its objective to keep up world-quality education, in 1991 METU initiated a long-term program to have all its engineering programs accredited by the United States Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The Engineering Faculty now has all its thirteen undergraduate programs accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (www.abet.org).

High Standards of Education
METU commited to maintaining a high standard of education by international standards. All undergraduate programs under the Faculty of Engineering were evaluated by ABET, at METU's request.  All undergraduate programs were accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (www.abet.org).