Prof. Dr. M. Fevzi UNAL

Vice Rector

Prof. Dr. Muhammed SAHIN

Rector

Academic Staff

2200 Academic members

Undergraduate Education

40 Degree Programs, 19000 students

Graduate Education

144 graduate degree programs, 7000 students

6 Graduate Institutes• Science and Technology• Social Sciences• Energy• Earth Sciences • Informatics,• Earthquake Eng. and Disaster Management

Alumni

130 000 graduates, 2 former Presidents and 3 Prime Ministers of Turkey

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

CORNERSTONES OF ITU

SUSTAINABILITY

Continuous Improvement at ITU (2009-2011)

100 % English programs for all the departments in 2010/2011

Restructuring the Foreign Language School

17 Native speakers

Introducing a listening component into the proficiency exam

Commission on English Language Accreditation, CEA

(in progress)

Full ABET accreditation for 23 engineering programs

The largest number of engineering programs

accredited by ABET in the World.

Testing center for the American Professional Engineering,

Fundamentals of Engineering & PE Exam.

ITU: A Gender Friendly University

34% of Students

45% of Faculty

23% of Deans

60% of President Advisors

2 out of 3 Vice Presidents are Female

Programs Universities Civil Engineering University at Buffalo

Environmental Engineering University at Buffalo

Information Systems Engineering SUNY-Binghamton

Business Management SUNY-New Paltz

Economics SUNY-New Paltz

Maritime Transportation SUNY-Maritime College

Marine Engineering SUNY-Maritime College

Fashion Design Fashion Institute of Technology

Textile Development & Marketing Fashion Institute of Technology

Bioengineering Montana State University

Industrial Engineering Southern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville

Civil EngineeringUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–

Champaign

International Dual Degree Programs

Largest Dual Degree Program among Turkish Universities 1300 Students / 12 Majors and 8 American Universities

2+2

3+2

ITU TECHNOPARK

Advanced Research and Innovation (ARI)

ARI 1 and ARI 2

78 (12 International) R&D Firms

25.000 m2 office space, 2000 R&D personnel

R&D INVESTMENTS 2010-2011

ARI – 3 Technopark

60 000 m2

40 Million USD

ARI – 4 Technopark

5 200 m2

+6 000 m2

5 Million USD

ARI – 5 Technopark

7 000 m2

5 Million USD

Academic Incubation Center

2 500 m2

2.5 Million USD

Technology Transfer Office

International Project Office

National Project Office

Student Best Idea CompetitionFunded by ITU AlumniFirst : 100 000 TL (60

000 $)

Second : 50 000 TL (30

000 $)

Third : 25.000 TL (15

000 $)

Top international IT companies in Turkey, members of the Informatics Industry Association (TÜBİSAD), will relocate their R&D centers to ITU

DIGITAL BASE OF TURKEY

60 000 m2

45 Milion USD

Young Businessmen Association of Turkey

5 000 m2

4 Million USD

Energy Technopark

ITU Technopark and R&D Investment Summary

Ongoing Projects (to be completed in late 2012)

Digital Base of Turkey : $ 45 Million

ARI – 3 Technopark : $ 40 Million

ARI – 5 Technopark : $ 5 Million

Energy Technopark : $ 4 Million

Incubator Centre : $ 2.5 Million

TOTAL : $ 96.5 Million

Planned Projects

ARI – 4 Technopark : $ 5 Million

ARI – 6 Technopark : $ 40 Million

TOTAL : $ 45 Million

ITU CampusNumber of Employment in R&D in 2012

Total R&D personnel in Turkey (2011)

: 82.000

Digital Base of Turkey : 3000ARI-1&2

: 2000ARI-3,4,5

: 4000Energy Technopark : 1000Faculty Members

: 1000________________________________Total R&D personnel at ITU : 11.000

OTHER R&D INVESTMENTS

Nanotechnology R&D Center

:

N. Center for High Performance Computing :

Membrane Technology

:

RF Signal Processing

:

Researcher–Scientist Development Program :

Cavitation Tunnel

:

TUBITAK

:

Revolving Funds

:

Total

: $ 103 M

ARI Technopark R&D

: $ 54 M

First Turkish Commercial Helicopter

8 Crew, 2 Tons - Maiden Flight in 2012

ITU : A Pioneer in

Turkey

Unmanned Helicopter

Electrical Van LPG

Diesel Engine

23

TURKSAT-3USATFIRST COMMUNICATIONS NANO SATELLITE PROJECT OF TURKEY

ITU pSAT1FIRST TURKISH PICO SATELLITE

ITU Solar Car ITU

Solar Boat

Student Projects

Each student project is funded by 25 000 $ /year

Solar Splash 2011

Rank Team Total

1 Cedarville University 971

2 University of New Orleans 965

3 İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi 838

4 University of Northern Iowa 837

5 University of South Carolina 710

6 Kansas State University 690

7 Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi 659

MICROSATELLITE COMPETITION, USA - 2011

Rank Team Total

1 İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

77.49

2 Virginia Polytechnic 77.16

3 IIIT 74.50

4 University of Alabama 69.84

5 UCSD 69.55

6 University of Michigan 68.39

7 Lake Washington Tech. Col.

67.82

8 Ryerson University 67.14

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