ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

HISTORY

1773
Imperial School of
Naval Engineering

1909

1944

Mekteb-i Alisi, School of

Engineering and
Architecture

Transformed into
Istanbul Technical
University

1795

1914

Imperial School of
Military Engineering

Alumni

1970
Ayazaa Main
Campus

1988
Maritime Faculty

1974
Beginning of
undergraduate and
graduate education

2014
241th year in
higher education

ITU CAMPUSES

Ayazaa Main Campus

Takla Campus

Gmsuyu Campus

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Mines
Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Eng.
Faculty of Sciences and Letters
Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Faculty of Naval Architecture and Ocean Eng.
Faculty of Computer Eng. and Informatics

Faculty of Architecture
Institute of Social Sciences

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Facuty of Textile Technologies and
Fashion Design

Maka Campus

Tuzla Campus

Faculty of Management
School of Foreign Languages
Conservatory of Turkish Music

Maritime Faculty

Institute of Sciences and Technology

Institute of Energy
Institute of Informatics
Institute of Earth Sciences
Institute of Earthquake Eng. Disaster Mgmt.

EDUCATION @ ITU

Academic Staff

2.200 Academic members

Undergraduate Education

40 Degree Programs, 21.000 students

Graduate Education

144 graduate degree programs, 7.000 students

6 Graduate Institutes

Science and Technology

Social Sciences
Energy
Earth Sciences
Informatics
Earthquake Eng. and Disaster Management

Alumni

130.000 graduates

UNIVERSITY

COUNTRY

Number of accredited programs

stanbul Teknik niversitesi

Turkey

23

EDUCATION @ ITU

100 % English programs

Accredited by the Commission on English Language Accreditation, CEA
Largest Dual Degree Program among Turkish Universities
(1.327 Students 12 Majors and 9 American Universities)
Programs

Universities

Civil Engineering

SUNY-Buffalo

Environmental Engineering

SUNY-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

Electronics and Telecommunication

Engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Civil Engineering

University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

Nanotechnology research and fabrication Facility

MEMS Research Center
Energy Institute
National Research Center on Membrane Technologies
Advanced Mineralogy Mineral Deposit R&D Center
Earthquake and Disaster Management Institute
Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences
National Center for High Performance Computing
Mechatronics Education and Research Center
Molecular Biology, Biotechnology & Genetics Research Center
Center for Satellite Communications and Remote Sensing
Prof. Adnan Tekin Applied Research Center of Materials Science and Production Technologies
Controls and Avionics Laboratory
Aeronautics Research Center
More than 360 research laboratories with 4000 state-of-theart equipments on campus available for reserve-and-use
All infrastructure are in service for universities and industry

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

Nanotechnology research and fabrication Facility

MEMS Research Center
Energy Institute
National Research Center on Membrane Technologies
Advanced Mineralogy Mineral Deposit R&D Center
Earthquake and Disaster Management Institute
Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences
National Center for High Performance Computing
Mechatronics Education and Research Center
Molecular Biology-Botechnology&Genetics Research Center
Center for Satellite Communications and Remote Sensing
Prof. Adnan Tekin Applied Research Center of Materials Science and Production Technologies
Controls and Avionics Laboratory
Aeronautics Research Center
More than 360 research laboratories with 4000 state-of-theart equipment on campus available for reserve-and-use
All infrastructure are in service for universities and industry

ITU TECHNOPARK Advanced Research and Innovation (ARI)

A Technopark is where Universities, research institutions and industrial

organizations work together to execute R&D activities and to develop
innovative products. At ITU TECHNOPARK, economical and social
structures are combined with university staff & students.

Total: 100.000 m2 space

Annual income: 5 million Euros

ARI 3 TECHNOPARK

1.800 R&D projects

160 (26 international) R&D Firms

50.000 square meter office space, 5000 R&D
personnel

54.000 m2
40 Million USD

ENERGY TECHNOPARK
Turkeys First Thematic Technopark
5000 m2
6 Million USD

- Collaboration Models
Industrially Supported Research Projects (ISRP)
Industrially Supported Research Assistants (ISRA)
Industrially Supported Education Activities (ISEA)

Number of expected R&D Companies: 20

R&D INVESTMENT SUMMARY

Project Type
ITU Funded Projects (BAP)
Ministry of Development
The Scientific and Technological Research
Council of Turkey (TBTAK)
Industrial Research (SANTEZ)
Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA)
EU
Ministry of Agriculture (TARBL)
UDAP

Project Number
777
9

2013
Fund (Million TL)
7.9
23

182

15.2

36
12
44

3.9
5.9
5.4
54
107

MICROSATELLITE PROJECTS

ITU pSAT2
FIRST
INDIGENOUS
TURKISH NANO
SATELLITE

ITU pSAT1
FIRST TURKISH PICO SATELLITE

TURKSAT-3USAT
FIRST
COMMUNICATIONS
NANO SATELLITE
PROJECT OF
TURKEY

STUDENT PROJECTS

Each student project is funded by 25 000 $ /year

ITU Solar Car

ITU Solar Boat

Thank You

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