1. Prof. Dr. M. Fevzi UNAL Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Muhammed SAHIN Rector

4. 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

5. RESEARCH INNOVATION QUALITY & ACCREDITATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP CORNERSTONES OF ITU SUSTAINABILITY

6. 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.

7. 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

8. ProgramsUniversities Civil EngineeringUniversity at Buffalo Environmental EngineeringUniversity at Buffalo Information Systems EngineeringSUNY-Binghamton Business ManagementSUNY-New Paltz EconomicsSUNY-New Paltz Maritime TransportationSUNY-Maritime College Marine EngineeringSUNY-Maritime College Fashion DesignFashion Institute of Technology Textile Development & MarketingFashion Institute of Technology BioengineeringMontana State University Industrial EngineeringSouthern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville Civil Engineering University 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

9. ITU TECHNOPARK Advanced Research and Innovation (ARI) ARI 1 and ARI 2 78 (12 International) R&D Firms 25.000 m 2 office space, 2000 R&D personnel

10. R&D INVESTMENTS 2010-2011

11. ARI – 3 Technopark 60 000 m 2 40 Million USD

12. ARI – 4 Technopark 5 200 m 2 + 6 000 m 2 5 Million USD

13. ARI – 5 Technopark 7 000 m 2 5 Million USD

14. Academic Incubation Center 2 500 m 2 2.5 Million USD  Technology Transfer Office  International Project Office  National Project Office

15. Student Best Idea Competition Funded by ITU Alumni First: 100 000 TL (60 000 $) Second: 50 000 TL (30 000 $) Third: 25.000 TL(15 000 $)

16. 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 m 2 45 Milion USD

17. Young Businessmen Association of Turkey 5 000 m 2 4 Million USD Energy Technopark

18. 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 – 5Technopark: $ 5 Million Energy Technopark: $ 4 Million Incubator Centre: $ 2.5 Million TOTAL : $ 96.5 Million Planned Projects ARI – 4Technopark: $ 5 Million ARI – 6Technopark: $ 40 Million TOTAL : $ 45 Million

19. ITU Campus Number of Employment in R&D in 2012 Total R&D personnel in Turkey (2011) : 82.000 Digital Base of Turkey: 3000 ARI-1&2: 2000 ARI-3,4,5: 4000 Energy Technopark: 1000 Faculty Members: 1000 ________________________________ Total R&D personnel at ITU: 11.000

20. 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

21. First Turkish Commercial Helicopter 8 Crew, 2 Tons - Maiden Flight in 2012

22. ITU : A Pioneer in Turkey Unmanned Helicopter Electrical Van LPG Diesel Engine

23. 23 TURKSAT-3USAT FIRST COMMUNICATIONS NANO SATELLITE PROJECT OF TURKEY ITU pSAT1 FIRST TURKISH PICO SATELLITE

24. ITU Solar CarITU Solar Boat Student Projects Each student project is funded by 25 000 $ /year

25. Solar Splash 2011 RankTeamTotal 1Cedarville University971 2 University of New Orleans 965 3 İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi 838 4 University of Northern Iowa 837 5 University of South Carolina 710 6Kansas State University690 7 Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi 659

26. MICROSATELLITE COMPETITION, USA - 2011 RankTeamTotal 1İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi 77.49 2Virginia Polytechnic77.16 3IIIT74.50 4University of Alabama69.84 5UCSD69.55 6University of Michigan68.39 7Lake Washington Tech. Col. 67.82 8Ryerson University67.14

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