Middle East Technical University: 

METU is a public university which takes part in the upper group of the world university rankings and also one of the top 5 universities in Turkey. It was placed in the 201-255 according to the results of Times Higher Education World University Rankings Top 400 in 2013. (click here for detailed information) 

There are 27,000 current students, 1,700 of them are exchange students from 95 different countries. Since the language of instruction is English, you don’t have difficulty to communicate with other students. 

Its campus is located in a large area (about 4500 hectares), and has great opportunities to study, live and socialize. However, sometimes some problems can occur in the campus because of the political issues between different political groups. Nevertheless, the education level is very high and it has lots of high-quality research centers. 

You can reach the campus by public transport as well as the university services.  It is very close to two large shopping centers named CEPA and Kentpark where you can go shopping; eat at the world famous fast-food chains such as McDonalds, Arby’s, Burger King etc., and go to the recent movies in your spare times. If you don’t have enough time, you can also eat a variety of meals in the restaurant building in the campus. The average meal price is TRY 5 – 10.

For the accommodation, you may prefer the dorms (accommodation prices at METU) or rent a house around Cukurambar, Bahcelievler or Tunali Street. Renting a house will cost you around TRY 1000. 

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For More Information:

Middle East Technical University

Website:www.metu.edu.tr/

Erasmus Programs: ico.metu.edu.tr/llp-erasmus

E-mail: co@metu.edu.tr

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