Yildiz Technical University

Yildiz Technical University (YTU) is one of the seven public universities situated in İstanbul besides being the 3rd oldest university of Turkey with its history dating back to 1911. YTU occupies a prominent position among the universities and research institutions in Turkey. We offer an inspiring research environment and provide a comprehensive education for our students, as well as creating jobs through the launch of spin-off enterprises. YTU is renowned for its excellent education, its cutting-edge fundamental research and its efforts to put new knowledge and innovations directly into practice. Our educational ethos is built on the premise that education can transform lives and unlock the potential of our students. This drives our commitment to excellence in teaching, learning, and graduate outcomes – preparing our students to shape the world around them. At YTU, students are encouraged to engage with the university’s research projects, many of which are incorporated into its teaching. Our pioneering spirit is to form a globally connected network of education, research and industrial engagement. Teaching at Yildiz Technical University is always strongly informed by up-to-date research and driven by the latest scientific findings from outside academia. Today, the university encompasses 45 Bachelor degree programs, 140 M.S. programs, and 72 Ph.D. programs has over 37.000+ students from 100+ countries and 1627 academic staff. YTU is one of the top research universities in Turkey and has more than 300 research laboratories. YTU enjoys a well-connected international community with 400+ higher education institutions from 50+ countries all over the world, participating in 800+ international agreements offering exchange programs, academic activities, joint projects, and such. 2000+ international students, graduate, and undergraduate altogether, from 100+ countries, make YTU classrooms and laboratories a breeding ground for innovation and creativity Our research brings together talented, passionate, and dedicated people as they strive to make discoveries that have a real impact on lives and societies across the world. YTU has been founded so as to provide a user interface for our national and international shareholders with increased cooperative opportunities by facilitating access to the facilities and the capacity of YTU and with a listing of the industrial services provided. In line with the 21st-century entrepreneur university model making contributions to R&D activities of our country, Yildiz Technical University commenced operations in technological development areas and founded Yildiz Technopark in 2003. Yildiz Technopark hosts a lot of R&D companies in many sectors such as software, information, and communication technologies, telecommunication, electronics, the pharmaceutical industry, machine and equipment industry, chemistry, aviation industry, defense industry, civil work, and food industry. Yildiz Technology Transfer Office (TTO) offers services to academics, researchers, students, business world, and entrepreneurs in areas such as drafting and developing R&D projects; registration, protection, and commercialization of intellectual property rights; corporatization and entrepreneurship. Yildiz TTO entails units for Corporate Communication, Project Support, University-Industry Cooperation, Intellectual Property Rights, and Entrepreneurship. Yildiz Incubation Center is an incubator and catalyzer program that offers entrepreneurs with ideas services such as office and workshop spaces, infrastructure, laboratories, training, and mentorship from idea to corporatization and commercialization.