METU

• METU’s Mechanical Engineering program is ABET accredited, making transfer of credits easy to other ABET accredited institutions.
• Students typically enroll in the 3 credit fuel cell and 3 credit elective class.
• METU is an English medium university and all METU classes are in English.
• Students live on campus during the week, which is a self-contained community and an easy place for international students to live.
• Many Turks outside of METU only know Turkish, giving students critical experience in a non-English speaking country.
• A New Middle Eastern University with Modern Western World Objectives: Written in 1960 by W. R. Woolrich (former Dean of Engineering at The University of Texas-Austin) and published in the Journal of Engineering Education, this paper describes how American and Turkish academics and statesmen collaborated to establish METU at the height of the Cold War.  This historical connection between the US and METU provides the context for this exchange program.
• Main METU Page

• International Cooperations Office

Turkey

 In 2007 Turkey was the world's 9th most visited country. Although relatively unknown to many Americans, Turkey is a favorite vacation destination for Northern Europeans due to the sun, beaches, history and mountains.

• Promotional Videos
  • You can find promotional videos here, here and here.
• Travel Brochures:
  • General Turkey: A good overview
  • Ankara and Central Anatolia: METU is in Ankara in Central Turkey
  • Istanbul: Our Fuel Cell class will take a field to Turkey's largest city Istanbul to visit the UN sponsored International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (ICHET).
  • In addition to Istanbul, the most popular destinations for tourists are the Mediterranean, South Aegean, and Izmir regions due to their beaches and antiquities.
  • You can find more brochures for Turkey here.
• Photo Galleries: Click here.
  
• GoTurkey: Turkey's official tourism site.  
• Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism:
  • Ataturk: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the Founder and 1st President of the Republic of Turkey.  Anyone wanting to understand Turkey needs to understand Ataturk.
  • History
  • Tourism