Having announced the results of “World Reputation Rankings Top 100” in March, English Times Higher Education (THE) has recently released the results of "World University Rankings Top 400 2013-2014". In the list announced on October 2^nd, 2013, METU has been ranked in the 201-225 band same as last year. Five Turkish universities were included in THE’s top 400 university list.

 While the first 200 universities were rank ordered by their total scores, the ones in the 201-400 bands were grouped and listed alphabetically within groups of 25. Amongst the universities that took part in the list from Turkey, Boğaziçi University was ranked the 199^th. İTÜ was placed in the 201-225, Bilkent University was placed in the 226-250 and Koç University was placed in the 276-300 groups.

 The criteria used in THE rankings are "Research (budget and reputation)", "Impact of Research (citations)", "Teaching and learning environment", "Income from the industry" and "International dimension". The overall ranking score is determined by taking the weighted mean of the scores of these criteria.

Amongst the five Turkish universities, METU, achieved the highest scores in "Research (budget and reputation)" and "Teaching: the learning environment" criteria the same as last year., Boğaziçi University achieved the highest score in “Impact of Research (citations)" criteria, Koç University achieved the highest score in “International Dimension” criteria and İTÜ achieved the highest score in “Income from the Industry” criteria. The data about "Research", "Teaching and learning environment" and "Impact of research" criteria are mostly collected from THE general databases and surveys while "Income from the industry" and "International dimension" criteria depend mostly on universities' declarations.

I congratulate our academic and administrative personnel, who continuously put effort into the improvement of Middle East Technical University, and our students and express my gratitude to them.

With Regards.

Prof.Dr. Ahmet Acar
The President of METU

 

Valuable entrepreneurs and business ideas have been supported by Yeni Fikirler Yeni İşler Competition (the New Ideas New Businesses) once again in 2013. Now, the entrepreneurs standing out amongst hundreds of entrepreneurs during the competition period, has been determined.

Winners of the competition will be elected and announced in the Final which will be held on 9 November 2013, in Middle East Technical University, Cultural and Convention Center. In this event, the entrepreneurs will present their business ideas for the first time and try to get support from the audience.
Competitors are given different prizes in each category as venture capital.

ELGİNKAN Association Grand Prize	100.000 TL
Undersecretariat of Defence Industry Grand Prize	100.000 TL
TURKCELL Grand Prize	100.000 TL
OSTİM Special Award	25.000 TL
DENİZBANK Special Award	25.000 TL
ASELSAN Special Award	25.000 TL
ÇALIK YEDAŞ Special Award	25.000 TL

In the Final, you can take the opportunity to meet with investors, managers, academicians and entrepreneurs. Also, you can have a whale of a time with great music and cocktail, as well as watching the pitches of the most innovative projects.