• In the campus, the law "Road Traffic Regulations" dated 27.10.1996 and numbered 4199 is applied. The owners of private cars should abide by the following administrative Rules, Prohibitions and Preventive Measures. Those, who do not abide by the rules, are going to receive disciplinary measures. And if they repeat their actions, their stickers will be cancelled.
• Cars stop at the gates of METU and they can drive along only after the officers at the gates see the stickers on the cars. It is obligatory to stick the stickers on the window in front of the car. These stickers are bought from Directorate of Domestic Affairs. Those cars, which do not have stickers, must take visitor's card from the gates in order to enter the campus.
• Cars can park to parking places whose color match with the color on your sticker. The color codes of the parking places are indicated under the parking sign, which is "P".
• There are different parking places for academic personnel, administrative personnel and students; therefore cars cannot park those places belonging to another group even for a very short period of time.
• Cars cannot park on the sidewalks of the main roads.
• Drivers should obey the traffic signs, speed barriers, and the warnings of the officers.
• The stickers cannot be transferred to or used by somebody else because they are given according to the status of that person. If this rule is violated, the sticker will be cancelled and the person will not receive stickers anymore.
• Motorcyclists must buy a sticker as well as drivers and they must wear a helmet.
• If you are caught violating the rules while driving (speed, overtaking where prohibited, going against the direction of traffic flow, performing illegal turning maneuver etc.) traffic officers will carry out the disciplinary procedures and if you are caught repeating your offence, your car will not be taken into campus any more.
• Maximum speed limit in the campus is 50 km per hour, but at places where there are more pedestrians, the maximum speed limit is 30 km per hour.
• Giving way to pedestrians and always wearing a safety belt is obligatory.
• Those students, with the sticker of the Cultural Convention Center Parking Area and Dormitories Parking Area, can only park in these places. Those cars having a local sticker (yellow sticker) can park in Cultural Convention Center Parking Area and Dormitories Parking Area as well.
• The students in the dormitory cannot take local stickers.

Sports activities are carried out by Directorate of Sports Activities which is within the scope of Office of Health, Culture and Sports.

At our university, our students and staff can participate in sports activities in many branches. With the start of the academic calendar, sports courses and tournaments are organized in various branches. In addition, our teams represent our university in intercollegiate sports competitions. Our students have the opportunity to participate in the sports teams of their choice by participating in the team selections held every year.

Our university's sports facilities are open between 09.30 and 21.30 hours, except on Sundays, users need to make a reservation for the facility they want to use with the online reservation system. Our gyms are usually reserved for training for sports teams at certain times in the evenings and on Saturdays. Click to make an online reservation.

• Outdoor Pool
• Indoor Pool (Olympic)
• 3 Gymnasia
• Stadium (13.000 seats for spectators and a running track with 6 lanes)
• Tennis Courts (15 outdoor - 5 indoor, 6 outdoor, 2 outdoor clay courts)
• Fitness Centers (Sports Center and Baraka Gym)
• Squash Courts (Sports Center)
• Table Tennis tables (Great Gym / Mirrored Hall)
• Carpet Football Fields (3 pieces)
• Outdoor Basketball Courts
• Outdoor Volleyball Court
• Football fields of different sizes (7 units)
• Yalıncak Running Tracks (2 km short and 6 km long tracks)
• Synthetic Turf Field
• The track where open field strength training can be done (in front of the Turf Football Fields)
• The area around Eymir Lake where walking/running and cycling can be done

For detailed information about the facilities: https://spormd.metu.edu.tr/en/facilities

* Every session (between 09:00-20:45) is 75 minutes at the indoor pool and there are 15-min intervals between these sessions. Every one in the pool should leave the pool at the end of each session.

Sauna reservations can be made until 10:00 within a day.

* Please visit Student Clubs and Societies page to access the available web sites of these groups.

The Eymir Lake is within the boundaries of METU territory and 20 kilometers away from the main campus. The lake and its surroundings are ideal places for activities like rowing, fishing, having picnic etc. There are places to dine around the lake as well.

• Table d'hôte meal is served in the Student Cafeteria at noon and in the evening at weekdays.
• Every department has its own student canteen, and those canteens serve between 08:00 and 16:00. The cafes in various buildings usually serve lunch at noon. In those cafes one can also find soft drinks, coffee, tea, sandwiches, etc.
• The canteens in the dormitories serve between 07:30 and 23:30.
• The Shopping Center on campus is open between 08:30 and 23:30. In the Shopping Center restaurants serving hot meal, fast food, pizza, kebab, etc. can be found.