METU Technopolis (Ankara Metropolitan Municipality)

Turkey / Ankara / Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
 university, campus
The studies on METUTECH project were started in 1987 to support the formation and development of high-tech using-producing firms to ensure the development of technology, and to maximize the university-industry cooperation. In addition to that making contributions to the studies that aim to enable the transmission of the results of university research into economic values and to contribute the improvement of international competitive power of the country by way of increasing the economic and technological level were also targeted.

Fundamentally, METUTECH’s existing company profile is based on software development and electronics industry. METUTECH, which has reached an enormity of 2451 personnel, 2073 of which are the researchers (86% of the total staff are university graduates, and 20% of which have Ms, Ma, or PhD degrees.) in 157 firms 90% of which are SMEs and including multinationals such as SBS, MAN, Siemens on the 60.000 sq m closed area, is the biggest and the most successful science park of Turkey. To promote entrepreneurship, innovation; the incubation centre of METUTECH serves 38 start-ups and micro sized companies; most of which are the spin offs from METU.

Webpage: www.metutech.metu.edu.tr/cms/index.php?Lang=EN
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Coordinates:   39°53'47"N   32°46'23"E

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  • It is not a teknopolis it is a TEKNO KÖY
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