page_title: Istanbul Technical University
section_title: International perspective and rankings
hierarchical_section_title: Istanbul Technical University / International perspective and rankings
caption_attribution_description: English: Istanbul Technical University School of Architecture
context_page_description: Istanbul Technical University is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university dedicated to engineering sciences as well as social sciences recently, and is one of the most prominent educational institutions in Turkey. ITU is ranked 173rd worldwide in the field of "Engineering & Technology", and 307th worldwide in the field of "Natural Sciences" by the QS World University Rankings in 2016.
  Acceptance to the university is competitive, and entrance to most of its departments requires scoring among the top 1% of the nearly 2 million applicants in the national university entrance examination known as "YKS". Graduates of ITU have received many TUBITAK science and TUBA awards. Numerous graduates have also become members of the academy of sciences in the U.S.A, Britain and Russia. The university's basketball team, ITUSpor, is in the Turkish Basketball Super League.
  The university has 39 undergraduate, 144 graduate programs, 13 faculties, 346 labs and 12 research centers. Its student-to-faculty ratio is 12:1.
context_section_description: 25 engineering departments of ITU are accredited by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Also ITU's Faculty of Architecture is accredited by NAAB and the Faculty of Maritime is accredited by IMO. Minimum score of 79 from TOEFL IBT, or success in the English proficiency exam is one of the prerequisites to register the Bachelor, Master, or Doctorate level courses at ITU. Instruction is both in English and Turkish (roughly 30% and 70%, respectively or 100% for some disciplines). Master and Doctorate courses are mostly held in English. ITU is highly reputable institution in the area of engineering sciences within the Europe. Therefore, the university provides a broad range of options, that involve highly reputable institutions, to its students for the Erasmus Mobility.
caption: ITU Taşkışla Campus
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