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“EELISA European University” is being Established

The European University project prepared by “European Engineering Learning Innovation and Science Alliance (EELISA)”, an alliance composed of eight leading partner universities in Europe of which ITU is the only partner from Turkey, is approved by the European Union (EU) Commission.

16 Jul 2020

“Excellent Innovation” in Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease by Prof. Dr. Yusuf Yağcı

The research project titled NANOMOP, conducted by ITU academic member of Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Chemistry, Prof. Dr. Yusuf Yağcı and Dr. Antonino Puglisi under the European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Program, regarding Niemann-Pick Type C (NP-C) disease, known as “Childhood Alzheimer’s”, is selected “Excellent Innovation” by the European Commission.

08 Jul 2020

You are the Future with ITU, the University of Firsts

ITU Promotion and Preference Days, one of the traditional events of our university, are planned to be held in online platforms and live broadcasts in accordance with pandemic measures. This year, prospective students will again plan their careers with ITU, Turkey’s first Technical University, saying #GOALISITU.

01 Jun 2020

"Wakeham Prize" Award to Our Research Assistant, Cihad Delen

Cihad Delen, researcher of ITU Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Department, was awarded the “The Royal Institution of Naval Architects Wakeham Prize”.

01 Jun 2020

Prof. Dr. Cengiz Kahraman is among the top 1000 scientists of the world

Professor of ITU Industrial Engineering Department, Prof. Dr. Cengiz Kahraman was selected among the Top 1000 Scientists in the world according to Guide2Research. Adding to his already existing scientific achievements, Prof. Kahraman was ranked 808th according to Computer Science and Electronics Scientists World H Index.

01 Jun 2020

Nature Defines ITU as the Best Turkish State University in Research

Nature Index, which ranks according to the articles published in the world’s most prestigious 82 scientific journals, published the 2019 Annual Charts. According to the ranking, which announced Turkey’s top 10 universities as for research category, Istanbul Technical University (ITU) was ranked first among public universities and placed second amongst the universities from Turkey.

14 May 2020

Turkish Touch to Artificial Intelligence

Istanbul Technical University Turkish Natural Language Processing (DDI) Laboratory offers solutions to researchers working in this field and develops solutions. The research group, which is founded by Assoc. Dr. Gülşen Eryiğit, also its coordinator, contributes to many sectors in our country.

06 May 2020

International Success from ITU Rover Team

With its unmanned ground vehicle, the ITU Rover Team ranked 3rd among 36 teams in the University Rover Challenge competition, the world's most prestigious rover competition held in the USA, sponsored by Mars Society and NASA. İTÜ Rover Team, the first Turkish team to participate in the contest in 2017, continued this success and became the first Turkish Team to achieve the 3rd place in the competition.

06 May 2020

ITU Graduate Dr. Bahar Makes a Breakthrough

Professor Dr. Ivet Bahar, an ITU graduate who opened new horizons in molecular biology with her studies, became the first Turkish scientist to be selected as a member of the American National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the most prestigious scientific academies in the world. Carrying on her research on biological systems and drug design studies in the USA, Prof. Dr. Bahar made both our university and our country proud with this success.

05 May 2020

PPS Early Career Award Award to M. Reza Nofar, ITU Faculty Member

Dr. M. Reza Nofar, Faculty Member of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department was awarded the “International Polymer Processing Society (PPS) 2020 Early Career Award”.

30 Apr 2020

ITU’s Instagram Account Ranked 115th in the World Rankings

ITU’s Instagram account (@itu1773) ranked 115th, listed in the top 200 among the official Instagram accounts of 6472 universities worldwide.

29 Apr 2020

Filter and Mask Design Cleaned by ITU with UV Radiation

Assoc. Dr. Ali Gelir, faculty member from Physics Engineering Department of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and his team have designed an “Ultraviolet (UV) Based Active Filter Mask”, which can be used continuously in the fight against coronavirus.

28 Apr 2020

ITU Scientists Sequenced the First Coronavirus Genome in Istanbul

Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Gizem Dinler Doğanay from Molecular Biology and Genetics Department of the Faculty of Science and Letters, the research team carrying out their studies in the Advanced Genetic Analysis Laboratory (GLAB), sequenced the virus genome from a patient’s sample in Istanbul.

27 Apr 2020

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NEWS SERIES: Artificial Intelligence in Education

“Artificial Intelligence in Education” is the first of the news series that we have prepared on artificial intelligence, which has started to penetrate our lives with increasing use in many areas and is an important concept of the future imagination. Accordingly, we held a comprehensive interview with Assoc. Dr. Berk Canberk, Manager of ITU Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Application Research, on artificial intelligence and training in the field of increasing human resource needs in this field.

24 Apr 2020

ITU ARI Teknokent mobilized in combating novel coronavirus outbreak

ITU scientists and ITU ARI Teknokent companies and entrepreneurs made important contributions to the struggle with the novel coronavirus outbreak with their solutions.

15 Apr 2020

First Among Technical Universities

University Rankings by Academic Performance (URAP) announced the 2019-2020 rankings. ITU ranked first among technical universities in Turkey.

08 Apr 2020

International Grant Awarded to ITU Faculty Member Mert Gür in Fight Against Coronavirus

Dr. Mert Gür, from Mechanical Engineering Department, and his collaborators have been named recipients of two prestigious research awards from the USA and the European Union (EU), in both of which Mert Gür will be acting as principal investigator. The research project titled “Investigation of the Cell Attachment and Fusion Mechanism of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations” by Dr. Gür in collaboration with UC Berkeley is expected to contribute significantly to global research on developing drugs within the scope of the fight against the New Coronavirus.

08 Apr 2020

Social Isolation and Our Mental Health during Distance Education

Mental health is another issue just as important as physical health in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak.

07 Apr 2020

Flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Artificial Intelligence

In aviation, basic control methods are replaced by control methods called aggressive. Research on aircraft that use artificial intelligence technology, which we will encounter frequently in our daily life, are carried out at the ITU Aerospace Research Center (ITU ARC).

07 Apr 2020

ITU Ranks First in 5 Subjects in Turkey

The London-based rankings agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) announced the 2020 report that reviewed, 1,368 institutions across 48 subjects and 5 discipline. According to the report, Istanbul Technical University (ITU) took first place among universities in Turkey in five subject-areas including, Architecture and the Built Environment, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth and Marine Sciences and Environmental Sciences. With this success, ITU ranked 218th in the field of "Engineering and Technology", climbing 38 places compared to 2019 in the world rankings.

30 Mar 2020