IZTECH Ranks 4th in Turkey and 1st in the Aegean Region Among State Universities in Research Universities Ranking

Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) ranked fourth among the state universities in Turkey and first in the Aegean Region in the 2022 Performance Evaluation of Research Universities determined by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK).

IZTECH has achieved a great success by increasing its score compared to the previous year in the “Research Universities Performance Monitoring Index”, which evaluates the performance of universities in the “Research-Oriented Mission Differentiation Program” carried out by YÖK within the scope of the “Mission Differentiation and Specialization Project in Higher Education”.

The results of the Research Universities Performance Evaluation were announced at a meeting held at Ege University under the chairmanship of YÖK President Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar. IZTECH Rector Prof. Dr. Yusuf Baran, who made a statement after the announcement of the results, stated that he was very happy and proud of the achievements of IZTECH in national and international scope. Stating that IZTECH is a university that produces and develops technology, Rector Baran continued his words as follows: “We use our academic knowledge and experience, conduct research in strategic areas for our country and transform our outputs into products that will play a key role in the development of our country. Our institute is one of the best universities in our country with the smallest number but the strongest academic staff in terms of quality. In our institute, we teach our students not only new knowledge but also how to transform that knowledge into final products. When I took office, I had three dreams for IZTECH: A university that is a Technology Base, a campus that lives 24/7, and a world university. We are working with all our strength to realize these dreams. As a reward for our efforts, our Institute has surpassed many well-established universities despite its age, which can be considered young for universities today, and has succeeded in becoming the fourth among state universities. I would like to thank all our IZTECH members and stakeholders who contributed to this success and our Higher Education Council President Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar for their support.”

Research Universities were scored by YÖK under the headings of “Research Capacity”, “Research Quality” and “Interaction and Cooperation”. Universities were evaluated within the scope of 32 indicators such as number of scientific publications, number of citations, number of national-international projects, amount of funds obtained from projects, number of science awards, number of faculty member companies, university-industry collaborations, R&D and number of patents.