METU-TEKPOL was founded in 1997 at the Middle East Technical University with the explicit objective to supply science and technology policy related human capital for the government bodies and other related organizations and to conduct research in science, technology and innovation policy issues. METU-TEKPOL has experience in commissioned research as well as national and international projects as coordinator and partner. In the last five years 8 large-medium scale and more than 10 small-scale projects were successfully completed. METU-TEKPOL has vast experience in science, technology and innovation related issues in general and policy making such as impact assessment, clustering, high-tech industry studies such as defense, automotive and ICT, and more traditional industry studies such as furniture and technology transfer.
Through joint-projects, organization of conferences, consultancy activities and alumni placement METU-TEKPOL is a central node in the national network of science, technology and innovation policy. The research center is linked to ministries, development agencies, TUBITAK, Undersecretariat of Defense, Turkish Patent Institute (TPE), Technology Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV), major defense industry companies such as TAI and ASELSAN, Industrial Districts such as OSTIM and IVEDIK, Technology Development Zones such as METU-TECH and CYBERPARK. METU-TEKPOL is linked to many reputable international universities, research institutes and organizations such as the European Commission, UNU-MERIT, GLOBELICS, IPTS-JRC, FEMISE, Telecom Ecole de Management, Department of Technology Management of Eindhoven University and Economic Research Forum.
