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Nov 09, 2020 - Nov 30, 2020

Innovative and Entrepreneurial University Index 2020 Announced: Özyeğin University Named Youngest Foundation University in the Top 10

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) announced the results of its Innovative and Entrepreneurial University Index 2019 and 2020 collectively. 

Announced annually by TÜBİTAK since 2012, the Innovative and Entrepreneurial University Index rates universities based on their performance in innovativeness and entrepreneurship. According to the Innovative and Entrepreneurial University Index 2020, Özyeğin University ranked in the top 10 as the youngest and most entrepreneurial university in Turkey. Our University was also named the youngest foundation university in the top 10 in the Innovative and Entrepreneurial University Index 2020.Özyeğin University made the top 10 list as one of the four foundation universities.

The index is a culmination of a 9-month study which entailed the collection and analysis of a 1-million-cell dataset to rank universities across 22 indicators in 4 main categories: scientific and technological research competence, intellectual property pool, cooperation and interaction, economic contribution and commercialization. The index includes 185 universities with more than 50 faculty members. This year, the results of the 2020 and 2019 index were announced collectively. Özyeğin University jumped 5 places from 14th in 2018 to the top 10 for two years in a row.

The top 10 universities in the Innovative and Entrepreneurial University Index 2020 are as follows:

Ranking University

1. METU
2. İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University
2. ITU
4. Sabancı University
5. Boğaziçi University
6. Yıldız Technical University
7. Koç University
8. Gebze Technical University
9. Özyeğin University
10. İzmir Institute of Technology