Izmir Institute of Technology is one of the state universities in Turkey and one that was established in 1992 with a view to offering a high level of education and carrying out research in technological fields. The medium of education at the Institute is English. It iwas founded as a technology institution which are the most advanced models of technical universities in today’s world. Having first started with graduate programs in 1994 in the center of Izmir, the faculties have been admitting students to undergraduate programs as well since 1998. By 1999, the institute gradually started moving to its campus area in Urla near GulbahCe village from the center of İzmir, where it had functioned since its foundation. Our institute, covering approximately 3,500 hectares of land, has a closed area of about 132,000 square meters for educational and research activities and it is still developing. Izmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü" is abbreviated as "IYTE" nationwide and as "IZTECH" in international contexts.