PROJECTS AND INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATIONS

In the last three years, 161 of the 345 research projects supported at the university are sustainability-focused. Therefore, 46.37% of the projects conducted at GTU target sustainability goals. Research funding allocated to sustainability-themed projects constitutes 55.45% of total research funding. Sustainability-themed projects primarily focus on energy, waste management, prevention of air pollution, agricultural fertilizers, and soilless agriculture. In addition to these projects, there are 19 start-up projects themed around sustainability

GTU Technopark , built on an area of 172,502.17 m2 at GTU, serves as an R&D hub in defense, aviation and space industries, energy, automotive, information technologies, biotechnology-medical, nanotechnology, finance, and software technologies. Graduate theses are conducted to meet the needs of various sectors, national and international scientific research projects are carried out, and qualified researchers are trained at GTU.

GTU Technology Transfer Office (TTO) carries out activities to transform the knowledge and technology produced at GTU into practice, commercialize it, develop existing collaborations between the university and industry, announce project ideas and funding opportunities, file patent applications, and contribute to entrepreneurship.