Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) 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 science, engineering, and architecture in a thematic pattern. IZTECH is the only institute of technology in the country and the medium of instruction is English in all the programmes offered, which means all educational and research activities conform to international norms. The Institute is located on Urla surrounded with the natural beauties on the coastline of the Aegean Sea. The Technology Development Zone is active with nearly 150 firms within the campus. Being a research-driven institute, IZTECH takes the lead in the role of enabling students to enhance their potentials of innovation and creativity as well as enterpreneurship, which justifiably explains the existence of the Innovation Center on the campus. IZTECH offers a great number of students get the chance to go to elite universities abroad within the framework Erasmus Student Exchange Program and similarly, a good many foreign students choose to study at IZTECH, which is justifiably proud to have been given the Diploma Supplement of the European Council.