List of Middle East Technical University rectors

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Below is the list of rectors of the Middle East Technical University in Turkey. The founding director of METU was Thomas Godfrey.[1] The founding rector of Middle East Technical University was Prof. Willis Raymond Woolrich, an academic who served as a dean at the University of Texas for 25 years.[2][3] Edwin S. Burdell, who served as president of the Cooper Union for 22 years and was the first dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also served as a president at METU.[4][5] The first Turkish rector was Turhan Feyzioğlu. The incumbent rector is Ahmet Yozgatlıgil.[6]

Kemal Kurdaş initiated the creation of a new campus for Middle East Technical University and a large forest around it on what was barren land.
Kemal Kurdaş initiated the creation of Ankara campus for Middle East Technical University and a large forest around it on what was barren land.
METU, Rectorate Building
METU Rectorate Building, stairs going up to the entrance courtyard, 1961-1980, SALT Research
Rector (president)Duration
Thomas Godfrey[1] 15.11.1956 – 15.11.1958
Willis Raymond Woolrich[2][3] 15.11.1958 – 11.01.1960
Edwin S. Burdell[7] 11.01.1960 – 17.08.1960
Turhan Feyzioğlu17.08.1960 – 08.02.1961
Seha Meray23.02.1961 – 05.08.1961
Kemal Kurdaş20.11.1961 – 30.11.1969
Erdal İnönü11.09.1970 – 09.03.1971
Şefik Erensü04.06.1971 – 23.03.1971
İsmet Ordemir01.04.1971 – 01.04.1974
Tarık Somer01.04.1974 – 01.05.1976
Ilgaz Alyanak05.04.1976 – 12.02.1977
Hasan Tan14.02.1977 – 05.10.1977
Nuri Saryal05.10.1977 – 25.06.1979
Mehmet Kıcıman25.06.1979 – 31.07.1982
Mehmet Gönlübol01.08.1982 – 31.07.1987
Ömer Saatçioğlu01.08.1987 – 19.08.1992
Süha Sevük20.08.1992 – 06.08.2000
Ural Akbulut07.08.2000 – 05.08.2008
Ahmet Acar06.08.2008 – 28.07.2016
Mustafa Verşan Kök01.08.2016 – 16.08.2024
Ahmet Yozgatlıgil 16.08.2024 –

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