METU-TECHNOPOLIS
Science Park Movement
in Turkey
• Started in 1980’s with METU
• In 1991 SMIDO-METU Incubation Center has
been established
• In 1996 Techno-Parks Bylaw was enacted
• In 1998 METUTECH and TUBITAK-MAM
approved as the first techno-parks of Turkey
• In 2001 Technology Development Zones Law
was enacted
*SMIDO: Small and Medium Sized Industry Development Organization
The Technology
Development Zone Law
• Enacted in 2001
• Support and incentives
– Income tax exemptions for R&D staff
– Corporate tax exemptions for companies
– Incentives for the academic personnel working
for science park companies
* Foreign investors and companies are eligible for all incentives
Science Parks in Turkey
• 31 science parks
– 19 of them are operational
• More than 1100 companies
• 11.000 Personnel (8500 R&D, 2500 Support)
• 440 Million-Dollar Export
• 230 Received Patent
• 37 Million TL (Turkish Liras) Ministry of Industry
Grant
• 23 operating incubation centers
– Managed by university-SMIDO consortiums
Middle East Technical
University
• First campus university in Turkey
• Over 23.000 students
• %40 graduate students (MS, PhD)
• 4100 MS, 2400 PhD
• 2500 academic staff
• 40 research centers, 365 laboratories
• More than 100 international projects
• P6, FP7, Leonardo, etc.
The first and the largest
science and technology park of Turkey
METUTECH Goals
• To enhance in Turkey’s R&D
potential
• To maintain a strong collaboration
between industry-the university
• To transform university’s research
outcomes into economic value
• To encourage and support
entrepreneurship and innovation
• To create suitable environment for
technology transfer
Land and Location
• Property of the University
• 1.200.000 m2 in total
• Fully completed infrastructure
• 40 minutes to airport, 15 minutes to
railway station,10 minutes to city bus
station
Technopark Distribution w.r.t.Closed Space
N/A
6%
•Total Closed Area:
2003 – 27.000 m2
2005 – 60.000 m2
2007 – 86.000 m2
2015 – 250.000 m2
>80.000
36%
<15.000
16%
15.001-40.000
25%
40.001-80.000
17%
Prioritized Sectors
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ICT
Electronics
Defense Technologies
Biotechnology
Telecommunication
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Energy
Automotive
Chemistry
Advanced
Materials
• Environment
Company Profiles
• 240 companies, 75% which are SMEs
• 3000 total personnel
• 2350 RTD personnel
(75% engineers)
• Projects carried out:
~ 550-600 (at a time)
University-Industry
Cooperation
• 492 joint R%D Project since 2002
• 876 contract with 336 different
academicians since 2002
• Cooperation with 33/40 different
departments and 90 different
companies since 2002
• 96 ongoing project with 121
academicians, 41 companies and 17
departments
Company Profiles
Company Technology Fields
Others
14%
Medical-Biomedical
7%
ICT
47%
Telecomunication
12%
ElectronicsElectromechanics
20%
Company Profiles
ICT Subdivisions
Banking
7%
Simulation and visual
data processing
31%
ERP, MRP solutions
10%
GIS applications
11%
e-government, etrade, e-business
16%
Medical information
systems
11%
e-learning
14%
METU-SMIDO
Incubation Center
METU-Twins
Halıcı Software House
Silver Blocks
Silicon Blocks
Milsoft R&D Building
SATGEB Buildings
(Defence Industry Research and Technology Development Subregion)
Gallium Block
METUTECH in
Numbers
Number of Companies
300
250
216
200
181
178
150
135
107
100
50
59
32
27
34
25
9
0
2000
2001
2002
86
61
74
25
33
2003
2004
147
96
106
39
41
2005
240
201
200
others
141
37
2006
237
35
2007
40
36
2008
2009
(1)
TEKMER
Total
METUTECH in
Numbers
Technopolis Companies R&D Turnover Figures
(Million $)
119
120
115,3
102,06
100
82,8
80
71,8
60
52,1
40
20
18,4
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(9)
Numbers does not include manifacturing income
METUTECH in Numbers
Annual Export Figures
30
28,2
29,9
29
24,2
25
20
15,6
15
10
7,2
5
1
1,9
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008(9)
* Export Markets: USA, EU, Japan, Israel etc.
Numbers does not include manifacturing income
Aerial Photo
1999
2006
The New Steps
• To Develop University-Industry Cooperation
• To Build International Cooperation Platforms
• To Promote Entrepreneurship
– Business Plan Contest
– Pre-incubation Center
– METU-BAN
• To create economic value from academic knowledge
– Technology Transfer Office (TTO)
University-Industry Cooperation
ƒ Performance Criteria
ƒ Joint R&D project count
ƒ Public priority R&D project count
ƒ Supported PhD / Master count
ƒ Center of Excellence
ƒ MEMS
ƒ Simulation and Image Processing Technologies
International Cooperation
ƒ FP 6 Projects
ƒ Cooperation with
ƒ European Investment Fund (EIF) - to establish a start-up
fund
ƒ European Investment Bank (EIB) - Distance Learning, elearning projects, Development of Infrastructure
ƒ Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan,
Mongolia, Ukraine, Belarus (to establish Science Parks)
ƒ European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD)- Financing the establishment of the Science Parks
FP6 Projects of
METUTECH
ƒ IRC-Anatolia: Focus on Transnational Technology Transfer
ƒ RIS-Mersin: Focus on Developing an Innovation Strategy
for
Mersin Region
ƒ NICE: Networking ICT Clusters-Sharing experience
ƒ Sincere: Network for Co-operation in E-Health
Road mapping
Events
ƒ ResIST:
Focus on Researching inequality through science and
technology
ƒ Smeinnov8gate:
To develop a Stage Gate methodology for
SMEs to produce profitable innovation collaborations
ƒ IP4INNO:
Rights
Education of SME’s in subject of Intellectual Property
Business Plan Contest
2005
Figures
Teams Registered:-------------------------------Teams Participated:------------------------------Teams selected :----------------------------------Teams admitted their business plan:------Companies:----------------------------------------
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2006
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263
68
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2007
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348
58
12
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2008
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Training courses provided free of charge
– Business plan
– IPR Management
– Financial management for start-ups
– Becoming an entrepreneur
Jury formed by METUTECH company owners, academicians, business men
Winner awarded with 70,000$ in cash as seed fund for general category
Winner awarded with 50,000$ in cash as seed fund for defense industry
category (Defence Industry Undersecratary’s contribution)
Office space for 3 years allocated in METUTECH at no cost
Finalists were supported at the events
www.yfyi.info
METUTECH ATOM
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METU-Technopolis Animation Technologies and Game
Development Center
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Target groups : Students
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Allocated office space : 600m2
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Completed infrastructure
(hardware, software, office equipment, etc.)
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First priority : Game development
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Limited amount of financing, mentoring services, business
consultancy, secretariat, etc.
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After two years transfer into incubation center.
METUTECH-BAN
• The first business angels network of Turkey
• Aims to support early stage financing problems of SME’s
• ICT has priority
• Founders :
– METU alumni
– Managers of successful Metutech companies
• Founders select new members
• Services are charged to members but not SMEs in the
beginning
www.metutechban.org
LABS
Faculties
Academics,
Academics, Students,
Students,
Graduates
R&D Centres
METU
METUTECH
MEMS
METUTECH-TTO
METUMETU-MEMS
Incubation Centre
Technology Transfer Office
METU-KOSGEB
Technology
Centre
Business Plan Contest
Incubation Centre
Telecommunication
Pre-Incubation Centre
Turk Telekom
Incubation Centre
Software
Houses
Mature Companies
R&D
Buildings
Mature Companies
www.metutech.metu.edu.tr