METU-TECHNOPOLIS

What is a Science Park?

A science park is an organisation managed by

specialized professionals, whose main aim is to

increase the wealth of its community by promoting

the culture of innovation and the competitiveness

of its associated business and knowledge-based

institutions. (IASP – 2002)

Science Park Movement in Turkey

• Started in 1980’s with METU

• In 1991 KOSGEB-METU Incubation Center has been established

• In 1996 Techno-Parks Bylaw was enacted

• In 1998 METUTECH and TUBITAK-MAM were approved as the first techno-parks of Turkey

• In 2001 Technology Development Zones Law was enacted

*KOSGEB: 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

• 38 science parks – 26 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-KOSGEB consortiums

Middle East Technical University

• First campus university in Turkey• Over 23.000 students

• 16500 undergraduate, 4100 Ms, 2400 PhD• Over 1400 international students from 68 different countries

• 2500 academic staff • 40 undergraduate programs within 5 faculties• 5 Graduate Schools with 93 master’s and 61 doctorate programs• 40 research centers, 365 laboratories• International Projects

• EU FP: 31 ongoing, 58 completed• Other Int. Projects: 30 ongoing, 41 completed

The first and the biggest science and technology park in Turkey

University - Academicians- Students- Graduates- Research Centers- Laboratories

Industry - Companies

Technopark

Co

lla

bo

rati

on

Am

on

g

Co

mp

an

ies

Application OrientedResearch

University Industry Collaboration

Product-oriented R&D

Commercial ProductApplications

Technology Transfer Office (TTO)

Technology Cooperation Office

Services forUniversity – Industry

Collaboration

Incubation – Pre Incubation

International Cooperations

International Cooperations

METU-KOSGEB TEKMER

Incubation Center

Pre-Incubation Center

Technology Based Business Plan Contest

Telecommunication

Türk TelekomIncubation Center

MEMS

METU-MEMSKuluçka Merkezi Software Houses

Companies

R&D Buildings

Companies

METU TECHNOPOLISMETU

FacultiesAcademicians, Students,

Graduates Laboratories

R&DCenters

University-Industry Collaboration

Technology TransferTechnology Cooperation

Technology Investors Association

Technology Investors Association

EU Project Office

GO

VE

RN

ME

NT

IND

US

TR

Y

METU Technopolis High Advisory Board

(TYDK)

METU

KOSGEB

ME

TU

Te

chn

op

oli

s

The Management Company

METU Technopolis

METU TEKMEREvaluation Board

Pre-Incubation Programmes

METUTECHATOM

Pre Incubation

Center

YFYIBusiness

Plan Contest

Incubation Centers

MEM

S

TURK

TEL

EKO

M

Tech. cooperation programmes-services Property Management

Real

Est

ate

Dev

elop

men

tBu

ildin

gs

Infr

astr

uctu

re

SERVICESSecurity

ClimitizationCleaning

LandscapingCatering

Etc…

MET

UTE

CH

TTO

Tech

nolo

gy

Tran

sfer

O

ffice

BSN

-Ana

tolia

Tran

snati

onal

Te

chno

logy

Tr

ansf

er

EU P

roje

ct

Offi

ce

ME

TU

Te

chn

op

oli

s

MET

U-T

EKM

ER

Services for University-Industry Collaboration

Monitoring within the frame of Law No:4691

METU TechnopolisMETU-OSTİM Technopark

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

>80.00036%

N/A6% <15.000

16%

15.001-40.00025%

40.001-80.00017%

• Total Closed Area: 2003 – 27.000 m2 2005 – 60.000 m2 2007 – 86.000 m2 2015 – 250.000 m2

Land and Location

3 Districts: 121.3 hectares

• METU interior: 113.6 hectares

• METU Met: 6 hectares

• METU Ostim: 1.7 hectares

Prioritized Sectors

• ICT• Electronics• Defense Technologies• Biotechnology• Telecommunication

• Energy• Automotive• Chemistry• Advanced Materials • Environment

Company Profiles

• 256 companies, 75% which are SMEs• 3700 total personnel • 3000 RTD personnel

(75% engineers)• Projects carried out:

~ 600-700 (at a time)• 205 million US $ export (not include

manufacturing numbers)

University-Industry Cooperation

• 741 joint R&D projects since 2002• 1276 contracts with 442 different

academicians since 2002• Cooperation with 39 different departments • 129 completed projects with 126

academicians, 53 companies and 24 departments (for the year 2010)

• 17 new projects starting in 2011

Company Profiles

ICT56%

ELECTRONICS22%

TELECOMMUNICA-

TION6%

DESIGN & HIGH TECH MATERIAL

6%

MEDICINE-MEDICAL-DIOMEDI-

CAL2%

BIO-NANO TECH-

NOLOGY2%

FOOD-CHEMICALS2%

ENERGY-ENVIRONMENT-AGRICULTURE3%

AUTOMOTIVE0%

METU Technopolis - Company Sectoral Distribution

ICTELECTRONICSTELECOMMUNICATIONDESIGN & HIGH TECH MATERIALMEDICINE-MEDICAL-DIOMEDICALBIO-NANO TECHNOLOGYFOOD-CHEMICALSENERGY-ENVIRONMENT-AGRICULTUREAUTOMOTIVE

Number of Companies

1 2 3

Total Company No 237 248 256

227.5

232.5

237.5

242.5

247.5

252.5

257.5

METU Technopolis Number of Companies acc. to Years

Com

pany

No

Export Values

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 - 90

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

2.910.1

25.7

53.9

83.8

108

140.3

174.9

198.1

Export Values of METU Technopolis Companies (M $) - Cumulative

Years

Expo

rt V

alue

(M $

)

Total Income

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 - 90

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

18.470.5

142.3225.1

344.1

493

676.2

938.5

1082.6

Total Income of METU Technopolis Companies (M TL) - Cumulative

Years

Tota

l Inc

ome

(M T

L)

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

Aerial Photo

1999 2006

The New Steps

• To develop University-Industry Cooperation

– EU Project Office

• To promote Entrepreneurship

– Business Plan Contest (New Ideas New Businesses)

– Pre-incubation Center (METUTECH-ATOM)

– METUTECH-BAN

• To create economic value from academic knowledge

– Technology Transfer Office (TTO)

• To build International Cooperation Platforms

University-Industry Cooperation

Performance Criteria Joint R&D project count

Public priority R&D project count

Supported PhD / Master count

Center of Excellence MEMS

Simulation and Image Processing Technologies

International Cooperation

FP 6, FP7, CIP and Leonardo Projects

Cooperation with European Investment Fund (EIF) - to establish a start-up fund

European Investment Bank (EIB) - Distance Learning, e-

learning projects, Development of Infrastructure

Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Mongolia,

Ukraine, Belarus (to establish Science Parks)

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-

Financing the establishment of the Science Parks

FP6 Projects of METUTECH

IRC-Anatolia: Focus on Transnational Technology Transfer RIS-Mersin: Focus on Developing an Innovation Strategy for

Mersin Region NICE: Networking ICT Clusters-Sharing experience Sincere: Network for Co-operation in E-Health Road mapping

Events ResIST: Focus on Researching inequality through science and

technology Smeinnov8gate: To develop a Stage Gate methodology for

SMEs to produce profitable innovation collaborations IP4INNO: Education of SME’s in subject of Intellectual Property

Rights

Total Budget: 8.9 Million € EU Support: 5.2 Million € Turkey Share: 1.3 Million €

2005Figures

2006Figures

2007Figures

2008Figures

2009Figures

2010Figures

Teams Registered 195 263 348 500 300 404

Teams Participated 65 68 58 107 82 189

Teams Selected 11 10 12 12+5 12+6 20

Teams Admitted Their Business Plan 7 9 8 17 14 18

Companies 2 1 2 3 2 4

•Training courses provided free of charge•Jury formed by METUTECH company owners, academicians, business men•Winner awarded with 50,000 € in cash as seed fund for general category•Winner awarded with 40,000 € in cash as seed fund for telecommunication category•Winner awarded with 25,000 € in cash as seed fund for defense industry category (Contribution of Undersecretary of Defence Industry)•Office space for 3 years allocated in METUTECH at no cost for the winners•Finalists were supported at the events

www.yfyi.info

Business Plan Contest

METUTECH ATOM

• METU-Technopolis Animation Technologies and Game Development Center

• Target groups : Students

• Allocated office space : 600m2

• Completed infrastructure (hardware, software, office equipment, etc.)

• First priority : Game development

• Limited amount of financing, mentoring services, business consultancy,

secretariat, etc.

• After two years transfer into incubation center.

Technology Transfer Office (TTO)

Objectives:

• To transform knowledge to economic value

• To increase financial options of Universities

• To augment numbers of patent applications

• To decrease Invention Disclosure numbers

• To make licensing contracts

• To elevate numbers of new companies and spin-offs

Technology Transfer Office (TTO)

• METUTECH-TTO established in 2007

• By the end of year 2010– 27 PCT applications,

received 2,– 13 TR applications,

received 3,– 2 Utility Model applications,

received 2

METUTECH-BAN

• The first business angels network of Turkey

• Aims to support early stage financing problems of SME’s priority

• Founders :

– METU alumni

– Managers of successful METUTECH companies

• Member of EBAN

• Hosting EBAN 2010 Annual Congress

www.metutechban.org

www.metutech.metu.edu.tr