In 2025, METU worked with local, national and global health institutions to improve health and well-being outcomes. None of these institutions is owned or managed by METU.

Partner institution

Level

Scope of collaboration

Form and period

Source

Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye

National

Emergency Ambulance (112) Station on the METU Ankara campus, set up with Ministry support and operating 24 hours a day within the METU Health and Guidance Centre, with ambulance transfer to hospitals

Permanent service on campus, in operation since May 2025

METU 2025 Administrative Activity Report; METU Health and Guidance Centre 2025 Annual Report; Health and Guidance Centre website

Ankara Provincial Health Directorate – Cancer Early Diagnosis, Screening and Training Centre (KETEM)

Local

Seminar 'The Importance of Early Diagnosis in Cancer and Cancer Treatment' for students and staff, Kemal Kurdaş Hall, METU Culture and Convention Centre, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month; attended by 20 participants

Seminar, 6 November 2025

METU Health and Guidance Centre announcement, 30 October 2025

Ankara Provincial Health Directorate

Local

“Addiction and Awareness Seminar” delivered by the Directorate's expert trainers, Kemal Kurdaş Hall, METU Culture and Convention Centre.

Seminar, 4 December 2025

METU Institutional Internal Evaluation Report 2025, p. 68; METU Health, Culture and Sports Department 2025 Activity Report.

Ankara Provincial Health Directorate

Local

Training-of-trainers sessions for groups of eight people in March and in April 2025

Recurring training, March and April 2025

METU Health and Guidance Centre, 2025 data.

 

The 112 station gives the campus population of about 36,000 people direct access to emergency care and ambulance transfer, and the KETEM and Provincial Health Directorate programmes bring screening awareness and addiction prevention to METU students and staff.

https://srm.metu.edu.tr/tr/duyurular/kanser-ve-kanser-tedavisinde-erken-teshisin-onemi-konulu-seminer