Date (2025)

Event

Audience

Participants

13 January – 14 February

'Marie Curies of the Mediterranean' exhibition (EU MSCA MEDNIGHT project, with the Embassy of Slovenia) and opening panel on women in research, METU Culture and Convention Centre

General public

Free entry, no registration – attendance not counted

3–26 March

mART Fest at METU Northern Cyprus Campus: theatre, concerts, talks and exhibitions held as part of METU's community service mission; all events free

General public

Free entry, no registration – attendance not counted

22 March

Public seminar 'The Birth and Death of the Universe', METU Northern Cyprus Campus

General public

Free entry, no registration – attendance not counted

5–9 May

'Compost with Code' (TÜBİTAK 4004): eight workshops a day on composting and coding at the Society and Science Centre

102 sixth-grade pupils from Ankara schools and their teachers

102 pupils

18–23 May

International Museum Week at the METU Archaeology Museum: talks, museum tours, a walk to the Yalıncak archaeological site and film screenings

General public

Free entry, no registration – attendance not counted

30 June – 4 July

'Click, Learn, Stay Safe' cyber-resilience training (TÜBİTAK 4004 project 224B471), METU Ankara campus, completely free: digital footprint, password management, social engineering, cyberbullying and 'click and rescue' sessions built on real-life scenarios and group work

Seventh-grade pupils living in Ankara

85 pupils

July

Summer Science School with the İLKYAR Foundation at the METU Society and Science Centre

Pupils and teachers from several provinces

90 middle-school and 20 high-school pupils, 40 teachers

Monthly, January–August

'Learn & Connect: 5:40 Lecture Series' at the METU Culture and Convention Centre and Northern Cyprus Campus – free, no registration, open to everyone on campus. 2025 sessions: 9 January ('Reimagining METU Campus as a Living Modern Heritage'), 20 February, 28 February (Northern Cyprus Campus: 'Aerodynamic Flow Control in Aviation'), 6 March, 24 April, 2 May (Northern Cyprus Campus: TEKNOFEST campus meeting), 15 May, 12 June ('New Climate Policies in an Era of Multiple Crises'), 30 July ('The Search for Life and Intelligence in the Universe'), 26 August ('New Horizons in Earthquake Modelling')

General public and METU community

Free entry, no registration – attendance not counted