Middle Eastern Technical University (METU)

Overall is open every night, and offers every kind of music, Murphy's is especially fun (and affordable) on thursdays, The Pub during the weekends.. For the rest many places to be enjoyed for more specific wishes, many good dance clubs, and bars with any kind of music..

The dorm are either for males or females, and the rules are strict when it comes to letting other people into the dorms. But overall everything is clean and well-organized.

Not many people speak English, in the university all classes should be in English, but unfortunately a lot of Turkish is used. Moreover, many students seem not very willing to use English in social situations, this is one of the reasons why foreigners tend to stick together.

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Study some Turkish before you go, it will be very helpfull in food-ordering and similar situation, after leaving campus you can be sure not many people will be able to understand you when you try to communicate in English. Good Turkish classes are offered in the centre at Active Languages, they can also provide you housing within a family or with other students. If you want to live in campus, you should be aware that strict rules apply (no alcohol, no guests staying over etcetera...), living in a house has both advantages and disadvantages. In Turkey you have the chance to travel a lot, busses are very cheap, and the country is amazingly beautiful, the advanterous people among us, could consider trips to Iran, Syria and the like...