Laboratories
Middle East Technical University (METU) provides many opportunities for students to reinforce the theoretical knowledge they learn throughout their education. The practical knowledge that students will need after graduation is supported by the infrastructures in our university.
METU Central Laboratory (METU MERLAB)
There are 27 laboratories under 2 separate units within METU MERLAB:
1- R&D-Training and Measurement Center
- Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectroscopy Laboratory
- Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties Measurement Laboratory
- Electron Microscopy Laboratory
- Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy Laboratory
- Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy Laboratory
- Chemical Analysis Laboratory
- Mechanical Testing Laboratory
- Nano-Mechanical Testing Laboratory
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Particle Size and Zeta Potential Measurement Laboratory
- Polymer Analysis Laboratory
- Radioactive Isotope Laboratory
- Rheological Characterization Laboratory
- Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory
- Thermal Analysis Laboratory
- X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory
- High Resolution Mass Spectroscopy Laboratory
- Surface Analysis Laboratory
- Surface and Pore Characterization Laboratory
2- Molecular Biology and Biotechnology R&D Center
- Tissue Culture Laboratory
- Electrophoresis System Laboratory
- General Usage and Sample Preparation Laboratory
- Genome Analysis Laboratory
- Chromatography and Fermentation Laboratory
- Mass Spectroscopy Laboratory
- Microscopy Laboratory
- Spectroscopy Laboratory
Directorate of Computing (Computer Center)
- Human-Computer Interaction Research and Application Laboratory
Computer Engineering
- Intelligent Systems Laboratory
- Computational Linguistics Laboratory
- Multimedia Laboratory
- Hardware Laboratory
- Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Laboratory
- Workstation Laboratory
- Personal Computer Laboratory - 1
- Personal Computer Laboratory - 2
- Personal Computer Laboratory - 3
- Central Engineering Laboratory
- Parallel Processing Laboratory
Department of Biological Sciences: Biology/Molecular Biology & Genetics
- Biochemistry Laboratory
- Biomaterials Laboratory
- Botany Laboratory
- Plant Biotechnology Laboratory
- Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory
- Plant Genetics Laboratory
- Biotechnology Research Unit
- Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Laboratory
- Animal Tissue Culture Laboratory
- Cancer Biology Laboratory
- Terrestrial Ecology and Conservation Laboratory
- Microbial Ecology Laboratory
- Microbiology Laboratory
- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory
- Neurophysiology Laboratory
- Freshwater Ecology Laboratory
Environmental Engineering
- Air Pollution Laboratory
- Chemistry Laboratory
- Microbiology Laboratory
- Basic Operations Laboratory
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Fluids Laboratory
- Information Technology Research Laboratory
- Computer Research Laboratory
- Computer Vision and Artificial Neural Networks Research Laboratory
- Circuits and Systems Research Laboratory
- Electrical Machines Laboratory
- Electrical Machines and Motor Drives Laboratory
- Energy Systems Laboratory
- Next Generation Wireless Communications Laboratory
- Power Electronics Laboratory (BILTEN)
- Power Systems Analysis Laboratory
- Control Systems Research Laboratory
- Speech Hearing Research Laboratory
- Microwave and Antenna Laboratory
- Microwave and Millimeter Wave Laboratory
- Microelectronics Laboratory
- Microprocessor and Logic Design Laboratory
- Microprocessor Applications Laboratory
- Optical Communication Laboratory
- Student Computer Laboratory A Block
- Student Computer Laboratory D Block
- Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
- Robot Training Laboratory
- Robot Hand Laboratory
- Digital Signal Processing Research Laboratory
- Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
- Process Control Laboratory
- Telecommunications Research Laboratory
- Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory
- Basic Electronics Laboratory
- Medical Devices Laboratory I
- Medical Devices Laboratory II
- Medical Imaging Laboratory
- Integrated Circuit Design Laboratory I
- Integrated Circuit Design Laboratory II
- Software Research and Development Laboratory
- High Voltage Laboratory
Industrial Engineering
- Computer Laboratory
- Human Factors Laboratory
- Work Study Laboratory
Physics Department
- Archaeometry Laboratory
- Computer Simulation Laboratory
- Solar Energy Research and Development Laboratory
- Solid State Physics Laboratory
- Molecular Physics Laboratory
- Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Superconductivity Research Laboratory
- Terahertz Research Laboratory
- Ultra Short Pulse and Solid State Laser Laboratory
- High Energy Physics Emulsion Scanning Laboratory
- High Energy Physics Simulation and Analysis Laboratory
Food Engineering
- Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
- Biotechnology Laboratory
- General Laboratory
- Genetics Laboratory
- Non-Thermal Processes
- Drying Laboratory
- Microbiology/Biochemistry Laboratory
- Pathogen Laboratory
- Basic Operations Laboratory
Aerospace Engineering
- Aerodynamics Laboratory
- Impact Laboratory
- Control and Avionics Laboratory
- Structures, Vibration and Materials Laboratory
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
- Behavioral and Experimental Laboratory
Civil Engineering
- Geodesy Laboratory
- Hydromechanics Laboratory
- Coastal Port Laboratory
- Water Resources Laboratory
- Transportation Laboratory
- Construction Materials Laboratory
- Structural Mechanics Laboratory
- Construction Strategy Laboratory
- Soil Laboratory
Geological Engineering
- Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
- Computer Laboratory
- Integrated Watershed Analysis Laboratory
- Ore Microscopy Laboratory
- Marine Micropaleontology Laboratory
- Economic Geology Laboratory
- Photo-geology Laboratory
- Hydrogeochemistry Laboratory
- Hydrogeology Laboratory
- Geophysics and Seismic Research Observation Station
- Clay Mineralogy Laboratory
- Mineralogy - Petrography Laboratory
- Engineering Geology Laboratory
- Sample Preparation Laboratory
- Paleontology Laboratory
- Sedimentology Laboratory
- Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Laboratory
- XRD - XRF Laboratory
Chemistry Department
- Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
- Inorganic Substances Laboratory
- Biochemistry Laboratory
- Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
- Physical Chemistry Laboratory
- General Chemistry Laboratory
- Organic Chemistry Laboratory
- Polymer Chemistry Laboratory
Chemical Engineering
- Computer Laboratories
- Biotechnology Laboratory
- Device Analysis Laboratory
- Catalyst Laboratory
- Chemical Reactions Laboratory
- Membrane Separation Processes Laboratory
- Polymer Laboratory
- Process Control Laboratory
- Basic Chemistry Laboratory
- Basic Operations Laboratory
Mining Engineering
- Ore Analysis Laboratory
- Ore Preparation Laboratory
- Ventilation Laboratory
- Rock Mechanics Laboratory
- Mechanization of Excavation Laboratory
- Mine Topography Laboratory
Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
- Instrument Center
- Computer Education Laboratory
- Bio-Mechanics Laboratory
- CIM Laboratory
- Dynamic Systems Laboratory
- Training Workshop Laboratory
- Heat-Environment Engineering Laboratory
- Control Laboratory
- Machine Elements Laboratory
- Machine Design Laboratory
- Material Testing Laboratory
- Mechatronics Laboratory
- Engine Laboratory
- Automotive Laboratory
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Alloy, Design and Development Laboratory
- Bio-Materials Laboratory
- Ore Preparation Laboratory
- Casting and Solidification Laboratory
- Electrochemistry and Corrosion Laboratory
- Electromagnetic Materials Laboratory
- Hydro-Metallurgy Laboratory
- Welding Technology Laboratory
- Mechanical Testing Laboratory
- Metal Matrix Composites Laboratory
- Modeling and Simulation Laboratory
- Nano-Materials and Flexible Electronic Devices Lab
- Polymer and Polymer Composites Laboratory
- SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) Laboratory
- Ceramic and Ceramic Processes Laboratory
- SMA (Shape Memory Alloys) Laboratory
- Non-Destructive Testing Laboratory
- TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope) Laboratory
- Powder Metallurgy Laboratory
- Battery and Hydrogen Storage Laboratory
- Pyro-Metallurgy Laboratory
- X-Ray Diffraction and Fluorescence Spectroscopy Lab
- Surface Sciences Research Laboratory
Engineering Sciences
- Experimental Mechanics Laboratory
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
- Core Plug Anlaysis and Preperation
- Petroleum Production Enhancement Methods Laboratory
- PVT Laboratory
- Drilling Fluids Analysis Laboratory
