Open access refers to the movement of making the results of scientific research—funded by public resources—freely available to scientists, researchers, students, and all interested individuals without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

Open science builds on this by promoting openness, transparency, and collaboration throughout the research process. It encourages sharing data, methods, and software openly, and supports open discussion of research findings.

METU supports open, transparent, and reliable research in line with its Open Science Policy published in 2019. The university works to advance science and technology by promoting wide access to knowledge for the benefit of society.

Scientific outputs and intellectual resources produced by METU researchers are shared through the university’s open access archive, OpenMETU.

For questions or feedback, please contact the OpenMETU Working Group.