Boğaziçi University Ranked 3rd in Turkey’s Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index

Boğaziçi University ranked third among 144 universities in the 2014 Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index, compiled by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).The index is an annual ranking of the most entrepreneurial and innovative universities in Turkey, and Boğaziçi University succeeded in moving up one notch this year.

A total of 144 universities having 50 faculty members or more were included in the six-month study.Universities were assessed and ranked in terms of 23 indicators, including scientific and technological competence; intellectual property pool; cooperation and interaction; entrepreneurship and innovation culture; and economic contributions and commercialization.

The Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index ranks universities on the basis of their entrepreneurship and innovation performance, boosting competition among universities and contributing to the advancement of the entrepreneurship ecosystem.