Middle East Technical University is an international university well known for its qualified scientific education and research in Ankara, Turkey. Most of its engineering departments are being periodically reviewed and deemed "substantially equivalent to similarly titled and accredited programs in the U.S.A." by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, which is the recognized U.S. accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology. METU was founded in 1956 as a state university. The official language of instruction at METU is English.