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Fire-Up ChangeMakers is a program to build a student-led community to create change on campus, focusing on fostering entrepreneurship and social innovation capabilities of the students. It is run by Middle East Technical University Entrepreneurship Research Center (METU GIMER), İTU GINOVA and BRIGHT. The program offers a blended learning environment with experiential exercises, online videos, reading materials and executional tasks for the participants.The 6-week online training program requires hard work and a commitment to learn and apply entrepreneurial skills.
Apart from these, entrepreneurship is also supported by courses, minor and master programs at METU. Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship, Economics of Technology and Innovation, System Thinking, Applied Innovation Based Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Interdisciplinary Problem Solving/Interdisciplinary Design Studio are some courses including I&E topics. Also, there are Entrepreneurship and General Management minor programs and MBA, EMBA master programs offered by Business Administration Department. Student Clubs (METU Business, METU R&D, METU Young Entrepreneurs, METU Management Consulting, Tech For Startup, METU GDSC, METU Statistics, METU AI, METU Blockchain, METU Mech, IEEE METU Branch, METU Robotics…)AdımODTÜ Undergraduate Research ProjectInterdisciplinary Design Studio/ Design Factory, FabLabFire-Up Changemakers Program /METU Entrepreneurship CenterEntrepreneurship, General Management Minor ProgramsMBA, EMBA, Science and Technology Policy Master Programs I&E Courses:Fundamentals of EntrepreneurshipEconomics of Technology and InnovationSystems Thinking Applied Innovation Based Entrepreneurship Social EntrepreneurshipInterdisciplinary Problem Solving/Interdisciplinary Design Studio </blockquote>
=='''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship:'''==
METU is known as a research university. METU supports faculty members by funding with the cooperation of METU Office of Sponsored Projects and TÜBİTAK(The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). Faculty members in METU remarked that the university is very supportive for research activities.[https://www.metu.edu.tr/researchers/interviews (1)]