Indeed, even before the pandemic, the movement of worldwide destitution decrease was decelerating, and it was expected that the worldwide objective of finishing neediness by 2030 would be missed. The pandemic is pushing a huge number of people once more into extraordinary neediness. While the pandemic has featured the need to fortify social insurance and crisis readiness and reaction, those measures are not sufficient to defend poor people and the helpless, who most need them.

The accompanying exploration ventures have been explicitly adjusted to Sustainable Development Goal 1 and the plan to end poverty in the entirety of its structures all over. Academics and researchers in ITU work on various subjects following SDG 1.

These undertakings and activities are instances of the University's commitment to the SDGs.

Free Soup Truck

"Free Soup Truck program will provide all students free soup service without looking their financial income."

Open Digital Innovation Hub

This research aims to build a self-sustaining house which will serve as an Open Digital Innovation Hub (ODIH) for the entrepreneurs and researchers.

ITU Incubation Center Supports All New Entrepreneurs

Our university provides several mentorship programmes and tranining workshops by ITU Çekirdek.

The Campus is a Happy Home for Many

Our university is trying to provide an environment where everyone can smile.

Heirloom Seeds into The Campus Garden

Cooperating with the Buğday Association for supporting the ecological life (est. 2002), volunteer students have started vegetable beds in the Taşkışla campuss, as a part of the project “Nature friendly Urban Gardens – Seeds to the Campuss” by Buğday.

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