IZTECH aims to strive for improvement in the first category, “Setting and Infrastructure”. In recent years, efforts in this aspect have been considerably enhanced, particularly in certain areas such as the conservation of biodiversity on the campus, amount of planted vegetation, supplying new healthcare facilities and equipment (i.e. a fully equipped and operated ambulance and an ambulance center building) through various projects and investments. Our institute owns 35.000.000 m2 of land and approximately 28.140.000 m2 of which is currently dedicated to education and research for 7236 regular students and 1178 academic and administrative staff. According to the data provided by the directorate of construction and technical works of IZTECH, IZTECH owns a total campus ground floor area of buildings of 97.861 m2, where a total campus building area of 245.579 m2. Amongst total area, total forest area corresponds to 22.185.819 m2, whereas total planted vegetation area is 5.868.320 m2 with a percentage of 20.9% with respect to the total campus area. With the recent dense efforts, which have been continuously spent for the last three years, IZTECH significantly increased planted vegetation area and approximately multiplied twice due to the activities particularly held in the last three years.
On the other hand, IZTECH gives extra attention to water absorption. It is usual in IZTECH to see green roofs, parks, sidewalks, etc. with water absorption ability. Moreover, IZTECH separates considerable amount of its budget to the activities related to sustainability including: staff services for mass transportation to reduce the CO2 emission and to reduce private vehicles in the campus, the fuel and maintenance of these service buses, daily meal expenses of the students and the staff, better accessibility for disabled people, continuous dormitory construction because of which there is no undergraduate student in IZTECH who has demanded a dormitory accommodation and we couldn’t provide, extension of significant number of study rooms which are mostly open till midnight, where most of the labs are also modified in terms of involving study rooms for the students. IZTECH buildings are continuously improved for a better heat isolation and, significant amount of budget is reserved for the assessment of seismic behavior of the existing campus buildings, and if necessary to retrofit them, as well as routine building maintenance activities. There is no campus building which has not taken any of these services. IZTECH has an aim to fully implement all facilities within the campus for disable and maternity care. We carefully identified the deficiencies we observed in previous years in this context and allocated a significant budget to address them within this year. We can proudly say that there is no building within our campus that poses challenges in terms of disabled, special needs, and/or maternity care. In 2025, we have reserved 3 additional lactation rooms fully equipped with required furniture for each faculty building to improve our insights. Tactile warning surfaces and non-slip tape installations were carried out inside and outside of all buildings in the campus. All buildings in the campus have accessible ramps. Protective curbs were added to the edges of the ramps. Directional signage was installed inside and outside, and Braille was added to door nameplates, positioned at the height compliant with TS 9111, for all buildings. An audible floor information system was installed for the existing accessible elevators, providing audible information inside and outside. Directions were provided to accessible toilets and the elevators. The interior stair handrails were revised to comply with the standards. The undersides of the stairs were closed to provide a minimum height of 220 cm. Accessible toilets were arranged to comply with the standards. Braille alphabet information and warning signs were applied to the elevators. An induction loop system was installed in the elevators. Pull cord and presence sensor systems were added to the accessible toilets. Installation of voice evacuation system devices for emergency exits was carried out.
Security infrastructure is fully available and operational on our campus. Our campus has 3 entrances and each of them is controlled by security and camera systems. In IZTECH, we have a clinic on the campus with capability of providing first aid, emergency room, and certified health personnel including nurses and medical doctors. The clinic has capability to perform dental examination and treatment, vaccination, emergency service and laboratory. We also care about conservation of plants, animals, and wildlife, genetic resources for food and agriculture and we secure them in conservation facilities. In 2025, we fully implemented campus biodiversity conservation strategy plan in line with our vision. We have two greenhouses on campus, which are used for plant science research activities and ornamental plant propagation for campus landscape gardening. The research activities are conducted by the Izmir Institute of Technology Plant Science Application and Research Center (PSTAR). The main scope of interest for that center is conducting research related to plant genetics and biotechnology. The PSTAR currently conducts several research projects in relation to the conservation of local agriculturally significant plants in Türkiye, including fig and salep orchids. In addition, biodiversity in the forests of our campus is being investigated for academic purposes. We have our own Fire Engine, which is fully equipped, always ready for intervention. Every building has a smart fire alarm system, several fire extinguishers on every floor, an integrated fire hose through the walls as well as a large fire hydrant outside the buildings. A fully equipped ambulance and an ambulance station building have been supplied in early 2024. In an emergency, 7 places are marked on the relevant map for gathering people. With well-educated security staff and fully operational modern security systems, its own fire engine and its own ambulance station 7/24 located on the campus, the security responding time for accident, crime, fire, and natural disaster is considerably less than 10 minutes in IZTECH campus.
IZTECH continuously monitors its Setting & Infrastructure (SI) indicators through GIS-based mapping, IoT integration, and digital dashboards. All data are annually updated and visualized via dynamic counters and interactive maps on the Sustainability Portal
The built-up and open areas of the campus are annually monitored and shown as seen in the below digital counter.
🏫 Total building footprint: 97,861 m²
🌳 Total campus area: 28,140,000 m²
🌿 Open space ratio: ≈ 99.7%
IZTECH monitors forest-covered areas using GIS and satellite data to support ecological research and field teaching.
Total forest area: ≈ 22,185,819 m²
A digital vegetation database tracks all planted zones, gardens, and reforestation plots.
🌱 Planted vegetation area: ≈ 5,856,320 m²
Percentage of planted vegetation over total area: ≈ 20.8%
Permeable surfaces and water-absorbent zones are digitally monitored via GIS and IoT sensors.
💧 Water absorption area: ≈ 12,887,705 m²
🌍 Percentage of total campus area: ≈ 46%


🌱 Number of monitored species and genetic samples: an online biodiversity catalog implemented into a mobile app developed by ecology conservation society of IZTECH, documents research collections, greenhouses, and conservation zones at the campus.
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