By extending its physical premises and academic staff, FEAS remains host to a number of interdisciplinary programs such as Eurasian Studies, European Integration, European Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, Urban Policy Planning and Local Governments that have flourished in the interstices of various departments under the auspices of the Graduate School of Social Sciences. As the relative weight of graduate programs has increased in FEAS, it is no coincidence that a number of research centers have also come into existence. Each department now has a research center that coincides with its field of specialization. In addition, there is the Center for European Studies that is placed directly under the umbrella of FEAS that has quickly emerged as one of the foremost institutions of research in its field in Turkey. FEAS also has been home to an academic journal that has by now become a tradition in its own right, namely, METU Studies in Development.  This journal is multidisciplinary in coverage linguistically hybrid. With its organizational structure and activities, more than half a century after its first launching, 

           We pride ourselves in having an increasingly internationalized academic staff as well as students, both assisted by eager administrative personnel. FEAS is now a leading exemplary institution on the Turkish academic scene that seeks continuously to take part in and to contribute to the regional, European and global networks of international academic exchange. In this context, the two joint programs with State University of New York of the Department of Business Administration, and the Department of Political Science and Public Administration together with the Department of International Relations deserve mention. Last but not least, FEAS extends academic assistance to programs in economics and administrative sciences at the rapidly developing Northern Cyprus Campus of our university.