TÜSSİDE, proposed by the State Planning Organization (DPT) in 1971 for the purpose of fostering collaboration between academia and industry, was officially established on July 19, 1980, through Regulation No. 17052 published in the official gazette. Prepared in collaboration with TÜBİTAK and the Ministry of National Education (MEB), TÜSSİDE began its activities with the regulation accepted by the TÜBİTAK Science Board on November 29, 1983. In August 2002, it became an institute directly affiliated with the TÜBİTAK Presidency.

In the first years of its establishment, TÜSSİDE organized many trainings to improve the competencies of both public and private sector managers and met an important need in our country.

In the 2000s, due to the needs such as strategic planning, performance management and the establishment of internal control systems created by the reform processes in public administration, expertise was developed in these areas and projects with institution-specific solutions were started to be realized. In this process, training programs for the development of individuals in business life were continued and sector-specific research projects were also implemented.

In today's world where new technologies are rapidly transforming the way of doing business, corporate development projects of critical importance are centered on the analysis and design of management systems, the design and implementation of competency development programs, and the development of strategies and policies at the national level. In this context, TUSSIDE has focused its projects on Management Research and Consulting and Strategy Research and Consultancy in the fields of