List of universities in Turkey

This is a list of universities in Turkey . There are 208 universities and academies in total: 129 public universities (eleven technical universities, one institutes of technology, and two fine arts university, one national defense university, and one police academy) and 75 private foundation universities. ^[1]

Listing by location

Entrance Gate of Istanbul University; the university founded in 1453, it is the oldest university in Turkey.

Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Boğaziçi University, founded as Robert College in 1863, Istanbul.

Middle East Technical University in Ankara, established in 1956, is the first public university in Turkey to offer instruction in English.

Istanbul Technical University, founded in 1773, Faculty of Architecture located in Taksim.

Marmara University, established in 1883 in Istanbul.

Koç University

Sabancı University

Galatasaray University

Location	University	Type	Founded
Adana	Adana Alparslan Türkeş University of Science and Technology	Public	2011
	Çukurova University	Public	1973
Adıyaman	Adıyaman University	Public	2006
Afyonkarahisar	Afyon Kocatepe University	Public	1992
	Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University	Public	2018
Ağrı	Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University	Public	2007
Aksaray	Aksaray University	Public	2006
Amasya	Amasya University	Public	2006
Ankara	Ankara University	Public	1946
	Ankara Music and Fine Arts University	Public	2017
	Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University	Public	2018
	Social Sciences University of Ankara	Public	2013
	Gazi University	Public	1926
	Hacettepe University	Public	1967
	Middle East Technical University	Public	1956
	Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University	Public	2010
	Ankara Science University	Private	2020
	Ankara Medipol University	Private	2018
	Atılım University	Private	1997
	Başkent University	Private	1994
	Çankaya University	Private	1997
	Bilkent University	Private	1985
	Lokman Hekim University	Private	2018
	OSTIM Technical University	Private	2017
	TED University	Private	2009
	TOBB University of Economics and Technology	Private	2003
	Ufuk University	Private	1999
	University of Turkish Aeronautical Association	Private	2011
	Yüksek İhtisas University	Private	2013
	Police Academy (Police)	Special	1937
Antalya	Akdeniz University	Public	1982
	Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University	Public	2015
	Alanya University	Private	2011
	Antalya Belek University	Private	2015
	Antalya Bilim University	Private	2010
Ardahan	Ardahan University	Public	2008
Artvin	Artvin Çoruh University	Public	2007
Aydın	Aydın Adnan Menderes University	Public	1992
Balıkesir	Balıkesir University	Public	1992
	Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University	Public	2015
Bartın	Bartın University	Public	2008
Batman	Batman University	Public	2007
Bayburt	Bayburt University	Public	2008
Bilecik	Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University	Public	2007
Bingöl	Bingöl University	Public	2007
Bitlis	Bitlis Eren University	Public	2007
Bolu	Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University	Public	1992
Burdur	Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University	Public	2006
Bursa	Bursa Technical University	Public	2010
	Bursa Uludağ University	Public	1975
	Mudanya University	Private	2022
Çanakkale	Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University	Public	1992
Çankırı	Çankırı Karatekin University	Public	2007
Çorum	Hitit University	Public	2006
Denizli	Pamukkale University	Public	1992
Diyarbakır	Dicle University	Public	1973
Düzce	Düzce University	Public	2006
Edirne	Trakya University	Public	1982
Elazığ	Fırat University	Public	1975
Erzincan	Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University	Public	2006
Erzurum	Atatürk University	Public	1957
	Erzurum Technical University	Public	2010
Eskişehir	Anadolu University	Public	1958
	Eskişehir Osmangazi University	Public	1993
	Eskişehir Technical University	Public	2018
Gaziantep	Gaziantep University	Public	1987
	Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University	Public	2018
	Hasan Kalyoncu University	Private	2008
	Sanko University	Private	2013
Giresun	Giresun University	Public	2006
Gümüşhane	Gümüşhane University	Public	2008
Hakkâri	Hakkari University	Public	2008
Hatay	Iskenderun Technical University	Public	2015
	Hatay Mustafa Kemal University	Public	1992
Iğdır	Iğdır University	Public	2008
Isparta	Süleyman Demirel University	Public	1992
	Isparta University of Applied Sciences	Public	2018
Ankara (Military)	Military Academy	Military	1848
İstanbul (Military)	Air Force Academy	Military	1951
Istanbul (Military)	Naval Academy	Military	1773
Istanbul	Boğaziçi University	Public	1863
	Galatasaray University	Public	1994
	Istanbul Medeniyet University	Public	2010
	Istanbul Technical University	Public	1773
	Istanbul University	Public	1453
	Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa	Public	2018
	Marmara University	Public	1883
	Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University	Public	1882
	Turkish-German University	Public	2010
	Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University	Public	2017
	University of Health Sciences	Public	2015
	Yıldız Technical University	Public	1911
	Acıbadem University	Private	2007
	Altınbaş University	Private	2008
	Bahçeşehir University	Private	1998
	Beykoz University	Private	2016
	Bezmialem Vakıf University	Private	2010
	Biruni University	Private	2014
	Demiroğlu Bilim University	Private	2006
	Doğuş University	Private	1997
	Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University	Private	2010
	Fenerbahçe University	Private	2016
	Haliç University	Private	1998
	Ibn Haldun University	Private	2015
	Istanbul 29 Mayıs University	Private	2010
	Istanbul Arel University	Private	2007
	Istanbul Atlas University	Private	2018
	Istanbul Aydın University	Private	2007
	Istanbul Beykent University	Private	1997
	Istanbul Bilgi University	Private	1996
	Istanbul Commerce University	Private	2001
	Istanbul Esenyurt University	Private	2013
	Istanbul Galata University	Private	2019
	Istanbul Gedik University	Private	2010
	Istanbul Gelişim University	Private	2011
	Istanbul Health and Technology University	Private	2018
	Istanbul Kent University	Private	2016
	Istanbul Kültür University	Private	1997
	Istanbul Medipol University	Private	2009
	Istanbul Nişantaşı University	Private	2009
	Istanbul Okan University	Private	1999
	Istanbul Rumeli University	Private	2015
	Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University	Private	2010
	Istanbul Topkapı University	Private	2009
	Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University	Private	2009
	Işık University	Private	1996
	İstinye University	Private	2015
	Kadir Has University	Private	1997
	Koç University	Private	1992
	Maltepe University	Private	1997
	MEF University	Private	2012
	Özyeğin University	Private	2007
	Piri Reis University	Private	2008
	Sabancı University	Private	1996
	Üsküdar University	Private	2011
	Yeditepe University	Private	1996
İzmir	Dokuz Eylül University	Public	1982
	Ege University	Public	1955
	İzmir Institute of Technology	Public	1992
	Yaşar University	Private	2001
	İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University	Public	2010
	İzmir Bakırçay University	Public	2016
	İzmir Democracy University	Public	2016
	İzmir University of Economics	Private	2001
	İzmir Tınaztepe University	Private	2018
Kahramanmaraş	Kahramanmaraş İstiklal University	Public	2018
	Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University	Public	1992
Karabük	Karabük University	Public	2007
Karaman	Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University	Public	2007
Kars	Kafkas University	Public	1992
Kastamonu	Kastamonu University	Public	2006
Kayseri	Abdullah Gül University	Public	2010
	Erciyes University	Public	1978
	Kayseri University	Public	2018
	Nuh Naci Yazgan University	Private	2009
Kırıkkale	Kırıkkale University	Public	1992
Kırklareli	Kırklareli University	Public	2007
Kırşehir	Kırşehir Ahi Evran University	Public	2006
Kilis	Kilis 7 Aralık University	Public	2007
Kocaeli	Gebze Technical University	Public	2014
	Kocaeli University	Public	1992
	Kocaeli Health and Technology University	Private	2020
Konya	Konya Technical University	Public	2018
	Necmettin Erbakan University	Public	2010
	Selçuk University	Public	1975
	Konya Food and Agriculture University	Private	2013
	KTO Karatay University	Private	2009
Kütahya	Kütahya Dumlupınar University	Public	1992
	Kütahya Health Sciences University	Public	2018
Malatya	İnönü University	Public	1975
	Malatya Turgut Özal University	Public	2018
Manisa	Manisa Celal Bayar University	Public	1992
Mardin	Mardin Artuklu University	Public	2007
Mersin	Mersin University	Public	1992
	Çağ University	Private	1997
	Tarsus University	Public	2018
	Toros University	Private	2009
Muğla	Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University	Public	1992
Muş	Muş Alparslan University	Public	2007
Nevşehir	Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University	Public	2007
	Cappadocia University	Private	2017
Niğde	Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University	Public	1992
Ordu	Ordu University	Public	2006
Osmaniye	Osmaniye Korkut Ata University	Public	2007
Rize	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University	Public	2006
Sakarya	Sakarya University	Public	1992
	Sakarya University of Applied Sciences	Public	2018
Samsun	Ondokuz Mayıs University	Public	1975
	Samsun University	Public	2018
Siirt	Siirt University	Public	2007
Sinop	Sinop University	Public	2007
Sivas	Sivas Cumhuriyet University	Public	1974
	Sivas University of Science and Technology	Public	2018
Şanlıurfa	Harran University	Public	1992
Şırnak	Şırnak University	Public	2008
Tekirdağ	Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University	Public	2006
Tokat	Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University	Public	1992
Trabzon	Karadeniz Technical University	Public	1955
	Trabzon University	Public	2018
	Avrasya University	Private	2010
Tunceli	Munzur University	Public	2008
Uşak	Uşak University	Public	2006
Van	Van Yüzüncü Yıl University	Public	1982
Yalova	Yalova University	Public	2008
Yozgat	Yozgat Bozok University	Public	2006
Zonguldak	Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University	Public	1992

International rankings

According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings :

University	2025 [4]	2024 [5]	2023 [6]	2022 [7]	2021 [8]	2020 [9]	2019 [10]
Ankara University	1501+	1501+	1201-1500	1201+	1001+	1001+	1001+
Bilkent University	601-800	601-800	801-1000	601-800	601-800	501-600	501-600
Boğaziçi University	601-800	601-800	801-1000	801-1000	601-800	601-800	501-600
Gazi University	1201-1500	1201-1500	1201-1500	1201+	1001+	1001+	1001+
Hacettepe University	801-1000	601-800	601-800	601-800	501-600	501-600	501-600
Istanbul Technical University	501-600	501-600	601-800	601-800	801-1000	601-800	601-800
Istanbul University	1201-1500	1001-1200	1001-1200	1001-1200	801-1000	801-1000	801-1000
Koç University	351-400	351-400	401-500	501-600	401-500	501-600	401-500
Middle East Technical University	351-400	351-400	501-600	601-800	801-1000	601-800	601-800
Sabancı University	351-400	351-400	401-500	501-600	501-600	401-500	351-400

See also

• Schools portal
• Turkey portal

• Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Turkish Kazakh University
• Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University

References

1. "YÖK Universiteler". www.yok.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
2. "Türkiye'de Yükseköğretim Kurumlarındaki İngilizce Eğitimi" (PDF). British Council.
3. "Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi". Atatürk Ansiklopedisi.
4. "World University Rankings 2025". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2025-09-04.
5. "World University Rankings 2024". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2025-09-04.
6. "World University Rankings 2023". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2025-09-04.
7. "World University Rankings 2022". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2025-09-04.
8. "World University Rankings 2021". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2025-09-04.
9. "World University Rankings 2020". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2025-09-04.
10. "World University Rankings 2019". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2025-09-04.

External links

• Study in Turkey (Official Website)
• Council of Higher Education (YÖK)