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), 75 private foundation universities, four two-year granting institutions. ^[1]

Listing by location (provinces)

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.

Bilkent University in Ankara, founded in 1984, is the first private non-profit university in Turkey.

Koç University

Sabancı University

Galatasaray University

Province	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

Further education

Province	University	Type	Founded
Istanbul	Istanbul Health and Social Sciences Vocational School	Private	2010
	Ataşehir Adıgüzel Vocational School	Private	2012
	Istanbul Şişli Vocational School	Private	2012
İzmir	İzmir Kavram Vocational School	Private	2007

Former / Closed

Province	University	Type	Founded	Closed
Adana	Kanuni University	Private	2013	2016
Ankara	İpek University	Private	2011	2016
	Turgut Özal University	Private	2008	2016
	Gülhane Military Medical Academy (Military)	Special	1898	2016
	Anka Technology University	Private	2013	2016
Bursa	Bursa Orhangazi University	Private	2011	2016
Diyarbakır	Selahaddin Eyyubi University	Private	2013	2016
Gaziantep	Zirve University	Private	2009	2016
Istanbul	Fatih University	Private	1996	2016
	Istanbul Şehir University	Private	2008	2020
	Murat Hudavendigar University	Private	2012	2016
	Süleyman Şah University	Private	2010	2016
	Turkish War Colleges (military)	Special	1848	2016
İzmir	Gediz University	Private	2008	2016
	İzmir University	Private	2007	2016
	Şifa University	Private	2010	2016
Kayseri	Melikşah University	Private	2008	2016
Konya	Mevlana University	Private	2009	2016
Samsun	Canik Başarı University	Private	2012	2016

International rankings

According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings :

University	2021 [5]	2020 [6]	2019 [7]	2018 [8]	2017 [9]	2016 [10]	2015 [11]	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Bilkent University	551-560	501-510	456	401-500	351-400	411-420	351-400	201-225	226-250	226-250	201-225	112
Middle East Technical University	601-650	591-600	551-560	-	-	471-480	-	85	201-225	201-225	276-300	183
Istanbul Technical University	751-800	651-700	651-700	-	-	651-700	-	165	201-225	276-300	276-300	-
Istanbul University	801-1000	801-1000	801-1000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sabancı University	521-530	521-530	501-510	351-400	301-350	441-450	351-400	182	-	-	-	-
Boğaziçi University	651-700	651-700	571-580	-	-	471-480	401-500	139	199	276-300	301-350	-
Koç University	465	451	448	301-350	251-300	451-460	251-300	301-350	276-300	226-250	-	-
Atılım University				-	451-500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gazi University			801-1000
Hacettepe University	801-1000	801-1000	801-1000
Ankara University	801-1000	801-1000	801-1000

See also

• Schools portal
• Turkey portal

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

References

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2. "Türkiye'de Yükseköğretim Kurumlarındaki İngilizce Eğitimi" (PDF). British Council.
3. "Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi". Atatürk Ansiklopedisi.
4. "TR / Bilkent Universitesi – Tarihçe". w3.bilkent.edu.tr. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
5. "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 9 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
6. "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 19 June 2019. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
7. "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
8. "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
9. "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
10. "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 30 September 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
11. "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

External links

• Study in Turkey official website
• Council of Higher Education (YOK)