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World University Rankings 2026: Turkey

80 universities ranked in Turkey, out of 2,287 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Turkey yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Turkey’s universities on the global measures.

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National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	İstanbul Technical University	=237	51.1	61	91	est.	114–862
2	Middle East Technical University	=517	43.5	57	84	est.	216–1331
3	Yıldız Technical University	=635	40.7	61	72	est.	316–1511
4	Koç University	=650	40.3	64	59	est.	341–1495
=5	Gazi University	=709	38.9	60	66	est.	376–1635
=5	İstanbul University	=709	38.9	3	93	est.	210–1812
7	Akdeniz University	=714	38.8	57	73	est.	384–1622
8	Fırat University	=758	37.7	63	22	est.	428–1696
9	Erciyes University	=790	37.2	59	59	est.	451–1679
10	Sabancı University	=839	36.3	56	65	est.	431–1779
11	Boğaziçi University	=870	35.7	48	76	est.	441–1850
12	Ankara University	=910	35.0	40	79	est.	447–1869
13	Bartın University	=962	34.2	56	22	est.	526–1926
14	Hacettepe University	=985	33.7	54	54	est.	499–2012
15	Atatürk University	=1037	32.5	53	22	est.	587–2003
=16	Bilkent University	=1087	31.8	38	71	est.	600–2030
=16	Bingöl University	=1087	31.8	52	22	est.	625–2027
18	İstinye University	=1126	31.3	51	22	est.	632–2059
=19	Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University	=1152	31.0	50	22	est.	640–2073
=19	Sakarya University	=1152	31.0	49	42	est.	666–2069
21	Karadeniz Technical University	=1181	30.4	45	55	est.	698–2085
22	Karabük University	=1256	29.5	45	22	est.	721–2108
=23	Selçuk University	=1272	29.3	41	52	est.	740–2111
=23	Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University	=1272	29.3	43	44	est.	739–2116
=25	Abant İzzet Baysal University	=1293	29.1	44	22	est.	755–2125
=25	Çankaya University	=1293	29.1	44	22	est.	744–2130
27	Bülent Ecevit University	=1326	28.8	42	22	est.	774–2138
28	Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University	=1373	28.4	37	53	est.	783–2156
29	Ege University	=1419	28.0	34	53	est.	792–2182
30	Kastamonu University	=1501	27.4	36	22	est.	838–2190
31	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University	=1532	27.2	35	22	est.	813–2191
32	Bahçeşehir University	=1549	27.1	31	48	est.	846–2191
33	Giresun University	=1562	27.0	34	22	est.	863–2211
34	Mersin University	=1581	26.9	21	61	est.	842–2195
=35	Atılım University	=1592	26.8	32	22	est.	844–2197
=35	Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University	=1592	26.8	32	22	est.	819–2209
=37	İstanbul Gelişim University	=1615	26.6	31	22	est.	876–2213
=37	İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University	=1615	26.6	31	22	est.	857–2205
=39	Konya Technical University	=1638	26.5	30	22	est.	885–2214
=39	Süleyman Demirel University	=1638	26.5	30	22	est.	894–2201
41	Cumhuriyet University	=1681	26.3	29	22	est.	878–2215
42	Afyon Kocatepe University	=1733	26.0	27	22	est.	913–2215
=43	Dokuz Eylül University	=1752	25.9	12	62	est.	873–2234
=43	Marmara University	=1752	25.9	8	65	est.	880–2245
=43	Social Sciences University of Ankara	=1752	25.9	26	22	est.	921–2230
46	Dicle University	=1768	25.8	18	54	est.	893–2233
=47	Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University	=1783	25.7	24	22	est.	931–2238
=47	Gebze Technical University	=1783	25.7	23	22	est.	919–2228
=47	Yüzüncü Yıl University	=1783	25.7	24	22	est.	877–2229
=47	İstanbul Aydın University	=1783	25.7	24	22	est.	933–2238
51	Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University	=1829	25.5	19	46	est.	941–2233
=52	İstanbul Medeniyet University	=1858	25.3	20	22	est.	946–2239
=52	İzmir Institute of Technology	=1858	25.3	21	22	est.	959–2237
=54	Üsküdar University	=1877	25.2	20	22	est.	909–2241
=54	İstanbul Medipol University	=1877	25.2	20	22	est.	919–2234
=56	Eskisehir Technical University	=1906	25.1	19	22	est.	958–2240
=56	Kafkas University	=1906	25.1	19	22	est.	971–2246
=58	Adıyaman University	=1928	25.0	18	22	est.	956–2243
=58	Başkent University	=1928	25.0	3	67	est.	917–2254
=58	Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University	=1928	25.0	18	22	est.	948–2247
=58	Kırklareli University	=1928	25.0	18	22	est.	973–2247
=62	Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University	=1952	24.9	16	22	est.	951–2247
=62	Namık Kemal University	=1952	24.9	17	22	est.	965–2238
64	Aksaray University	=1971	24.8	13	46	est.	919–2251
65	Bursa Technical University	=1985	24.7	15	22	est.	975–2251
=66	Trakya University	=2012	24.5	8	52	est.	967–2253
=66	İnönü University	=2012	24.5	13	22	est.	960–2250
68	Hittite University	=2030	24.4	13	22	est.	976–2256
=69	Balıkesir University	=2053	24.3	8	50	est.	996–2256
=69	Pamukkale University	=2053	24.3	12	22	est.	1031–2256
=71	Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi	=2073	24.2	11	22	est.	969–2258
=71	Celal Bayar University	=2073	24.2	10	41	est.	991–2260
=71	Gaziantep University	=2073	24.2	11	22	est.	970–2253
=71	Kocaeli University	=2073	24.2	10	41	est.	992–2260
=75	Bursa Uludağ University	=2135	23.7	3	58	est.	1028–2263
=75	Çukurova University	=2135	23.7	5	55	est.	1002–2266
77	Mustafa Kemal University	=2156	23.5	7	22	est.	1026–2262
78	Eskişehir Osmangazi University	=2174	23.3	5	44	est.	1057–2273
79	İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa	=2190	23.1	4	43	est.	1046–2273
80	Anadolu University	2286	3.6	24	0	est.	2210–2287

80 universities

Research Index for Turkey · All of Asia · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,287 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.