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.

Listing by location

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 2010Private2020 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) Special1937 Antalya Akdeniz University Public 1982 Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Public 2015 Alanya University Private 2011 Private 2015 Antalya Science 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 1975Mudanya UniversityPrivate2022 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 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 1992Isparta University of Applied Sciences Public 2018Ankara (Military)Military AcademyMilitary1848İstanbul (Military)Air Force AcademyMilitary1951Istanbul (Military)Naval AcademyMilitary1773Istanbul 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 2010Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology UniversityPublic2017 University of Health Sciences Public 2015 Yıldız Technical University Public 1911 Acıbadem University Private 2007 Altınbaş University Private 2008 Bahçeşehir University Private 1998 Beykoz UniversityPrivate2016 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 UniversityPrivate2016 Haliç University Private 1998 Ibn Haldun University Private 2015 Private 2010 Istanbul Arel University Private 2007 Istanbul Atlas UniversityPrivate2018 Istanbul Aydın University Private 2007 Istanbul Beykent University Private 1997 Istanbul Bilgi University Private 1996 Istanbul Commerce University Private 2001 Private 2013 Private2019 Private 2010 Istanbul Gelişim University Private 2011 Istanbul Health and Technology UniversityPrivate2018 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 2018KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş İstiklal University Public 2018Kahramanmaraş 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 1992Kocaeli Health and Technology UniversityPrivate2020 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 1997Tarsus UniversityPublic2018 Toros University Private 2009 Muğla Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Public 1992 Muş Muş Alparslan University Public 2007Nevşehir 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 2007Sivas 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 1955Trabzon 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: University2025202420232022 2021 2020 2019Ankara University1501+1501+1201-15001201+1001+1001+1001+ Bilkent University601-800601-800801-1000601-800 601-800 501-600 501-600 Boğaziçi University601-800601-800801-1000801-1000 601-800 601-800 501-600Gazi University1201-15001201-15001201-15001201+1001+1001+1001+Hacettepe University801-1000601-800601-800601-800501-600501-600501-600 Istanbul Technical University501-600501-600601-800601-800 801-1000 601-800 601-800 Istanbul University1201-15001001-12001001-12001001-1200 801-1000 801-1000 801-1000 Koç University351-400351-400401-500501-600 401-500 501-600 401-500 Middle East Technical University351-400351-400501-600601-800 801-1000 601-800 601-800 Sabancı University351-400351-400401-500501-600 501-600 401-500 351-400

See also

Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Turkish Kazakh University Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University

References

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