List of research universities in Turkey

This is a list of research universities in Turkey, as classified by the Council of Higher Education. The list below shows the most recent ranking in 2025.

Research universities

Grade University Type City A1 Koç University Private Istanbul A1 Sabancı University Private Istanbul A1 Middle East Technical University Public Ankara A1 Istanbul Technical University Public Istanbul A1 Boğaziçi University Public Istanbul A2 Yıldız Technical University Public Istanbul A2 Bilkent University Private Ankara A2 Hacettepe University Public Ankara A2 İzmir Institute of Technology Public İzmir A2 Ankara University Public Ankara A2 Istanbul University Public Istanbul A2 Ege University Public İzmir A2 Gazi University Public Ankara A2 Erciyes University Public Kayseri A2 Sakarya University Public Sakarya A2 Atatürk University Public Erzurum A2 Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Public Istanbul A3 Marmara University Public Istanbul A3 Gebze Technical University Public Kocaeli A3 Çukurova University Public Adana A3 Fırat University Public Elazığ A3 Karadeniz Technical University Public Trabzon A3 Bursa Uludağ University Public Bursa

Candidate research universities

University Type City Dokuz Eylül University Public İzmir Akdeniz University Public Antalya Selçuk University Public Konya Ondokuz Mayıs University Public Samsun Kocaeli University Public Kocaeli Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Public Rize İstinye University Private Istanbul TOBB Economy and Technology University Private Ankara Istanbul Medipol University Private Istanbul Özyeğin University Public Istanbul

See also Research university

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