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
thumb|Entrance Gate of [[Istanbul University; the university founded in 1453, it is the oldest university in Turkey.]]
thumb|right|Faculty of Arts and Sciences, [[Boğaziçi University, founded as Robert College in 1863, Istanbul.]]thumb|right|[[Middle East Technical University in Ankara, established in 1956, is the first public university in Turkey to offer instruction in English.]]
right|thumb|[[Istanbul Technical University, founded in 1773, Faculty of Architecture located in Taksim.]]thumb|right|[[Marmara University, established in 1883 in Istanbul.]]
alt=Koç University|thumb|[[Koç University]]
alt=Sabancı University|thumb|[[Sabancı University]]
alt=Galatasaray University|thumb|[[Galatasaray University]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Location !! University !! Type !! Founded
|-
|rowspan="2"| Adana
| Adana Alparslan Türkeş University of Science and Technology|| Public || 2011
|-
| Çukurova University || Public || 1973
|-
|| Adıyaman
| Adıyaman University || Public || 2006
|-
| rowspan="2"| 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
|-
| rowspan="22" | 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
|-
|
|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
|-
|rowspan="5"| 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
|-
|rowspan="2"| 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
|-
| rowspan="3" | 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
|-
|rowspan="2"| Erzurum
| Atatürk University || Public || 1957
|-
| Erzurum Technical University || Public || 2010
|-
|rowspan="3"| Eskişehir
| Anadolu University || Public || 1958
|-
| Eskişehir Osmangazi University || Public || 1993
|-
| Eskişehir Technical University || Public || 2018
|-
|rowspan="4"| 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
|-
|rowspan="2"| Hatay
| Iskenderun Technical University || Public || 2015
|-
| Hatay Mustafa Kemal University || Public || 1992
|-
|| Iğdır
| Iğdır University || Public || 2008
|-
| rowspan="2"| 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
|-
| rowspan="56" |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
|-
| || 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
|-
| || 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
|-
| || Private || 2013
|-
|
|Private
|2019
|-
| || Private || 2010
|-
| Istanbul Gelişim University || Private || 2011
|-
| Istanbul Health and Technology University
|Private
|2018
|-
| || 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
|-
| rowspan="9" | 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
|-
| rowspan="2" |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
|-
| rowspan="4" | 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
|-
| rowspan="3" | Kocaeli
| Gebze Technical University || Public || 2014
|-
| Kocaeli University || Public || 1992
|-
|Kocaeli Health and Technology University
|Private
|2020
|-
|rowspan="5"| 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
|-
|rowspan="2"| Kütahya
| Kütahya Dumlupınar University || Public || 1992
|-
| Kütahya Health Sciences University|| Public || 2018
|-
|rowspan="2"| Malatya
| İnönü University || Public || 1975
|-
| Malatya Turgut Özal University || Public || 2018
|-
|| Manisa
| Manisa Celal Bayar University || Public || 1992
|-
|| Mardin
| Mardin Artuklu University || Public || 2007
|-
| rowspan="4" | 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
|-
| rowspan="2" |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
|-
|rowspan="2"| Sakarya
| Sakarya University || Public || 1992
|-
| Sakarya University of Applied Sciences || Public || 2018
|-
|rowspan="2"| Samsun
| Ondokuz Mayıs University || Public || 1975
|-
| Samsun University || Public || 2018
|-
|| Siirt
| Siirt University || Public || 2007
|-
|| Sinop
| Sinop University || Public || 2007
|-
|rowspan="2"|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
|-
| rowspan="3" | 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:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
| University
|2025
|2024
|2023
|2022
| 2021
| 2020
| 2019
|-
|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
- Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Turkish Kazakh University
- Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University
References
External links
- Study in Turkey (Official Website)
- Council of Higher Education (YÖK)