Turkish Universities Ranked Among Best in Europe
METU, ITU, Koç University, Bilkent University and Boğaziçi University
were ranked in the top 200 in the "QS World University Rankings: Europe
2024", in which the universities of the member states of the Council of
Europe were evaluated for the first time this year by the UK-based
higher education rating agency QS.
CoHE President Özvar: "Turkish universities made us proud in the
evaluation made according to the indicators such as academic
reputation, student faculty ratio, number of papers, and number of
international students."
September 21, 2023
METU, ITU, Koç University, Bilkent University and Boğaziçi University have
made it to the top 200 in the "QS World University Rankings: Europe 2024"
launched this year by the UK-based higher education rating agency
Quacquarelli Symond (QS), which ranks the best universities in Europe. CoHE
President Erol Özvar said, "Turkish universities made us proud in the
evaluation made according to the indicators such as academic reputation,
student faculty ratio, number of papers, and number of international
students."
QS published the "QS World University Rankings: Europe 2024", which
evaluated 688 universities in 42 member states of the Council of Europe.
In the Europe-wide ranking, METU ranked 124th, ITU 138th, Koç University
174th, Bilkent University 178th, and Boğaziçi University 199th. Sabancı
University (201), Hacettepe University (224), Istanbul University (228),
Gazi University (283), Ankara University (289), Yıldız Technical University
(326), Ege University (381), Istanbul Gelisim University (432), Abdullah
Gül University (445), Galatasaray University (445), Marmara University
(451), Çankaya University (455), Istanbul Bilgi University (488), and Dokuz
Eylül University (488) were also ranked in the top 500.
72 Turkish universities were ranked in QS's evaluation that was based on
the indicators such as academic reputation, employer reputation, citations
per paper, papery per faculty, international research network, employment
outcomes, faculty student ratio, international student diversity,
international faculty ratio, inbound exchange students, outbound exchange
students and sustainability and carried out in fields such as global
recognition, research ability, teaching resources, internationalization and
employment.
With this number, Türkiye became the second country represented with the
highest number of universities after the United Kingdom.
Turkish Universities Most Recognized by Employers
Three universities from Türkiye were ranked among the top 50 universities
in Europe in the "Employer Reputation" indicator, which reflects QS's
assessment of recognition among international employers. METU ranked 34th in
this list, making it the most recognized Turkish university by employers.
METU was followed by Istanbul Technical University in 37th place and
Boğaziçi University in 42nd place.
METU also ranked 109th in the "Academic Reputation" indicator.
The Best Turkish Universities in Europe in Student Exchange Programs
Turkish universities also ranked high in the categories of "Europe's Best
Student Exchange Programs".
Galatasaray University ranked 12th, Bilkent University 31st and METU 32nd
in Europe in the "Outbound Student Exchange" indicator. Fırat University
ranked 35th in the "Inbound Student Exchange" indicator.
Employment and Sustainability Indicators
In QS's "Employment Outcomes" indicator, Boğaziçi University ranked 33rd,
making it the best Turkish University in this field, while Istanbul
University ranked 62nd in the same field.
In the field of "Sustainability", METU ranked 47th.
Özvar: "It is a great pleasure to see the fruits of our work"
CoHE President Erol Özvar, "As the Council of Higher Education, we are
making intensive efforts in line with our internationalization strategy in
order for our country to become competitive with global giants in the field
of higher education and to become a center of attraction for an increasing
number of students. It is a great pleasure to see that our efforts are
bearing fruit."
Özvar pointed out that a large number of universities from Türkiye took
place in the ranking of QS, one of the university evaluation organizations,
which has become a great reputation and promotion tool, and noted the
following:
"In the list where universities in European countries are evaluated,
Türkiye was the most represented country with 72 universities after the
United Kingdom. Our universities made us proud in the evaluation made
according to the indicators such as academic reputation, student faculty
ratio, number of papers, and the number of international students.
I would like to congratulate METU, ITU, Koç University, Bilkent University,
Boğaziçi University, Koç University, Bilkent University and Boğaziçi
University, and all other universities that made it into the top 200. I
hope that the number of universities that have achieved high success not
only in QS's regional rankings but also in the world rankings will increase
in the future and that our successful universities will raise the bar even
higher."