Turkish Universities Continue Their Remarkable Rise in World Rankings

According to the QS 2025 World University Rankings, Turkish universities have achieved great success. The number of universities in the top 500 increased from three to five, and the number of universities in the top 1000 increased from 10 to 11

METU ranked 285th, ITU 326th, Koç University 401st, Boğaziçi University 418th, Bilkent University 477th

Türkiye ranked among the top 5 countries in the world according to the overall improvement of its universities

According to QS's Türkiye report, Türkiye's academic reputation and employer reputation scores increased. The global recognition of Turkish higher education and scientific research of Turkish universities increased

All Turkish universities ranked in the top 1000 last year climbed higher in the rankings. None of the Turkish universities in the ranking fell below their position last year, 15 universities improved their position and 10 universities maintained their position

CoHE President Özvar: “ There is no such thing as coincidence for success. These results are the products of a planned strategy that we have been implementing together with our universities for the last three years”

“The results show that our entire higher education system is on an upward trend”

“We are taking firm steps towards the ‘target of 10 universities to enter the top 500 in the period 2024-2028’ in the 12th Development Plan. I hope we will reach this target with the increasing performance of our universities.”

June 5, 2024

The QS 2025 World University Rankings, in which 5,663 leading universities around the world were evaluated and 1,503 universities were ranked, featured 25 universities from Türkiye.

In this year's ranking, the number of Turkish universities in the top 500 increased from three to five. METU ranked 285th, ITU 326th, Koç University 401st, Boğaziçi University 418th and Bilkent University 477th.

The number of universities in the top 1000 increased from 10 to 11. Sabancı University ranked 516th and approached the top 500, while Istanbul University ranked 621-630th, Hacettepe University 641-650th, Ankara University 801-850th, Yıldız Technical University 851-900th and Gazi University 901-950th.

Ege University, Gebze Technical University and Marmara University ranked in the 1001-1200 band; Anadolu University, Atatürk University, Çukurova University, Dokuz Eylül University, Erciyes University, Istanbul Aydın University, Istanbul Bilgi University, Izmir Institute of Technology and Süleyman Demirel University ranked in the 1201-1400 band; Akdeniz University and Sakarya University ranked in the 1400+ band.

Türkiye has managed to rank among the top five countries in the world according to the overall development of its universities in the ranking.

According to QS's Türkiye report, Türkiye's academic reputation and employer reputation scores increased. The global recognition of Turkish higher education and scientific research of Turkish universities has increased.

All Turkish universities ranked in the top 1,000 last year climbed higher in the rankings. While none of the Turkish universities ranked last year dropped below their current ranks, 15 universities improved their positions and 10 universities maintained their positions.

CoHE President Erol Özvar stated that the most important mission of the Council of Higher Education is to take all kinds of measures to increase the national and international competitiveness, international visibility and prestige of Turkish universities and said, “As the Council of Higher Education and universities, we are pleased to observe that our quality-oriented approach and studies have started to bear fruit recently.”

Özvar said, “There is no such thing as coincidence for success. These results are the products of a planned strategy that we have been implementing together with our universities for the last three years. In the 12th Development Plan, which is among the high-level policy documents of our State, we are taking firm steps towards the 'target of 10 universities entering the top 500 in the 2024-2028 Plan". The increasing performance of our universities shows that we will hopefully achieve this goal.”

Looking at the QS evaluation results, Özvar stated that it is pleasing to see that none of the Turkish universities in the ranking lost their positions in the ranking compared to the previous year, and 15 universities improved their positions, and said, “This result shows us that the rise in the rankings is not limited to a few of our universities, but that our entire higher education system is in an upward trend.”


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