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Yildiz Technical University

Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi

  • Istanbul
  • Founded 1982
  • 2 campuses
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Overview

Yıldız Technical University is a prominent public technical university dedicated to engineering and natural sciences, as well as social sciences recently, and is one of the oldest educational institutions in Istanbul, Turkey. The central campus lies within the Beşiktaş district and the new Davutpaşa campus lies within the Esenler district. Additionally, the university's research park is located in Başakşehir.

Yildiz Technical University is a state university based in Istanbul, founded in 1982. Its academic units include 11 faculties, and the ÖSYM guide lists 63 associate and bachelor programmes. In 2025-2026 it had 36,618 students; 6,864 graduated in 2024-2025 (YÖK).

Source: Wikipedia — Yıldız Technical University · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

When and where was Yildiz Technical University founded?
Yildiz Technical University is a state university based in Istanbul, founded in 1982. Source: YÖK.
How many students does Yildiz Technical University have?
36,618 students in 2025-2026; 6,864 graduated in 2024-2025. Source: YÖK Higher Education Information System.
How many students per faculty member does Yildiz Technical University have?
34.2 students per faculty member in 2025-2026 (1,072 faculty members, 1,801 teaching staff; formal and evening students). Source: YÖK.
How many campuses does Yildiz Technical University have?
2 campuses: Davutpaşa Campus, .
How many associate and bachelor programmes does Yildiz Technical University offer?
The ÖSYM guide lists 63 programmes. Source: ÖSYM.
Which rankings list Yildiz Technical University?
URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance) 2025-2026: world 11, Türkiye 11; Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027: world 801-1000, Türkiye 7; QS World University Rankings 2027: world 634, Türkiye 9; ShanghaiRanking (ARWU) 2026: world 901-1000, Türkiye 12; CWUR (Center for World University Rankings) 2026: world 1191, Türkiye 14; SCImago Institutions Rankings 2026: world 3824, Türkiye 15. Positions as published by each ranking.

Photos

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Campuses

2 campuses

Istanbul

Academic structure

Associate
0
Bachelor’s
63
Master’s
0
Doctorate
0

Faculties 11

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 372,25 136.188
    · 4 yrs SAY 18 349,79 174.769
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 24 399,41 8.275
    · 4 yrs EA 30 389,06 43.850
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 24 371,16 27.117
    · 4 yrs EA 30 387,05 46.728
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 40 387,88 13.704
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 391,06 110.109
    · 4 yrs DİL 36 468,29 3.742

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 100 509,09 7.395
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 436,23 59.147
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 100 476,85 24.412
    · 4 yrs SAY 100 497,39 12.260
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 491,45 15.313
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 55 493,86 14.037
    · 4 yrs SAY 35 506,34 8.423
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 385,34 117.693

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 404,94 92.948
    · 4 yrs DİL 40 450,09 6.525
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 424,03 71.684
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 434,47 60.840
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 437,17 58.241
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 436,56 58.826
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 30 384,57 15.764
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 454,66 41.938

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 75 447,38 48.502
    · 4 yrs SAY 85 471,09 28.588

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 60 390,68 41.633
    · 4 yrs EA 60 411,77 18.838
    · 4 yrs EA 60 446,54 3.868
    · 4 yrs EA 70 425,61 10.109
    · 4 yrs EA 50 442,97 4.470

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 70 398,95 100.206
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 414,94 81.712
    · 4 yrs SAY 80 433,96 61.358
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 444,59 51.124

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 440,31 55.112
    · 4 yrs SAY 70 445,50 50.252
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 431,10 64.296
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 469,01 30.176
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 477,66 23.852
    · 4 yrs SAY 70 497,58 12.171
    · 4 yrs SAY 2 387,75 114.458
    · 4 yrs SAY 75 502,16 10.143
    · 4 yrs SAY 2 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 463,15 34.796
    · 4 yrs SAY 55 468,66 30.427

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 494,90 13.503
    · 4 yrs SAY 55 501,91 10.264
    · 4 yrs SAY 125 487,32 17.686
    · 4 yrs SAY 65 480,46 21.993
    · 4 yrs SAY 55 485,81 18.650
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 333,49 209.455

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 45 324,58 215.559
    · 4 yrs SAY 70 435,55 59.778
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 443,16 52.481
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 375,47 131.501

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 20 368,21 30.347
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 45 365,48 33.556
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 20 413,40 4.274

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Graduate Schools 3

Schools 1

Rankings

In international rankings

From the publishers’ own lists; not part of the Yerleske Index.

University rankings →

Students and graduates

From YÖK’s official statistics; archived every year.

Students
36.618
2025-2026 academic year
New students
7.491
2025-2026 academic year
Graduates
6.864
2024-2025 graduates
Female students
%46,9
17.161 / 36.618

By level

  • Bachelor 25.876 %71
  • Master 8.076 %22
  • Doctorate 2.666 %7,3

By mode of study

  • Formal 34.341 %94
  • Evening 2.277 %6,2

Over the years

Students New students Graduates · Hover over or tap a year to see the values
Academic yearStudentsNew studentsGraduates
2012-2013——4.475
2013-2014——5.195
2014-2015——5.243
2015-201635.0296.6415.282
2016-201735.5656.4284.859
2017-201836.0136.7895.226
2018-201934.4397.6785.542
2019-202033.6227.9744.815
2020-202136.16610.0145.904
2021-202237.8769.8036.556
2022-202341.62711.2076.756
2023-202441.77510.3906.901
2024-202538.8859.1186.864
2025-202636.6187.491—
Detailed statistics
Teaching staff · 2025-2026
1.801
Faculty members
1.072
Students per faculty member
34,2

Research output

Publications, citations and journal quartiles, compiled from open bibliographic records (OpenAlex).

Publications
31.564
Citations
832.699
h-index
232
Journal articles · 2021–2025
10.771
Q1 share
%45,6
TR Dizin articles · 2021–2025
1.879
Open access
%62,9
Articles per faculty member
2,01
Publications and citations by year (recent work has had less time to be cited)
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Publications Citations to that year’s publications

Academic yearPublicationsCitations to that year’s publications
2021224530757
2022258528010
2023275023386
2024297317050
202529397752

Units publishing the most · 2021–2025

  1. Makine Fakültesi Q1 %55 1.318
  2. Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Q1 %33 1.029
  3. Kimya-Metalurji Fakültesi Q1 %48 707
  4. Elektrik - Elektronik Fakültesi Q1 %48 430
  5. Eğitim Fakültesi Q1 %62 392
  6. Sanat ve Tasarım Fakültesi Q1 %35 341
  7. İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Q1 %59 223
  8. İnşaat Fakültesi Q1 %51 219

Articles by journal quartile · 2021–2025

  • Q1 3.476 %46
  • Q2 2.512 %33
  • Q3 1.407 %18
  • Q4 233 %3,1

Articles in journals without a quartile (not in the SCImago list) are left out of the distribution.

Leading research topics

  • Multi-Criteria Decision Making
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Historical Turkish Studies
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Journals published in most · 2021–2025

  1. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences – Sigma Mühendislik ve Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Q3 269
  2. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Q1 134
  3. Sustainability Q1 127
  4. Journal of High Energy Physics Q2 120
  5. IEEE Access Q1 109
  6. Scientific Reports Q1 102

Most published academics · 2021–2025

Name Articles (5 yrs) Citations h-index
Sezgin Bakırdere Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi › Kimya Bölümü 193 6.451 38
Osman Sağdıç Makine Fakültesi 144 13.706 63
Müslüm Özişik Makine Fakültesi 113 10.900 50
Ömer Said Toker Makine Fakültesi 105 7.123 47
Ahmet Selim Dalkılıç Makine Fakültesi › Makine Mühendisliği Bölümü 101 6.844 43
İbrahim Dinçer Makine Fakültesi 97 111.050 153
Seydi Ahmet Satıcı Eğitim Fakültesi 83 4.715 29
Ümit Ağbulut Makine Fakültesi › Makine Mühendisliği Bölümü 80 10.996 59
Aydın Seçer Makine Fakültesi 77 3.446 33
Yücel Şahin Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi › Kimya Bölümü 76 8.770 46

Counts journal articles with fewer than 50 authors over the last five complete years; listed when OpenAlex gives this university as their latest institution. If a record is wrong or you prefer not to be listed, use “Report an error”.

Source: OpenAlex records (CC0, openalex.org); journal quartiles from SCImago Journal Rank 2025. Figures may differ from institutions’ own reports or from Web of Science/Scopus, whose coverage differs. TR Dizin figures: TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM TR Dizin records, search.trdizin.gov.tr OpenAlex record · Updated: 09.10.2026

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News and announcements

As published on the university’s own website; headlines link to the official page.

Source: yildiz.edu.tr · updated daily · content lives on the official site.

Campus life

Libraries, dining, sports and health facilities across campuses.

  • ATM 2
  • Café 8
  • Gym 2
  • Library 2
  • Sports Centre 5
  • Parking 2
  • Prayer Room 2
  • Dormitory 2
  • Dining Hall 1
  • Swimming Pool 1

Contact

© OpenStreetMap contributors Directions
Website
yildiz.edu.tr
E-mail
ozelkalem@yildiz.edu.tr
Phone
0212 227 71 19
Address
Davutpaşa Mah. Davutpaşa Cad. 34220 Esenler - İstanbul

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Last updated:
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