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Istanbul Technical University

İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

  • Istanbul
  • Founded 1944
  • 6 campuses
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Overview

Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul, is a public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university dedicated to engineering and natural sciences as well as social sciences recently.

Istanbul Technical University is a state university based in Istanbul, founded in 1944. It teaches on 5 campuses. Its academic units include 15 faculties, and the ÖSYM guide lists 111 associate and bachelor programmes. In 2025-2026 it had 33,900 students; 5,641 graduated in 2024-2025 (YÖK).

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At a glance

When and where was Istanbul Technical University founded?
Istanbul Technical University is a state university based in Istanbul, founded in 1944. Source: YÖK.
How many students does Istanbul Technical University have?
33,900 students in 2025-2026; 5,641 graduated in 2024-2025. Source: YÖK Higher Education Information System.
How many students per faculty member does Istanbul Technical University have?
27.1 students per faculty member in 2025-2026 (1,253 faculty members, 2,524 teaching staff; formal and evening students). Source: YÖK.
How many campuses does Istanbul Technical University have?
6 campuses: Ayazağa Campus, , , , , .
How many associate and bachelor programmes does Istanbul Technical University offer?
The ÖSYM guide lists 111 programmes. Source: ÖSYM.
Which rankings list Istanbul Technical University?
URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance) 2025-2026: world 4, Türkiye 4; Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027: world 651-700, Türkiye 5; QS World University Rankings 2027: world 279, Türkiye 1; ShanghaiRanking (ARWU) 2026: world 801-900, Türkiye 6; CWUR (Center for World University Rankings) 2026: world 813, Türkiye 6; SCImago Institutions Rankings 2026: world 2881, Türkiye 6. Positions as published by each ranking.

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Campuses

6 campuses

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University Campus

Istanbul Bus Ferry Tram

Famagusta

Istanbul Bus Ferry

Istanbul

Academic structure

Associate
1
Bachelor’s
110
Master’s
0
Doctorate
0

Faculties 15

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 105 533,14 1.435
    · 4 yrs SAY 15 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 25 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 518,51 4.492
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 529,88 1.947
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 387,06 115.336

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 510,72 6.850
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 512,97 6.124
    · 4 yrs SAY 2 342,80 188.698
    · 4 yrs SAY 80 525,13 2.879
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 528,92 2.126
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 375,75 131.105
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 451,29 44.994
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 35 517,75 4.731
    · 4 yrs SAY 35 518,52 4.489

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 492,49 14.762
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 451,04 45.213
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 522,36 3.495
    · 4 yrs SAY 45 471,79 28.040
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 — —

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 486,14 18.425
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 495,88 13.012
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 25 406,66 90.900

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 415,76 80.749
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 424,08 71.643
    · 4 yrs SAY 45 442,47 53.155
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 447,68 48.213
    · 4 yrs SAY 120 454,62 41.975
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 470,03 29.386
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 377,63 128.419
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 — —

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 15 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 45 447,32 48.550
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 496,82 12.541
    · 4 yrs SAY 45 493,99 13.955
    · 4 yrs SAY 45 498,73 11.623

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 35 453,64 42.836
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 454,83 41.779
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 462,13 35.613
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 35 391,58 109.455
    · 4 yrs SAY 2 281,79 385.843
    · 4 yrs SAY 31 425,01 70.625
    · 4 yrs SAY 35 388,53 113.421
    · 4 yrs SAY 35 392,13 108.699

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 55 452,99 43.430
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 478,99 22.962
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 457,67 39.358
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 440,67 54.786
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 — —

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 35 471,36 1.550
    · 4 yrs EA 1 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 5 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 519,75 4.165
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 521,49 3.730
    · 4 yrs SAY 25 444,32 51.382
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 508,72 7.542
    · 4 yrs EA 1 461,62 2.247
    · 4 yrs EA 34 386,17 48.038
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 514,08 5.821

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 520,37 3.988
    · 4 yrs SAY 2 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 528,31 2.235
    · 4 yrs SAY 45 438,78 56.627
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 — —

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 419,18 76.933
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 408,65 88.646
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 410,10 87.004
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 431,57 63.804
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 466,87 31.771
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 — —

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 140 513,03 6.106
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 — —

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 445,24 50.495

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Graduate Schools 1

Schools 1

Vocational Schools 1

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 443,46 63.131

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Conservatories 2

Rankings

In international rankings

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

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Students and graduates

From YÖK’s official statistics; archived every year.

Students
33.900
2025-2026 academic year
New students
6.765
2025-2026 academic year
Graduates
5.641
2024-2025 graduates
Female students
%36,5
12.386 / 33.900

By level

  • Associate 71 %0,2
  • Bachelor 23.042 %68
  • Master 7.666 %23
  • Doctorate 3.121 %9,2

By mode of study

  • Formal 33.289 %98
  • Evening 611 %1,8

Over the years

Students New students Graduates · Hover over or tap a year to see the values
Academic yearStudentsNew studentsGraduates
2012-2013——4.131
2013-2014——4.425
2014-2015——4.335
2015-201638.1986.7115.513
2016-201739.3296.6014.547
2017-201840.0117.2804.726
2018-201939.2567.7044.791
2019-202037.2417.6514.875
2020-202137.6087.7055.183
2021-202237.1587.6204.743
2022-202339.9487.3695.202
2023-202439.6697.3175.247
2024-202536.2356.6435.641
2025-202633.9006.765—
Detailed statistics
Teaching staff · 2025-2026
2.524
Faculty members
1.253
Students per faculty member
27,1

Research output

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

Publications
55.416
Citations
2.398.589
h-index
383
Journal articles · 2021–2025
11.851
Q1 share
%56,9
TR Dizin articles · 2021–2025
1.472
Open access
%58,3
Articles per faculty member
1,89
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
2021317546935
2022356843192
2023391630715
2024386422845
2025393610608

Units publishing the most · 2021–2025

  1. Makine Fakültesi Q1 %63 1.365
  2. Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Q1 %52 1.202
  3. İnşaat Fakültesi Q1 %68 1.067
  4. Elektrik-Elektronik Fakültesi Q1 %63 742
  5. Mimarlık Fakültesi Q1 %58 487
  6. Kimya-Metalürji Fakültesi Q1 %66 399
  7. Maden Fakültesi Q1 %54 324
  8. Avrasya Yer Bilimleri Enstitüsü Q1 %72 319

Articles by journal quartile · 2021–2025

  • Q1 5.520 %57
  • Q2 3.011 %31
  • Q3 951 %9,8
  • Q4 211 %2,2

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

Leading research topics

  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Multi-Criteria Decision Making
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Particle Detector Development and Performance
  • earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis

Journals published in most · 2021–2025

  1. IEEE Access Q1 200
  2. Journal of High Energy Physics Q2 191
  3. Ocean Engineering Q1 137
  4. ACS Omega Q1 119
  5. Physical review. D/Physical review. D. Q1 96
  6. Sustainability Q1 88

Most published academics · 2021–2025

Name Articles (5 yrs) Citations h-index
Esra Çapanoğlu Makine Fakültesi 200 22.347 72
İsmail Koyuncu İnşaat Fakültesi › Çevre Mühendisliği Bölümü 163 10.756 57
Vahid Vatanpour İnşaat Fakültesi › Çevre Mühendisliği Bölümü 135 24.586 85
Alireza Khataee Kimya-Metalürji Fakültesi › Kimya Mühendisliği Bölümü › Kimya Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı 103 49.896 109
Ibraheem Abdullah Mohammed Shayea Elektrik-Elektronik Fakültesi › Elektronik ve Haberleşme Mühendisliği Bölümü › Elektronik ve Haberleşme Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı 91 5.249 41
Cengiz Kahraman Makine Fakültesi 87 30.727 90
Ömer Şahi̇n Makine Fakültesi 70 8.410 53
Emre Akyüz Denizcilik Fakültesi › Deniz Ulaştırma İşletme Mühendisliği Bölümü 70 5.178 45
Yusuf Yağcı Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi › Kimya Bölümü › Kimya Anabilim Dalı 58 36.874 89
Beraat Özçelik Makine Fakültesi 58 7.576 47

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

Campus life

Libraries, dining, sports and health facilities across campuses.

  • Dormitory 1
  • Sports Centre 2
  • Café 2
  • Parking 2

Contact

© OpenStreetMap contributors Directions
Website
itu.edu.tr
E-mail
ozelkalem@itu.edu.tr
Phone
0212 285 29 00
Address
İTÜ Ayazağa Yerleşkesi yeni Rektörlük Binası Kat:2 MASLAK-SARIYER-İSTANBUL

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Last updated:
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