Ranking of Top Universities in Istanbul by Size - LATEST 2026
Private universities in Istanbul ranked by student numbers, from Istanbul Aydin with 50,000 students to Sabancı with 5,168, all with dorms.
Every Istanbul university listed here is private, has dormitories, and takes applications through StudyLeo. Ranked by number of students, the differences between them are large.
Istanbul Aydin University is the biggest, with 50,000 students. Istanbul Medipol University follows with 46,488, then Istanbul Gelisim University with 39,052. Uskudar University has 24,000 students, Bahçeşehir University 20,347 and Istanbul Topkapi University 20,000. Closer to the middle are Istanbul Yeni Yuzyil University (18,347), Haliç University (17,000), İstanbul Esenyurt University (15,500) and Istanbul Nisantasi University (15,000), followed by Istinye University (14,744), Altinbas University (13,800) and Biruni University (12,562).
The two smallest are Istanbul Gedik University, with 6,254 students, and Sabancı University, with 5,168. Sabancı is also the oldest university on the list, founded in 1994. Haliç and Bahçeşehir both date from 1998, while Biruni (2014) and Istinye (2015) are the youngest.
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