Private Universities in Istanbul - LATEST 2026
Private universities in Istanbul with founding year, student numbers and dormitory details, so you can compare them before you apply.
StudyLeo lists 46 private universities in Istanbul. Of the ones shown below, Sabancı University is the earliest founded (1994) and has the fewest students (5,168). Istanbul Aydin University is the largest, with 50,000.
Istanbul Gedik University is the next smallest, with 6,254 students. At the larger end are Istanbul Medipol University with 46,488, Istanbul Gelisim University with 39,052 and Uskudar University with 24,000. Bahçeşehir University has 20,347 students, Istanbul Topkapi University 20,000 and Haliç University 17,000, while İstanbul Esenyurt University has 15,500 and Biruni University 12,562.
Istinye University, founded in 2015, is the newest in the list. The next newest are Biruni University (2014) and İstanbul Esenyurt University (2013). StudyLeo marks every university here as having a dormitory, and students can apply to each one through StudyLeo.
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