Study Associate in Turkey: Private Universities - LATEST 2026

Almost all of the private universities listed here for associate degrees are in Istanbul. The exception is Ankara Medipol University in Ankara. It is also the youngest of the group, founded in 2018, and has 12,000 students.

The Istanbul universities range from very large to fairly small. Istanbul Aydin University, founded in 2007, has 50,000 students. Istanbul Medipol University has 46,488 and Istanbul Gelisim University 39,052. Istanbul Gedik University is the smallest in the list, with 6,254 students. Mid-sized options include Uskudar University with 24,000 students and Biruni University with 12,562. Haliç University and Bahçeşehir University, both founded in 1998, are the oldest.

Every one of these universities has a dormitory, which helps if you are moving to Turkey on your own. StudyLeo can send your application to any of them. Which associate programs a university runs, what they cost and the language they are taught in all differ from one campus to the next, so look at the program list on each university's page before you pick.