Top Universities Ranking in Turkey: Private Universities Compared - LATEST 2026

The universities on this list are private, have student dormitories, and accept applications through StudyLeo. They are not ranked here by academic quality. The facts you can compare are when each was founded, where it is, and how many students it has.

By age, Haliç University and Bahçeşehir University lead the list, both founded in 1998. Istanbul Aydin University followed in 2007, and Altinbas University and Istanbul Gelisim University in 2008. Istanbul Topkapi, Istanbul Yeni Yuzyil and Istanbul Medipol universities all date from 2009. Istanbul Nisantasi and Istanbul Gedik opened in 2010, Uskudar in 2011 and İstanbul Esenyurt in 2013. The youngest are Biruni University (2014), Istinye University (2015) and Ankara Medipol University (2018).

Ankara Medipol is also the only university here outside Istanbul. Despite being the youngest, it already has 12,000 students, close to Biruni's 12,562 and Altinbas's 13,800. The largest universities are Istanbul Aydin with 50,000 students and Istanbul Medipol with 46,488. The smallest is Istanbul Gedik, with 6,254.

Fees and teaching languages are set per program. After you narrow the list by city and size, compare the programs you want at each university.