Study Associate in Turkey Without Entrance Exam - LATEST 2026

This page is for students who want to study for an associate degree in Turkey without taking an entrance exam. An associate degree usually takes two years. After it, you can start work or continue your studies.

The universities listed below are all private, and you can apply to any of them through StudyLeo. Admission rules differ from one university to the next, so read each program's requirements before you apply.

Only one of them is outside Istanbul: Ankara Medipol University in Ankara, which is also the youngest, founded in 2018. Other recent universities include Istinye University (2015), Biruni University (2014) and İstanbul Esenyurt University (2013). Haliç University and Bahçeşehir University are older, both founded in 1998.

Sizes differ too. Uskudar University has 24,000 students, Altinbas University 13,800 and Istanbul Gedik University 6,254. Each university here lists a dormitory.