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Koç University

Koç Üniversitesi

  • Istanbul
  • Founded 1992
  • 3 campuses
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Overview

Koç University is a private non-profit research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Koç University comprises the Colleges of Social Sciences and Humanities, Administrative Sciences and Economics, Science, Engineering, Law, Nursing and Medicine. Koç University offers 22 undergraduate, 43 master's and 30 Ph.D. programs. The university is home to more than 8,000 students.

Koç University is a foundation university based in Istanbul, founded in 1992. Its academic units include 7 faculties, and the ÖSYM guide lists 53 associate and bachelor programmes. In 2025-2026 it had 8,596 students; 1,798 graduated in 2024-2025 (YÖK). 24% of its 2026 ÖSYM places (259) are full scholarships.

Source: Wikipedia — Koç University · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

When and where was Koç University founded?
Koç University is a foundation university based in Istanbul, founded in 1992. Source: YÖK.
How many students does Koç University have?
8,596 students in 2025-2026; 1,798 graduated in 2024-2025. Source: YÖK Higher Education Information System.
How many students per faculty member does Koç University have?
19.9 students per faculty member in 2025-2026 (432 faculty members, 838 teaching staff; formal and evening students). Source: YÖK.
How many campuses does Koç University have?
3 campuses: , , .
How many associate and bachelor programmes does Koç University offer?
The ÖSYM guide lists 53 programmes. Source: ÖSYM.
Which rankings list Koç University?
URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance) 2025-2026: world 1, Türkiye 1; Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027: world 326-350, Türkiye 1; QS World University Rankings 2027: world 329, Türkiye 3; ShanghaiRanking (ARWU) 2026: world 701-800, Türkiye 4; CWUR (Center for World University Rankings) 2026: world 989, Türkiye 8; SCImago Institutions Rankings 2026: world 2501, Türkiye 2. Positions as published by each ranking.

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Campuses

3 campuses

Istanbul

Istanbul

Academic structure

Associate
0
Bachelor’s
53
Master’s
0
Doctorate
0

Faculties 7

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 416,90 79.501
    · 4 yrs SAY 8 537,51 823
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 515,29 5.442
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 385,93 116.919
    · 4 yrs SAY 7 535,06 1.137
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 402,06 96.437
    · 4 yrs SAY 7 529,37 2.045

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 39 428,01 67.424

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 12 444,39 4.210
    · 4 yrs EA 15 510,78 253
    · 4 yrs EA 59 358,10 103.861

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 16 442,06 4.656
    · 4 yrs EA 20 527,40 69
    · 4 yrs EA 72 305,22 315.106
    · 4 yrs EA 10 383,36 52.365
    · 4 yrs EA 11 503,21 398
    · 4 yrs EA 33 299,72 350.170
    · 4 yrs EA 10 429,63 8.290
    · 4 yrs EA 23 517,80 165
    · 4 yrs EA 110 325,98 209.597

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 7 359,75 41.308
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 3 476,41 182
    · 4 yrs EA 8 477,25 1.234
    · 4 yrs DİL 3 459,33 5.004
    · 4 yrs DİL 3 526,13 209
    · 4 yrs DİL 12 174,85 137.485
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 10 356,81 45.857
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 12 482,54 126
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 37 290,44 306.562
    · 4 yrs EA 12 391,36 40.701
    · 4 yrs EA 9 493,82 624
    · 4 yrs EA 38 307,01 304.630
    · 4 yrs EA 4 336,38 168.867
    · 4 yrs EA 8 493,61 631
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 4 283,02 360.704
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 4 494,56 64

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 493,73 14.086
    · 4 yrs SAY 18 547,69 113
    · 4 yrs SAY 48 375,40 131.607
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 480,19 22.169
    · 4 yrs SAY 15 544,03 281
    · 4 yrs SAY 44 336,75 201.956
    · 4 yrs SAY 22 484,39 19.557
    · 4 yrs SAY 13 538,55 708
    · 4 yrs SAY 63 408,91 88.377
    · 4 yrs SAY 11 469,20 30.038
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 529,36 2.047
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 370,68 138.563
    · 4 yrs SAY 24 457,88 39.189
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 534,45 1.226
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 367,27 143.885

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 6 yrs SAY 33 529,31 2.055
    · 6 yrs SAY 11 550,89 43

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Graduate Schools 4

Rankings

In international rankings

From the publishers’ own lists; not part of the Yerleske Index.

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Students and graduates

From YÖK’s official statistics; archived every year.

Students
8.596
2025-2026 academic year
New students
1.721
2025-2026 academic year
Graduates
1.798
2024-2025 graduates
Female students
%47,5
4.082 / 8.596

By level

  • Bachelor 7.142 %83
  • Master 693 %8,1
  • Doctorate 761 %8,9

By mode of study

  • Formal 8.596 %100

Over the years

Students New students Graduates · Hover over or tap a year to see the values
Academic yearStudentsNew studentsGraduates
2012-2013——985
2013-2014——768
2014-2015——693
2015-20168.5201.824843
2016-20177.9301.4041.344
2017-20187.4211.3591.399
2018-20197.9471.6071.641
2019-20208.1281.7661.524
2020-20218.9091.8201.691
2021-20229.9132.1071.748
2022-202310.5502.2201.849
2023-202410.8312.1321.551
2024-20259.0631.8631.798
2025-20268.5961.721—
Detailed statistics
Teaching staff · 2025-2026
838
Faculty members
432
Students per faculty member
19,9

Scholarships

  • Full scholarship 259 %24
  • 50% discount 268 %25
  • Fee-paying 566 %52

by the 2026 ÖSYM quotas · 1.093 places

These are placement quotas from the ÖSYM guide, not enrolled students; YÖK does not publish students by scholarship type. Source: ÖSYM Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide.

Research output

Publications, citations and journal quartiles, compiled from open bibliographic records (OpenAlex).

Publications
25.550
Citations
892.441
h-index
281
Journal articles · 2021–2025
7.968
Q1 share
%63,3
TR Dizin articles · 2021–2025
1.041
Open access
%68,3
Articles per faculty member
3,69
Publications and citations by year (recent work has had less time to be cited)
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Publications Citations to that year’s publications

Academic yearPublicationsCitations to that year’s publications
2021192842745
2022217931733
2023229524998
2024261618535
202524837183

Units publishing the most · 2021–2025

  1. Tıp Fakültesi Q1 %57 3.041
  2. Mühendislik Fakültesi Q1 %78 525
  3. İnsani Bilimler ve Edebiyat Fakültesi Q1 %77 371
  4. Fen Fakültesi Q1 %77 270
  5. Hemşirelik Fakültesi Q1 %48 142
  6. İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Q1 %78 105
  7. Fen-İnsani Bilimler ve Edebiyat Fakültesi Q1 %84 58
  8. Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü 24

Articles by journal quartile · 2021–2025

  • Q1 4.549 %63
  • Q2 1.689 %23
  • Q3 692 %9,6
  • Q4 260 %3,6

Articles in journals without a quartile (not in the SCImago list) are left out of the distribution.

Leading research topics

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Historical Turkish Studies
  • Turkey's Politics and Society
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research

Journals published in most · 2021–2025

  1. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer Q1 110
  2. Scientific Reports Q1 103
  3. Reproductive BioMedicine Online Q1 56
  4. Journal of Clinical Medicine Q2 55
  5. Nature Communications Q1 51
  6. Cancers Q1 48

Most published academics · 2021–2025

Name Articles (5 yrs) Citations h-index
Mehmet Kanbay Tıp Fakültesi 151 20.304 72
Metin Sitti Tıp Fakültesi 146 59.009 124
Selçuk Peker Tıp Fakültesi 120 2.997 28
Yavuz Samancı Tıp Fakültesi 114 1.244 18
Önder Ergönül Tıp Fakültesi 111 12.231 57
Erkan Kalafat Tıp Fakültesi 105 6.032 37
Uğur Selek Tıp Fakültesi 103 4.001 32
Ertuğrul Başar Mühendislik Fakültesi › Elektrik-Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü 103 20.149 64
Barış Ata Tıp Fakültesi 92 8.297 45
Savaş Taşoğlu Mühendislik Fakültesi 77 9.221 55

Counts journal articles with fewer than 50 authors over the last five complete years; listed when OpenAlex gives this university as their latest institution. If a record is wrong or you prefer not to be listed, use “Report an error”.

Source: OpenAlex records (CC0, openalex.org); journal quartiles from SCImago Journal Rank 2025. Figures may differ from institutions’ own reports or from Web of Science/Scopus, whose coverage differs. TR Dizin figures: TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM TR Dizin records, search.trdizin.gov.tr OpenAlex record · Updated: 09.10.2026

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Contact

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Website
ku.edu.tr
E-mail
rektor@ku.edu.tr
Phone
0212 338 10 00
Address
Koç Üniversitesi, Rumelifeneri Yolu, 34450, SARIYER, ISTANBUL

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Last updated:
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