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İstanbul Topkapı University

İstanbul Topkapı Üniversitesi

  • Istanbul
  • Founded 2016
  • 10 campuses
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Overview

Istanbul Topkapı University or formerly Istanbul Ayvansaray Üniversitesi and Plato College of Higher Education was founded with the Cabinet Decision number 14944, dated April 21, 2009. It gained its legal entity status subsequent to the cabinet decision being published in the T.C. Resmi Gazete.

İstanbul Topkapı University is a foundation university based in Istanbul, founded in 2016. It teaches on 9 campuses. Its academic units include 8 faculties, and the ÖSYM guide lists 176 associate and bachelor programmes. In 2025-2026 it had 26,310 students; 3,578 graduated in 2024-2025 (YÖK). 13% of its 2026 ÖSYM places (689) are full scholarships.

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At a glance

When and where was İstanbul Topkapı University founded?
İstanbul Topkapı University is a foundation university based in Istanbul, founded in 2016. Source: YÖK.
How many students does İstanbul Topkapı University have?
26,310 students in 2025-2026; 3,578 graduated in 2024-2025. Source: YÖK Higher Education Information System.
How many students per faculty member does İstanbul Topkapı University have?
103.3 students per faculty member in 2025-2026 (237 faculty members, 424 teaching staff; formal and evening students). Source: YÖK.
How many campuses does İstanbul Topkapı University have?
10 campuses: , , , , , and others.
How many associate and bachelor programmes does İstanbul Topkapı University offer?
The ÖSYM guide lists 176 programmes. Source: ÖSYM.
Which rankings list İstanbul Topkapı University?
URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance) 2025-2026: world 191, Türkiye 191. Positions as published by each ranking.

Photos

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Campuses

10 campuses

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University Campus

Istanbul Bus

Istanbul Bus Marmaray Train

Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul Bus Ferry Tram

Istanbul Bus Metro

Academic structure

Associate
96
Bachelor’s
80
Master’s
0
Doctorate
0

Faculties 8

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 54 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 8 331,74 213.616
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 76 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 11 364,76 34.446
    · 4 yrs SAY 15 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 3 357,65 160.022
    · 4 yrs EA 35 242,92 889.541
    · 4 yrs EA 5 331,39 187.385

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 42 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 6 325,84 210.210
    · 4 yrs EA 34 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 5 330,21 192.073
    · 4 yrs EA 54 249,17 816.378
    · 4 yrs EA 8 336,16 169.653
    · 4 yrs EA 48 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 7 323,61 219.780
    · 4 yrs EA 54 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 8 320,17 235.356
    · 4 yrs EA 42 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 6 327,47 203.257
    · 4 yrs SAY 54 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 8 342,29 189.766
    · 4 yrs EA 85 229,35 1.049.909
    · 4 yrs EA 13 352,30 118.907
    · 4 yrs EA 85 206,43 1.297.080
    · 4 yrs EA 13 361,65 95.326
    · 4 yrs EA 54 208,44 1.277.934
    · 4 yrs EA 8 326,36 207.990
    · 4 yrs EA 42 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 6 334,85 174.391

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 25 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 4 347,23 63.397
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 54 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 8 346,08 65.887
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 42 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 6 342,27 74.735
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 35 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 5 341,56 76.501
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 65 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 9 343,91 70.803

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 38 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 6 314,87 261.405
    · 4 yrs EA 25 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 4 305,84 311.484
    · 4 yrs EA 46 253,54 766.664
    · 4 yrs EA 7 344,13 142.814
    · 4 yrs EA 57 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 9 346,80 134.631
    · 4 yrs EA 37 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 5 314,25 264.669
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 37 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 5 363,52 36.049
    · 4 yrs DİL 51 — —
    · 4 yrs DİL 8 402,68 20.571
    · 4 yrs DİL 42 233,90 104.776
    · 4 yrs DİL 6 406,07 19.292

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 34 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 55 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 9 384,49 118.843
    · 4 yrs SAY 55 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 9 387,88 114.287
    · 4 yrs SAY 25 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 4 354,30 166.166
    · 4 yrs SAY 25 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 4 384,92 118.266
    · 4 yrs SAY 14 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 2 392,01 108.872
    · 4 yrs SAY 25 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 4 380,37 124.450
    · 4 yrs SAY 34 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 72 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 11 374,42 133.089

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 34 265,75 476.475
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 329,64 218.666
    · 4 yrs SAY 32 195,26 1.191.922
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 312,82 265.358
    · 4 yrs SAY 42 274,57 423.614
    · 4 yrs SAY 6 355,71 163.580

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Graduate Schools 1

Vocational Schools 1

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 60 235,32 1.757.987
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 321,26 623.312
    · 2 yrs TYT 61 278,95 1.124.670
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 342,84 446.035
    · 2 yrs TYT 60 254,61 1.475.222
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 330,50 541.040
    · 2 yrs TYT 67 234,04 1.776.619
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 326,47 575.657
    · 2 yrs TYT 51 214,15 2.049.597
    · 2 yrs TYT 8 355,52 364.037
    · 2 yrs TYT 67 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 321,54 620.715
    · 2 yrs TYT 67 198,53 2.215.599
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 356,42 358.819
    · 2 yrs TYT 85 220,87 1.961.866
    · 2 yrs TYT 13 354,09 372.437
    · 2 yrs TYT 76 213,62 2.056.161
    · 2 yrs TYT 11 347,55 413.896
    · 2 yrs TYT 51 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 8 341,42 456.299
    · 2 yrs TYT 59 277,01 1.151.666
    · 2 yrs TYT 9 342,50 448.502
    · 2 yrs TYT 42 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 7 307,90 760.251
    · 2 yrs TYT 54 233,30 1.787.411
    · 2 yrs TYT 9 320,60 629.533
    · 2 yrs TYT 64 225,92 1.892.435
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 330,81 538.437
    · 2 yrs TYT 59 239,17 1.701.926
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 325,31 585.996
    · 2 yrs TYT 67 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 324,67 591.700
    · 2 yrs TYT 85 205,16 2.153.848
    · 2 yrs TYT 13 336,29 494.463
    · 2 yrs TYT 43 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 7 341,58 455.202
    · 2 yrs TYT 34 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 5 320,98 625.978
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 4 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 51 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 8 316,15 672.852
    · 2 yrs TYT 42 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 7 318,70 647.573
    · 2 yrs TYT 51 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 8 316,14 672.924
    · 2 yrs TYT 67 207,79 2.125.458
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 319,38 641.130
    · 2 yrs TYT 53 210,23 2.097.125
    · 2 yrs TYT 9 314,27 691.850
    · 2 yrs TYT 42 254,92 1.470.683
    · 2 yrs TYT 7 321,43 621.841
    · 2 yrs TYT 34 243,33 1.640.727
    · 2 yrs TYT 5 327,31 568.167
    · 2 yrs TYT 31 227,39 1.872.019
    · 2 yrs TYT 4 317,83 656.131
    · 2 yrs TYT 42 240,37 1.684.211
    · 2 yrs TYT 7 355,64 363.374
    · 2 yrs TYT 44 281,66 1.087.227
    · 2 yrs TYT 7 338,59 477.172
    · 2 yrs TYT 63 291,92 951.230
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 350,22 396.379
    · 2 yrs TYT 51 225,23 1.901.961
    · 2 yrs TYT 8 320,79 627.757
    · 2 yrs TYT 67 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 339,32 471.597
    · 2 yrs TYT 67 299,26 860.188
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 400,38 165.616
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 4 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 60 249,24 1.553.825
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 328,40 558.803
    · 2 yrs TYT 61 264,52 1.330.310
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 334,49 508.448
    · 2 yrs TYT 58 242,12 1.658.573
    · 2 yrs TYT 9 329,14 552.622
    · 2 yrs TYT 42 208,41 2.118.236
    · 2 yrs TYT 7 317,35 660.795
    · 2 yrs TYT 85 275,53 1.172.331
    · 2 yrs TYT 13 360,42 335.915
    · 2 yrs TYT 67 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 336,15 495.610
    · 2 yrs TYT 42 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 7 297,87 877.022
    · 2 yrs TYT 54 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 8 277,06 1.150.995
    · 2 yrs TYT 58 210,44 2.094.645
    · 2 yrs TYT 9 312,51 710.463
    · 2 yrs TYT 61 267,99 1.280.196
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 337,57 484.792
    · 2 yrs TYT 72 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 11 327,23 568.942
    · 2 yrs TYT 67 210,25 2.096.846
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 329,55 549.095
    · 2 yrs TYT 68 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 11 313,25 702.740

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Research Centres 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
26.310
2025-2026 academic year
New students
10.737
2025-2026 academic year
Graduates
3.578
2024-2025 graduates
Female students
%46,0
12.091 / 26.310

By level

  • Associate 13.595 %52
  • Bachelor 10.567 %40
  • Master 2.026 %7,7
  • Doctorate 122 %0,5

By mode of study

  • Formal 21.998 %84
  • Evening 2.479 %9,4
  • Distance 1.833 %7,0

Over the years

Students New students Graduates · Hover over or tap a year to see the values
Academic yearStudentsNew studentsGraduates
2015-2016——1
2016-20175.3872.3461.611
2017-20186.0802.4211.745
2018-20195.7342.0091.842
2019-20206.2302.4581.681
2020-20217.5713.7522.142
2021-202210.1164.7641.970
2022-202314.6576.9492.898
2023-202418.8117.9003.176
2024-202521.6567.6233.578
2025-202626.31010.737—
Detailed statistics
Teaching staff · 2025-2026
424
Faculty members
237
Students per faculty member
103,3

Scholarships

  • Full scholarship 689 %13
  • 50% discount 4.477 %87

by the 2026 ÖSYM quotas · 5.166 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).

TR Dizin articles · 2021–2025
272

Units publishing the most · 2021–2025

  1. İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi 52 TR Dizin
  2. Güzel Sanatlar, Tasarım ve Mimarlık Fakültesi 36 TR Dizin
  3. Plato Meslek Yüksekokulu 29 TR Dizin
  4. Mühendislik Fakültesi 18 TR Dizin
  5. Uygulamalı Bilimler Yüksekokulu 6 TR Dizin
  6. Rektörlük 2 TR Dizin

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 · Updated: 08.10.2026

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News and announcements

As published on the university’s own website; headlines link to the official page.

Source: topkapi.edu.tr · updated daily · content lives on the official site.

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Contact

© OpenStreetMap contributors Directions
Website
topkapi.edu.tr
E-mail
rektorluk@topkapi.edu.tr
Phone
02129126364100
Address
Prof.Muammer Aksoy Cd. No: 10 Kazlıçeşme / İSTANBUL

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Last updated:
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