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Istanbul Bilgi University

İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi

  • Istanbul
  • Founded 1996
  • 3 campuses
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Overview

Istanbul Bilgi University is a private university founded in 1996, located in Eyüpsultan, Istanbul, Turkey. The university has four campuses in Istanbul: SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Dolapdere, and Kozyatağı.

Istanbul Bilgi University is a foundation university based in Istanbul, founded in 1996. It teaches on 3 campuses. Its academic units include 8 faculties, and the ÖSYM guide lists 153 associate and bachelor programmes. In 2025-2026 it had 19,335 students; 3,978 graduated in 2024-2025 (YÖK). 14% of its 2026 ÖSYM places (542) are full scholarships.

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At a glance

When and where was Istanbul Bilgi University founded?
Istanbul Bilgi University is a foundation university based in Istanbul, founded in 1996. Source: YÖK.
How many students does Istanbul Bilgi University have?
19,335 students in 2025-2026; 3,978 graduated in 2024-2025. Source: YÖK Higher Education Information System.
How many students per faculty member does Istanbul Bilgi University have?
62.0 students per faculty member in 2025-2026 (310 faculty members, 568 teaching staff; formal and evening students). Source: YÖK.
How many campuses does Istanbul Bilgi University have?
3 campuses: , , .
How many associate and bachelor programmes does Istanbul Bilgi University offer?
The ÖSYM guide lists 153 programmes. Source: ÖSYM.
Which rankings list Istanbul Bilgi University?
URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance) 2025-2026: world 137, Türkiye 137; Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027: world 1801-2000, Türkiye 65; QS World University Rankings 2026: world 1401+, Türkiye 23; CWUR (Center for World University Rankings) 2026: world 1378, Türkiye 19; SCImago Institutions Rankings 2026: world 7107, Türkiye 77. Positions as published by each ranking.

Photos

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Campuses

3 campuses

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University Campus

Istanbul

Academic structure

Associate
62
Bachelor’s
91
Master’s
0
Doctorate
0

Faculties 8

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 99 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 15 438,04 5.565

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 46 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 8 406,89 90.628
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 20 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 9 411,28 4.722
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 37 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 7 422,01 2.783
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 5 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 34 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 5 407,85 5.588
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 34 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 5 427,58 2.187
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 34 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 5 411,85 4.605
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 59 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 10 430,71 1.847
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 34 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 5 423,66 2.603

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 76 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 12 425,08 10.363
    · 4 yrs EA 76 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 12 412,81 18.047
    · 4 yrs EA 34 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 5 387,95 45.436
    · 4 yrs EA 42 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 7 402,30 27.497
    · 4 yrs EA 78 265,51 637.859
    · 4 yrs EA 15 405,34 24.436
    · 4 yrs EA 15 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 63 280,00 500.906
    · 4 yrs EA 10 427,56 9.149
    · 4 yrs EA 5 234,97 983.629
    · 4 yrs EA 65 284,57 462.019
    · 4 yrs EA 13 419,64 13.430
    · 4 yrs EA 20 240,58 917.025

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 54 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 400,63 98.191
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 28 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 4 416,68 79.739
    · 4 yrs SAY 35 271,87 438.761
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 382,62 121.385

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 68 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 449,46 46.655
    · 4 yrs SAY 51 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 8 445,58 50.170
    · 4 yrs SAY 93 314,23 261.032
    · 4 yrs SAY 15 451,68 44.638
    · 4 yrs SAY 51 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 8 439,29 56.121
    · 4 yrs SAY 15 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 14 403,04 95.216
    · 4 yrs SAY 34 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 433,57 61.791
    · 4 yrs SAY 34 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 417,59 78.717
    · 4 yrs SAY 34 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 25 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 4 402,57 95.781

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 27 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 4 353,92 166.836
    · 4 yrs SAY 25 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 4 343,70 186.838
    · 4 yrs SAY 59 225,85 862.040
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 373,76 134.005
    · 4 yrs EA 18 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 8 339,41 158.247

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs DİL 20 — —
    · 4 yrs DİL 9 471,22 3.362
    · 4 yrs EA 54 294,66 384.770
    · 4 yrs EA 11 417,50 14.749
    · 4 yrs EA 19 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 34 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 5 390,45 41.951
    · 4 yrs EA 68 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 10 396,65 33.831
    · 4 yrs DİL 30 — —
    · 4 yrs DİL 4 459,28 5.011

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 42 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 7 429,30 1.995
    · 4 yrs EA 34 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 5 378,89 59.889
    · 4 yrs EA 34 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 5 382,45 53.840
    · 4 yrs EA 34 — —
    · 4 yrs EA 5 363,49 91.036

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Graduate Schools 1

Schools 1

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 34 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 5 367,89 142.924

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Vocational Schools 2

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 34 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 5 325,50 584.231
    · 2 yrs TYT 51 237,59 1.724.895
    · 2 yrs TYT 8 352,92 379.536
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 212,88 2.065.259
    · 2 yrs TYT 9 340,35 464.027
    · 2 yrs TYT 20 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 9 324,84 590.170
    · 2 yrs TYT 64 256,19 1.451.797
    · 2 yrs TYT 10 352,10 384.637
    · 2 yrs TYT 34 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 5 338,72 476.170
    · 2 yrs TYT 20 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 9 320,75 628.117
    · 2 yrs TYT 34 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 5 340,78 460.905
    · 2 yrs TYT 20 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 9 322,95 607.572
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 210,09 2.098.778
    · 2 yrs TYT 9 344,95 431.376
    · 2 yrs TYT 29 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 4 332,22 526.716
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 4 328,94 554.268
    · 2 yrs TYT 41 240,96 1.675.421
    · 2 yrs TYT 7 348,95 404.632

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

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
19.335
2025-2026 academic year
New students
4.145
2025-2026 academic year
Graduates
3.978
2024-2025 graduates
Female students
%52,9
10.237 / 19.335

By level

  • Associate 4.341 %22
  • Bachelor 13.657 %71
  • Master 1.185 %6,1
  • Doctorate 152 %0,8

By mode of study

  • Formal 18.406 %95
  • Evening 810 %4,2
  • Distance 119 %0,6

Over the years

Students New students Graduates · Hover over or tap a year to see the values
Academic yearStudentsNew studentsGraduates
2012-2013——1.955
2013-2014——2.150
2014-2015——2.601
2015-201624.8188.1133.256
2016-201729.3738.3755.331
2017-201827.0885.3046.442
2018-201925.2645.4165.564
2019-202023.5455.3205.195
2020-202121.8144.2975.052
2021-202220.6705.4093.808
2022-202322.2626.4133.802
2023-202422.6915.7494.035
2024-202520.9494.9753.978
2025-202619.3354.145—
Detailed statistics
Teaching staff · 2025-2026
568
Faculty members
310
Students per faculty member
62,0

Scholarships

  • Full scholarship 542 %14
  • 50% discount 3.135 %84
  • Fee-paying 74 %2,0

by the 2026 ÖSYM quotas · 3.751 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
5.355
Citations
151.881
h-index
140
Journal articles · 2021–2025
1.488
Q1 share
%60,3
TR Dizin articles · 2021–2025
413
Open access
%66,3
Articles per faculty member
0,96
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
20215007550
20223842888
20234162489
20243531309
2025401529

Units publishing the most · 2021–2025

  1. Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi Q1 %53 238
  2. Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Q1 %44 141
  3. Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Fakültesi Q1 %73 115
  4. İletişim Fakültesi 35
  5. Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksekokulu 20
  6. Mimarlık Fakültesi 15
  7. Lisansüstü Programlar Enstitüsü 12
  8. Hukuk Fakültesi 11

Articles by journal quartile · 2021–2025

  • Q1 592 %60
  • Q2 260 %27
  • Q3 89 %9,1
  • Q4 40 %4,1

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

Leading research topics

  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
  • Particle Detector Development and Performance
  • High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
  • Turkey's Politics and Society
  • Historical Turkish Studies
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements

Journals published in most · 2021–2025

  1. Physical review. D/Physical review. D. Q1 55
  2. The European Physical Journal C Q1 49
  3. Istanbul Bilgi University 48
  4. Journal of High Energy Physics Q2 41
  5. Physical Review Letters Q1 14
  6. Sustainability Q1 10

Most published academics · 2021–2025

Name Articles (5 yrs) Citations h-index
Mehmet Erdem Günay Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi › Enerji Sistemleri Mühendisliği Bölümü 25 1.843 26
Ersin Uygun Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Fakültesi › Psikoloji Bölümü 24 768 15
Tomris Duymaz Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi › Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Bölümü 23 389 9
Ayhan Kaya Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Fakültesi › Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü 21 2.459 26
Emre Batuhan Kenger Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi › Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü 15 222 8
Perihan Güner Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi › Hemşirelik Bölümü 14 595 13
Hande Seven Avuk Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi › Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü 14 16 2
Emre Erdoğan Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Fakültesi › Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü 13 346 12
Tuğçe Özlü Karahan Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi › Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü 13 205 8
Yudum Söylemez Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Fakültesi › Psikoloji Bölümü 13 33 3

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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News and announcements

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

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

Campus life

Libraries, dining, sports and health facilities across campuses.

  • ATM 1
  • Café 7
  • Parking 1
  • Library 1
  • Prayer Room 1

Contact

© OpenStreetMap contributors Directions
Website
bilgi.edu.tr
E-mail
info@bilgi.edu.tr
Phone
0212 311 50 00
Address
Eski Silahtarağa Elektrik Santralı Kazım Karabekir Cad. No: 2/13 34060 Eyüpsultan İstanbul

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Last updated:
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