Sabancı University became the highest-placed Turkish foundation university on the Times Higher Education (THE) Asian University Rankings.
The Times Higher Education (THE) Asian University Rankings is an important benchmark that assesses research-focused universities in terms of education, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook. The rankings cover universities in the Asian continent as well as those in Turkey, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.
Sabancı University President Professor Nihat Berker: “As you will know, Sabancı University ranked 13th worldwide and 1st in Turkey on the Times Higher Education (THE) '100 Under 50" Rankings' last month. Today, we have also been informed that we entered the THE Asian University Rankings for the first time and in 21st position. Six Turkish universities appeared on the rankings and Sabancı was the highest-positioned private university. A short while ago, we ranked 15th among the 22 countries on the THE BRICS and Emerging Economies rankings.
These achievements by Sabancı University make us proud and happy, and we believe that we will continue to improve in the future. We are also glad to see other Turkish universities advance in the rankings, and are confident that collaboration will take us even further.
Sabancı University owes this success to the hard work and dedication of its undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members, employees, supporters and friends. It is due to the human-focused, performance- and merit-based approach to our students, faculty and employees that encourages a questioning and free spirit, and provides leading services in education and research. It is our pleasure to be at the top of the global competitive scene."
Six universities from Turkey appeared in the THE Asian University Rankings including Sabancı University, which teaches its 16th academic year. The six Turkish universities are ranked as follows: METU (12), Boğaziçi (14), ITU (19), Sabancı (21), Bilkent (30) and Koç (47).
About the Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings:
THE University Rankings are considered to be the globally most respected rankings that provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments. THE assesses successful universities based on 13 performance indicators in teaching (30%), research (30%), citations (30%), industry income (2.5%) and international outlook (7.5%). The THE rankings are the only global university performance tables to judge universities across all five of their core missions.
Although all performance indicators are balanced, number of citations and international reputation are the two most important indicators that are considered.
THE rankings editor Phil Baty said, "Entering the rankings for the first time, Sabancı University showed impressive performance and was positioned 21st.”