QS, a London-based higher education ranking organization, has announced the 2026 World University Rankings.
Sabancı University ranked 404th (last year ranked 516th) out of 1501 universities in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, which is considered one of the most prestigious university rankings in the world, and 5th (last year ranked 6th) out of 26 universities from Turkey included in the ranking.
In the overall rankings, the top 3 were Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), Imperial College London (England), and Stanford University (USA).
In the QS ranking, in which 8467 universities from the world were evaluated and 1501 universities were included, Sabancı University achieved a remarkable success by climbing 112 places in one year. Compared to last year, the university's academic reputation score increased by 36%, its employer reputation score by 40%, its scientific citation score by 102%, and its international research network score by 37%.