Sabancı University becomes the top Turkish institution

Times Higher Education (THE) revealed the 2019 Emerging Economies University Rankings. The ranking considered 442 universities in 43 countries determined by THE.

Sabancı University entered THE's Emerging Economies University Rankings in 20th place, becoming the best among the 23 Turkish universities on the list.

Similar to the World University Rankings, the THE Emerging Economies University Rankings list uses a methodology that covers Teaching, Research, Citations, International Outlook and Industry Income using 13 performance indicators. A key difference is that the "Industry Income" and "International Outlook" categories carry more weight compared to World University Rankings due to the rankings being specific to emerging economies.

Turkish universities on THE's Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019 were Sabancı (20th), Koç (26th), Bilkent and Boğaziçi (71st), ITU (74th), Hacettepe (99th), METU (114th), and Eskişehir Anadolu (172nd). Furthermore, the Akdeniz, Erciyes, Gebze Technical and Istanbul Universities were in the 201st to 250th range; Atılım, Bahçeşehir, Çukurova and İzmir High Technology Universities were in the 251st to 300th range; TOBB Economics and Technology University in the 301st to 350th range; and Ankara, Dokuz Eylül, Gazi, Marmara, Ondokuz Mayıs and Yeditepe Universities in the 351st and above.

Please click here for the complete THE Emerging Economies University Rankings.