A total of 13 Turkish universities have secured places among the world's top 1,000 higher education institutions in the latest 2025-2026 University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), with Hacettepe University emerging as the country's highest-ranked institution.
Released by the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) Research Laboratory at the Informatics Institute of the Middle East Technical University (METU), the ranking evaluates the world's top 3,000 universities based on academic performance.
URAP, one of the 11 internationally recognized organizations that rank higher education institutions, assesses universities using six indicators: the number of academic articles, citation count, total scientific documents, publication impact, citation impact and international collaboration.
Hacettepe University ranked 585th globally, making it the highest-performing Turkish institution on the list.
It was followed by Istanbul Technical University in 710th place, Ankara University at 748th, Gazi University at 824th, and Koç University at 832nd.
