World University Rankings
Istanbul Medipol University in University Rankings
Istanbul Medipol University is included in various institutional and field ranking systems and continues to show a steady rise in most of the rankings.
SCIMAGO
In the Scimago rankings (2025), Istanbul Medipol University ranked 21st in Türkiye and 1654th among 5,051 universities in the world.
Our university, which is ranked in 15 fields in the Scimago field ranking, ranked 1st in computer science, 2nd in engineering, 9th in economics, econometrics and finance, 24th in business, management and accounting, 13th in dentistry, 19th in pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics, 40th in medicine, 38th in psychology, and 52nd in social sciences.
THE (Times Higher Education)
Our university has been ranked in the 801-1000 category of the 2026 World University Rankings, which includes a total of 2,191 universities, with 99 of those newly added this year. Among Turkish universities, we ranked 9th out of 109.
For this year's rankings, our university achieved the following specific placements: 644th in the Education Category, 534th in the Research Environment Category, 1360th in the Research Quality Category, 857th in the İndustry Category, and 503rd in the İnternational Outlook Category.
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Istanbul Medipol University has been ranked in the Times Higher Education (THE) 2026 Subject Rankings as follows:
- Business and Economics: Ranked in the 301–400 band,
- Engineering: Ranked in the 501–600 band,
- Medicine and Health Sciences: Ranked in the 601–800 band.
In the field of Business and Economics, our university holds the following positions:
5th in Turkiye, 3rd among private universities. Additionally, for the subcategory of "Research Quality" we have improved our global ranking to 65th and hold the top position in Turkiye.
In the field of Engineering, our university ranks:
8th in Turkiye, 4th among private universities. For the subcategory of "International Visibility" we are ranked 209th globally and hold the top position in Turkiye.
In the field of Medicine and Health Sciences, our university ranks:
7th in Turkiye, 2nd among private universities. In the "International Visibility" subcategory, our ranking is 339th worldwide, securing the top position in Turkiye.
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Our university, which ranked in the 801-1000 band in the “Impact Rankings” in 2024, rose to the 601-800 band in the 2025 general ranking, where 2,526 universities from 130 countries were evaluated. It maintained its place in the 601+ band in the “Asian Universities” ranking.
In the “Young Universities” rankings, for which the current standings have not yet been announced, it ranked in the 501-600 band in 2024 and in the 501+ band in the “Emerging Economies University” rankings in 2022.
In the area rankings of the “Impact Rankings”, it ranked 1001-1500 in “Partnerships for the Goals”, 601-800 in “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions”, 601-800 in “Climate Action”, 301-400 in “Reduced Inequalities”, 801-1000 in “Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure”, 401-600 in “Gender Equality”, 801-1000 in “Quality Education”, and 201-300 in “Good Health and Well-Being”.
URAP
Our university, which was 100th in the rankings of Turkish universities and 20th among foundation universities in the 2017–2018 URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance), has shown a steady rise over the years and moved up to 41th place among 198 universities and 8th place among 73 foundation universities in the 2025–2026 rankings.
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Our university, which was not included in the URAP world university rankings in 2017–2018, ranked 1940th among 3,000 universities selected from more than 30 thousand universities in 2023–2024, and continued its rise in 2024–2025 and ranked 1764th.
In the URAP field-specific evaluation (2023–2024), our university ranked 1038th in the world in the area of Medical and Health Sciences.
RUR (Round University Ranking)
In the 2025 RUR World University Rankings, Istanbul Medipol University ranked 45th in Türkiye and 1000th globally among more than 1,000 universities evaluated based on specific criteria.
Our university also ranked 1117th in the World University Teaching Ranking, 860th in the World University Research Ranking, 607th in the World University International Diversity Ranking, and 937th in the World University Financial Sustainability Ranking.
QS
According to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 results, Istanbul Medipol University ranked in the 701-850 range in medicine. In the QS World University Rankings, our university also ranked as follows: Europe-Western Asia (2025) = 601-650, in the QS World University Rankings: Europe (2025); and 351-400 in the QS Emerging Europe Central Asia (EECA) (2022).
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WEBOMETRICS
WEBOMETRCIS ranks 32,000 higher education institutions from more than 200 countries. In 2024, Istanbul Medipol University ranked 40th in Türkiye and 1651st in the world.
In Webometrics (2018), our university ranked 6185th in the world and 100th in Türkiye.
TÜBİTAK THE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITY INDEX
Our university has been included in the Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index created by TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye) for the last eight years. According to the 2024 data, in which 50 universities were selected from a pool of 196, it ranked 25th overall and 6th among foundation universities.
US NEWS
Our university ranked 786th in the world in the field of clinical medicine in the “US News” field rankings (2024–2025).