35 Best universities for Electrical Engineering in Istanbul

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Istanbul ranked based on their research performance in Electrical Engineering. A graph of 629K citations received by 32.4K academic papers made by 35 universities in Istanbul was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Istanbul Technical University

For Electrical Engineering

#1 in Turkey

#116 in Asia

Enrollment: 15,358
Founded: 1944

2. Yildiz Technical University

For Electrical Engineering

#5 in Turkey

#215 in Asia

Enrollment: 9,842
Founded: 1982

3. Bogazici University

For Electrical Engineering

#7 in Turkey

#286 in Asia

Enrollment: 3,998
Founded: 1971

4. Koc University

For Electrical Engineering

#10 in Turkey

#369 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1992

5. Sabanci University

For Electrical Engineering

#13 in Turkey

#406 in Asia

Founded: 1996

6. Istanbul University

For Electrical Engineering

#17 in Turkey

#463 in Asia

Enrollment: 35,190
Founded: 1933

7. Marmara University

For Electrical Engineering

#23 in Turkey

#539 in Asia

Enrollment: 14,066
Founded: 1982

8. Ozyegin University

For Electrical Engineering

#29 in Turkey

#690 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2007

9. Yeditepe University

For Electrical Engineering

#45 in Turkey

#896 in Asia

Enrollment: 19,508
Founded: 1996

10. Maltepe University

For Electrical Engineering

#46 in Turkey

#909 in Asia

Founded: 1997

11. Istanbul Medipol University

For Electrical Engineering

#48 in Turkey

#947 in Asia

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 2009

12. Dogus University

For Electrical Engineering

#53 in Turkey

#991 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1997

13. Kadir Has University

For Electrical Engineering

#60 in Turkey

#1048 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1997

14. Nisantasi University

For Electrical Engineering

#79 in Turkey

#1237 in Asia

Founded: 2009

15. Istanbul Medeniyet University

For Electrical Engineering

#80 in Turkey

#1242 in Asia

Founded: 2010

16. Isik University

For Electrical Engineering

#81 in Turkey

#1243 in Asia

Founded: 1996

17. Uskudar University

For Electrical Engineering

#87 in Turkey

#1326 in Asia

Founded: 2011

18. Altinbas University

For Electrical Engineering

#89 in Turkey

#1343 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 2008

19. Okan University

For Electrical Engineering

#90 in Turkey

#1362 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 12,908
Founded: 1999

20. Istanbul Commerce University

For Electrical Engineering

#91 in Turkey

#1363 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 2,730
Founded: 2001

21. Galatasaray University

For Electrical Engineering

#99 in Turkey

#1445 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1994

22. Istanbul Aydin University

For Electrical Engineering

#107 in Turkey

#1552 in Asia

Founded: 2007

23. Istanbul Kultur University

For Electrical Engineering

#113 in Turkey

#1642 in Asia

Founded: 1997

24. Istanbul Bilgi University

For Electrical Engineering

#116 in Turkey

#1693 in Asia

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1996

25. Istanbul Sehir University

For Electrical Engineering

#118 in Turkey

#1742 in Asia

Founded: 2008

26. Istanbul Arel University

For Electrical Engineering

#119 in Turkey

#1744 in Asia

Founded: 2007

27. Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

For Electrical Engineering

#123 in Turkey

#1821 in Asia

Founded: 2010

28. Beykent University

For Electrical Engineering

#124 in Turkey

#1852 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1997

29. Piri Reis University

For Electrical Engineering

#125 in Turkey

#1874 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 2008

30. Halic University

For Electrical Engineering

#127 in Turkey

#1950 in Asia

Founded: 1998

31. Bezmialem Vakif University

For Electrical Engineering

#131 in Turkey

#2053 in Asia

Founded: 2010

32. Acibadem University

For Electrical Engineering

#132 in Turkey

#2098 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2007

33. Istanbul New Century University

For Electrical Engineering

#133 in Turkey

#2137 in Asia

Founded: 2016

34. Mef University

For Electrical Engineering

#134 in Turkey

#2194 in Asia

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2012

35. Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University

For Electrical Engineering

#135 in Turkey

#2216 in Asia

Enrollment: 2,237
Founded: 1982

Universities for Electrical Engineering near Istanbul

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
40	Gebze University of Technology	18	Gebze
87	Kocaeli University	8	Kocaeli
88	Uludag University	30	Bursa
116	Tekirdag Namik Kemal University	68	Tekirdag
119	Sakarya University	16	Sakarya
182	Balikesir University	57	Balikesir
184	Duzce University	36	Duzce
188	Anadolu University	27	Eskisehir
190	Eskisehir Osmangazi University	37	Eskisehir
202	Dumlupinar University	50	Kutahya