28 Best universities for Nuclear Engineering in Turkey

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Turkey ranked based on their research performance in Nuclear Engineering. A graph of 96.5K citations received by 4.41K academic papers made by 28 universities in Turkey 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. Gazi University

Turkey | Ankara

For Nuclear Engineering

#66 in Asia

#163 in the World

Enrollment: 39,234
Founded: 1982

2. Yildiz Technical University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Nuclear Engineering

#98 in Asia

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 9,842
Founded: 1982

3. Firat University

Turkey | Elazig

For Nuclear Engineering

#101 in Asia

#270 in the World

Enrollment: 3,219
Founded: 1975

4. Ege University

For Nuclear Engineering

#124 in Asia

#333 in the World

Founded: 1955

5. Istanbul Technical University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Nuclear Engineering

#125 in Asia

#337 in the World

Enrollment: 15,358
Founded: 1944

6. Suleyman Demirel University

Turkey | Isparta

For Nuclear Engineering

#164 in Asia

#457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 36,417
Founded: 1992

7. Middle East Technical University

Turkey | Ankara

For Nuclear Engineering

#169 in Asia

#462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 14,928
Founded: 1956

8. Erciyes University

Turkey | Kayseri

For Nuclear Engineering

#173 in Asia

#473 in the World

Enrollment: 3,390
Founded: 1978

9. Kocaeli University

Turkey | Kocaeli

For Nuclear Engineering

#176 in Asia

#479 in the World

Enrollment: 67,250
Founded: 1992

10. Karadeniz Technical University

Turkey | Trabzon

For Nuclear Engineering

#183 in Asia

#493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 7,115
Founded: 1955

11. Hacettepe University

Turkey | Ankara

For Nuclear Engineering

#187 in Asia

#502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 44,937
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1967

12. Ataturk University

Turkey | Erzurum

For Nuclear Engineering

#188 in Asia

#504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 11,086
Founded: 1957

13. Cukurova University

For Nuclear Engineering

#196 in Asia

#540 in the World

Enrollment: 8,026
Founded: 1973

14. Uludag University

For Nuclear Engineering

#221 in Asia

#595 in the World

Enrollment: 11,171
Founded: 1975

15. Karabuk University

Turkey | Karabuk

For Nuclear Engineering

#224 in Asia

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 2007

16. Celal Bayar University

Turkey | Manisa

For Nuclear Engineering

#238 in Asia

#631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1992

17. University of Gaziantep

Turkey | Gaziantep

For Nuclear Engineering

#264 in Asia

#685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1987

18. Bogazici University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Nuclear Engineering

#267 in Asia

#696 in the World

Enrollment: 3,998
Founded: 1971

19. Dokuz Eylul University

For Nuclear Engineering

#270 in Asia

#702 in the World

Enrollment: 23,958
Founded: 1982

20. Sakarya University

Turkey | Sakarya

For Nuclear Engineering

#273 in Asia

#707 in the World

Enrollment: 39,180
Founded: 1992

21. Akdeniz University

Turkey | Antalya

For Nuclear Engineering

#319 in Asia

#813 in the World

Enrollment: 4,624
Founded: 1982

22. Marmara University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Nuclear Engineering

#331 in Asia

#837 in the World

Enrollment: 61,938
Founded: 1982

23. Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Turkey | Eskisehir

For Nuclear Engineering

#355 in Asia

#906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1993

24. Atilim University

Turkey | Ankara

For Nuclear Engineering

#362 in Asia

#917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 1997

25. Bilecik Sheikh Edebali University

Turkey | Bilecik

For Nuclear Engineering

#373 in Asia

#942 in the World

Founded: 2007

26. TOBB Economics and Technology University

Turkey | Ankara

For Nuclear Engineering

#429 in Asia

#1054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

27. Ankara University

Turkey | Ankara

For Nuclear Engineering

#454 in Asia

#1096 in the World

Enrollment: 48,271
Founded: 1946

28. Istanbul University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Nuclear Engineering

#460 in Asia

#1104 in the World

Enrollment: 35,190
Founded: 1933

The best cities to study Nuclear Engineering in Turkey based on the number of universities and their ranks are Ankara, Istanbul, Elazig, and Izmir.

Engineering subfields in Turkey

Acoustical Engineering134

Aerospace Engineering128

Agricultural Engineering15

Applied/Engineering Physics22

Architectural Engineering49

Automation and Control engineering44

Automotive Engineering90

Biochemical Engineering15

Biomedical Engineering46

Biotechnology97

Chemical Engineering130

Civil Engineering111

Computer Engineering36

Computer Networking123

Construction Management15

Electrical Engineering137

Electronic Engineering102

Engineering Management9

Environmental Engineering74

Firefighting and Fire Science22

Geotechnical Engineering102

Human-Computer Interaction64

Industrial Engineering14

Landscape Architecture29

Marine Engineering10

Materials Science139

Mechanical Engineering137

Metallurgical Engineering134

Mining Engineering19

Nanotechnology126

Operations Research78

Optical Engineering138

Petroleum Engineering19

Polymer science and Plastics engineering16

Product and Industrial Design11

Reliability and Quality Engineering37

Remote Sensing55

Renewable Energy Engineering89

Structural Engineering121

Systems Engineering95

Technical Drawing18

Telecommunications127

Transportation Engineering33