33 Best universities for Transportation Engineering in Turkey

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Turkey ranked based on their research performance in Transportation Engineering. A graph of 82.6K citations received by 5.77K academic papers made by 33 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. Istanbul Technical University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Transportation Engineering

#35 in Asia

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 15,358
Founded: 1944

2. Yildiz Technical University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Transportation Engineering

#129 in Asia

#482 in the World

Enrollment: 9,842
Founded: 1982

3. Middle East Technical University

Turkey | Ankara

For Transportation Engineering

#133 in Asia

#488 in the World

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

4. Bilkent University

Turkey | Ankara

For Transportation Engineering

#135 in Asia

#492 in the World

Enrollment: 11,701
Founded: 1984

5. Dokuz Eylul University

Turkey | Izmir

For Transportation Engineering

#207 in Asia

#713 in the World

Enrollment: 23,958
Founded: 1982

6. Gazi University

Turkey | Ankara

For Transportation Engineering

#258 in Asia

#847 in the World

Enrollment: 31,353
Founded: 1982

7. Bogazici University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Transportation Engineering

#259 in Asia

#848 in the World

Enrollment: 3,998
Founded: 1971

8. Sabanci University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Transportation Engineering

#263 in Asia

#858 in the World

Founded: 1996

9. Hacettepe University

Turkey | Ankara

For Transportation Engineering

#271 in Asia

#870 in the World

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

10. Sakarya University

Turkey | Sakarya

For Transportation Engineering

#272 in Asia

#873 in the World

Enrollment: 39,180
Founded: 1992

11. Karadeniz Technical University

Turkey | Trabzon

For Transportation Engineering

#298 in Asia

#937 in the World

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

12. Istanbul University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Transportation Engineering

#299 in Asia

#938 in the World

Enrollment: 35,190
Founded: 1933

13. Anadolu University

Turkey | Eskisehir

For Transportation Engineering

#308 in Asia

#969 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 4,678
Founded: 1982

14. Koc University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Transportation Engineering

#333 in Asia

#1027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1992

15. Ataturk University

Turkey | Erzurum

For Transportation Engineering

#368 in Asia

#1099 in the World

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

16. Pamukkale University

Turkey | Denizli

For Transportation Engineering

#381 in Asia

#1139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1992

17. Ege University

Turkey | Izmir

For Transportation Engineering

#391 in Asia

#1159 in the World

Enrollment: 12,256
Founded: 1955

18. University of Gaziantep

Turkey | Gaziantep

For Transportation Engineering

#395 in Asia

#1163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1987

19. Gebze University of Technology

Turkey | Gebze

For Transportation Engineering

#414 in Asia

#1204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1992

20. Selcuk University

Turkey | Karatay

For Transportation Engineering

#449 in Asia

#1265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 9,817
Founded: 1975

21. Firat University

Turkey | Elazig

For Transportation Engineering

#469 in Asia

#1302 in the World

Enrollment: 3,219
Founded: 1975

22. Ankara University

Turkey | Ankara

For Transportation Engineering

#482 in Asia

#1337 in the World

Enrollment: 28,757
Founded: 1946

23. Marmara University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Transportation Engineering

#573 in Asia

#1504 in the World

Enrollment: 14,066
Founded: 1982

24. Ondokuz Mayis University

Turkey | Samsun

For Transportation Engineering

#625 in Asia

#1601 in the World

Enrollment: 5,129
Founded: 1975

25. Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Turkey | Eskisehir

For Transportation Engineering

#626 in Asia

#1604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1993

26. Akdeniz University

Turkey | Antalya

For Transportation Engineering

#651 in Asia

#1648 in the World

Enrollment: 4,624
Founded: 1982

27. Erciyes University

Turkey | Kayseri

For Transportation Engineering

#665 in Asia

#1671 in the World

Enrollment: 3,390
Founded: 1978

28. Suleyman Demirel University

Turkey | Isparta

For Transportation Engineering

#667 in Asia

#1674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 41,647
Male:Female: 49:51
Founded: 1992

29. Kocaeli University

Turkey | Kocaeli

For Transportation Engineering

#674 in Asia

#1685 in the World

Enrollment: 67,250
Founded: 1992

30. Uludag University

Turkey | Bursa

For Transportation Engineering

#696 in Asia

#1720 in the World

Enrollment: 11,171
Founded: 1975

31. Bursa Technical University

Turkey | Bursa

For Transportation Engineering

#699 in Asia

#1724 in the World

Founded: 2010

32. Galatasaray University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Transportation Engineering

#712 in Asia

#1739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1994

33. Istanbul Commerce University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Transportation Engineering

#735 in Asia

#1783 in the World

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

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