100 Best universities for Child Psychology 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 Child Psychology. A graph of 632K citations received by 48.7K academic papers made by 131 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. Hacettepe University

Turkey | Ankara

For Child Psychology

#21 in Asia

#335 in the World

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

2. Middle East Technical University

Turkey | Ankara

For Child Psychology

#49 in Asia

#507 in the World

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

3. Ankara University

Turkey | Ankara

For Child Psychology

#59 in Asia

#546 in the World

Enrollment: 48,271
Founded: 1946

4. Istanbul University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#64 in Asia

#565 in the World

Enrollment: 35,190
Founded: 1933

5. Gazi University

Turkey | Ankara

For Child Psychology

#73 in Asia

#615 in the World

Enrollment: 39,234
Founded: 1982

6. Marmara University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#85 in Asia

#660 in the World

Enrollment: 61,938
Founded: 1982

7. Dokuz Eylul University

For Child Psychology

#94 in Asia

#688 in the World

Enrollment: 23,958
Founded: 1982

8. Ege University

For Child Psychology

#97 in Asia

#695 in the World

Founded: 1955

9. Anadolu University

Turkey | Eskisehir

For Child Psychology

#116 in Asia

#756 in the World

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

10. Ataturk University

Turkey | Erzurum

For Child Psychology

#123 in Asia

#776 in the World

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

11. Koc University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#136 in Asia

#833 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1992

12. Pamukkale University

Turkey | Denizli

For Child Psychology

#150 in Asia

#873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1992

13. Selcuk University

Turkey | Karatay

For Child Psychology

#155 in Asia

#880 in the World

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

14. Sakarya University

Turkey | Sakarya

For Child Psychology

#158 in Asia

#890 in the World

Enrollment: 39,180
Founded: 1992

15. Cukurova University

For Child Psychology

#173 in Asia

#942 in the World

Enrollment: 8,026
Founded: 1973

16. Akdeniz University

Turkey | Antalya

For Child Psychology

#185 in Asia

#979 in the World

Enrollment: 4,624
Founded: 1982

17. Firat University

Turkey | Elazig

For Child Psychology

#192 in Asia

#1022 in the World

Enrollment: 3,219
Founded: 1975

18. Bogazici University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#202 in Asia

#1039 in the World

Enrollment: 3,998
Founded: 1971

19. Yildiz Technical University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#203 in Asia

#1041 in the World

Enrollment: 9,842
Founded: 1982

20. Erciyes University

Turkey | Kayseri

For Child Psychology

#220 in Asia

#1093 in the World

Enrollment: 3,390
Founded: 1978

21. Mersin University

Turkey | Mersin

For Child Psychology

#224 in Asia

#1108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1992

22. Uludag University

For Child Psychology

#233 in Asia

#1130 in the World

Enrollment: 11,171
Founded: 1975

23. Baskent University

Turkey | Ankara

For Child Psychology

#236 in Asia

#1136 in the World

Founded: 1994

24. Mugla University

For Child Psychology

#239 in Asia

#1146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

25. Adnan Menderes University

For Child Psychology

#240 in Asia

#1147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1992

26. Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Turkey | Eskisehir

For Child Psychology

#241 in Asia

#1149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1993

27. Ondokuz Mayis University

Turkey | Samsun

For Child Psychology

#243 in Asia

#1155 in the World

Enrollment: 5,129
Founded: 1975

28. Istanbul Technical University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#244 in Asia

#1156 in the World

Enrollment: 15,358
Founded: 1944

29. Karadeniz Technical University

Turkey | Trabzon

For Child Psychology

#249 in Asia

#1174 in the World

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

30. Inonu University

Turkey | Malatya

For Child Psychology

#251 in Asia

#1182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 1,153
Founded: 1975

31. Abant Izzet Baysal University

For Child Psychology

#257 in Asia

#1196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1992

32. Bilkent University

Turkey | Ankara

For Child Psychology

#259 in Asia

#1201 in the World

Enrollment: 11,701
Founded: 1984

33. Kocaeli University

Turkey | Kocaeli

For Child Psychology

#271 in Asia

#1238 in the World

Enrollment: 67,250
Founded: 1992

34. Cumhuriyet University

For Child Psychology

#284 in Asia

#1290 in the World

Enrollment: 2,316
Founded: 1974

35. University of Gaziantep

Turkey | Gaziantep

For Child Psychology

#299 in Asia

#1335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1987

36. Trakya University

Turkey | Edirne

For Child Psychology

#301 in Asia

#1338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 40,881
Founded: 1982

37. Van Yuzuncu Yil University

For Child Psychology

#311 in Asia

#1357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 25,655
Founded: 1982

38. Kirikkale University

Turkey | Kirikkale

For Child Psychology

#321 in Asia

#1380 in the World

Founded: 1992

39. Celal Bayar University

Turkey | Manisa

For Child Psychology

#323 in Asia

#1383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1992

40. Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Turkey | Burdur

For Child Psychology

#341 in Asia

#1429 in the World

Founded: 2006

41. Afyon Kocatepe University

Turkey | Afyonkarahisar

For Child Psychology

#342 in Asia

#1431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 43,000
Founded: 1992

42. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Turkey | Canakkale

For Child Psychology

#361 in Asia

#1473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1992

43. Usak University

For Child Psychology

#379 in Asia

#1513 in the World

Founded: 2006

44. Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

For Child Psychology

#395 in Asia

#1540 in the World

Enrollment: 32,820
Male:Female: 52:48
Founded: 1992

45. Dicle University

Turkey | Diyarbakir

For Child Psychology

#396 in Asia

#1544 in the World

Enrollment: 5,480
Founded: 1973

46. Bartin University

Turkey | Bartin

For Child Psychology

#413 in Asia

#1590 in the World

Founded: 2008

47. Duzce University

For Child Psychology

#415 in Asia

#1595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2006

48. Bulent Ecevit University

Turkey | Zonguldak

For Child Psychology

#432 in Asia

#1639 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1992

49. Harran University

For Child Psychology

#436 in Asia

#1655 in the World

Founded: 1992

50. Balikesir University

Turkey | Balikesir

For Child Psychology

#438 in Asia

#1657 in the World

Founded: 1992

51. Istanbul Medipol University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#441 in Asia

#1663 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 2009

52. Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University

Turkey | Kahramanmaras

For Child Psychology

#453 in Asia

#1684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1992

53. Suleyman Demirel University

Turkey | Isparta

For Child Psychology

#462 in Asia

#1709 in the World

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

54. Amasya University

Turkey | Amasya

For Child Psychology

#506 in Asia

#1825 in the World

Founded: 2006

55. Adiyaman University

Turkey | Adiyaman

For Child Psychology

#520 in Asia

#1859 in the World

Founded: 2006

56. Aksaray University

Turkey | Aksaray

For Child Psychology

#528 in Asia

#1875 in the World

Founded: 2006

57. Izmir Katip Celebi University

For Child Psychology

#539 in Asia

#1898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2010

58. Kastamonu University

Turkey | Kastamonu

For Child Psychology

#559 in Asia

#1941 in the World

Enrollment: 30,513
Male:Female: 49:51
Founded: 2006

59. Izmir University of Economics

For Child Psychology

#561 in Asia

#1948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 9,322
Male:Female: 49:51
Founded: 2001

60. Erzincan Binali Yildirim University

Turkey | Erzincan

For Child Psychology

#566 in Asia

#1961 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%

61. Karabuk University

Turkey | Karabuk

For Child Psychology

#567 in Asia

#1962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 2007

62. Ahi Evran University

Turkey | Kirsehir

For Child Psychology

#568 in Asia

#1964 in the World

Founded: 2006

63. Uskudar University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#577 in Asia

#1981 in the World

Founded: 2011

64. Istanbul Aydin University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#596 in Asia

#2015 in the World

Founded: 2007

65. Dumlupinar University

Turkey | Kutahya

For Child Psychology

#603 in Asia

#2030 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1992

66. Yeditepe University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#611 in Asia

#2044 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1996

67. Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University

Turkey | Karaman

For Child Psychology

#619 in Asia

#2059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2007

68. Sabanci University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#621 in Asia

#2061 in the World

Founded: 1996

69. Istanbul Bilgi University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#622 in Asia

#2063 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1996

70. Istanbul Medeniyet University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#635 in Asia

#2085 in the World

Founded: 2010

71. Recep Tayyip Erdogan University

For Child Psychology

#647 in Asia

#2111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2006

72. Ozyegin University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#655 in Asia

#2125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2007

73. Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

For Child Psychology

#664 in Asia

#2146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2007

74. Mustafa Kemal University

Turkey | Antakya

For Child Psychology

#672 in Asia

#2166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1992

75. Nevsehir University

Turkey | Nevsehir

For Child Psychology

#679 in Asia

#2182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2013

76. Istanbul Kultur University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#683 in Asia

#2195 in the World

Founded: 1997

77. Ordu University

For Child Psychology

#684 in Asia

#2196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2006

78. Gebze University of Technology

For Child Psychology

#690 in Asia

#2209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1992

79. Artvin Coruh University

Turkey | Artvin

For Child Psychology

#700 in Asia

#2229 in the World

Founded: 2007

80. Atilim University

Turkey | Ankara

For Child Psychology

#731 in Asia

#2294 in the World

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

81. Bozok University

Turkey | Yozgat

For Child Psychology

#732 in Asia

#2295 in the World

Founded: 2006

82. Maltepe University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#742 in Asia

#2313 in the World

Founded: 1997

83. Mus Alparslan University

For Child Psychology

#768 in Asia

#2351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2007

84. Giresun University

Turkey | Giresun

For Child Psychology

#781 in Asia

#2381 in the World

Founded: 2006

85. Kafkas University

For Child Psychology

#842 in Asia

#2537 in the World

Founded: 1992

86. Beykent University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#859 in Asia

#2580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1997

87. Istanbul Commerce University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#880 in Asia

#2632 in the World

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

88. Yasar University

For Child Psychology

#888 in Asia

#2646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 10,423
Founded: 2001

89. Bezmialem Vakif University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#910 in Asia

#2683 in the World

Founded: 2010

90. Sinop University

For Child Psychology

#930 in Asia

#2725 in the World

Founded: 2007

91. Munzur University

Turkey | Tunceli

For Child Psychology

#937 in Asia

#2744 in the World

Founded: 2016

92. Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Turkey | Tekirdag

For Child Psychology

#953 in Asia

#2781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 30,958
Founded: 2006

93. Acibadem University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#959 in Asia

#2794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2007

94. Kadir Has University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#967 in Asia

#2808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 5,122
Founded: 1997

95. Bingol University

Turkey | Bingol

For Child Psychology

#979 in Asia

#2830 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2007

96. Bayburt University

Turkey | Bayburt

For Child Psychology

#981 in Asia

#2834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 2008

97. Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Child Psychology

#1007 in Asia

#2878 in the World

Founded: 2010

98. Siirt University

For Child Psychology

#1008 in Asia

#2879 in the World

Founded: 2007

99. Social Sciences University of Ankara

Turkey | Ankara

For Child Psychology

#1023 in Asia

#2907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 2013

100. Ufuk University

Turkey | Ankara

For Child Psychology

#1058 in Asia

#2985 in the World

Founded: 1999

The best cities to study Child Psychology in Turkey based on the number of universities and their ranks are Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, and Eskisehir.

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