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Aksaray University

Aksaray Üniversitesi

  • Aksaray
  • Founded 2006
  • 1 campus
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Overview

Aksaray University is a public higher educational institution established on March 17, 2006, in Aksaray, Central Anatolia in Turkey. Formerly it was a subunit of the Niğde University.

Aksaray University is a state university based in Aksaray, founded in 2006. Its academic units include 14 faculties, and the ÖSYM guide lists 84 associate and bachelor programmes. In 2025-2026 it had 18,151 students; 2,803 graduated in 2024-2025 (YÖK).

Source: Wikipedia — Aksaray University · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

When and where was Aksaray University founded?
Aksaray University is a state university based in Aksaray, founded in 2006. Source: YÖK.
How many students does Aksaray University have?
18,151 students in 2025-2026; 2,803 graduated in 2024-2025. Source: YÖK Higher Education Information System.
How many students per faculty member does Aksaray University have?
29.0 students per faculty member in 2025-2026 (626 faculty members, 963 teaching staff; formal and evening students). Source: YÖK.
How many campuses does Aksaray University have?
1 campus: Main Campus.
How many associate and bachelor programmes does Aksaray University offer?
The ÖSYM guide lists 84 programmes. Source: ÖSYM.
Which rankings list Aksaray University?
URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance) 2025-2026: world 82, Türkiye 82; Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027: world 2001+, Türkiye 91; SCImago Institutions Rankings 2026: world 8357, Türkiye 126. Positions as published by each ranking.

Photos

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Campuses

1 campus

Academic structure

Associate
41
Bachelor’s
43
Master’s
0
Doctorate
0

Faculties 14

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 5 yrs SAY 19 462,21 35.542

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 30 372,41 25.806
    · 4 yrs EA 35 336,32 169.090
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 32 306,24 209.829
    · 4 yrs EA 40 353,88 114.707
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 32 321,15 140.537
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 30 397,91 8.864
    · 4 yrs SAY 15 304,44 292.864
    · 4 yrs DİL 27 404,99 19.714

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 16 227,90 1.066.873
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 259,36 520.678
    · 4 yrs EA 20 225,83 1.090.931
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 273,27 430.771
    · 4 yrs SAY 28 272,07 437.586
    · 4 yrs EA 40 238,08 946.729
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 30 256,53 595.167
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 30 274,26 431.763
    · 4 yrs DİL 30 366,20 35.905

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 50 264,57 647.489
    · 4 yrs EA 90 245,08 864.084
    · 4 yrs EA 30 258,50 711.693
    · 4 yrs EA 70 328,15 200.525
    · 4 yrs EA 50 250,61 799.818
    · 4 yrs EA 40 267,18 620.754

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 79 237,97 775.796
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 9 243,46 722.659

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 40 247,33 685.070
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 40 261,84 544.196

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 322,24 238.095

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 314,49 260.237
    · 4 yrs SAY 65 321,59 239.853
    · 4 yrs SAY 25 313,04 264.661
    · 4 yrs SAY 65 348,48 177.295
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 307,37 282.936

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 261,83 502.753
    · 4 yrs SAY 60 362,13 152.212
    · 4 yrs EA 36 272,67 567.217

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 6 yrs SAY 110 479,43 22.669

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 20 323,16 132.745
    · 4 yrs DİL 45 307,90 63.292

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 5 yrs SAY 36 378,08 127.721

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Graduate Schools 3

Vocational Schools 7

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 261,58 1.373.130
    · 2 yrs TYT 15 243,22 1.642.461
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 308,16 757.411
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 289,10 987.817
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 245,81 1.604.296
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 290,76 966.164
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 234,96 1.763.261
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 276,16 1.163.795
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 286,39 1.023.531
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 284,03 1.055.189
    · 2 yrs TYT 15 238,91 1.705.700
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 245,33 1.611.393
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 242,21 1.657.208
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 258,28 1.421.412
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 252,14 1.511.461

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 277,61 1.143.374
    · 2 yrs TYT 18 245,05 1.615.433
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 254,28 1.480.133
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 243,87 1.632.801
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 239,95 1.690.373
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 251,69 1.518.005

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 265,05 1.322.425
    · 2 yrs TYT 49 260,94 1.382.501
    · 2 yrs TYT 27 282,69 1.073.173
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 262,42 1.360.708
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 270,57 1.243.068
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 280,39 1.104.843

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 277,36 1.146.880
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 247,05 1.586.182

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 266,02 1.308.647
    · 2 yrs TYT 40 266,66 1.299.324
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 301,55 832.894
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 259,67 1.401.075
    · 2 yrs TYT 40 256,43 1.448.369
    · 2 yrs TYT 40 262,78 1.355.447
    · 2 yrs TYT 27 251,82 1.516.137
    · 2 yrs TYT 81 246,97 1.587.416

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 312,74 708.068
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 334,39 509.258
    · 2 yrs TYT 43 336,68 491.552
    · 2 yrs TYT 65 293,90 926.532

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Rankings

In international rankings

From the publishers’ own lists; not part of the Yerleske Index.

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Students and graduates

From YÖK’s official statistics; archived every year.

Students
18.151
2025-2026 academic year
New students
4.448
2025-2026 academic year
Graduates
2.803
2024-2025 graduates
Female students
%53,8
9.766 / 18.151

By level

  • Associate 4.857 %27
  • Bachelor 11.101 %61
  • Master 2.029 %11
  • Doctorate 164 %0,9

By mode of study

  • Formal 17.626 %97
  • Evening 525 %2,9

Over the years

Students New students Graduates · Hover over or tap a year to see the values
Academic yearStudentsNew studentsGraduates
2012-2013——2.224
2013-2014——2.874
2014-2015——3.020
2015-201620.1046.1283.044
2016-201722.5355.9473.605
2017-201823.7215.5473.508
2018-201921.9795.4894.042
2019-202021.4175.2444.067
2020-202120.7905.0584.483
2021-202219.2244.9393.881
2022-202319.9835.7713.615
2023-202419.7145.5583.394
2024-202518.8274.9672.803
2025-202618.1514.448—
Detailed statistics
Teaching staff · 2025-2026
963
Faculty members
626
Students per faculty member
29,0

Research output

Publications, citations and journal quartiles, compiled from open bibliographic records (OpenAlex).

Publications
10.759
Citations
159.012
h-index
131
Journal articles · 2021–2025
4.505
Q1 share
%37,7
TR Dizin articles · 2021–2025
1.820
Open access
%77,7
Articles per faculty member
1,44
Publications and citations by year (recent work has had less time to be cited)
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Publications Citations to that year’s publications

Academic yearPublicationsCitations to that year’s publications
20219167958
202210456158
202312025659
20249613915
202511482488

Units publishing the most · 2021–2025

  1. Tıp Fakültesi Q1 %31 600
  2. Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Q1 %33 536
  3. Mühendislik Fakültesi Q1 %49 373
  4. Eğitim Fakültesi Q1 %61 301
  5. Veteriner Fakültesi Q1 %36 212
  6. Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Q1 %42 192
  7. Meslek Yüksekokulu Q1 %44 189
  8. İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi 117

Articles by journal quartile · 2021–2025

  • Q1 764 %38
  • Q2 746 %37
  • Q3 371 %18
  • Q4 145 %7,2

Articles in journals without a quartile (not in the SCImago list) are left out of the distribution.

Leading research topics

  • Historical Turkish Studies
  • Islamic Thought and Society Studies
  • Turkish Literature and Culture
  • Science Education and Pedagogy
  • Educational Methods and Analysis
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Qur’anic Interpretation Studies

Journals published in most · 2021–2025

  1. Scientific Reports Q1 41
  2. Aksaray University Journal of Science and Engineering 34
  3. Journal of Advances in VetBio Science and Techniques 32
  4. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology 30
  5. The Annals of Clinical and Analytical Medicine 30
  6. Aksaray Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 29

Most published academics · 2021–2025

Name Articles (5 yrs) Citations h-index
Fatih Mehmet Kandemır Tıp Fakültesi › Temel Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü › Tıbbi Biyokimya Anabilim Dalı 79 8.747 61
Mehmet Atçeken Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi › Matematik Bölümü 62 493 12
Nurhan Akaras Tıp Fakültesi › Temel Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü › Histoloji ve Embriyoloji Anabilim Dalı 57 1.188 21
Hasan Şimşek Tıp Fakültesi › Temel Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü › Fizyoloji Anabilim Dalı 46 1.348 20
Hüseyin Mutlu Tıp Fakültesi › Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü › Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı 43 396 8
Kâmil Kokulu Tıp Fakültesi › Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü › Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı 42 428 11
Hüseyin Erdal Tıp Fakültesi › Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü › Tıbbi Genetik Anabilim Dalı 42 482 11
Talat Baran Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi › Kimya Bölümü 40 6.623 52
Recep Eröz Tıp Fakültesi › Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü › Tıbbi Genetik Anabilim Dalı 37 857 16
Ekrem Taha Sert Tıp Fakültesi › Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü › Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı 37 302 10

Counts journal articles with fewer than 50 authors over the last five complete years; listed when OpenAlex gives this university as their latest institution. If a record is wrong or you prefer not to be listed, use “Report an error”.

Source: OpenAlex records (CC0, openalex.org); journal quartiles from SCImago Journal Rank 2025. Figures may differ from institutions’ own reports or from Web of Science/Scopus, whose coverage differs. TR Dizin figures: TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM TR Dizin records, search.trdizin.gov.tr OpenAlex record · Updated: 09.10.2026

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News and announcements

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Source: aksaray.edu.tr · updated daily · content lives on the official site.

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Contact

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Website
aksaray.edu.tr
E-mail
gensek@aksaray.edu.tr
Phone
0382 288 30 26
Address
Bahçesaray Mah.68100 AKSARAY

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Last updated:
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