UI GreenMetric World University Rankings
The results have been announced for 2024 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, which was launched by the University of Indonesia in 2010 and has since become the leading green campus and environmental sustainability ranking worldwide. Istanbul Medeniyet University is ranked 736th among 1477 universities worldwide in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, to which it applied for the second time this year. Our University ranked 76th among 120 universities in Turkey’s general ranking, while among the 6 categories in which the environmental initiatives of universities are evaluated, it is ranked 243rd in the world and 21st among the universities in our country in the “Waste” category, and 412th in the world and 37th in Turkey in the “Education & Research” category.
In 2024 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, where environmental commitments and initiatives of universities from all over the world have been assessed using a total of 51 indicators in 6 categories, our University has achieved remarkable success in the Waste and Education & Research categories. Scoring 1500 points out of 1800 in the Waste category, IMU ranks 21st among the 120 universities from Turkey in this category. In the Education and Research category, which is our second most successful category, our University scored 1475 points out of 1800 and ranked 37th in Turkey.
In the “Water” category, one of the main areas in which we have made significant progress compared to 2023, when we applied to the ranking for the first time, our University has managed to add 640 points out of 1000 to last year’s score and ranked 539th in the world and 44th in Turkey in this category.
You can access UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2024 results here.
THE Asia University Rankings
As one of the most reputable institutions that evaluates higher education achievements globally, Times Higher Education (THE) has announced the results for its Asia University Rankings 2024. Istanbul Medeniyet University has been ranked 501-600 in the overall global ranking, while sharing the 30th place with 12 other Turkish universities in the national ranking. IMU scored 48.8 points out of 100 in the Research Quality category, ranking 7th among the public universities in Turkey and 15th in general.
In THE Asia University Rankings 2024, a total of 1127 universities have been assessed globally, of which 739 has been listed, while 75 of the 97 universities assessed from Turkey have been listed in the rankings. As a regional academic performance mapping for the universities in Asia, THE Asia University Rankings uses the same 18 performance indicators as THE World University Rankings, but they are recalibrated to reflect the attributes of Asia’s institutions. In the 2024 THE Asian Universities Ranking, which has introduced significant updates in its methodology, universities have been evaluated according to a total of 18 performance indicators under the categories of Teaching (the learning environment); Research environment (volume, income and reputation); Research quality (citation impact, research strength, research excellence and research influence); International outlook (staff, students and research); and Industry (income and patents).
Please click here for the results of THE Asia University Rankings 2024 and here for IMU’s profile in the rankings.
THE Young University Rankings
In the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings (THE Young University Rankings) 2024, which lists the world’s top young universities that are aged 50 years and under, Istanbul Medeniyet University has been ranked 401-500 globally, sharing with 8 universities the 13th rank among all universities ranked from Turkey and the 5th rank among the public universities.
In THE Young Universities Rankings 2024, which has undergone significant updates in its methodology, universities were assessed across a total of 18 performance indicators in five areas: Teaching (the learning environment); Research environment (volume, income and reputation); Research quality (citation impact, research strength, research excellence and research influence); International outlook (staff, students and research); and Industry (income and patents). Among a total of 1171 young universities from all over the world, 673 universities meeting the relevant criteria were included in the ranking, and Turkey was the country with the highest representation rate with 58 universities that fulfill the criteria.
The detailed results show that IMU achieved its highest score in the Research Quality category with 48.8 points and ranks the 11th among the young universities in Turkey and the 3rd among the Turkish public universities listed in this category. In terms of IMU’s success in the ranking areas, the Research Quality category is followed by International Outlook, Teaching, Industry and Research Environment, respectively.
You can access the results of THE Young Universities Rankings 2024 here.
Times Higher Education (THE), the UK-based international higher education rating organization, has published the 2026 World University Rankings (WUR). Istanbul Medeniyet University has maintained its global rank of 1201-1500 in the ranking among over 2000 universities from all over the world that have been assessed, and ranks 23rd among the 109 universities from Türkiye and 13th among all Turkish public universities. IMU is globally ranked 1075th in Research Quality, its highest ranked pillar where it is ranked 15th among all Turkish universities and 6th among the public universities in Turkey.
Since 2010, THE World University Rankings has been recognized as the most trusted list of the world’s best universities and this year’s list includes higher education institutions from 115 countries and regions. The universities in THE World University Rankings 2025, which is the most comprehensive and diverse university ranking to date, are assessed in Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry and International Outlook criteria and ranked according to their performance scores.
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SCImago Institutions Rankings
The 2025 version has been published for the SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR), which assesses academic and research-related institutions based on three different sets of indicators; i.e., research performance, innovation outputs and societal impact measured by their web visibility. Istanbul Medeniyet University (IMU) ranks 37th in this year’s list containing 144 institutions from Türkiye by going up 9 places compared to last year, while ranking 25th among the public universities in our country. In the Ranking based on Scopus data, our University ranks 21st in Research among the universities in Türkiye. In addition, it rose 536 places compared to last year in the global Innovation ranking.
In addition to the overall rankings, SCImago Institutions Rankings 2025 also assessed the scientific performance of universities in 19 different subject areas. In these rankings by subject areas, IMU has made impressive achievements and risen to a leading position in certain areas among global and national universities. In the ranking list by subject areas, IMU is ranked the 1st in Economics, Econometrics and Finance among the universities in Türkiye and 244th globally, while in Environmental Science, it is ranked 2nd in Türkiye and 426th in the world. Among the other fields in which it ranked in the top 10 in our country, IMU ranked in 8th in Business, Management and Accounting and 10th in Energy.
Some other significant positions that IMU has attained in Türkiye in this year’s ranking include the 21st position in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; the 25th in Chemistry; the 31st in Medicine; and the 33rd in Social Sciences.
You can view the results of SCImago Institutions Ranking 2025 here and the profile of our University here.
Webometrics Ranking Web of Universities
The March 2024 edition of the Webometrics Ranking of Universities, which evaluates universities from around the world based on the volume, visibility and impact of their web content, has been published. Istanbul Medeniyet University ranked 2280th among more than 11,000 universities from around the world and 55th among 209 universities from Turkey.
In the three performance indicators used in the evaluation of higher education institutions in the ranking, our University ranked 7304th in the world in the Impact Ranking, 1256th in the Openness ranking, and 1833rd in the Excellence ranking.
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THE University Impact Rankings
Times Higher Education (THE), one of the world’s leading university ranking organizations, announced the 2025 results of the “Impact Rankings”, which assesses universities from all over the world in terms of their contribution to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Istanbul Medeniyet University scored 71.3 points out of 100 in THE 2025 Impact Rankings, where a total of 2318 universities from all over the world were ranked, rising in the global ranking from 601-800 to 401-600.
Our university made great progress by increasing its score in THE 2025 Impact Ranking from 66.1 to 71.3. There has been a 16% increase in the number of universities from Turkey included in the 2025 Impact Ranking, where the number of participating international institutions has increased by approximately 14% compared to 2024. Our university achieved a great success by ranking 14th among 108 universities from Turkey.
IMU applied to the Impact Ranking for the first time in 2021 by applying for only 4 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while it applied for 12 SDGs for 2025. According to the index’s methodology, the four categories in which our University achieved the highest success were SDG15-Life on Land, SDG12-Responsible Production and Consumption, SDG3-Good Health and Well Being and SDG17-Partnerships for the Goals.
Our University has increased its score not only in the overall ranking but also for individual SDGs and achieved a record-breaking success in the SDG15 – Life on Land category, which it applied for the first time this year. In this category, our University ranked 101-200 in the world with 70.3 points and ranked 5th in Türkiye. In addition to the research activities carried out at our University in this field, land ecosystem trainings and actions and land-sensitive waste disposal activities carried out by our institution played an important part in this remarkable success.
In the SDG12-Responsible Production and Consumption category, for which our university applied for the second time this year, IMU has increased its score from 70 to 78.4, rising from 201-300 to 101-200 and ranked 4th in our country in this category. In addition to our University’s research activities in this field, our corporate activities on waste recycling and the sustainability progress reports published by our Sustainability Office played an important role in this success.
Positioned in the 401-600 band in the SDG3-Good Health and Well Being category this year, our University ranked 15th among the universities in Turkey with 61.4 points with its research, education, services and collaborations in the field of health.
In the SDG17-Partnerships for Goals category, our University managed to increase its score from 68 in 2024 to 78.3 points with a significant increase this year, achieving a rapid rise from last year’s 401-600 ranking to 301-400. Ranked 7th in this category in Türkiye, our institutional collaborations to support the SDGs, the trainings we provide to our campus community and the public on the SDGs, and our SDG progress reports detailing our activities played an important part in this success.
Apart from these four SDGs, our university has achieved remarkable success in the other SDGs it applied for. In particular, it has been ranked 301-400 in SDG2 -Zero Hunger; 401-600 in SDG10-Reduced Inequalities and SDG11-Sustainable Cities and Communities and 601-800 in SDG 8-Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG9-Industrial Innovation and Infrastructure.
You can access the results of THE 2025 Impact Ranking here and our University’s profile in the ranking here.
Istanbul Medeniyet University was ranked the 1639th globally and the 33rd among 118 Turkish universities in URAP World Ranking of Higher Education Institutions 2022-2023, which ranks the best 3000 universities in the world.
University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) Research Lab of METU has been issuing the “URAP World Ranking of Higher Education Institutions” since 2011 and the 2022-2023 version of the ranking has now been published. As one of the most comprehensive university rankings in the world, the URAP World Ranking assesses the academic performance of 3000 higher education institutions around the globe.
The URAP World Ranking uses the data from Web of Science and InCites databases to assess the performance of 3000 universities with the highest number of publications according to 6 indicators that measure scientific productivity, research quality, and international recognition: Article (21%), Total Document (10%), Citation (21%), Article Impact Total (18%), Citation Impact Total (15%), and International Collaboration (15%).
Istanbul Medeniyet University has clearly been on the rise in URAP World Rankings in the last three years both on a global and national scale. In the 2020-2021 ranking, it was ranked the 1880th among 3000 universities globally and the 42nd among a total of 111 universities listed from Turkey, while it rose 94 ranks up to being the 1786th globally and the 38th among 112 Turkish universities in the last year’s ranking. This year, our university has climbed 147 ranks up compared to its position last year to the 1639th rank globally and assumed the 33rd position among a total of 118 universities from Turkey. As for our rank among the public universities in URAP World Ranking 2022-2023, our university ranks the 28th among a total of 93 public universities listed in the ranking. Furthermore, it has obtained a total score of 212 from all the six academic performance indicators with a 14 percent increase compared to its last year’s score (185.17) and a 30 percent increase compared to its score in the previous year (162.42).
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AD Scientific Index
The AD Scientific Index (Alper-Doger Scientific Index) is a ranking and analysis system based on the scientific performance and the added value of the scientific productivity of individual scientists. It also provides rankings of institutions based on the scientific characteristics of affiliated scientists. Using a total of nine parameters, the index ranks individual scientists by 12 subjects and shows the total and the last five-year productivity coefficients of scientists based on the h-index and i10 index scores and citations in Google Scholar. The index includes nearly 210 countries, more than 13,600 universities, and nearly a million academicians.
In AD Scientific Index 2021, Istanbul Medeniyet University ranked 53rd in Turkey, 630th regionally, and 1904th globally with 3 academic staff members ranking among the top 100,000 scientists in the world. Please see here for İstanbul Medeniyet University Scientist and University Rankings in AD Scientific Index 2021.
UK-based higher education rating agency QS has announced its “Emerging Europe & Central Asia (EECA) University Rankings” for 2022, which ranks Istanbul Medeniyet University for the first time, in the 251-300 band. In the “citations per paper” indicator as one of the ten indicators used to evaluate the performance of higher education institutions, IMU received 93.5 out of 100 pts, ranking the 18th in the EECA region.
Among all the countries in the region, Turkey and Russia have the greatest representation in this year’s list, which features a total of 66 higher education institutions from Turkey. In the country ranking, IMU shares its global position in the 251-300 band with seven other universities from Turkey.
Aiming to celebrate and track the performance of higher education institutions in the EECA countries, the ranking uses a methodology adapted from the overall QS World University Rankings. QS EECA 2022 rankings were constructed using 10 indicators, including academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, papers per faculty, international research network, web impact, staff with a PhD, citations per paper, international faculty and international students. Among these indicators, IMU has received the highest scores in citations per paper, web impact, and international research network, respectively. Particularly in the “citations per paper” indicator, IMU received 93.5 out of 100 pts, ranking the 18th in the EECA region.
For more info on the QS EECA University Rankings 2022, please visit here.