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Bahçeşehir University

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Besiktas, Türkiye
801–1000th in World University Rankings 2025
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The University of Bahçeşehir was established - with the permission of the Turkish National Assembly - by the Bahçeşehir Ugur Education Foundation in Istanbul 1998.

An academic and strategic protocol was signed later that year with San Diego State University in California.

It is considered one of the best privately owned universities in Turkey and was one of the few Turkish universities to give its lectures in English, therefore it is still a high priority for students applying to have a high level of English proficiency.

Its motto is "a world university in the heart of Istanbul," evidenced too by its international campuses in Washington DC, Boston, Toronto, Rome, Berlin and Hong Kong. It also has almost 200 international partners, including Harvard University.

There are 17,048 students, of which 10,137 are undergraduates and 4716 are postgraduates.

There are eight faculties: the faculty of law, the faculty of economics, administrative and social sciences, the faculty of communication, the faculty of architecture and design, the faculty of engineering and natural sciences, the faculty of health sciences, the faculty of medicine, plus one school of languages, two vocational schools and four institutes of postgraduate education.

Its main campus is in Besiktas, on the edge of the Bosphorus, often known as the Strait of Istanbul. A free boat shuttle service for all students and staff links the four campuses: Besiktas North, Besiktas South, Göztepe and Galata.

Istanbul (historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople) is the most populated city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic centre. It straddles the Bosporus strait (which separates Europe and Asia), with its commercial and historical centre on the European side and a third of its population on the Asian side.

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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at Bahçeşehir University

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
50 F : 50 M (1)
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International student percentage
24% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
46.6 (1)
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Student total
19003 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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Subjects Taught at Bahçeşehir University

See below for a range of subjects taught at Bahçeşehir University

Social Sciences601–800th

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Communication and Media Studies

Engineering401–500th

  • General Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Education401–500th

  • Education

Clinical and Health801–1000th

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Other Health

Business and Economics601–800th

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Business and Management
  • Accounting and Finance