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Karadeniz Technical University

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Trabzon, Türkiye
1501+ in World University Rankings 2025
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Karadeniz Technical University was established in 1955 in Trabzon, Turkey as the first Turkish university to be established outside of Istanbul and Ankara. In 1966, the university moved to its current campus in Trabzon.

There are 12 undergraduate faculties in total: dentistry, pharmacy, letters, science, economics and administrative sciences, architecture, engineering, technology, health sciences, marine science, and medicine. Across this faculty breadth there is a wide range of programmes on offer that include fisheries technologies engineering, surgical medicine, archaeology, and econometrics.

In addition, the university has graduate schools offering a range of courses from sea technologies to biology, and gender studies to Black Sea studies across six main schools: forensic science, marine science and technology, natural and applied sciences, Black Sea studies, health sciences, and social sciences.

The university provides lots of activities and facilities to enhance a student’s social life on campus, including social, cultural and sporting activities. There’s a Cultural Centre that holds concerts, theatre performances and movie nights. There’s also a Culture and Congress Center that has a museum.

For students who enjoy sporting activities, the university has an indoor sports facility where they hold competitions, a stadium with a grass pitch, an Olympic-standard swimming pool to host water sport events. There is also football fields, tennis courts, basketball courts and a squash court. Most of these facilities can be accessed outside of school hours.

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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at Karadeniz Technical University

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
49 F : 51 M (1)
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International student percentage
7% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
11.2 (1)
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Student total
24284 (1)

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

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Subjects Taught at Karadeniz Technical University

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Social Sciences801+

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies

Life Sciences1001+

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Sport Science
  • Biological Sciences

Engineering1001+

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

Computer Science801–1000th

  • Computer Science

Clinical and Health801–1000th

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Other Health