Bahçeşehir University Among the World's Best Young Universities

Times Higher Education has announced its Young University Rankings 2021, which lists the best universities aged 50 and under worldwide. In the ranking, which includes 31 universities from Türkiye, BAU maintained its 5th place in the "International Outlook" sub-category and rose to 4th place in "Research."

The THE Young University Rankings 2021 were based on the previously announced THE World University Rankings 2021 data. Universities were evaluated in terms of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook so that they could be compared in the most comprehensive and fair way.

While the THE Young University Rankings consisted of 414 universities in 2020, the number rose to 475 this year. BAU was in the 78% band in the overall ranking last year and rose to the 69% band this year.

Worldwide, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) ranked first, Paris Sciences et Lettres - PSL Research University Paris (France) second and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong) third. In Türkiye, Koç University ranked first, Sabancı University second and Çankaya University third.

BAU RANKS 4TH IN RESEARCH

BAU rose to 8th place among 31 universities in the overall ranking. Across Türkiye, BAU maintained its 5th place in the "International Outlook" sub-category and rose to 4th place in "Research."

Universities in Türkiye's top 5 in International Outlook:

Bilkent University

Sabancı University

Koç University

Bahçeşehir University

Çankaya University

 

Universities in Türkiye's top 5 in Research:

Sabancı University

Koç University

Bilkent University

Bahçeşehir University

Erciyes University