Council of Higher Education

In the Times Higher Education (THE) Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2025, Türkiye has secured the second position globally for the highest number of universities.

Among 749 institutions evaluated from 92 universities countries, 45 Turkish universities made the list, with 10 ranking in the top 200 and four in the top 100.

A total of 192 researchers from 65 international institutions, including prominent names like Harvard University, Oxford University, Texas A&M University and Michigan State University, have applied to collaborate with Turkish universities, highlighting strong global interest in Türkiye's academic and research opportunities.

In a bid to turn university campuses into environmentally friendly spaces, the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) has launched a project to promote sustainable solutions, the YÖK president has announced.

Türkiye's top court has ruled to revoke key provisions of a decree law (KHK) that had granted the president authority to appoint university rectors and dismiss the Central Bank governor before the end of their terms.

The regulations in question were initially enacted under the KHK numbered 703, which aimed to align governance structures with the presidential government system.

In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at advancing wildlife research and conservation efforts, the Wildlife Research Institute has been inaugurated at Samsun's 19 Mayıs University (OMU).

The establishment of the institute marks a significant milestone, Erol Özvar, the head of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), highlighted during the opening ceremony.

Turkish students are redefining their educational horizons when it comes to education, with a growing inclination toward affordable Germany over the once-dominant preference of the United States.

The trend of selling historically important documents, with prices ranging from 80,000 to 250,000 Turkish Liras each, at online auctions has become popular in recent years.

The Council of Higher Education (YÖK) has recently sparked heated debates by allocating more than 20,000 quotas in associate and undergraduate programs specifically for women over the age of 34 who have not previously received an undergraduate education.

For the first time in the history of the northern province of Samsun's Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU), a former rector has graduated from the same university's law faculty.

One of the students who received their diplomas at the graduation ceremony of OMU was Prof. Dr. Sait Bilgiç, who was the previous rector of the university

Following the reopening of schools in many districts in the quake zone, a decision has been taken to also conduct university entrance exams in the southern quake-hit provinces of Hatay, Malatya, Kahramanmaraş and Adıyaman, Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) President Bayram Ali Ersoy has announced.