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METU ranks first among Turkish universities once again in RUR World University Rankings

In the 2023 world university rankings announced by the Round University Ranking (RUR), Middle East Technical University has once again ranked first among the universities in Turkey after last year.

In the 2023 world university rankings announced by the Round University Ranking (RUR), Middle East Technical University has once again ranked first among the universities in Turkey after last year. According to the announced results, METU has successfully ranked 382nd worldwide.

Ranking the leading higher education institutions around the world, RUR evaluates universities according to a total of 20 indicators under the main categories of Teaching, Research, International Diversity and Financial Sustainability. In the process of determining the overall performance scores of universities, Teaching and Research activities have 40% weight each, while the categories of International Diversity and Financial Sustainability are each given a 10% weight. The data analyzed by the RUR ranking system while evaluating universities are provided by Clarivate Analytics.

According to the 2023 ranking of RUR, among all the universities worldwide, METU has ranked 387th in Research, 286th in International Diversity, and 67th in Financial Sustainability.

The ranks and scores of the first 15 Turkish universities listed in RUR 2023 can be seen below.

Rank University Score
382 Middle East Technical University 63,711
384 Koç University 63,625
385 İstanbul Technical University 63,451
551 Sabancı University 55,511
573 Ankara University 54,270
576 Boğaziçi University 54,037
641 İstanbul University 51,612
686 Hacettepe University 49,652
726 Ege University 47,237
727 Gazi University 47,100
728 Bilkent University 47,054
731 Yıldız Technical University 46,905
795 Gebze Technical University 43,324
817 Abdullah Gül University 42,739
835 İzmir Institute of Technology 41,593

Detailed information regarding RUR 2023 ranking can be accessed at https://roundranking.com/ranking/world-university-rankings.html#world-2023.

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