08/12/2010
Sabancı University President Professor Nihat Berker:
The functions of Sabancı University, the international events we host, and the achievements of our students and alumni carry us into prestigious lists. It is also noteworthy that Sabancı University, with a total fund allowance of more than TL 50 million for hundreds of research projects undertaken since 2000, ranks first among universities in Turkey in terms of EU research funds per faculty member.
Sabancı University was included among the top 200 universities in Europe on the QS List.* With its top ten dominated by British universities, the list was based on points in “Peer Review”, “Employer Review”, “Faculty Students”, “Citations Faculty”, “Internatianal Faculty” and “International Students” categories.
At the University Ranking by Academic Performance** (URAP) laboratory founded at the Middle East Technical University and governed by 7 former university presidents, Sabancı University was ranked second among private universities and 11th among all universities in Turkey. The URAP study detailed the academic performances of 125 universities in Turkey and considered field and publication numbers in open and reliable sources such as YÖK, ÖSYM, ISI Web of Science and Google Scholar, number of publications per person, number of references per person, number of Google Scholar publications, number of Google Scholar publications per person, number of doctoral students, percentage of doctoral students, and number of students per person – all measures of scientific productivity.
Sabancı University among the top 2000 universities of the world
Sabancı University was among the “Top 2000 Universities of the World” list*** created at the “International Ranking by Academic Performance Symposium” held by URAP. When creating the ranking system, performance data was collected for 2500 institutions and each institution was graded in accordance with the announced criteria. The top 2000 institutions comprised the list. The URAP ranking is regarded as one of the most comprehensive rankings available.
“We aim higher in global and European rankings.”
On global and European rankings, Sabancı University President Professor Nihat Berker said, “as of the inaugural 1999-2000 academic year, Sabancı University has transformed higher education in Turkey. In as little time as a decade, we became one of the top universities in Turkey and across Europe. We are among the top 200 universities in Europe in the QS ranking. We believe that we will climb this ladder in the years to come.”
President Berker added, “One of the core features of Sabancı University, in addition to the success of the publications by its faculty, is its social and global initiatives. Functions such as the Istanbul Policy Center, the Nanotechnology Research and Application Center and the ongoing work for the Istanbul International Energy and Climate Center, the international events that we host, and the worldwide achievements of our students and alumni carry us into prestigious lists. President Berker explained that it was also noteworthy that Sabancı University, with a total fund allowance of more than TL 50 million for hundreds of research projects undertaken since 2000, ranks first among universities in Turkey in terms of EU research funds per faculty member.
President Berker noted that the URAP was an important effort to strengthen the position of Turkey on the international academic platform, and that it would lead to better and more productive cooperation among universities in Turkey in addition to transparent, free competition – which reflects the philosophy of the Competition Forum managed by Sabancı University and TÜSİAD.
* Top 200 European Universities 2010, August 2010
** University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), Ranking of All Universities and Ranking of Private Universities, October 2010
*** URAP “Top 2000 Universities of the World”, December 2010