According to the General Report on University Monitoring and Evaluation of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), universities in Turkey signed a total of 3,601 R&D projects in collaboration with industry in 2023.
According to the report, a total of 114 universities took part in joint projects with industry, playing an important role in the transformation of academic knowledge into practical life. In particular, 16 universities, which carried out more than 50 projects, were pioneers in this field.
Hacettepe ranks first among the 20 most successful universities
Hacettepe University ranked first among the universities with the highest number of R&D projects carried out jointly with industry at the national level.
The top 20 universities with the highest number of R&D projects aiming to strengthen our country's innovation ecosystem, increase productivity and develop new products are as follows:
1. Hacettepe University
2. Ege University
3. Selçuk University
4. Istanbul Technical University
5. Sakarya University
6. Dokuz Eylül University
7. Ondokuz Mayıs University
8. Erciyes University
9. Middle East Technical University
10. Marmara University
11. Akdeniz University
12. Çukurova University
13. Sabancı University
14. TOBB University of Economics and Technology
15. Kocaeli University
16. Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University
17. İzmir Institute of Technology
18. Gazi University
19. Düzce University
20. Kastamonu University