Hacettepe University ranks first in Türkiye in 8 fields in the URAP World Rankings

The 2025–2026 World Rankings by Field, prepared by the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), which operates under the Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University (METU), have been announced.

According to the URAP 2025–2026 results, Hacettepe University was ranked globally in 21 academic fields. Among these fields, our University ranked:

1st in Türkiye in 8 fields,
2nd in Türkiye in 6 fields, and
3rd in Türkiye in 2 fields.
Thus, Hacettepe University ranked among the top three universities in Türkiye in 16 of the 21 fields in which it was included in the rankings.

Two Fields Ranked Among the World’s Top 150

Among universities worldwide, Hacettepe University ranked 116th in Dentistry and 129th in Pediatrics, placing among the world’s top 150 universities in these two fields.

Hacettepe Ranks Among the World’s Top 500 Universities in 13 Fields

Hacettepe University ranked among the world’s top 500 universities in 13 academic fields in the URAP 2025–2026 World Rankings by Field.

The University achieved its highest global ranking in Dentistry, where it placed 116th worldwide. Hacettepe also ranked 129th in Pediatrics and 243rd in Education.

Hacettepe further ranked 311th in Medical and Health Sciences, 320th in Oncology, 323rd in Pharmacology, 330th in Surgery, 434th in Language, Communication and Culture, 452nd in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health, 456th in Neurosciences, 470th in Food Engineering, and 489th in Psychology.

First in Türkiye in 8 Fields and the Only Turkish University Ranked in 2 Fields

Hacettepe University ranked first in Türkiye in Pediatrics; Education; Medical and Health Sciences; Oncology; Pharmacology; Language, Communication and Culture; Public, Environmental and Occupational Health; and Psychology and Cognitive Sciences.

Hacettepe was also the only university from Türkiye included in the global rankings in Language, Communication and Culture and in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The University ranked second in Türkiye in Dentistry, Surgery, Neurosciences, Psychology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, and Biological Sciences, and third in Türkiye in Earth Sciences and Chemical Sciences.

Improved Global Rankings in Several Fields

Compared with the previous year’s results, Hacettepe University improved its position in the global rankings across several fields.

The University rose from 141st to 129th in Pediatrics, from 260th to 243rd in Education, from 343rd to 320th in Oncology, and from 367th to 330th in Surgery.

Hacettepe also moved up from 464th to 456th in Neurosciences, from 479th to 452nd in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health, and from 503rd to 494th in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences.

The fields in which Hacettepe University was ranked in the URAP 2025–2026 World Rankings by Field, along with its respective rankings, are as follows:

The URAP World Rankings by Field evaluate universities based on their academic performance over the past five years. The rankings use data from Clarivate Analytics InCites, with key indicators including the number of articles, total documents, citation impact within the relevant field, and international collaboration.

For the URAP 2025–2026 World Rankings by Field, please click here.

For the 2025–2026 URAP World Rankings by Field Press Release, please click here