Sabancı University

Under the guidance of one of Turkey's leading family foundations, Sabancı Vakfı (Sabancı Foundation), the Sabancı Group established Sabancı University in July 1994. More than 50 academics from 22 countries, students and private sector leaders participated in the Search Conference in August 1995. In fall 2014, the University entered the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings in the 182nd position – the Turkish university with the highest rank upon initial entry to the list. Moreover, it was the only foundation university in Turkey to be included in the rankings. In Spring 2016, Sabancı University ranked 10th worldwide in THE’s list of small universities, those institutions with fewer than 5,000 students but that teach and research across more than four disciplines. SU also placed among the top 10,000 universities globally in the QS World University Rankings.