History
Established by Law no 6005 published in the Official Gazette no 27648, dated 21 July 2010, Istanbul Medeniyet University is a PUBLIC university located on the Anatolian side of Istanbul.
Education
Founded on the five pillars of ‘Innovative,’ ‘Entrepreneurial, ‘Society- and Civilization-Oriented’, ‘International’, and ‘Research-Oriented’, the University consists of 10 faculties, 2 schools and 1 institute, as well as 14 research centers, 5 offices, and 8 coordination offices.
Research
THE Young University Rankings 2022 assessed universities across a total of 13 performance indicators in five areas: teaching (the learning environment); research (volume, income and reputation); citations (research influence); international outlook (staff, students and research); and industry income (knowledge transfer). The list includes 539 young universities globally and 40 universities from Turkey that fulfill the criteria.
Short Courses
University Ranking
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2024
1201 -400
2023
801
2022
801
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2024
-
2023
1549
2022
-
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Housing services
Medeniyet Female Student Dorm located in Soğanlık, Kartal is owned by the University and can accommodate up to 95 students. The dorm is run by a private enterprise and is in 15-minute distance to Cevizli Campus by foot and 5 minutes away by car.
Also, there are several accommodation facilities provided by the Credit and Dormitories Foundations (KYK) as well as some private dormitories available to students around all our campus areas located in the heart of Istanbul.
In the near future, we are planning with KYK to build a large dormitory in our Göztepe campus area.Library services
IMU, founded pursuant to 6005 numbered law published in 21 July 2010 dated Official Newspaper. Within the framework of this organization, IMU library was founded when Hüsnü Demirbaş assigned as Head of Library and Documentation Department.
Sports facilities
In our four campuses, we have a total of 19 different sports facilities/fields along with their equipment: 2 artificial turf football fields, 2 tennis courts, 5 basketball/volleyball fields (one indoors), 7 ping pong tables and equipment, 1 billiards table and equipment, 1 walking/running track and cycling track.
Student clubs
There are currently a total of 81 student clubs in IMU which are involved in a wide variety of extracurricular activities including scientific/academic, voluntary, career, sports, cultural and artistic activities. Click here to learn about our active student clubs and how to contact them.
Istanbul Medeniyet University Qualified for ECHE Accreditation from 2021 to 2027