THEQC Grants Institutional Accreditation to 39 HEIs Under IAP 2025

The Turkish Higher Education Quality Council (THEQC) granted institutional accreditation to 39 HEIs under the 2025 Institutional Accreditation Program to increase their quality, contribute to the sustainability of their quality assurance, and increase international competitiveness.

By the decision taken at the THEQC Council meeting in March 2026, the following universities were accredited under the 2025 Institutional Accreditation Program: Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar, Adıyaman, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen, Anadolu, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt, Aydın Adnan Menderes, Balıkesir, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali, Bingöl, Çankaya, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation, Gümüşhane, Haliç, İbn Haldun, İstanbul Kültür, İstanbul Nişantaşı, İstanbul Rumeli, İstanbul Ticaret, İstinye, Karabük, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey, Kayseri, Kütahya Dumlupınar, Kütahya Health Sciences, Malatya Turgut Özal, Mardin Artuklu, Mersin, Munzur, Necmettin Erbakan, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli, Ordu, Osmaniye Korkut Ata, TOBB Economics and Technology, Üsküdar, Yalova, Yeditepe, and Yüksek İhtisas. Within the scope of the 2025 IAP, 4 universities were denied accreditation.

In his assessment regarding the matter, Prof. Ümit Kocabıçak, THEQC President, stated that THEQC was making intense efforts to enhance the quality assurance systems of higher education institutions with a more inclusive, stakeholder-oriented, and innovative approach. He added, “The number of universities with institutional accreditation has increased from 104 to 143. Our greatest goal is to accredit all Turkish universities that have graduated at least one cohort by the year 2027.”

HEIs with 5-Year Full Accreditation

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

Çankaya University

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University

İbn Haldun University

Istanbul Ticaret University

Kayseri University

HEIs with 2-Year Conditional Accreditation

Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University

Adıyaman University

Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University

Anadolu University

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University

Aydın Adnan Menderes University

Balıkesir University

Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University

Bingöl University

Gümüşhane University

Haliç University

İstanbul Kültür University

İstanbul Nişantaşı University

İstanbul Rumeli University

İstinye University

Karabük University

Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University

Kütahya Dumlupınar University

Kütahya Health Sciences University

Malatya Turgut Özal University

Mardin Artuklu University

Mersin University

Munzur University

Necmettin Erbakan University

Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University

Ordu University

Osmaniye Korkut Ata University

TOBB University of Economics and Technology

Üsküdar University

Yalova University

Yeditepe University

Yüksek İhtisas University