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Afyon Kocatepe University

Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi

  • Afyonkarahisar
  • Founded 1992
  • 3 campuses
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Overview

Afyon Kocatepe University is a state university in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. It was established on July 3, 1992, with the transfer of various educational units of Anadolu University.

Afyon Kocatepe University is a state university based in Afyonkarahisar, founded in 1992. It teaches on 2 campuses. Its academic units include 12 faculties, and the ÖSYM guide lists 146 associate and bachelor programmes. In 2025-2026 it had 30,254 students; 4,783 graduated in 2024-2025 (YÖK).

Source: Wikipedia — Afyon Kocatepe University · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

When and where was Afyon Kocatepe University founded?
Afyon Kocatepe University is a state university based in Afyonkarahisar, founded in 1992. Source: YÖK.
How many students does Afyon Kocatepe University have?
30,254 students in 2025-2026; 4,783 graduated in 2024-2025. Source: YÖK Higher Education Information System.
How many students per faculty member does Afyon Kocatepe University have?
42.5 students per faculty member in 2025-2026 (699 faculty members, 1,109 teaching staff; formal and evening students). Source: YÖK.
How many campuses does Afyon Kocatepe University have?
3 campuses: , , .
How many associate and bachelor programmes does Afyon Kocatepe University offer?
The ÖSYM guide lists 146 programmes. Source: ÖSYM.
Which rankings list Afyon Kocatepe University?
URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance) 2025-2026: world 97, Türkiye 97; Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027: world 2001+, Türkiye 91; SCImago Institutions Rankings 2026: world 7321, Türkiye 88. Positions as published by each ranking.

Photos

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Campuses

3 campuses

Afyonkarahisar

Afyonkarahisar

Academic structure

Associate
78
Bachelor’s
68
Master’s
0
Doctorate
0

Faculties 12

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 25 248,00 830.099
    · 4 yrs EA 50 249,63 811.050
    · 4 yrs EA 30 249,47 812.958

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 40 377,76 20.917
    · 4 yrs EA 40 346,61 135.229
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 32 308,45 198.219
    · 4 yrs EA 45 357,65 105.036
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 40 324,26 128.648
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 25 402,22 7.281
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 306,97 284.239
    · 4 yrs DİL 36 412,38 16.954

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 40 276,17 415.740
    · 4 yrs EA 35 232,64 1.011.133
    · 4 yrs SAY 25 291,12 343.655
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 288,88 353.218
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 293,10 335.406
    · 4 yrs SAY 2 219,99 934.907
    · 4 yrs EA 50 355,23 111.078
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 22 261,98 542.913
    · 4 yrs EA 40 258,93 707.045
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 30 279,14 391.179
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 30 287,68 325.736
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 50 237,43 780.895
    · 4 yrs DİL 30 391,17 25.180

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 40 274,77 427.386
    · 4 yrs EA 36 331,57 186.693
    · 4 yrs EA 2 207,99 1.282.307

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 70 401,25 28.640

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 60 277,59 522.254
    · 4 yrs EA 50 272,28 570.910
    · 4 yrs EA 75 262,08 673.586
    · 4 yrs EA 60 344,45 141.807
    · 4 yrs EA 60 265,62 636.763
    · 4 yrs EA 60 278,40 514.966
    · 4 yrs EA 40 297,11 367.733

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 90 265,28 511.965
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 10 273,66 436.904

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 80 367,81 143.047
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 308,94 277.774
    · 4 yrs SAY 1 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 317,02 252.661
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 305,16 290.375
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 332,65 211.487
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 40 365,33 146.961
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 315,37 257.559

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 54 348,82 176.626
    · 4 yrs SAY 6 326,77 225.932
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 331,80 213.458
    · 4 yrs SAY 45 327,00 225.304
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 317,52 251.227
    · 4 yrs SAY 4 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 320,64 242.487

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 40 352,15 53.834
    · 4 yrs DİL 50 330,40 52.214
    · 4 yrs EA 30 280,92 493.003
    · 4 yrs EA 40 251,64 788.009

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 5 yrs SAY 63 388,79 113.089
    · 5 yrs SAY 1 248,25 612.553

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Graduate Schools 3

Schools 4

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 50 264,78 482.904
    · 4 yrs EA 30 231,90 1.019.959

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 30 272,15 572.133
    · 4 yrs EA 23 302,94 329.164

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Vocational Schools 15

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 270,68 1.241.488
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 302,18 825.525
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 300,12 849.900
    · 2 yrs TYT 40 292,82 939.970
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 302,26 824.620
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 294,55 918.201
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 245,18 1.613.518
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 285,40 1.036.755
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 307,63 763.216
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 251,38 1.522.458
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 269,40 1.259.764
    · 2 yrs TYT 27 289,86 978.001
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 267,64 1.285.199
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 299,76 854.279
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 276,89 1.153.317
    · 2 yrs TYT 32 311,39 722.230
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 278,77 1.127.213
    · 2 yrs TYT 32 287,93 1.003.133
    · 2 yrs TYT 40 280,38 1.104.878

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 259,06 1.410.058
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 244,38 1.625.386

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 282,74 1.072.425
    · 2 yrs TYT 27 257,13 1.438.182

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 302,56 820.990
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 295,26 909.300
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 — —

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 273,12 1.206.394
    · 2 yrs TYT 65 277,36 1.146.865
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 273,65 1.198.823
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 247,17 1.584.423
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 256,07 1.453.583
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 271,21 1.233.854
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 259,71 1.400.431
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 240,25 1.685.998
    · 2 yrs TYT 23 262,38 1.361.400
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 280,57 1.102.396
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 260,74 1.385.357
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 263,52 1.344.793
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 251,52 1.520.456

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 264,42 1.331.715
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 268,21 1.277.045
    · 2 yrs TYT 18 251,42 1.521.914
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 265,67 1.313.656
    · 2 yrs TYT 32 289,11 987.697

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 260,62 1.387.126
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 — —
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 241,95 1.660.969

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 272,49 1.215.536
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 306,83 772.098
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 250,42 1.536.584
    · 2 yrs TYT 23 251,94 1.514.433

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 286,41 1.023.247
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 260,22 1.393.116
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 268,98 1.265.895
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 243,88 1.632.689
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 266,96 1.294.994
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 285,61 1.033.902
    · 2 yrs TYT 20 245,52 1.608.484

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 238,88 1.706.040
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 255,25 1.465.821
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 236,07 1.747.224
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 275,45 1.173.449

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 246,29 1.597.191
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 268,24 1.276.587
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 247,72 1.576.264
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 262,95 1.353.033
    · 2 yrs TYT 27 260,93 1.382.720
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 233,73 1.781.212
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 252,82 1.501.539

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 265,92 1.310.117
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 246,95 1.587.624

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 248,95 1.558.111
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 247,57 1.578.394
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 237,70 1.723.396

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 253,80 1.487.149
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 290,29 972.355
    · 2 yrs TYT 23 247,51 1.579.256

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Conservatories 1

Rankings

In international rankings

From the publishers’ own lists; not part of the Yerleske Index.

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Students and graduates

From YÖK’s official statistics; archived every year.

Students
30.254
2025-2026 academic year
New students
6.728
2025-2026 academic year
Graduates
4.783
2024-2025 graduates
Female students
%49,4
14.945 / 30.254

By level

  • Associate 9.851 %33
  • Bachelor 17.779 %59
  • Master 2.303 %7,6
  • Doctorate 321 %1,1

By mode of study

  • Formal 26.940 %89
  • Evening 2.771 %9,2
  • Distance 543 %1,8

Over the years

Students New students Graduates · Hover over or tap a year to see the values
Academic yearStudentsNew studentsGraduates
2012-2013——7.793
2013-2014——8.429
2014-2015——7.456
2015-201642.80311.6567.391
2016-201745.42910.8907.710
2017-201845.4999.0597.594
2018-201936.7278.2447.632
2019-202035.4978.2467.607
2020-202132.4428.4267.651
2021-202229.9927.7526.045
2022-202331.6759.8035.285
2023-202432.6539.4485.450
2024-202531.3917.8114.783
2025-202630.2546.728—
Detailed statistics
Teaching staff · 2025-2026
1.109
Faculty members
699
Students per faculty member
42,5

Research output

Publications, citations and journal quartiles, compiled from open bibliographic records (OpenAlex).

Publications
14.778
Citations
324.569
h-index
159
Journal articles · 2021–2025
4.617
Q1 share
%36,3
TR Dizin articles · 2021–2025
1.992
Open access
%81,8
Articles per faculty member
1,32
Publications and citations by year (recent work has had less time to be cited)
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Publications Citations to that year’s publications

Academic yearPublicationsCitations to that year’s publications
202110267990
202210258083
202310895004
20249683593
202511521995

Units publishing the most · 2021–2025

  1. Mühendislik Fakültesi Q1 %44 521
  2. Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Q1 %25 422
  3. Veteriner Fakültesi Q1 %27 373
  4. Teknoloji Fakültesi Q1 %40 277
  5. Eğitim Fakültesi Q1 %49 261
  6. İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Q1 %66 189
  7. Afyon Meslek Yüksekokulu Q1 %37 129
  8. Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü 110

Articles by journal quartile · 2021–2025

  • Q1 651 %36
  • Q2 570 %32
  • Q3 454 %25
  • Q4 116 %6,5

Articles in journals without a quartile (not in the SCImago list) are left out of the distribution.

Leading research topics

  • Historical Turkish Studies
  • Turkish Literature and Culture
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Approximation Theory and Sequence Spaces
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Islamic Thought and Society Studies
  • Educational Methods and Analysis
  • Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Journals published in most · 2021–2025

  1. Afyon Kocatepe University Journal of Sciences and Engineering 210
  2. Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 114
  3. Kocatepe Veterinary Journal 83
  4. Scientific Reports Q1 37
  5. Kocatepe İslami İlimler Dergisi 29
  6. Journal of Materials and Mechatronics A 28

Most published academics · 2021–2025

Name Articles (5 yrs) Citations h-index
Fatih Ecer İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi › İktisat Bölümü 72 5.707 40
Gürbüz Ocak Eğitim Fakültesi 72 944 13
İbrahi̇m Erol Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi › Kimya Bölümü 50 1.441 23
Hasan Hüseyin Demirel Bayat Meslek Yüksekokulu 50 1.637 23
Recep Kurtuluş Mühendislik Fakültesi › Malzeme Bilimi ve Mühendisliği Bölümü 48 1.531 27
Taner Kavas Mühendislik Fakültesi › Malzeme Bilimi ve Mühendisliği Bölümü 43 2.137 30
Gökhan Akarca Mühendislik Fakültesi › Gıda Mühendisliği Bölümü 40 664 14
Kubilay Aslantaş Teknoloji Fakültesi › Makine Mühendisliği Bölümü › Makine Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı 40 3.664 35
Tayfun Uygunoğlu Mühendislik Fakültesi › İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü 39 3.320 27
Mehmet Enes SAĞAR Eğitim Fakültesi › Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü › Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık Anabilim Dalı 38 292 11

Counts journal articles with fewer than 50 authors over the last five complete years; listed when OpenAlex gives this university as their latest institution. If a record is wrong or you prefer not to be listed, use “Report an error”.

Source: OpenAlex records (CC0, openalex.org); journal quartiles from SCImago Journal Rank 2025. Figures may differ from institutions’ own reports or from Web of Science/Scopus, whose coverage differs. TR Dizin figures: TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM TR Dizin records, search.trdizin.gov.tr OpenAlex record · Updated: 09.10.2026

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News and announcements

As published on the university’s own website; headlines link to the official page.

Source: aku.edu.tr · updated daily · content lives on the official site.

Campus life

Libraries, dining, sports and health facilities across campuses.

  • Parking 1
  • Café 3
  • ATM 1
  • Conference Hall 1
  • Sports Centre 6
  • Dining Hall 1
  • Swimming Pool 1
  • Library 1
  • Dormitory 1

Contact

Website
aku.edu.tr
E-mail
ozkalem@aku.edu.tr
Phone
0272 444 03 03
Address
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü ANS Kampusü Gazlıgöl Yolu Üzeri AFYONKARAHİSAR

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Last verified:
5 October 2026
Last updated:
6 October 2026
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