QS World University Rankings by Subject Announced

In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, Istanbul Technical University ranked 39th in “Petroleum Engineering,” 43rd in “Mining/Mineral Engineering,” and 119th in “Electrical and Electronic Engineering.” Positioned within the 51–100 range in “Architecture/Built Environment (Architecture)” and “Civil and Structural Engineering,” ITU is the only university from Türkiye ranked among the world’s top 100 in “Engineering and Technology.”

Istanbul Technical University (ITU) continues to reflect its vision of being a research university focused on responsibility and impact in the rankings prepared by academic ranking organizations.

The results of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 have been announced. In the 2026 edition, where 6,273 universities worldwide were analyzed and 1,908 were ranked across 55 subjects, ITU was evaluated in 28 fields. Our university was ranked in 22 fields—the highest number of fields it has ever been ranked in.

ITU ranked in the top 50 in 2 subjects, in the top 100 in 5 subjects, in the top 200 in 15 subjects, and in the top 300 in 21 subjects, becoming the most represented university from Türkiye in the top 100.

In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, among 550 universities, our university ranked 91st in “Engineering and Technology,” 251st in “Natural Sciences,” 284th in “Arts and Humanities,” and 353rd in “Social Sciences and Management.” By being the only Turkish university ranked among the world’s top 100 in the ‘Engineering and Technology’ field, ITU has once again demonstrated its leading position in engineering within Türkiye.

Within the engineering fields, our university ranked 39th in “Petroleum Engineering,” 43rd in “Mining/Mineral Engineering,” and 119th in “Electrical and Electronic Engineering.” ITU ranked 120th in “Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering” and was placed within the 51–100 range in “Civil and Structural Engineering.” Our university ranked within the 101–150 range in “Chemical Engineering” and 152nd in “Computer Science and Information Systems.” In “Data Science and Artificial Intelligence,” in which it was ranked for the first time this year, ITU was placed within the 101–200 range. With these results, our university achieved an upward trend across the engineering subfields compared to last year.

Under the “Arts and Humanities” category, our university ranked within the 51–100 range in “Architecture/Built Environment (Architecture)” and within the 151–200 range in “Art and Design.”

Our university ranked within the 151–200 range in “Earth and Marine Sciences,” “Environmental Sciences,” “Geology,” “Geophysics,” and “Materials Science”; within the 201–250 range in “Mathematics”; and within the 251–300 range in “Chemistry” and “Physics and Astronomy.”

Under the “Social Sciences and Management” category, our university was placed within the 201–250 range in “Statistics and Operational Research,” and within the 251–300 range in “Business and Management Studies” and “Economics and Econometrics.”

Under the “Life Sciences and Medicine” category, ITU ranked within the 551–600 range in the “Biological Sciences” subfield.

ITU continues to maintain its leading position as Türkiye’s only representative in several Europe‑wide organizations dedicated to engineering and technical education, including the EELISA European University, CESAER, and the ATHENS Network.

Through their world‑renowned accreditations, ITU’s programs deliver an education to universal standards and help cultivate a powerful, well‑connected alumni community.

QS World University Rankings by Subject

In the QS World University Rankings by Subject, indicators such as academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper, h-index, and international research network are used with varying weights. The impact of these indicators differs across 5 broad subject areas and 55 narrow subject areas. The number of universities applying in each subject varies, and QS does not include universities that fall below certain threshold values in the rankings; these institutions are therefore not able to participate. These threshold values account for the difference between the number of universities analyzed and those included in the rankings. The thresholds vary for each subfield, and accordingly, between 50 and 800 universities were included in each subfield of the 2026 QS World University Rankings by Subject. A total of 1,908 universities were included in the rankings.