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Kafkas University

Kafkas Üniversitesi

  • Kars
  • Founded 1992
  • 2 campuses
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Overview

Kafkas University is a public higher educational institution established on July 11, 1992, in Kars, Eastern Anatolia in Turkey. It has six faculties, three institutes, three colleges, four vocational colleges and several research and application centers. The university campus is situated 3.5 km (2.2 mi) southwest of Kars.

Kafkas University is a state university based in Kars, founded in 1992. Its academic units include 12 faculties, and the ÖSYM guide lists 86 associate and bachelor programmes. In 2025-2026 it had 19,332 students; 3,528 graduated in 2024-2025 (YÖK).

Source: Wikipedia — Kafkas University · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

When and where was Kafkas University founded?
Kafkas University is a state university based in Kars, founded in 1992. Source: YÖK.
How many students does Kafkas University have?
19,332 students in 2025-2026; 3,528 graduated in 2024-2025. Source: YÖK Higher Education Information System.
How many students per faculty member does Kafkas University have?
26.5 students per faculty member in 2025-2026 (712 faculty members, 989 teaching staff; formal and evening students). Source: YÖK.
How many campuses does Kafkas University have?
2 campuses: , .
How many associate and bachelor programmes does Kafkas University offer?
The ÖSYM guide lists 86 programmes. Source: ÖSYM.
Which rankings list Kafkas University?
URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance) 2025-2026: world 113, Türkiye 113; CWUR (Center for World University Rankings) 2026: world 1653, Türkiye 33; SCImago Institutions Rankings 2026: world 7556, Türkiye 99. Positions as published by each ranking.

Photos

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Campuses

2 campuses

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University Campus

Kars

Kars

Academic structure

Associate
41
Bachelor’s
45
Master’s
0
Doctorate
0

Faculties 12

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 — —
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 42 369,03 29.414
    · 4 yrs EA 40 323,20 221.622
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 32 294,81 277.563
    · 4 yrs EA 45 347,56 132.393
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 32 328,99 112.219
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 — —

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 5 yrs SAY 27 460,29 37.150

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs DİL 40 192,44 131.145
    · 4 yrs EA 16 211,04 1.252.100
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 45 212,43 992.970
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 243,33 660.624
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 241,64 678.226
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 25 210,28 1.008.201
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 248,47 610.488
    · 4 yrs SAY 30 260,03 515.660
    · 4 yrs SAY 24 249,77 598.659
    · 4 yrs DİL 35 250,84 94.276
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 22 218,87 943.960
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 30 240,65 750.024
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 30 245,49 702.992
    · 4 yrs DİL 60 328,42 53.193
    · 4 yrs DİL 60 299,06 67.710
    · 4 yrs DİL 1 — —

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 50 206,33 1.298.041
    · 4 yrs EA 50 229,58 1.047.188
    · 4 yrs EA 40 225,66 1.092.881
    · 4 yrs EA 23 257,93 717.998
    · 4 yrs EA 60 217,87 1.180.321
    · 4 yrs EA 70 294,18 388.248
    · 4 yrs EA 50 218,35 1.175.064
    · 4 yrs EA 50 223,46 1.117.928

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 109 227,41 872.463
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 12 240,14 754.925

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 20 — —
    · 4 yrs SAY 10 — —

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SAY 55 328,84 220.626
    · 4 yrs SAY 150 344,80 184.545

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs SÖZ 55 292,69 291.267

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 6 yrs SAY 100 475,61 25.316

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 5 yrs SAY 67 351,25 171.900

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Graduate Schools 4

Schools 2

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 4 yrs EA 36 234,82 985.394

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

Vocational Schools 11

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 50 341,47 455.980
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 304,94 793.417
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 322,76 609.380
    · 2 yrs TYT 39 340,22 465.051
    · 2 yrs TYT 34 326,75 573.149
    · 2 yrs TYT 54 252,52 1.505.941
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 291,39 958.212
    · 2 yrs TYT 32 342,39 449.310

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 15 239,67 1.694.435

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 300,12 849.941
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 272,07 1.221.519
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 277,96 1.138.510
    · 2 yrs TYT 28 253,69 1.488.842
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 257,66 1.430.460

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 269,58 1.257.268
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 237,54 1.725.624
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 279,70 1.114.292
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 285,20 1.039.405
    · 2 yrs TYT 25 233,19 1.789.021
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 236,52 1.740.653

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 65 255,59 1.460.712
    · 2 yrs TYT 55 234,91 1.763.906
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 252,26 1.509.798
    · 2 yrs TYT 36 270,85 1.239.118
    · 2 yrs TYT 60 246,98 1.587.247

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 267,79 1.283.041
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 293,88 926.739
    · 2 yrs TYT 29 242,25 1.656.671
    · 2 yrs TYT 27 249,68 1.547.282
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 235,46 1.756.053
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 233,68 1.781.879
    · 2 yrs TYT 65 258,53 1.417.788

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 269,57 1.257.309
    · 2 yrs TYT 28 248,94 1.558.234
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 285,79 1.031.438

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

  • Programme Score type Quota 2025 lowest score 2025 rank
    · 2 yrs TYT 50 242,92 1.646.845
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 261,47 1.374.701
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 228,25 1.859.737
    · 2 yrs TYT 45 253,72 1.488.367
    · 2 yrs TYT 35 238,54 1.710.941
    · 2 yrs TYT 30 — —

    Source: ÖSYM 2026 Higher Education Programmes and Quotas Guide

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Rankings

In international rankings

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

University rankings →

Students and graduates

From YÖK’s official statistics; archived every year.

Students
19.332
2025-2026 academic year
New students
4.705
2025-2026 academic year
Graduates
3.528
2024-2025 graduates
Female students
%54,7
10.584 / 19.332

By level

  • Associate 6.148 %32
  • Bachelor 11.505 %60
  • Master 1.516 %7,8
  • Doctorate 163 %0,8

By mode of study

  • Formal 17.929 %93
  • Evening 963 %5,0
  • Distance 440 %2,3

Over the years

Students New students Graduates · Hover over or tap a year to see the values
Academic yearStudentsNew studentsGraduates
2012-2013——2.787
2013-2014——2.050
2014-2015——3.381
2015-201617.6665.2283.515
2016-201718.6585.1893.380
2017-201819.4034.8963.305
2018-201920.2455.4884.066
2019-202020.1855.2123.963
2020-202119.4645.8704.133
2021-202218.3895.0763.604
2022-202319.7336.3693.283
2023-202420.6506.4064.042
2024-202519.9075.4343.528
2025-202619.3324.705—
Detailed statistics
Teaching staff · 2025-2026
989
Faculty members
712
Students per faculty member
26,5

Research output

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

TR Dizin articles · 2021–2025
1.536

Units publishing the most · 2021–2025

  1. Tıp Fakültesi 298 TR Dizin
  2. Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi 248 TR Dizin
  3. Veteriner Fakültesi 191 TR Dizin
  4. İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi 143 TR Dizin
  5. Eğitim Fakültesi 137 TR Dizin
  6. Mühendislik -Mimarlık Fakültesi 107 TR Dizin
  7. Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi 95 TR Dizin
  8. Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi 66 TR Dizin

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 · Updated: 08.10.2026

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News and announcements

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

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

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Contact

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Website
kafkas.edu.tr
E-mail
rektor@kafkas.edu.tr
Phone
0474 225 11 58
Address
Kafkas Üniversitesi Şehitler Mh. Turan Çelik Cd. Kombina Yolu Üzeri Merkez/KARS

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Last verified:
5 October 2026
Last updated:
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