Our university achieved a significant success in international rankings and made us proud with the rankings it received among all universities in Europe in the 2025 QS European University Rankings, which it entered for the first time.
ADU achieved a significant success in international rankings and ranked 601st among all universities in Europe in the 2025 QS European University Rankings, 251st in the 'Academic Reputation' and 'Employer Reputation' criteria in the European ranking, 61st among all universities in the West Asia region, and 43rd among all universities in Turkey, proving once again its superiority in education quality, research activities and international cooperation.
In addition, among 72 universities evaluated in Turkey in the QS European University Rankings, ADU ranked 6th in the International Faculty Member Ratio, 7th in the International Research Network, 9th in the Faculty Student Ratio, 10th in the Number of Articles per Faculty and 11th in the Academic Reputation ranking. 11th in Citation Per Article, 12th in Sustainability Ranking, 14th in Employer Reputation Ranking, 14th in Employment Results Ranking, 15th in Incoming Exchange Students Ranking, 18th in International Student Diversity, 20th in Outgoing Exchange Students Ranking.
Prof. Dr. Bülent Kent, Rector of our University, stated that this success is an indicator of our university's commitment to education and research at global standards and said, “We have achieved this important success thanks to the devoted work of our academic staff and students. Aydın Adnan Menderes University aims to maintain this success and rise to higher ranks in the future. Our university will continue to offer students the best educational opportunities and to carry out pioneering studies in the field of research. At the center of all this is our dream of seeing Aydın Adnan Menderes University as a research university. We are carrying out our work in this direction; we will definitely reach this goal with the big and strong ADU family. I would like to thank all my colleagues who contributed to this success.”
According to THE Impact Rating results, ADU ranks first in the Aegean Region
According to the results of the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rating, we have achieved significant success by ranking 15th among 93 Turkish universities according to the General Scoring Ranking. In addition, we ranked 5th in Turkey and 1st in the Aegean Region in the field of “Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure”, 7th in Turkey and 1st in the Aegean Region in the field of “Quality Education”, 11th in Turkey and 1st in the Aegean Region in the field of “Health and Quality of Life”.
