Times Higher Education (THE), one of the most prestigious university ranking organizations
in the world, announced the THE 2021 Impact Rankings.
Erciyes University has had a significant success in the THE 2021 Impact Rankings, which
was carried out by considering the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
and the 2019 institutional data. While our university has been ranked in the 301-400 band in
this international ranking in which 1240 universities from 98 countries across the world
participated, it has shared the 3 rd place in the national ranking together with Boğaziçi
University, Hacettepe University and İstanbul Bilgi University. Our university has also been
ranked 3 rd together with Boğaziçi University and Hacettepe University among Research and
Candidate Research Universities.


Our University has provided data for 17 Sustainable Development Goals in a way to cover all
titles in the THE 2021 Impact Ranking. According to the results published, ERU has been
ranked 86 th in the world in the “Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure” category, 96 th in
the world in the “Climate Action” category, in the 101-200 band in the “Life on Land”
category. Accordingly, our university has achieved to take place among the best 200
universities in the world in these 3 categories.
We would like to thank all our members, students and shareholders for their contributions to
the development and success of our university.