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Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities on behalf of these students.
According to information provided by the Council of Higher Education, as of August
1, 2017, the total number of Syrian students studying in 151 different state and private
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universities in Türkiye has reached to 15,042. 13,109 of these students are in state
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universities (87.15%), while 1,933 are in private universities (12.85%). Even though
there are Syrian students in 151 different universities, 48.14% of these students are in
10 universities and 59.7% are in 8 provinces. Gaziantep alone hosts 13.7% of all Syrian
university students, and İstanbul hosts 21.4% of them.
Table 14: The top 10 universities and provinces with the highest numbers of Syrian university students

State
Number
university Number of Syrian
University of Syrian Province
/ private students
students
university
Gaziantep University 2011 state İstanbul 3224

İstanbul University 1025 state Gaziantep 2061
Karabük University 927 state Karabük 927

Mersin University 741 state Mersin 750
Kahramanmaraş
Sütçü 646 Kahramanmaraş 646
İmam University
İnönü University 463 state Ankara 452
Çukurova University 437 state Malatya 463

İstanbul Aydın
391 state Adana 455
University

Yüzüncü Yıl University 300 State Konya 378

Sakarya University 300 State Sakarya/Van 300

Source: Higher Education Council memorandum dated August 10, 2017

51 According to August 2016 data given by the Council of Higher Education, total number of Syrian university
students in Türkiye is 9689. Among the students in this number, 649 are continuing their education in associate
degree (6.6%), 7977 in undergraduate (82.3%), 791 in graduate (8.1%) and 272 in doctorate (2.8%).
52 The information on how many students studying in universities in Türkiye have temporary protection and
how many have residence permits cannot be accessed. In the near future those who get citizenship will be added
into these categories. The distinctions in this regard are important for future planning. Universities and the
YÖKSİS system should be structured to reflect these distinctions

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