Private Versus Public Universities: Private Versus Public Universities:

The Turkish ExperienceThe Turkish Experience

İhsan Doğramacıİhsan DoğramacıChairman of the Board of Trustees and President, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President,

Bilkent University, AnkaraBilkent University, Ankara

18th Conference on Higher Education18th Conference on Higher Education

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32 30

1412

63 2 1

Bilkent(Private)

Boğaziçi METU Hacettepe Sabancı(Private)

Fatih(Private)

Koç(Private)

İ stanbul

Placement of Top 100 CandidatesPlacement of Top 100 CandidatesOut of 1.7 million CandidatesOut of 1.7 million Candidates

((August August 20020055))

Source: Higher Education Council Statistics

Private University

Public University

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Placement of Top 100 CandidatesPlacement of Top 100 CandidatesOut of 1.7 million CandidatesOut of 1.7 million Candidates

((August August 20020055))

88 of the top 100 candidates chose the following universities:

Bilkent 32

Boğaziçi 30

METU 14

Hacettepe 12

Total: 88

Source: National Student Selection and Placement Center, 2005

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6,3 7,1

11,012,7

16,0

21,0

25,5

29,732,9

1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004

Rate of Enrollment in Turkish Higher Education Rate of Enrollment in Turkish Higher Education in 20-24 Age Group in 20-24 Age Group

Source: National Student Selection and Placement Center, Higher Education Statistics

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Progress in the Last 25 YearsProgress in the Last 25 Years

19801980 TodayToday

PopulationPopulation 45 million45 million 70 million70 million

Age Group (20-24)Age Group (20-24) 4 million 4 million 6 million 6 million

No. of No. of UUniversitiesniversitiesPublic Public 1919 53 53 PrivatePrivate - - 2424TotalTotal 19 19 7777

Rate of EnrollmentRate of Enrollment 6.3%6.3% 32.932.9%%

20.000

30.000

40.000

50.000

60.000

70.000

80.000

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Increase in Number of Students and Teaching StaffIncrease in Number of Students and Teaching Staff

1986 Number of Students per Teaching Staff: 15.31986 Number of Students per Teaching Staff: 15.32004 Number of Students per Teaching Staff: 16.82004 Number of Students per Teaching Staff: 16.8

Number of StudentsNumber of Students

Number of Teaching StaffNumber of Teaching Staff

250.000

450.000

650.000

850.000

1.050.000

1.250.000

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

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7

449 401 415 550 720 1.0151.4641.902

3.108

5.3716.359

9.303

12.041

1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004

Number of Articles Published Number of Articles Published in Journals Indexed by the Institute of Scientific in Journals Indexed by the Institute of Scientific

InformationInformation Citation IndexesCitation Indexes

Source: TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM Information Retrieval System (Web of Science)

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44 43 42 42 42

3835

31

2725

222015

20

25

30

35

40

45

1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004

Turkey's Ranking in theTurkey's Ranking in the World World According to Number of International PublicationsAccording to Number of International Publications

Source: TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM Information Retrieval System (Web of Science)

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1,21 1,19

0,970,89 0,86 0,84

Bilkent GebzeInstitute ofTechnology

Koç Boğaziçi METU Başkent

Number of International Publications Number of International Publications per Faculty Member per Faculty Member ((20042004))

Source: Higher Education Council Statistics

Private University

Public University

İhsan Doğramacı Health Foundation

İhsan Doğramacı Education Foundation

İhsan DoğramacıScience and Research Foundation

The Story of the First Non-profit Private University: The Story of the First Non-profit Private University: BilkentBilkent

Established in 1984 by three foundationsEstablished in 1984 by three foundations

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