Universities

The following universities in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) contain industrial design departments: 

 Anadolu Üniversitesi (Anadolu University)

 Eskişehir Arel Üniversitesi (Arel University)

Istanbul Atılım Üniversitesi (Atılım University), Ankara

Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi (Bahçeşehir University), Istanbul
Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (Eastern Mediterranean University), KKTC
Doğuş Üniversitesi (Doğuş University), Istanbul
Gazi Üniversitesi (Gazi University), Ankara
Haliç Üniversitesi (Haliç University), Istanbul
 Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi (Istanbul Technical University), Istanbul
Işık Üniversitesi (Işık University), Istanbul
Izmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi (Izmir University of Economics), Izmir
Izmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü (Izmir Institute of High Technology), Izmir (only at the master’s level)
Kadir Has Üniversitesi (Kadir Has University), Istanbul
Marmara Üniversitesi (Marmara University), Istanbul
Melikşah Üniversitesi (Melikşah University), Kayseri
Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University), Istanbul
Okan Üniversitesi (Okan University), Istanbul

Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (Middle East Technical University), Ankara
Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi (International Cyprus University), KKTC
Yeditepe Üniversitesi (Yeditepe University), Istanbul
Yaşar Üniversitesi (Yaşar University), Izmir

(The list of industrial design departments can be reached through the following web site: http://etmk.org.tr/about/endustriyel-tasarim/egitim/)

Although the growing number of industrial design departments may be considered as a positive development, there are also reasons why it is hard to evaluate the phenomenon positively. Especially considering the shortage of academic staff in industrial design in many of these departments, as well as other shortages such as the necessary investment for the hardware of the industrial design education, it becomes clear that much remains to be done. It seems that with a few exceptions, private universities open industrial design departments without careful planning as a popular study subject to attract students, in any case a higher number than the demand.