Sakarya University records access at different stages of admission. For national undergraduate placement through YKS, ÖSYM manages the central application process. SAÜ Student Affairs publishes new registrations by sex and separate international registration tables across academic years. For admissions administered by the University, the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture provides a documented example of recording disability status at application and reporting the selection outcome. [1, 2, 6, 7]
The Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture required candidates applying under the disability quota to upload a disability board report during online pre-registration. The faculty ranked eligible applicants separately and published the selection results. The Painting Department’s main list records one successful candidate under this route. [6, 7]
The 2025 Administrative Activity Report records 49,939 enrolled students, including 26,219 women and 23,720 men. [3, Table 5.1.1, PDF p. 30]
The Student Affairs register for the 2025–2026 academic year records 11,248 new registrations, including 6,029 women and 5,219 men. [4, PDF pp. 1 and 3]
By 16 December 2025, SAÜ had recorded 1,682 new international student registrations, compared with 1,076 in the previous year. [1, 8]
The University designated 2025 its Internationalisation Year. Its January announcement outlined plans concerning accommodation, access to graduate study and language proficiency for international students. [5]
The 2025 national guide identified 63 designated places for eligible women aged 34 or over in SAÜ bachelor’s programmes. Psychology offered two of these places, Human Resources Management three and Nursing three. [9]
In Painting, the faculty’s 2025–2026 disability-route examination results list five candidates. Three received marks and two were recorded as absent. The main list records one successful candidate. [15, 7]
A University report published in September 2025 identifies two Palestinian students who enrolled at SAÜ and names their programmes. [10]
In autumn 2025 SAÜ shared the EU-funded ESPS scholarship call for the 2025–2026 academic year. The call specified which students under temporary or international protection could apply for the partner network’s scholarships. [11]
The Institute of Natural Sciences publishes a special application procedure for applicants with disabilities and first-degree relatives of people officially recognised as martyrs. The procedure explains how to document eligibility and sets a combined limit of one place per semester across its thesis-based master’s programmes. [12]
The Middle East Institute and the Institute of Natural Sciences published autumn 2025–2026 international graduate admissions results notices and registration timetables. [13, 14]
Figure 1. Faculty instructions for submitting a disability board report at online pre-registration for the disability quota. PDF p. 7. Source [6]
Figure 2. Enrolled students by sex, Table 5.1.1, 2025 Administrative Activity Report, printed p. 18 (PDF p. 30). Source [3]
Figure 3. Original new-registration table, PDF page 3, academic year 2025–2026. The total is 11,248 new registrations. Source [4]
Figure 4. 2025–2026 new registrations by academic unit and sex. PDF p. 1. Source [4]
Figure 5. SAÜ’s December 2025 account records 1,682 new international student registrations, compared with 1,076 in the previous year. Excerpts from the University news report. Source [8]
Figure 6. ÖSYM’s 2025 YKS guide sets out eligibility for the national placement route for women aged 34 or over. Printed p. 5, PDF p. 7. Source [9]
Figure 7. Faculty’s 2025–2026 examination guide and disability-route instructions. PDF p. 7. Source [6]
Figure 8. Institute of Natural Sciences procedure for special-conditions graduate admission, p. 1. Source [12]
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