Announcement of Required Rankings for Medicine and Law in Turkey's 2026 Entrance Exam

With the conclusion of the national exam marathon in Turkey (YKS) for 2026, candidates' attention is now focused on the critical stage of department selection. According to reports published by reputable educational sources including "Meb Personel," the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) has confirmed the threshold rankings for popular fields in the new academic year [1]. These rankings serve as the primary filter for entering the selection competition.

Minimum Rankings for Medical Sciences In the 2026 Turkish entrance exam, candidates dreaming of studying Medicine must achieve a ranking better than 50,000 in the relevant quota. This threshold has been set at 80,000 for Dentistry and 100,000 for Pharmacy [2]. These figures reflect the intense competition in the experimental sciences sector; candidates whose rankings exceed these numbers will not be permitted to select these fields in public or private universities, even if vacancies exist.

Admission Requirements for Law and Engineering Law, which has always been one of the most high-demand fields in the humanities and mathematics groups, also faces serious restrictions this year. According to the latest updates, only candidates with a ranking better than 125,000 will have the right to select the Law department [1][3]. Additionally, for Engineering fields (excluding Architecture), a minimum ranking of 300,000 has been set as a prerequisite for selection to maintain educational quality at these levels.

Importance of These Rankings for Candidates The announcement of these rankings before the official start of the selection process helps students and educational consultants approach their priority lists with a more realistic perspective. Based on analyses from "Hürriyet Eğitim," minor changes in university capacities in 2026 may affect the base scores for admission, but the threshold rankings remain constant [3]. Candidates should note that achieving these rankings merely means being eligible to select the field, and final admission depends on the capacity of the chosen university and the rankings of other competitors [2].