As a research university, Ibn Haldun University has determined its priority areas in research as follows;
- School of Educational
- Innovative learning and teaching
- Guidance and psychological counseling
- Education Management
- Qualification-enhancing graduate programs for teachers
- School leadership training
- School of Law
- Arbitration and mediation
- Constitution and human rights
- Law and artificial intelligence
- School of Communication
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Philosophy – Basic sciences, physics, mathematics, science-religion relations
- Economics – Microfinance, Islamic economics and finance, Savings and Finance Institutions
- Comparative Literature – Graduate program objective.
- Psychology – Clinical psychology, Neuroscience, Spiritual counseling, Social psychology,
- Political Science and International Relations – Eurasian studies, Conflict zones, African studies, Turkish Political life
- Sociology – Women, Family, Youth, Migration, Oral history.
- History - Ottoman history, Environmental History, Turkish Studies
- School of Islamic Sciences
- Islamic Economics and Finance
- Savings financial institutions
- Medical ethics
- Muslim minorities issue
- Spiritual counseling
- School of Management
- Artificial intelligence and business analytics
- Sustainability
- Blockchain economy
- Corporate management
The principles adopted by Ibn Haldun University in the research activities to be carried out in priority areas are as follows;
- To enable researchers to conduct multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research with a creative and broad-minded perspective.
- To carry out research activities that make a difference with a science-for-science approach, taking into account the social benefit and conducting research with the impulse of curiosity.
- To conduct research that proposes workable solutions in the field in the areas needed by the country.
- To encourage and reward the conduct of differentiated research at the university.
- To facilitate and support Sabbatical practice.
- To free academicians in their research by providing the necessary material and moral support and environment.
