Turkey opens the doors of its universities for international students from all around the world with “Türkiye Scholarships”. Apart from providing educational opportunities at an international caliber as well as a wealth of knowledge and experience, Turkey offers scholarships to study in the most prestigious universities in Turkey.



It is a government-funded, competitive scholarship program, awarded to outstanding students to pursue the full-time or short-term program. Scholarship with vast opportunities and education in the most prestigious Turkish universities will help you to gain new perspectives, and abilities making you be one step ahead of others in your career.
The aim of the program is to build a network of future leaders committed to strengthening cooperation among countries and mutual understanding among societies.


Scholarship Description:

  • Applications Deadline: 20 February 2019
  • Course Level: Programs open for application are: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs
    Applications will be open to applicants who wish to study at bachelors, masters and doctoral levels. Other programs such as Research Scholarships, Success Scholarships, and KAT?P have different application periods and are announced regularly on the website and social media channels.
  • Study Subject: The scholarships are available in all subjects at all levels. The scholarship program offers programs at the 50 top and most prestigious universities in Turkey, and provides a compulsory one-year Turkish Language Course which ensures that all students acclimatize and adapt to the social and cultural environment they live in.
  • Scholarship Award: Turcky offering multiple fully-funded scholarships for the full-time or short-term program at bachelors, masters and doctoral level degrees. Türkiye Scholarships also provides assistance in all the necessary services and procedures for an international student to feel at home in Turkey. These include providing a dormitory, health insurance, student bank account, and a student residence permit, as well as a one-year language course.
  • Nationality: Internationally
  • Number of Scholarships: A number of scholarships are available
  • Scholarship can be taken in Turkey

Eligibility for the Scholarship:

To be eligible, the applicants must be following all the given criteria:
  • Eligible Countries: Scholarships are available to students from all around the world.
  • Language Requirement: Candidates who wish to study in these programs need to have an internationally recognized language certificate to prove their language proficiency (TOEFL and other equivalent certificates). Most of these programs require international admission test scores such as GRE, GMAT, SAT etc. Candidates can check the language of instruction while selecting the programs in the application system.
  • Entrance Requirements: Undergraduate candidates who possess International qualifications such as SAT or GCSE instead of national exam scores will need to provide the minimum required qualifications needed for completing secondary school according to these international exams.
  • All Türkiye Scholarships awardees who do not possess C1 Level Certificate for Turkish Proficiency (including those who are placed into English or other language taught programs) must attend a 1-year Turkish Preparatory Course and attain the C1 Level Certificate by the end of their academic year.
  • Eligible Groups: Citizens of all countries, Graduates or applicants who are able to graduate at the end of the current academic year (before September 2019), and Researchers and academicians
  • Non-Eligible Groups: Turkish citizens and those who have lost Turkish citizenship. Students already registered in Turkish universities at the level of study they are applying for.
  • Minimum Academic Criteria:
  • Minimum academic achievement for Bachelor’s degree applicants: 70%
  • Minimum academic achievement for Master’s and Doctorate degree applicants: 75%
  • Minimum academic achievement for Health Science (Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy) applicants: 90%
  • Age Criteria:
  • To be under the age of 21 for Undergraduate programs
  • To be under the age of 30 for Master’s programs
  • To be under the age of 35 for Doctorate programs

Application Procedure:

As part of 2019 application and evaluation process, in order to facilitate and quicken the later stages of your admission, provided that it is not a requirement, all candidates planning to apply this year are strongly advised to make their application with a valid passport as their ID document, or at least hold and present a valid passport during the scholarship interviews.
How to Apply: To apply for the scholarship, you need to register before initiating an application. All candidates must submit the following documents during online application:
  • A valid National Identification Document or a valid Passport
  • A recent Photo of the candidate (Please note that the photo you upload into the Application system must be a proper portrait of yourself, candidate photos which are not identifiable will undermine the evaluation of your application)
  • National exam scores (required for candidates who do not possess any international qualification or certification)
  • Diploma or temporary certificate of Graduation
  • Academic transcripts (online screenshots and uncertified transcripts will undermine the evaluation of your application)
  • International exam scores (GRE, GMAT, DELF, YDS, YÖS …etc. if required by the chosen university & program)
  • Language test scores (if required by the chosen university & program)
  • A research proposal and an example of your written work (for PhD applicants only)