Government of Turkey Scholarship for International Students 2025

Türkiye Scholarships is a government-funded, competitive scholarship program for excellent students and researchers to pursue full-time or short-term programs at Turkey’s best universities.

Aside from providing international education possibilities and a wealth of knowledge and experience, Türkiye also provides scholarships to international students from all over the world to study at the most famous universities in Turkey.

Türkiye Scholarships seeks to establish a network of future leaders dedicated to strengthening countries cooperation and mutual understanding across societies.

Türkiye Scholarships are unique in that they include not only financial support, tuition fees, housing, and health insurance, but also university placement and academic, social, and cultural facilities for awardees at all levels of higher education.

Benefits of Government of Turkey Türkiye Burslari

Financial assistance, tuition fees, housing, and health insurance are provided to awardee at all levels of higher education, as well as university placement and academic, social, and cultural facilities

Requirements for Government of Turkey Türkiye Burslari

Türkiye Scholarships has created distinct and tailored scholarship programs for each educational level. It offers several qualifying scholarship options ranging from long-term bachelor’s, master’s as well as PhD scholarships to research and merit-based scholarships, art scholarships to collaborative scholarship programs formed with globally prestigious universities.

Minimum Academic Achievement

• For associate and bachelor’s degree candidates %70
• For graduate candidates: 75%
• For candidates of Health Sciences (Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy): 90%

Age Criteria

• For associate and bachelor’s degree programmes: Under 21 years of age.
• For master’s programs: being under the age of 30
• For PhD programs: being under the age of 35
• For Research Scholarship: being under the age of 50

Eligible Groups:

• Citizens of all countries
• Graduates or those who will graduate at the end of the current academic year (before August)
• Researchers and academics

Ineligible Groups:

• Turkish citizens and individuals who have lost Turkish citizenship
• Individuals who are currently enrolled in programs in Turkish universities at the level of education will apply.

Selection Process

Applications for Türkiye Scholarships are evaluated based on the candidate’s academic performance, social activities, and motivation in the selected field.

• All applications are assessed based on basic criteria such as minimum academic achievement, age limits established for each level of education, and required documents.
• The Expert Committee considers applications from eligible candidates using a variety of criteria, including academic status, previous qualifications, academic interests, professional aspirations, consistency of preferences, letter of intent content, and participation in social events. Following this stage, a final list of qualified candidates for the interview process is established.

Test:

Prior to the Presidential Delegations’ face-to-face interviews, undergraduate candidates take a 30-question quantitative test that includes questions about mathematics, geometry, and logic.

The tests will be administered prior to the interview in order to evaluate candidates applying to the fields of health sciences, science, and engineering, which receive the most applications compared to other disciplines. Tests will also be given to candidates applying in the field of social sciences, and the results will be compared to those of other applicants.

The test will include questions that require explanations in both Turkish and English, as well as those that do not need to be translated. English sources are frequently used in basic courses at health, science, and engineering programs in Turkey, as well as in many other countries around the world, candidates applying in these fields must demonstrate a sufficient level of English to comprehend and respond to the test questions.

Despite the fact that the test is based on the country’s educational curricula, questions have also been developed to align with the Turkish curriculum. Undergraduate candidates planning to study in Turkey are expected to be conversant with the core of the Turkish curriculum.

Face-to-face interviews will take place on the same day as the test, and will be conducted in morning and afternoon sessions. Candidates will be informed of their test and interview timeslot when they receive their invitations to the interview.

Candidates will have 60 minutes to complete the 30-question test.

Note 1: For individuals applying from Azerbaijan, 50 questions cover mathematics, geometry, and logic. For applicants from Greece and the TRNC, 50 questions cover Turkish, mathematics, physics, and social sciences. In these countries, all candidates who have been invited to an interview will take the tests in a single session. Face-to-face interviews will be conducted in the days immediately after the exam. Candidates will receive their exam timeslots along with their interview invitations.

Note 2: In countries with a high volume of applications, such as Afghanistan and Sudan, the Presidency may hold 80 to 100-question exams, depending on the number of applicants.

Interview:

Candidates selected from more than 100 countries in the final list are evaluated by interview committees consisting of academics and experts.

The interview, which usually lasts 15-30 minutes, is carried out in the following format:

• Welcome and entrance
• Check of documents
• Purpose of the candidate’s application
• Academic knowledge and career goals
• Closing and candidate questions to the committee

Candidates invited for the interview are required to bring all the documents and certificates of the latest education they have completed to the interview.

Final assessment:

The results of the interviews of applicants conducted by the interview committees are evaluated by a selection committee and a list of applicants who will receive scholarships is created.

At this final evaluation stage, the general eligibility of the candidate for Türkiye Scholarships is evaluated.

General Application Period

• Application period: January 10 – February 20
• Evaluation process: March–April-May
• Interview period: June – July
• Announcement of results: Early August
• Initial Procedures: August
• Transfers of Grantees to Türkiye: September

Success Scholarship

• Application period: October–November
• Evaluation Process and Announcement of Results: November

Application Documents

For applications made online through the Türkiye Scholarships Application System (TBBS), all candidates must upload the following documents to the system:

• A valid identity document, ID card or passport
• A photograph of the candidate taken within the last 1 year
• National exam results (if any)
• Diploma or temporary graduation certificate
• Transcript
• International exam results (GRE, GMAT, SAT, etc.) if required by the chosen university or program
• International language test results such as TOEFL, DELF if required by the chosen university or program
• A proposal for a research topic and a written example of the research you have carried out (only for PhD applications)

Application Deadline

February 10, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Turkey Government on tbbs.turkiyeburslari.gov.tr to apply