Applications for the 2025 Bilkent University Scholarships have begun for international students to study graduate programs in Turkey.
For the 2025/26 sessions, the Bilkent University International Scholarships cover applicants’ tuition fees, and provide a monthly stipend including housing support( total of 32.000 TL / month), laptops, meal tickets, travel support, and additional opportunities.
Scholarship Summary
- Host Country: Turkey
- Category: Postgraduate Scholarships | Masters Scholarships | PhD Scholarships
- Eligible Countries: All Countries
- Reward: Full Scholarship | $10824 Stipend/Yr | Laptop | Accommodation | Travel Costs
- Deadline: June 6, 2025
Scholarship Details
The Bilkent University International Scholarship offers a wide range of financial aid options and prestigious fellowship/scholarship opportunities for graduate students. These include:
- UNAM Bilkent University President Graduate Fellowship (formerly named Bilkent UNAM Graduate Fellowship)
- UNAM Scholarship for Young Women
- Bilkent UNAM Graduate Scholarship
- Scholarship from externally funded projects.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must:
- Have a minimum of 2.80/4.00 CGPA for BSc graduates or MSC students at the time of application.
- If an applicant is a Turkish citizen, ALES score is required, <55 (quantitative)
- Otherwise; GRE General Test score is required: 153 (quantitative). However, if the applicant is off by a small margin and has a strong background, they are encouraged to apply.
- TOEFL IBT(at least 87), IELTS (at least 6.5 average and 5.5 from each section) or Bilkent COPE (at least C).
- Student from all nationality are eligible to apply
Scholarship Benefits
Successful applicants of this scholarship will receive:
- Tuition waiver (620.000 TL/year for the Academic year 2024-2025). It can be given as a partial exemption considering the academic success of the student.
- Monthly stipend including housing support( total of 32.000 TL / month)
- Additional scholarship to be considered each year
- Private health insurance
- A laptop computer
- Meal card
- Travel support (once a year, at yearly determined fixed amount) to attend scientific events
- The Awardee is expected to disseminate the results of his/her thesis research work being carried out at UNAM, by one of the means of which is intended to be UNAM’s travel support for his/her oral presentation at a well-known/-respected peer-reviewed conference
Required Documents
To Apply for this program, applicants must prepare:
- ALES (Akademik Personel ve Lisansüstü Eğitimi Giriş Sınavı/Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam) or GRE scores. GMAT scores are required for graduate programs in Business Administration.)
- Fluency in written and oral English. Please see the websites of each graduate school for the list of accepted tests.
- Official transcripts.
- Recommendations from instructors or others qualified to evaluate academic ability.
How to Apply
To apply for this scholarship:
- Visit the program’s webpage
- Prepare and submit all required documents before the deadline.
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