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.
Eligibility Requirements
To be considered for the Bilkent University International Scholarships, applicant must:
have a minimum of 2.80/4.00 CGPA for BSc graduates or MSC students at the time of application.
If you are a Turkish citizen resident in Turkey: ALES score is required, <55 (quantitative)
Otherwise; GRE General Test score is required: 153 (quantitative). However, if you are off by a small margin and you have a strong background, we encourage you 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).
All nationality are eligible to apply
Benefits
Financial assistance is provided in the form of a tuition waiver or a tuition waiver plus a monthly stipend living. The scholarship package incudes;
Tuition waiver (620.000 TL/year for the AcademicYear 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, candidates must be ready to submit the following documents;
Submission of 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.
Method of Application
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Application Deadline: June 6, 2025.