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 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, candidates must be ready to submit the following documents;

  • Submission of ALES (Akademik Personel ve Lisansüstü EÄŸitimi GiriÅŸ 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.