TÜBİTAK Undergraduate Scholarship Programme for International students to study in Turkey

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) grants undergraduate scholarships for international students who are medal winners at any International Science Olympiads.

The scholarship covers fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technological Sciences, Medical Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities.

Who Can Apply for the scholarship

The scholarship is open to all students who want to pursue an undergraduate degree program in Turkey on the following conditions:
• Applicants should be non-Turkish citizens. Applicants who hold dual citizenship with Turkey are not eligible to apply.
• Applicants should have medal(s) in the International Science Olympiads.

•Applicants who hold a high school diploma or who are currently enrolled in their last year of high school are eligible to apply for scholarship on the condition that they should enroll in an undergraduate program rela ted to topic of the Science Olympiad.
• Medal winners who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate program in Turkey are also eligible for the scholarship on the condition that they are enrolled in an undergraduate program related to topic of the Science Olympiad.

Award Details
•The scholarship will consist of
i. A monthly stipend of 1,000 Turkish Liras (TL)
ii. Tuition fee (up to 2,000 Turkish Liras (TL))
• The scholarship lasts four to six years depending on the duration the undergraduate degree program enrolled.
• All scholarship awardees that successfully complete an undergraduate program will be rewarded scholarship for graduate program on the condition that they are admitted to a graduate program at a Turkish University.
• Awardees must begin their undergraduate program within one year of having been notified of the award.

Required Application Documents
1. Application form,
2. Copy of identify certificate or passport,
3. Certificate of achievement in the International
Science Olympiads,
4. Copy of Undergraduate transcripts*
5. Undergraduate student certificate
6. Letter of commitment

*The documents should be sent to TÜBİTAK by the scholarship awardees after having enrollment in an undergraduate program in Turkey within one year of the notification of the award.

Application Deadline: October 15 2014

How to Apply for the scholarship
Information about the required application documents can be obtained from the program website at http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/bideb/2205.

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