Scholarships Merit-based
Bilkent University

Merit Scholarship

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Any
Disciplines
Various benefits
Grant
Turkey
Location
Anytime
Application deadline

About

Prospective students who apply for financial assistance are evaluated according to their high school grades, their national and/or international exam scores, their program choices, and other relevant academic criteria.

Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

Multiple

Grant

Tuition fee waiver

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction

Description

Merit Scholarship is available to all international students who excelled in their previous year at the university.

Applicable programmes

Benefits

The scholarship consists of a tuition fee waiver starting from 20% to 100%.

Eligibility

  • At the end of each academic year, international students who have taken at least a minimum curriculum course load (excluding any additional courses, withdrawn courses, GE 100-250-251, non-credit courses and repeated courses in Spring, already taken in Fall semester) and attained an annual grade point average of 3.30 or above, as well as being in the top 5% of all the non-scholarship students in their program, may become eligible to receive a merit scholarship for the following academic year.
  • To become eligible for a merit scholarship, an international student must rank at a level higher than their current partial tuition waiver scholarship level.
  • Applicants and students, who previously had or already have Turkish citizenship are not eligible for international student scholarships.
  • International applicants and students, who later obtain Turkish citizenship will lose their eligibility for international student scholarships from that date onward.

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Any

Locations

Turkey

Nationality

Any

Study experience required

High school

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

Anytime

The scholarship will be awarded automatically.

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