Frequently Asked Questions
The students registered in formal education programmes at higher education institutions in Turkey (on condition that the higher education institutions signed a bilateral Mevlana Exchange Protocol) may benefit from Mevlana Exchange Programme.
Additionally, all academic staff who works in a national or foreign higher education institution, on condition that the higher education institutions signed a bilateral Mevlana Exchange Protocol, may benefit from Mevlana Exchange Programme.
In order to be a Mevlana Exchange Programme student
The students must be studying for an associate degree, bachelor degree, master degree or PhD degree in higher education programmes
Grade point average (GPA) of associate degree and undergraduate students must be at least 2,5 on a four-point scale.
The grade point average (GPA) of graduate students (MA, PhD) must be at least 3.00 on a four-point scale.
50% language score + 50% GPA
The students studying in their first year at the associate or bachelor degree and the students of preparation classes and scientific preparation programmes of graduate degrees can not participate in this programme in their first semester.
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The students may apply to the Mevlana Exchange Programme unit of his/her university after filling the required forms properly.
Students may study abroad for one (minimum) or two (maximum) semesters. Semester periods may be different considering the education systems but the total exchange period can not exceed one academic year.
Also, academic staff may participate in Mevlana Exchange Programme. Academic staff may lecture abroad from one week (minimum) to three months (maximum).
Mevlana Exchange Programme students continue to take their other scholarships and grants in their home countries and they have to do registration in their home institutions. They pay tuition fee to their home institution if they are supposed to and they do not pay any other tuition fee to the host institution.
The scholarship amount to be paid to the Mevlana Exchange students differs according to the living standards of the country of the host institution. Within the context of the Mevlana Exchange Programme, the programme students can be paid up to three times the amount that is monthly paid to bachelor degree students according to the Law no.5102 on Granting Scholarship and Loan to the Higher Education Students and in the ratios determined by Council of Higher Education Executive Board.
Incoming students from other countries to Turkish higher education institutions are granted according to the ratios determined by the Council of Higher Education Executive Board.
In terms of the scholarships that will be paid to the students, 70% of the scholarship amount is paid monthly. For the student's remaining grant payment, the ratio of total credits of the succeeded courses to the courses that the student is obliged to take as obligatory courses will be considered.
In the case of insufficiency of the funds for the Mevlana Exchange Programme, providing the correspondence with other principles, student mobility can be carried out by other scholarships or without scholarship