Financial Aid and Scholarships for Graduate Students
FENS offers different financial aid and scholarship options for graduate students based on their qualifications, including Full Scholarship, Project Scholarship, TÜBİTAK BİDEB Scholar Support, Tuition Fee Exemption and Prestigious Faculty Fellowships.
Full Scholarship
FENS Full Scholarship is a competitive scholarship offered to PhD and MSc degree program applicants with excellent academic record and high potential for scientific publication. It includes the following benefits:
PhD Student | MSc Student | |
Full tuition waiver | 108.000 TL/year Turkish students 19.500 USD/year international students | |
Monthly stipend | 5250 TL 1 | 4000 TL 2
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On-campus housing | Single room3 | Double room |
| Transportation support4 | 750 TL | 750 TL |
Private health insurance | ✓ | ✓ |
Conference travel grant | min. 2, max. 3 | 1 |
Laptop computer | ✓ | ✓ |
One-term research leave abroad | ✓ | |
| Scientific publication incentive5 | ✓ | ✓ |
1 Upon completion of the qualification exam; 5000 TL before.
2 For a period of 10 months with additional support during summer.
3 Based on availability. If not available, a double room is provided.
4 For those who do not use on-campus housing.
5 No limit on the number of publications, amount depends on the number of authors
Project Scholarship
FENS offers the following additional financial support for PhD and MSc degree program applicants who work within the context of research projects supported by TÜBİTAK, SANTEZ, etc.
PhD Student | MSc Student | |
Full tuition waiver | 108.000 TL/year Turkish students 19.500 USD/year international students | |
Monthly stipend | Typical range 3000-6000 TL | Typical range 2500-4250 TL |
On-campus housing | Single room 1 | Double room |
| Transportation2 | 750 TL | 750 TL |
Private health insurance | ✓ | ✓ |
Conference travel grant | min. 2, max. 3 | 1 |
Laptop computer | ✓ | ✓ |
One-term research leave abroad | ✓ | |
| Scientific publication incentive3 | ✓ | ✓ |
1 Based on availability. If not available, a double room is provided.
2 750 TL monthly transportation support for those who do not use on-campus housing.
3 No limit on the number of publications, amount depends on the number of authors.
TÜBİTAK BİDEB Scholar Support
FENS offers the following additional financial support for PhD and MSc degree program applicants who received graduate scholarship from TÜBİTAK BİDEB Program:
PhD Student | MSc Student | |
Full tuition waiver | 108.000 TL/year Turkish students 19.500 USD/year international students | |
Monthly stipend | 350 TL | 350 TL |
On-campus housing | Single room 1 | Double room |
| Transportation2 | 750 TL | 750 TL |
| Food (one meal/day) | ✓ | ✓ |
Private health insurance | ✓ | ✓ |
Conference travel grant | min. 2, max. 3 | 1 |
Laptop computer | ✓ | ✓ |
One-term research leave abroad | ✓ | |
| Scientific publication incentive3 | ✓ | ✓ |
1 Based on the availability. If not available, a double room is provided.
2 750 TL monthly transportation support for those who do not use on-campus housing.
3 No limit on the number of publications, amount depends on the number of authors
Tuition Fee Exemption
Full and 2/3 partial tuition fee exemption without additional stipends are also available for qualified candidates.