DUTIES AT YTB OVERVIEW TÜRKİYE SCHOLARSHIPS • • • • ACADEMIC & SOCIO-CULTURAL GUIDANCE PLANNING OUTREACH SELECTION • • • • Sending Countries Universities Face-to-Face Interviews Direct Placement Region and Subject-Based Sub-Programmes Online Application in 8 languages Interview-Based Selection University Placement + Scholarship • • • • • Meet & Greet Orientation Official Procedures Academic Support Cultural Events ALUMNI RELATIONS • • • • Graduation Ceremony Alumni Network Alumni Associations Alumni Meetings FIGURES 16.000 2015 Scholarship Holders New Places Annually 95.000 Applications in 2015 176 countries 5.000 Annual Budget 150 M $ SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES UG SUBJECT-BASED PG SHORT TERM Balkans Programme Ibn Sina Health Sciences Programme Ali Kuşçu Science & Technology Programme Research Grant Black Sea Programme Islamic Studies Programme Ibn Haldun Social Sciences Programme Success Grant Bosphorus Programme Yunus Emre Turkish Language Programme Support Grant Harran Programme Turkish Language Summer School Turkic Speaking Countries Programme Turkish Language for Academics & Bureaucrats Türkiye-Africa Programme SELECTION PROCESS Preliminary Assessment Basic criteria such as age limit, minimum academic grade, required documents Interview Broad set of criteria including academic standing, previous qualifications, academic interests, career goals, letter of intent, participation in social activities Shortlisting Assessment student’s fit to Türkiye Scholarships by committees of academics & experts Selection Committee finalizes the list of applicants to be awarded a scholarship Selection WHAT WE OFFER Tuition Fee Monthly Stipend Undergraduate / 600 TL Master / 850 TL PhD / 1.200 TL Research / 2.500 TL Flight Ticket Free Accommodation One-Year Turkish Language Course (Compulsory) General Health Insurance Our Programmes for Syrian Students OVERVIEW FULL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (TUITION FEES) TURKISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM TS for SYRIANS 1.000 scholarships annually 2.000 Syrian Students awarded in 2 Years Aim: 5.000 Syrian Students in 5 Years Partial Scholarships Tuition Fees Paid by YTB since 2013 More than 1.600 beneficiaries in 2014-2015 academic year Aim: Support all Syrian University Students İn Türkiye Turkish Courses Since 2013 in Camps Almost 5.000 students benefited High School Graduate Below 21 Years Old Resident in Camp Commited to Study University 10 Cities 21 Camps Academic Coordinator : Gaziantep University TOMER İstanbul Adana, Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman, Malatya TÖMERs AFAD and UNICEF funded Thank you… Websites www.ytb.gov.tr www.turkiyescholarships.gov.tr www.turkiyeburslari.gov.tr www.trscholarships.org Follow us www.facebook.com/yurtdisiturkler twitter.com/yurtdisiturkler facebook.com/turkiyeburslari twitter.com/turkiyeburslari