Bilkent University

* The minimum course load depends on the department. This information can be found in SRS (https://stars.bilkent.edu.tr/srs/) under “Information Card” and “lower limit”.

** Students who are taking the minimum course load each semester may withdraw from at most one course during an academic year.

*** The Annual-GPA is calculated as a weighted average of Fall and Spring grades. The sum of the Fall and Spring semester grade points are divided by the sum of the Fall and Spring semester credits. If a course that was taken in the Fall semester is repeated in the Spring semester, then both grades are included in the Annual-GPA calculation.

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.

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international students who have taken at least a minimum curriculum course load (excluding any additional courses, withdrawn courses, GE 100-250-251, non-credit courses and repeated courses in Spring, already taken in Fall semester) and attained an annual grade point average of 3.30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.

Depending upon a student’s ranking within the top 5% the scholarship covers tuition fees to the extent shown below: