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2026 TÜRKIYE BAŞARI BURS PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN TURKEY (MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIP)

Application Period: January 10 – February 20, 2026

LOCATION: Turkey

Türkiye Scholarships has designed different and specific scholarship programs for each level of education. It offers many qualified scholarship opportunities ranging from long-term bachelor’s, master’s as well as PhD scholarships to short-term research and merit-based scholarships, from art scholarships to joint scholarship programs created with reputable international institutions.

ELIGIBILITY:

Minimum Academic Achievement

For associate and bachelor’s degree candidates, 70%

For graduate candidates: 75%

For candidates of Health Sciences (Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy): 90%

Age Criteria

For associate and bachelor’s degree programmes: Under 21 years of age.

For master’s programs: being under the age of 30

For PhD programs: being under the age of 35

For Research Scholarship: being under the age of 50

Eligible Groups:

Citizens of all countries

Graduates or those who will graduate at the end of the current academic year (before August)

Researchers and academics

BENEFIT:

Full-time Scholarship: These are scholarships provided at associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD levels.

Scope of the Scholarship

University and Department Placement

Monthly Stipend:

Undergraduate: 4.500 TL, Master’s: 6.500 TL, PhD: 9.000 TL

Tuition Fee

Turkish Language Course (1 Year)

Accommodation

Health Insurance

One-off Flight Ticket (At the beginning of education and when graduating)

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UCL GLOBAL MASTER’S SCHOLARSHIP

Application Deadline: 5pm BST, Thursday 7 May 2026

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The UCL Global Master’s Scholarship aims to enable and encourage international students from lower-income backgrounds to pursue full-time Master’s degree studies at UCL.

ELIGIBILITY:

Available to: Prospective students
Selection criteria: Financial need
Eligible fee status: Overseas
Eligible programmes: All postgraduate taught
Deadline: 5pm BST, Thursday 7 May 2026

Candidates can be from any country outside the UK but must fulfill all of the following criteria:

be eligible to pay the Overseas fee rate;

come from a lower-income background*;

AND have submitted a complete admission application (including the submission of references) for a full-time Master’s degree at UCL in 2026/27.  Please note: Distance-learning options are not eligible for this fund; students must be coming to the UK to attend UCL in person.

Please visit the International Master’s Awards page for information on how to apply. 

The deadline for applications to this scholarship will be at 5pm BST, Thursday, 7 May 2026.

BENEFIT:

The value of the bursary is £15,000.

The scholarship is tenable for one year only unless the full-time programme is 2 years in length.  In that case the scholarship will be paid 50% in each year.

The UCL Global Masters Scholarship may be held alongside other scholarships, studentships, awards, or bursaries depending on the total value of other funds received by the student.

Scholarship recipients are obliged to inform the UCL Student Funding Office immediately of any other funding they are awarded towards their UCL Master’s degree studies, before or subsequent to the UCL Global Masters Scholarship being awarded.

The scholarship will first be applied to the recipient’s tuition fees, with any remainder payable to the recipient in three equal installments throughout the academic year towards maintenance.

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