Study in Turkey
Why Study in Turkey?
Turkey is considered as a very good place to study in, as it has so many universities to study in and so many courses to choose from.
1- Affordable:
IN spite of being the cost of living low and affordable in Turkey more than most American or European countries, the quality of Education is very high.
2-Ideal Location:
Turkey is considered as the “Bridge to the World” or “Where East meets West”. As Turkey is located in ideal place, it is located in a point where Europe meets the Middle East. That makes it has a lot of serves, cultures, and worldviews.
3- Quality of Education:
Turkey’s Education is high, as it has a big number of universities that have a high quality of education and the cost of studying in them is affordable as well.
4- English has Widely Spoken:
A big number of universities in Turkey teach their courses in the English language. In addition, so many people can speak English in most cities.
Tuition Fees and Living Expenses in turkey
Turkey is a perfect place to live and studies in and it is affordable too.
Depend on the institutions level if private or public universities and the instruction language.
- Private universities: which language of instruction is English tuition start from $2500 to $5000 USD per academic year and up to $15000 for medical schools.
- Public universities: which language of instruction is Turkish most of them are FREE which students have to pay $250 – $500 only per year admission fee.
- Turkish language courses: Tuition fee between $3000 – $5000 per year.
Estimated Cost of Living:
An average international student in Turkey will spend about 400-750 USD monthly on accommodation, food, clothing, entertainment, transportation and telephone costs.
| General Costs per semester (4 months): | |
| 1500 – 2000 USD | Housing |
| 1100 USD | Food |
| 300 USD | Transportation |
| 150 USD | Books |
Visa Process
You will require a visa to study in Turkey. Once you have an acceptance letter from a university, which enables you to study in Turkey, you need to apply to your local Turkish consulate. You usually have to do this personally and you need to make an appointment in the Turkish consulate website online in order to do that, so you need to check the opening times of the Turkish consulate.
To apply for a visa, you need the letter of acceptance, a completed student visa form, a valid passport, a passport photo and the visa-processing fee.
Note that:
The visa-processing fee can change, so it is best to check the Turkish consulate website.
When you arrive in Turkey, you need to apply for a residency permit, which needs to be done within 90 days of the arrival. In order to do that, you will go to your nearest police headquarter having your passport and your student visa.
Do not forget to check the Turkish consulate website before doing that to make sure that the residency rule did not change.
The types of the student visa are:
1- Internship visa.
2- Internship Erasmus.
3- Internship AISEC
4- Turkish Language Course Purpose.
5- Course Purpose.
6- Education Purpose.
7- Education in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Our office is ready to help you with all procedures starting from finding the right universities and courses to the admission and getting the acceptance letter until the applying for the student visa and the admission to the university.
Study Turkish Language in Turkey:
Some of the international students choose to study the Turkish language in Turkey. If you are going to study the Turkish language in Turkey, you will need to know some information about the available courses and institutes so that you can apply and travel easily.
Turkish Institutes in Turkey:
There are multiple Turkish Institutes in various cities of Turkey, which teach multiple types of courses such as “standard, intensive, high intensive, private”.
The procedures of Acceptance:
You need to have these documents in order to be accepted:
– Copy of your passport.
– General information.
– Initial booking fees.
Study English Language in Turkey:
Many international students choose to study in Turkey. If you are going to study English in Turkey, you will need to know information about the available courses and institutes so that you can apply and travel easily.
English Institutes in Turkey:
There are so many English Institutes in various cities of Turkey, and the famous International English Institutes are located in Istanbul.
They have different levels and provide intensive English training. Mostly, it is one level of study for a 4 weeks period. Then the students who passed, go to the next level.
Our Partners’ Universities of Turkey
| University Name | Website |
| Koc University | www.ku.edu.tr |
| Beykent University | https://www.beykent.edu.tr/ |
| Nisantasi university | https://www.nisantasi.edu.tr/index-en.html |
| Halic University | http://halic.edu.tr/en |
| Eastern Mediterranean University | www.emu.edu.tr |
| Siirt University | www.siirt.edu.tr |
| Yasar University | http://www.yasar.edu.tr |
