Country: Turkey

Program: Masters / PhD

Duration: up to 4 years

Introduction:

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University (İZÜ) is a private university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in 2010 and is named after Sabahattin Zaim, a prominent Turkish scholar and economist.

The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs across a range of disciplines including business, economics, engineering, architecture, and social sciences. İZÜ aims to provide a high-quality education with a focus on research and innovation. The campus is situated in the Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul, providing students with access to the city’s vibrant cultural and professional opportunities.

International scholarship 2024:

Currently Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University (İZÜ) is offering multiple scholarship for persuing Masters and PhD. These scholarships are fully on merit basis and will be awarded to meritorious students.

MASTER’S SCHOLARSHIP WITH THESIS:

The students who apply to the IZU Master’s programs with a quota of at least 15 or more students and register for the program by fulfilling the scholarship application requirements (for cash scholarship, the student must not work in any job except research assistant) are granted a scholarship in the following ways.

Benefits:

The students who take the first and second places in the list of registered students after the final evaluation are granted 100 % tuition fee Scholarship + 1.500 Turkish Lira (TL) Cash Scholarship.

100 % tuition fee Scholarship is given to the students who come in the 3rd and 4th in the list of the registered students after the final assessment, Other students, on the other hand, may be granted up to 50 % scholarships by the Selection Board of the relevant Department.

Eligibility:

• To receive a scholarship, the students must have a score of at least 80 and above from the ALES or (a score of 156 from GRE or 590 and above from GMAT).
• Undergraduate CGPA must be at least 3.00 out of 4.00.
• If the language of instruction of the program is Turkish, the candidate must have a score of at least 70 from Foreign Language Examination (YDS/YÖKDİL) or an international foreign language score accepted as equivalent by the Student Selection and Placement Centre (OSYM).
• If the language of instruction of the program is partially or completely in a foreign language, the candidate must have a score of at least 80 YDS/YÖKDİL in the relevant foreign language examination or s/he must have an international foreign language score accepted as equivalent by ÖSYM.

DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP:

The students who apply to the IZU doctorate programs with a quota of at least 10 or more students and register for the program by fulfilling the scholarship application requirements (for cash scholarship, the student must not work in any job except research assistant) are granted a scholarship in the following ways.

Benefits:

The students who take the first and second places in the list of registered students after the final evaluation are granted 100 % tuition fee Scholarship + 2.000 Turkish Lira (TL) Cash Scholarship.

100 % tuition fee Scholarship is given to the students who come in the 3rd and 4th in the list of the registered students after the final assessment,Other students, on the other hand, may be granted up to 50 % scholarships by the Selection Board of the relevant Department.

Eligibility:

• To receive a scholarship, the students must have a score of at least 80 and above from Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES)
• Undergraduate CGPA must be at least 3.00 out of 4.00, while Master’s Graduation CGPA must be at least 3.50 out of 4.00.
• If the language of instruction of the program is Turkish, the candidate must have a score of at least 70 from Foreign Language Examination.
• If the language of instruction of the program is partially or completely in a foreign language,
• The candidate must have a score of at least 80 YDS/YÖKDİL in the relevant foreign language examination or s/he must have an international foreign language score accepted as equivalent by ÖSYM.

Conditions for Scholarship:

Minimum requirements that students must meet for the continuation of Doctoral and Master’s (with thesis) Scholarships are as follows:

1. The student must renew her/his registration each semester;
2. s/he must meet the minimum attendance requirement of the courses they are enrolled in and complete the courses within the first 2 semesters.
3. S/he must not take the letter grades DZ, YZ, FF from her/his courses and must have a CGPA of 3.00/4.00 at the end of the semester.
4. S/he must complete her/his master’s thesis by the end of the 4th (fourth) semester at the latest.
5. S/he must not delay her/his doctoral qualifying exam to the 3rd (third) semester or s/he must not fail the doctoral qualifying exam.
6. Failure to defend the thesis proposal within six months following the doctoral qualifying exam.
7. Not submitting the report to the Doctoral Thesis Monitoring Committee, not attending the thesis monitoring meeting or rejecting the thesis monitoring report.
8. Failing to complete the doctoral thesis until the end of the 8th (eighth) semester at the latest,
9. The student who receives cash scholarship must submit the document from the Social Security Institution to the Institute Secretariat at the beginning of each semester to certify that s/he is working.
10. No cash scholarship payment is made to the student who does not submit this document in the relevant semester.
11. If a student who receives cash scholarship is suspended/considered on leave, no cash scholarship payment is made for the relevant semester/year.
12. The cash scholarship of a student who receives cash scholarship is terminated as of the date of employment in any institution. If the student is given a cash scholarship after the date of employment, this amount is refunded to the University.
13. Cash Scholarships are not awarded in the Foreign Language Preparatory Class, as well as in the Scientific Preparation Program.
14. Doctoral and Master’s (with thesis) Scholarships are awarded only within the normal education period of the relevant program.
15. In case of disciplinary punishment (except warning and reprimand), cancellation of registration or graduation.

Deadline:

The last date to apply for Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University (İZÜ) Scholarship is 6th January 2025