Mevlana Exchange Programme

Mevlana Exchange Programme aims the exchange of students and academic staff between the Turkish higher education institutions and higher education institutions in other countries. With the regulation published in August 23, 2011 (num: 28034), students and academic staff exchange between Turkish higher education institutions and higher education institutions of other countries has been possible.

Students may study abroad for 1 to 2 terms and academic staff may lecture abroad from 1 week to 3 months. Accordingly, students and academic staff from any country may benefit from this programme being hosted by Turkish higher education institutions in order to study or lecture.

Considering the amount of grant transferred by the Council of Higher Education Executive Board, the institution determines the number and distribution of incoming and outgoing students within the scope of the bilateral agreements. The Higher Education Institutions cannot select any students for Mevlana Exchange Programme before signing the Mevlana Exchange Programme Protocol.

In the assessment process, 50% of the applying students’ GPA (Grade Point Average) and 50% of the language test score to be used at host institution are taken into account and depending on their average sum, students are selected from the ranking list. The result of a bilaterally agreed language test is requested from the applying students by the signatory institutions to be used in the selection process.

The academic activities of academic staff cannot be less than six hours a week. Lectures given by the staff are taken into account while calculating the activities as hours. If the lectures are not sufficient to fulfill six hours of academic activities, seminars, panels, conferences or such activities can be considered within the academic activities. Any kind of academic staff mobility plan without teaching activities should not be assessed and accepted for the programme.

In order to start Mevlana Exchange Programme, an institution has to sign a Mevlana Exchange Protocol with a partner university recognized by the Council of Higher Education. Any kind of other agreements signed with a partner university cannot be included in Mevlana Exchange Programme. To be able to start exchange, signing Mevlana Exchange Protocol is a must.