Financial Aid
1.Ph.D. programs admit all students with tuition waiver: admitted students do not pay tuition.
Monthly stipend, shared housing or housing aid and other benefits may be offered to selected Ph.D. students (Please see the details below for stipend amounts and the additional benefits).
Ph.D. Students may also be funded by external sources (i.e., TUBITAK Project/BİDEB, EU Projects, corporate funding or faculty research projects).
2. MA- Thesis programs admit all students with tuition waiver: admitted students do not pay tuition. (Except LL.M) Selected students may receive additional benefits (including stipend) based on academic merit and may be funded by external sources (i.e., TUBITAK or projects of the professors).
3. LL.M Thesis students may receive tuition waiver/partial scholarship depending on the strength of their application file (e.g., grades, scores, written exam, interview).
4. LL.M. Thesis students may be asked to pay full or partial tuition.
5. All LL.M. and MA- Non Thesis students pay full tuition, except for Koc University students directly continuing from BA programs with full scholarship (pls. see tuition structure for all other KU alumni at http://www.ku.edu.tr/en/nonthesismaster )
6. MA- Non Thesis students pay full tuition, except for Koc University students directly continuing from BA programs with full scholarship (pls. see tuition structure for all other KU alumni at https://www.ku.edu.tr/en/nonthesismaster )
Stipend
| 2016-2017 Academic Year Stipends
(TL, Monthly) |
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| Koç University Funding | External Funding (i.e., TUBİTAK or projects of professor) *PhD Students with TÜBİTAK BİDEB Funding receive GSSSH Research Fellowship Reward of 1.500 TL per year |
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| With Housing* | Without Housing** | With Housing* | Without Housing** | |
| Ph.D. Before qualifying exam | 1,800 TL | 2,325 TL | As announced per project / TÜBİTAK | As announced per project / TÜBİTAK + 525 TL housing aid |
| Ph.D. After qualifying exam | 2,200 TL | 2,725 TL | As announced per project / TÜBİTAK | As announced per project / TÜBİTAK + 525 TL housing aid |
| GSSSH Fellowship (awarded to outstanding Ph.D. students) | 2,500 TL (before qualifying exam) | 3,025 TL | Not applicable | |
| MA-thesis students with external funding | Not applicable | As announced by TUBITAK or projects | As announced by TUBITAK or projects + 525 TL housing aid | |
| MA-thesis students without external funding | Stipend from KU may be available to selected students in the amount of 1.150 TL | Not applicable | ||
| MA-non thesis students | Not eligible for stipend, housing, or housing aid | |||
*staying in KU housing; **receiving housing aid instead of staying in KU housing.
Benefits
All admitted Ph.D. students receive the following benefits:
- Office space.
- Laptop.
- Housing nearby campus or housing aid. (Housing availability is only for the student- We do not offer family housing)
- Private health insurance with limited coverage.
- Meal Card (i.e., lunch allowance in student cafeteria).
- Contribution towards expenses of scientific conferences.
- Extra training’s (e.g., international summer schools) to contribute to students’ career success.
- Contribution towards thesis-related expenses.
- Summer internship programs overseas.
- Student Exchange possibilities with foreign universities.
MA-thesis students with External Funding (TUBITAK or Projects of professors):
- Office space, upon availability.
- Laptop.
- Housing nearby campus, upon availability or housing aid. (Housing availability is only for the student- We do not offer family housing)
- Private health insurance with limited coverage.
- Contribution towards expenses of scientific conferences.
- Contribution towards thesis-related expenses.
- Summer internship programs overseas.
- Student Exchange possibilities with foreign universities.
MA-thesis students without External Funding:
- Office space, upon availability.
- Contribution towards expenses of scientific conferences.
- Student Exchange possibilities with foreign universities.
MA-non thesis students
- No benefits available