Financial Aid

  • Koç University Ph.D. Programs admit all students with tuition waiver.
  • Ph.D. Students may also be funded by external sources (i.e., TUBITAK Project/BİDEB, EU Projects, corporate funding or faculty research projects).
  • Limited number of KU Scholarships based on academic merit: Monthly stipends.
  • MA- Thesis  programs admit all students with tuition waiver: admitted students do not pay tuition. (Except Clinical Psychology and LL.M.).
  • Stipend may be available based on academic merit for some admitted MA-Thesis students.
  • MA-Thesis students may be funded by external sources (i.e., TÜBİTAK or projects of the professors).
  • LL.M.  / Clinical Psychology with Thesis Program students pay full tuition. There may be a partial scholarship option depending on the strength of the application (e.g., grades, scores, written exam, interview) file to only limited number of students.
  • Non Thesis students pay full tuition.

Benefits

Ph.D. Students

All admitted Ph.D. students receive the following benefits:

  • Tuition Waiver
  • Shared office spaces
  • Meal cards
  • Private health insurance (limited-benefit plan)
  • For admitted students, some funding available to help support conference travel, additional training and dissertation-related research

MA-Thesis Programs:

  • MA-Thesis Programs admit all students with tuition waiver (Except Clinical Psychology and LLM)
  • Stipend may be available based on academic merit for some admitted MA-Thesis students
  • MA-Thesis students may be funded by external sources (i.e., TÜBİTAK or projects of the professors)
  • For admitted students, some funding available to help support conference travel, additional training and thesis-related research