Mevlana Exchange Programme 

Mevlana Exchange Programme is a program that aims the exchange students and academic staff between the Turkish higher education institutions and higher education institutions of other countries. With the regulation published on 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. The program includes all higher education institutions throughout the world without discriminating 

between the geographical borders. The higher education institutions of EU countries benefiting from the Erasmus program will not be included in Mevlana Exchange Programme in the 2014-2015 academic year. 

Students may study abroad for one (minimum) or two (maximum) terms and academic staff may lecture abroad from one week (minimum) to three months (maximum). Accordingly, students and academic staff from any country may benefit from this program being hosted by Turkish higher education institutions to study or lecture. 

Who can benefit from Mevlana Exchange Programme? 

The students registered in formal education programs in Associate Degree, B.A, M.A, and Ph.D. level at higher education institutions in Türkiye (on condition that the higher education institutions signed a bilateral Mevlana Exchange Protocol) may benefit from Mevlana Exchange Programme. Additionally, all academic staff who work in a national or foreign higher education institution, on condition that the higher education institutions signed a bilateral Mevlana Exchange Protocol, may benefit from Mevlana Exchange Programme. In the scope of mobility, academic activities of academic staff cannot be less than a total of six hours weekly. In the hourly calculation of the activities performed by academic staff, courses are considered. Of course, hours do not complete six hours, academic activities like seminars, panels, or conferences are evaluated in this context. Academic staff mobility plans which do not contain lectures shall not be considered within the Mevlana Exchange Programme and accepted for the Exchange. 

Application Requirements of Mevlana Exchange Programme 

The requirements for being a Mevlana Exchange Programme Student are. 

• • to be studying for an associate degree, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or Ph.D. degree, or higher education programs, 
• • Grade point average (GPA) of associate degree and undergraduate students must be at least 2,5 on a four-point scale, 
• • Grade point average (GPA) of graduate students (MA, Ph.D.) must be at least 3.00 on a four point scale, 
• • 50% language score + 50% GPA 
• • The students studying in their first year at associate or bachelor’s degree and the students of 

preparation classes and scientific preparation programs of graduate degrees cannot participate in this program during their first semester.