Programs

A two-week summer camp at Bilkent University in Ankara where high school students take four courses from Bilkent faculty, with optional on-campus dormitory accommodation.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

Teams of high-school students design, build and launch a rocket that must reach at least 4,000 feet in the A1 Lise category of the TEKNOFEST Rocket Competition.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

The national round of the World Robot Olympiad, organised in Türkiye by Bilim Kahramanları Derneği since 2014, with RoboMission, Future Innovators, Future Engineers and RoboSports categories.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A national knowledge competition for high-school teams run by NUN Eğitim ve Kültür Vakfı's 'Eğitimde Bir Adım Ötesi' initiative, based on a list of books, poems, songs, films and documentaries from Turkish and world thought, with large cash prizes.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Need-based scholarship from the National Education Foundation (MEV) for associate and bachelor's students, including students who have just won a university place.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Teams develop technology-based solutions for preventing addiction, early risk detection, psychological resilience and support mechanisms, together with Yeşilay.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

An 8-day summer programme on Yeditepe University's Istanbul campus where high school students choose one of eight 18-hour tracks such as genetics and bioengineering, law, coding, mini MBA, nanomaterials, media or AI.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

The Ministry of National Education's national exam that awards state scholarships (or free boarding places) to financially disadvantaged ortaokul and lise students.

• Grades 9–11
• Cost not published

A two-week day summer school at Koç University where high school students take courses adapted from the undergraduate curriculum to explore possible majors, with need-based scholarships available.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

An individual FPV drone racing championship with qualifying rounds and stages, whose stage winners qualify for the World Drone Cup.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Teams of high-school or university students develop AI solutions to problems in the aviation sector, competing in an online simulation before the final.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A free, one-week, competency-based workshop programme at Çankaya University in Ankara where high school students explore professions in mathematics, philology, law, architecture, engineering and the social sciences.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee