Programs

A one-week residential workshop in Şirince that teaches grade 10-12 students to question information and write critical essays; 2027 dates are not announced yet.

• Grades 10–12
• Fee: ₺13,950

A UAV competition only for high-school-level teams, with Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing and Free Mission categories.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Koç University gives students placed on full-scholarship quotas with a YKS rank in the top 100 a monthly allowance, book and dormitory scholarship on top of full tuition.

• Grade 12
• No fee

Youth For Understanding Türkiye sends lise students aged 15-18 abroad for a year, semester, trimester or short program with a volunteer host family; 2027-2028 applications are open.

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

Monthly cash scholarship plus dormitory support from the Türkiye Diyanet Foundation for bachelor's students outside theology (priority to medicine, architecture, engineering, law and teaching) living in TDV dormitories in five cities.

• Grades not published
• No fee

DSİ's national water-research project competition for lise students aged 15-20; the winner represents Türkiye at the Stockholm Junior Water Prize during World Water Week.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

Azerbaijan's Heydar Aliyev Scholarship Programme offers Turkish citizens a fully funded place (bachelor's, master's, doctoral or medical) at an Azerbaijani university, selected by Türkiye's Ministry of National Education.

• Grade 12
• No fee

A negotiation competition for high-school students by NUN Eğitim ve Kültür Vakfı: accepted applicants receive basic negotiation training, pass written and oral assessments and are invited to semi-final and final negotiations in Istanbul.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Morocco offers Turkish citizens bachelor's, master's and doctoral scholarships, selected by Türkiye's Ministry of National Education; bachelor's applicants must be 19-23 lise graduates.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published

A TÜBİTAK BİDEB research-project competition for high school students, run within the TEKNOFEST technology competitions, with areas in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, and Earth Sciences.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

Teams build UAVs that fly simultaneously in controlled air-to-air and air-to-ground combat scenarios, performing autonomous take-off, flight, landing, lock-on and kamikaze tasks.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Genç Başarı Eğitim Vakfı's Junior Achievement company programme: high-school teams set up and run a real mini-company at school with business mentors, compete in the GençBizz Türkiye Final and can earn the international ESP certificate.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published