Financial Aid

AWARD PACKAGES FOR GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (Effective Feb 15, 2023)

Graduate School of Science and Engineering (GSSE) at Özyeğin University (ÖzÜ) offers competitive award packages to SELECT "PhD" and "MS with thesis (MS-t)" students. Award decisions are made by the GSSE Executive Committee. Besides our award packages, we also offer full or partial tuition waivers. You may find the related regulations of GSSE through this this link.

There are 6 different award packages:

- PhD Fellowship
- PhD Scholarship
- PhD Aid
- MS-t Fellowship
- MS-t Scholarship
- MS-t Aid

ALL AWARD PACKAGES INCLUDE (IF GRANTED):

Full tuition waiver
Free of charge dorm room or a commuter-supplement of 2,500 TL/mo
Private health insurance (same coverage as faculty members)
Laptop or desktop (to be returned upon graduation)
Conference travel grants
Private desk in an office/lab
(All award components are offered throughout the year)

PhD AWARD PACKAGES ADDITIONALLY INCLUDE:

If PhD FELLOWSHIP is granted, an award of 11,500 TL/mo
ElseIf PhD SCHOLARSHIP is granted, an award of 7,750 TL/mo
ElseIf PhD AID is granted, an award of 5,500 TL/mo
After passing the PhD Qualifier Exams, an additional award of 2,500 TL/mo
(Hence, a total ÖzÜ award of up to 16,500 TL/mo is possible)
Financial reward for the second accepted journal paper

MS-t AWARD PACKAGES ADDITIONALLY INCLUDE:

If MS-t FELLOWSHIP is granted, an award of 7,750 TL/mo
ElseIf MS-t SCHOLARSHIP is granted, an award of 5,500 TL/mo
ElseIf MS-t AID is granted, an award of 3,500 TL/mo
(Hence, a total ÖzÜ award of up to 10,250 TL/mo is possible)
Financial reward for the first accepted journal paper

Note: PhD or MS-t students that are granted a PhD or MS-t AID package can also be part
of a national or international grant. Talk to your prospective thesis
advisor for that.