Mevlana Exchange Program

My name is Oktay Atik. I am a Professor in the German Language and Literature Department. At the same time, I am the institution coordinator of Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Mevlana Program. Mevlana Exchange Program is an exchange program that provides student and academic staff exchange between higher education institutions abroad. This exchange program is a mobility program that can be carried out among higher education programs all over the world, regardless of geographical region. Associate, undergraduate, graduate and doctorate students studying in all higher education institutions in Turkey can benefit from the Mevlana Exchange Program. The prerequisite for this is that the higher education institutions in question sign the Mevlana exchange protocol with the higher education institutions abroad. It is possible to collect the application conditions under a few headings. Our priority condition is that the student is a student in associate, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs registered in higher education institutions in the country. Our second condition is that associate and undergraduate students have at least 2.50 out of 4 academic averages. Another condition is that graduate and doctoral students must have an academic average of 3 out of 4. In addition, an achievement score is created by taking a language score of 50% and an academic average of 50%. Students in the preparatory and first year of associate and undergraduate programs cannot benefit from this program. In addition, graduate and doctorate program students in scientific preparation and preparatory classes do not have the right to participate in this program in the first semester of their education. One of the basic requirements to benefit from the program is language score. However, there is no exam type determined by the legislation. Higher education institutions can request an exam document with national or international validity from the students who will apply, or they can apply an exam themselves to measure the language score. As Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, we hold our own institutional exam at the School of Foreign Languages in each application period. Students continue to pay the tuition fees they have to pay while they are benefitting from Mevlana Exchange Program. They are not obliged to pay any tuition fees at the higher education institution they will attend within the framework of the program. The amount of scholarship students will receive during the exchange program is determined by YÖK (Higher Education Council) and varies according to the economic life standards of the country they will go. We are waiting for new students who will join us to our coordinatorship and invite them to definitely benefit from these exchange programs. I wish you all success.