This year, all universities in Türkiye will be using only one application platform; https://turnaportal.ua.gov.tr/,prepared by both Turkish National Agency and Turkish Presidency’s Human Resources Office-Kariyer Kapısı. This online platform also works under the E-Devlet structure so that all applicants will be using their E-Devlet passwords to login and apply.
Student applications can be made online from November 16 to 30, 2026, until 17:00. The results will be announced to students through the application portal and published on Bilkent Exchange website on December 21, 2026, at 17:00.
Conditions
Undergraduates with a minimum CGPA of 2.50 and currently in their minimum 3rd or maximum 5th registration semester and graduates in their 1st year who had a CGPA of minimum 3.00 at the end of this semester are eligible to submit their applications. Graduate students additionally need to upload an approval letter, jointly signed by the director of their graduate school and their thesis advisors for the approval to their participation to the Erasmus+ Program. All applicants will be expected to upload their C.V.’s and their statement of purposes, to complete their online applications.
STARS database will be used to calculate the students’ rankings in a particular department. The rankings will be based on %50 CGPA and %50 language proficiency. Language proficiency level of each applicant will be calculated based on his/her score received in ENG 101 (%25) and ENG 102 (%25) courses. For students who choose Pass/Fail grades in their courses, the letter grades behind SE and UE will be used to calculate their CGPA points. Same method will be used for English proficiency points if ENG 101/102 courses were graded with SE/UE.
Children of veterans and martyrs will be given “+15” points. Students with disabilities who upload a medical report into their online applications and those under protective care, as per Law No. 2828 will be given “+10” points. Students who are under protection, care, or shelter orders pursuant to Social Services Law No. 2828 or Child Protection Law No. 5395 will be given “+10” points. Students who have received financial aid from AFAD themselves or whose first-degree relatives have also received the support will be given “+10” points. Please be informed that students requesting additional points based on the circumstances mentioned above must upload the relevant official documents supporting their claim to their online applications. Those students who are applying for mobility to the country they hold the nationality of will be given “-10” points. Students who have previously participated in the KA131 Erasmus+ Programme, either with or without a grant, will be given “-10” points.
Students who are interested in going to a university that the language of instruction is different than English will be expected to submit an official certificate proving their proficiency level in that language. The minimum level should be B2. Those, who do not have a certificate, will be allowed to take the online proficiency exams on Italian, Spanish, German and French that will be organized by Foreign Languages Unit. Written and oral exams will be held on between November 30 – December 4, 2026, Friday. Students, who would like to take these exams, have to inform Office of International Students and Exchange Programs (OISEP) until November 20, 2026, Friday by sending an e-mail to exchange-out@bilkent.edu.tr Results will be announced between December 7 – 11, 2026. Students who declare their intention to take the language examination but fail to attend without a valid excuse will receive -5 points if they apply for the Erasmus+ Programme again.
Following the announcement of the official results, students who are selected for Erasmus+ Student Mobility for Studies Program but fail to attend meetings or orientation sessions organized by the Office of International Students and Exchange Programs (OISEP) regarding the mobility without a valid excuse will receive “-5” points if they apply for the Erasmus+ Programme again.
Important notes to the applicants;
Please be informed that:
- Students cannot choose Germany for Fall semesters due to the incompatible Fall academic calendars with Bilkent so these applications will be placed to Spring semester.
- Since U.K. was out of the E.U, all Erasmus+ 2021-2027 KA131 projects may provide grants to a limited number of students going to U.K, compared to the previous years.
- Erasmus+ grants cannot be provided to students going to Switzerland but they can get Swiss European Mobility Program Grants, provided by the host institutions.
- Some partner universities may prefer to defer the Fall semester nominations into Spring semester, so students subject to this change are required to notify their department coordinators and the Office of Intenational Students and Exchange Programs. Students choose Fall semester but would like to change it, can do that upon their department coordinators’ approval only.