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BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY
Bahçeşehir University (BAU) is a private educational institution in Turkey, located around the Bosphorus, in the heart of Istanbul. As a higher education institution dedicated to teaching, research, and service to society. The mission of Bahçeşehir University is to educate the leading workforce of the future who:

• have an inquiring mind and a critical thinking ability.
• are sensitive to local and global issues.
• achieve international standards.
• contribute to scientific, technological, and cultural knowledge.
• are strong supporters of universal ideas and values

BAU have nearly 30.000 students and over 7500 of them are international students from 117 different countries. We have the most diversity environment and the best ratio around any Turkish Universities when it comes to International Students.
BAU expects to be the leading force regionally and nationally in the enhancement of knowledge. Moreover, BAU aims to educate students who commit to the constructive expression of ideas, promote respect for the rights of others and who are considerate and appreciative of human differences.

BAU is ranked between:
- 601-800th (World University Rankings 2023)
- 251–300th (Young University Rankings 2022)
- 201-250th (Asia University Rankings 2022)

Bahçeşehir University offers four types of tuition fee scholarships for international students at the moment:

Success Scholarship is granted after the student’s completion of his/her second year, and it will be given to those who has received the ranks of first or second place in their department according to their GPA’s; with the first place receiving 100% and second place 50% scholarships. The student must complete at least 4 semesters to be eligible to receive this scholarship.
Faculty Scholarships are offered to the ones who registered to some specific faculties. For now, these faculties are Health Sciences and Educational Sciences Faculties. The students who are applying for these faculties will be able to get 30% scholarship in our university.
10% Discount for siblings. (Discount can be provided for siblings who study in undergraduate degree programs.)
ApplyBAU International Scholarship Application. After you completed your application for admission and you received your pin-code, you have the option to apply for additional scholarships in specific faculties/programs mentioned below:
- School of Communication
- School of Educational Sciences
- Conservatory programs
- Gastronomy
- Sociology
You can submit your scholarship request in your desired program through https://www.applybau.com/international by mentioning your projects or dreams. Please be advised that this scholarship application is only available for the mentioned faculties/programs.