Farabi Exchange Programme

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Farabi Exchange Programme Coordinator;

Prof. Dr. Lecturer Member Murat KARAKUŞ

What is Farabi Exchange Programme?

The Student and Faculty Member Exchange Programme between Higher Education Institutions, which is called “Farabi Exchange Programme” in short, is an exchange programme for students and faculty members between higher education institutions that provide education at associate, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels within universities and institutes of high technology.

Farabi Exchange Programme aims to enable students or faculty members to continue their education and training activities in a higher education institution outside their home institution for one or two semesters.

Farabi Exchange Programme is an exchange programme that allows student mobility between universities in Turkey for one semester (Fall Semester only) or one year (Fall + Spring Semester).

The aim of this exchange programme is not only to enable students enrolled in a higher education institution to continue a part of their education in another higher education institution. The main purpose of the programme is to diversify and enrich the knowledge, skills and competencies of our students, to enable them to experience different social and cultural environments and to contribute to the achievement of our students’ career goals. Farabi Exchange Programme develops the individual’s social skills and creates the experience of struggling with difficulties. While establishing a new environment and a new group of friends, there are also significant improvements in communication skills. In addition to the chance to receive education in a different academician and a different school, it enables them to have different knowledge and skills compared to their friends at the university and develops their vision.

YÖK provides scholarships to students participating in the Farabi Exchange Programme. For associate and undergraduate students, they must have completed their first year and have a GPA of at least 2.00/4.00; for master’s and doctoral students, they must have completed their first semester (you cannot apply during the Preparatory and Scientific Preparation periods) and have a GPA of at least 2.50/4.00. As a result, the exchange starts in the 2nd year.

How to Apply?

Outgoing Student

Applications are made between the dates announced on the website of the Farabi Institutional Coordination Office (farabi.ankara.edu.tr) and to the Institutional Coordination Office.

Applications are started at the end of the 15-day announcement period of the Farabi Exchange Programme work calendar of the relevant academic year.

The list of higher education institutions with signed protocols is published on their Farabi web pages.

The student is obliged to submit the candidate application documents required to apply to the higher education institution he / she wants to attend to the Farabi Institution Coordinator of the sending higher education institution or the Department / Programme coordinator of the relevant unit.

Documents Required for Candidate Application

  1. Prospective Student Application Form (2 pieces)
  2. Grade Sheet (2 pieces)
  3. Foreign Language Exemption Certificate (For the Department/Programme implementing the Compulsory Foreign Language Programme, the exemption certificate to be obtained from their own institutions)
  4. SGK Monthly Premium and Service Certificate, document showing that he/she is not working in Public or Private Enterprise
  5. Working and Notification Petition
  6. Photocopy of Identity Card

NOT: Except for internship, no scholarship payment is made within the scope of the Farabi Exchange Programme to students who are employed in any public institutions or organisations and who are employed in the private sector subject to continuous wage. For this reason, students who want to apply for the programme submit an officially valid document showing that they are not working in any public or private enterprise and the Work and Notification Petition to the Farabi Institution Coordinatorship at the application stage.

Application Requirements

  • Students cannot apply during the periods such as preparatory and scientific preparation. Associate and undergraduate students must have a GABNO of at least 2.0/4.0,
  • The cumulative grade point average (GABNO) of master’s and doctoral students must be at least 2.5/4.0.

Incoming Student

  • Applications for incoming students are made once a year for Autumn / Autumn + Spring academic year.
  • The Candidate Student Application Form and Transcript sent by the Farabi Institution Coordinatorship of the sending higher education institution are evaluated by the Farabi Institution Coordinatorship of the applied higher education institution and the results are announced on the Farabi web pages.
  • The Learning Protocols of the accepted students are sent by the Farabi Institution Coordinatorship to the Farabi Institution Coordinatorship of the accepting higher education institution.
  • Farabi Institution Coordinatorship submits the incoming Learning Protocols to the relevant academic unit. If the Learning Protocols are approved in the relevant academic unit, the accepting Farabi Institution Coordinatorship sends the Student Acceptance Certificate to the Farabi Institution Coordinatorship of the sending higher education institution.
  • Farabi Institutional Coordination Office submits the course list to the relevant academic unit for the student’s course registration.
  • The incoming student is given a student ID card by the relevant higher education institution. The student returns the student card by making the dismissal procedures at the end of the education period.
  • Within 30 days after the end of the exchange period, the Farabi Institution Coordinatorship of the receiving higher education institution transmits the transcript and the Student Participation Certificate to the Farabi Institution Coordinatorship of the sending higher education institution.

Important Notes

Click here for general information about Farabi Exchange Programme. (http://farabi.ankara.edu.tr )

Click here to get information about Farabi Exchange Programme Protocols in Practice. (http://farabi.ankara.edu.tr/farabi-protokolleri/uygulamadaki-protokoller/ )