Mevlana Exchange Programme

Since 2013 Azerbaijan University develops cooperation with Turkish higher education institutions in the framework of Movlana Exchange Programme.

Aim of the Mevlana Exchange Programme

Mevlana Exchange Programme is a programme which aims at the exchange of students and academic staff between Turkish higher education institutions and higher education institutions of other countries.

Azerbaijani students may study in Turkey for one (minimum) or two (maximum) terms and academic staff may lecture abroad from two weeks (minimum) to three months (maximum).

Who can benefit from Mevlana Exchange Programme?

The students registered in formal education programmes in Associate Degree, B.A, M.A and PhD level at higher education institutions in Turkey (on condition that the higher education institutions signed a bilateral Mevlana Exchange Protocol) may benefit from Mevlana Exchange Programme.

Additionally, all academic staff who work in a higher education institution in Azerbaijan, on condition that the higher education institutions signed a bilateral Mevlana Exchange Protocol, may benefit from Mevlana Exchange Programme. In the scope of mobility, academic activities of academic staff cannot be less than total six hours weekly.

Application Requirements of Mevlana Exchange Programme

The requirements for being a Mevlana Exchange Programme Student are:
To be studying at associate degree, bachelor degree, master degree or phd degree of higher education programmes,
Grade point average (GPA) of associate degree and undergraduate students must be at least 2,5 on a four point scale,
Grade point average (GPA) of graduate students (MA, PhD) must be at least 3.00 on a four point scale,
50% language score + 50% GPA
The students studying in their first year at associate or bachelor degree and the students of preparation classes and scientific preparation programmes of graduate degrees cannot participate in this programme at their first semester.

Scholarships During the Mevlana Exchange Programme

Terms and conditions for students: Mevlana Exchange Programme students continue to take their other scholarships and grants in their home countries and they have to make registration in their home institutions. They pay tuition fee to their home institution if they are supposed to and they do not pay any other tuition fee to the host institution.

Outgoing students to Turkish higher education institutions are granted according to the ratios determined by Council of Higher Education Executive Board. In terms of the scholarships that will be paid to the students, 70% of the scholarship amount is paid monthly. For the student’s remaining grant payment, the ratio of total credits of the succeeded courses to the courses that the student is obliged to take as obligatory courses will be considered.

Partner Universities within Movlana Exchange Programme

Akdeniz University (Antalya) - mevlana@akdeniz.edu.tr

Anadolu University (Eskishehir) - mevlana@anadolu.edu.tr

K.Marash Sutcu İmam University (K.Marash) - mevlana@ksu.edu.tr

Karabuk University (Karabuk) - mevlana@karabuk.edu.tr

Kocaeli University (Kocaeli) - mevlana@kocaeli.edu.tr

Hacettepe University (Ankara) - mevlana@hacettepe.edu.tr

Gaziantep University (Gaziantep) - mevlana@gantep.edu.tr

Gaziosmanpasa University (Gaziosmanpasa) - mevlana@gop.edu.tr

Inonu University (Malatya) - mevlana@inonu.edu.tr

Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (Burdur) - mevlana@mehmetakif.edu.tr

Selcuk University (Konya) - mevlanadp@selcuk.edu.tr

Istanbul University (Istanbul) - mevlana@istanbul.edu.tr