The following applies to the Chevening / Turkish Education Foundation jointly sponsored scholarship programme. The scholarship will cover tuition fees for 12-month programmes and your living expenses in the UK.

Chevening scholarships are available for post-graduate level study for a minimum of 3 months and maximum of 1 year.  In UK most Master-level programmes are for 1 year only.

What does the scholarship cover?

• Pre-sessional English Training
• IELTS
• Visa cost
• Return Economy Airfare
• Tuition fee
• Thesis Allowances
• Arrival & Departure Allowances
• Stipend/Living allowance to cover subsistence and accommodation

Who can apply?

• You must be a graduate, ideally with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or equivalent
• You must be a resident of the Turkish Republic
• It is essential that you can communicate effectively in written and spoken English (minimum IEL TS score of 6.5)

All the candidates are expected to possess following 'Chevening' qualities:

• Must be able to demonstrate future leadership potential and the capacity to play an important role in Turkey's development.
• must have ambition and drive
• show a commitment to change and organisational development
• be flexible and adaptable
• be innovative and creative
• have an ability to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances

What areas does the scholarship cover?

• European Studies (including short courses in the field of Turkey’s accession to the European Union)
• Public Administration
• Human Rights
• Migration
• Economics  (particularly issues related to European integration )
• Journalism and Media Studies
• Environmental Studies
• Energy Studies
• Political Science and International Relations
• Agriculture/food engineering
• Defense studies

Key areas supported by us are outlined above. Please be informed that we may consider courses outside of these areas, but awards will be made in exceptional cases only if the applicant is able to demonstrate outstanding leadership potential and make the case for an alternative course of study.

Application Process

You should be filling the application form that is present on our website and sending three copies of the application form to TEV no later then 25th November 2009. Please be informed that you will be asked for the supporting hard copy documents at this stage of your application. You can find the list of the supporting hard copy documents below;

• 3 recent photos,
• Transcripts from your university ( in case you have a masters degree, please attach it as well),
• Two reference letters in a sealed and signed envelope (professional or academic),
• Photocopies of academic certificates,
• Valid IELTS result if available, (please read below)
• Birth certificate
• Declaration of Health Form  (available on www.britishcouncil.org.tr)

After evaluating your documents and if they are complete you will be invited for an interview. If you do not have an IELTS score during the time of application you will be asked to sit for one if you are found successful in the interview.  The exam fee will be paid by British Council. We are aiming to inform the applicants of their results no later then 1st of March.

ATTENTION !!!

You must send three copies of the application form together with the supporting documents to TEV no later than 25th November 2009. For the set of the documents to be sent to TEV please visit http://www.tev.org.tr/tr-tr/tevhakkinda/haberler/Documents/tev_british_chevening_ingiltere_aciklama_yazisi20102011.zip

For more information about the Chevening-TEV joint programme please also visit www.tev.org.tr

Should you have a letter of offer from an institution?

If you have already been offered a place at a university you should include the offer letter in your application.  If not, the deadline for selected candidates to present their offer letters from UK institutions is 30 March 2010.

All documents must be in English or translated into English.

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