How It Goes
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Online Application
Click on top right corner “APPLY NOW” button and fill all the information .
You will mainly need:
– Passport
– Diploma
– Transcript
– English or Turkish Language Certificate (if available)
(TOEFL IBT, PTE Akademik, YÖKDİL/YDS) or (TÖMER B1 or higher level)
Conditional Acceptance Letter
If you get accepted to our university to the related department we will be sending you a Conditional Acceptance Letter which requests you basically to make a deposit payment. This deposit payment will allow us to save your seat in the university. Don’t forget to add your application number(PIN CODE) to description part of your receipt.
Please note that all deposits are non-refundable.
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Official Acceptance & Visa Support Letter
After gettind Conditionally Accepted and making deposit payment we prepare for you an Official Acceptance Letter and Visa Support Letter for the embassy you are applying to. Then we invite you to complete your enrollment in the campus with your original documents.
Enrollment & Residence Permit
Once you are in the campus we complete your enrollment steps with your original hard copy documents:
– Passport
– Original Diploma and Translated Version (in Turkish or English)
– Original Transcript and Translated Version (in Turkish or English)
– A Photo (Passport Size)
– Receipt(s) of Payment (Minimum one semester including deposit fee)
– Equivilancy Letter (Denklik) from Ministry of Eduation of Turkey in Turkey. Also in some countries Embassies have “Educational Attache” and they provide “Equivilancy Letter” services.
All students are responsible for their equivilancy letters. If their documents are rejected for equivilancy by government authorities, university will not accept any responsibility.
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1. High School Diploma (or the document certifying that the candidate will graduate from high school)
2. High School Transcript
3. Passport Copy
4. English or Turkish Language Certificate (if available)
For English Taughts Programs
- TOEFL-IBT: (two years)
- YÖKDİL / YDS: (valid three years)
- PTE Academic: (valid two years)
For Turkish Taughts Programs
- B1 TOMER Certificate
Important Notes
Students who have not language certificate accepted conditinaly, and they have to submit Language Certificate / Score Reports, in a year after the registration . Otherwise, their registriationis cancelled.
If the document is issued in the languages apart from Turkish or English, it must be translated into Turkish.)
Students may attend the English Proficiency and Turkish Proficiency Exam which takes every week. (Students who fail this exams have to study at our preparation schools for one year).
Required Documents to Apply Master Programmes
1. Bachelor Degree Diploma (or the document certifying that the candidate will graduate from high school)
2. Bachelor Degree Transcripts
3. Passport Copy
4. English or Turkish Language Certificate (if available)
For English Taughts Programs
- TOEFL-IBT: 75 (two years)
- YÖKDİL / YDS: (valid three years)
- PTE Academic: (valid two years)
For Turkish Taughts Programs
- B1 TOMER Certificate
Important Notes
Students who have not language certificate accepted conditinaly, and they have to submit Language Certificate / Score Reports, in a year after the registration . Otherwise, their registriationis cancelled.
If the document is issued in the languages apart from Turkish or English, it must be translated into Turkish.)
Students may attend the English Proficiency and Turkish Proficiency Exam which takes every week. (Students who fail this exams have to study at our preparation schools for one year).
Required Documents to Apply PHD Programmes
- Bachelor and Master Degree Diploma
- Bachelor and Master Degree Transcripts
- Passport Copy
- For thesis programs; ALES, GRE or GMAT Tests Score (If available)
- English or Turkish Language Certificate (if avaliable)
For Turkish Master and PhD Programmes
- B2 TOMER Certificate
For English Master Programmes
- TOEFL-IBT: 75 (two years)
- TOEFL CBT 200 (two years)
- TOEFL PBT 535 (two years)
- YÖKDİL / YDS: 65 (valid three years)
- PTE Academic: 67 (valid two years)
For English Phd programs
- TOEFL-IBT: 75 (two years)
- TOEFL CBT 200 (two years)
- TOEFL PBT 535 (two years)
- YÖKDİL / YDS: 65 (valid three years)
- PTE Academic: 67 (valid two years)
Important Notes
- Students who can’t submit English and Turkish Proficiency Certificate have to get Proficiency Exam of Istanbul Galata University.
- The applicants who pass the exam can begin their study. If applicants fail to pass the Proficiency Exams and/or cannot submit any valid English and Turkish test score, they can study at the Preparatory School at the university.
- If the document is issued in the languages apart from Turkish or English, it must be translated into Turkish
- The students, who completed their high school, undergraduate and/or Master’s degree in Turkish, do not need to proof any Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate
- The students, who completed their high school, undergraduate and/or Master’s degree in English, do not need to proof any English Language Proficiency Certificate.
The PhD students are required to submit an official exam result such as TOEFL-IBT or YDS before entering PhD qualifying exam
Tuition Fees
Bachelor Degree Programs (in Turkish): 2.250 USD per year (VAT included) (2 installments)
Bachelor Degree Programs (in English): 2.750 USD per year (VAT included) (2 installments)
Master Degree Programs with thesis (in Turkish): 3.400 USD
Master Degree Programs with thesis (in English): 5.000 USD
Master Degree Programs without thesis (in Turkish): 3.000 USD
Master Degree Programs without thesis (in English): 4.500 USD
PhD Programs (in Turkish): 4.700 USD
PhD Programs (in English): 6.000 USD
Deposit Payement: 500 – 1.000 USD
English Preparatory School: 2.750 USD for one year
Turkish Preparatory School: 1.000 USD for one year
* The Tuition Fees for graduate programs can payed in 2 installments. Half of the tuition fee must be payed during the registration and the rest of the fee the following semester.
Bank Account Information
Beneficiary name: Istanbul Galata University
SWIFT: TRHBTR2A
Bank: Halkbank
Branch: Elmadağ Branch
IBAN NO: TR 38 0001 2009 7510 0058 1004 14
Explanation: International student tuition fee. Name, surname and passport number of the student has to be notified.
Bank Account Information for Tömer
Beneficiary name: ISTANBUL GALATA UNIVERSITESI IKTISADİ ISLETMESI
SWIFT: TRHBTR2A
Bank: Halkbank
Branch: Elmadağ Branch
IBAN NO: TR 29 0001 2009 7510 0053 0007 04
Scholarship Opportunities
Scholarships are usually awarded for excellence in learning and studying in a particular field and are given out on a discretionary basis. Full and partial scholarship opportunities at different ratios are available for only Foreign Country citizens with the appreciation and evaluation of Admission Committee.
Scholarship only covers university tuition fee.
Students who want to apply scholarship, should check scholarship admission dates. Eligible scholarship applicants will be invited to an interview.
The interview dates and hours will be announced on our web site after the deadline for the applications.