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Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation awards scholarships to students who show high academic performance and are in need of financial assistance. Besides financial assistance, the Foundation runs Support Programs for scholarship grantees, in order to promote their individual development, enhance their life skills and build a network of communication and sharing between these students.
Since 1990, the Foundation supported the educational achievements of more than 2,000 students by awarding more than 10,000 yearly scholarships. In 2008-2009 academic year, 636 undergraduate students are receiving the Foundation’s undergraduate scholarships.
For more information about Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation Scholarships, please see Scholarship Terms.
Eligibility requirements
- to be a citizen of the Republic of Turkey
- to be in need of financial assistance
- to be enrolled in a state university in Istanbul,
- to be a prep or 1st grade student,
- to be among the first 2000 in their chosen major rankings at the University Entrance Exams,
- not to have been subject to disciplinary punishment during education,
- to participate in the interview,
- not to receive scholarships from any other institutions except for KYK and MoNE.
Applicants that do not fulfill these requirements will not be considered eligible for a scholarship. Procedure of Application
- Applications are received between 15 September – 15 October.
- Eligible applicants can obtain application forms from the financial aid offices of their faculties.
- Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation does not provide application forms to individuals directly, and does not admit applications directly.
- The application form and ALL required documents should be completed and submitted to the financial aid office of the students’s faculty.
Documents Required
- The residence paper of the student,
- A photocopy of the student’s identity card,
- Criminal record document from the Public Prosecutor’s Office,
- Student Selection and Placement Exam Results Card and Student Selection Exam Scorecard,
- A photocopy of the applicant’s high school diploma,
- Student certificate indicating registered class at university,
- For students that will be admitted to the 1st grade of the university, document indicating that they have passed the preparatory school,
- Income declaration:
- Workplace approved payroll documenting salary of the head of the household (mother, father, or both if both are employed),
- Photocopy of tax form in cases where the head of the household (mother, father, or both if both are employed) is a farmer, self-employed, or a tradesman,
- For retirees, a document approved by the social services agency where they receive their pension that indicates their monthly pay, or a photocopy of this document,
- Document approved from the village headman for farmers subject to exemption.
- In cases of disability, documentation of this fact.
Selection of Scholarship Grantees
- The financial aid offices send all the collected application forms to the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation, and applicants that are eligible for a scholarship / that have filled out their forms completely are considered for initial assessment.
- Academic merit and financial need are the primary issues taken into consideration during the assessment phase. Applications that are missing any documents or application forms that have not been filled out fully will not be taken into consideration for a scholarship.
- Applicants that pass the initial assessment phase are invited to an interview and go through a second assessment.
- Following these assessments, Student Affairs Offices or Grant Offices of universities are sent written notification of the students that are awarded a “Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation Scholarship”
- Application forms and documents received by the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation become the property of the Foundation and will not be returned to the applicants.
- Number of grantees changes every year.
Scholarship Amount and Disbursement
- Students that are awarded a Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation Scholarship, open a Turkish Lira deposit account in their name at the Gayrettepe Branch of Finansbank.
- Scholarship payments are made for a period of 9 months—from October to June—and in October, together with the scholarship payment, students also receive a one-time book assistance grant. Scholarship payments are not made in July, August, and September.
- Scholarships will be provided in two different amounts (190 TL monthly and 240 TL monthly) during the 2008-2009 academic year.
- The scholarships provided are unconditional. All grantees that complete their undergraduate education agree to provide a scholarship, via the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation, to a student that is studying in their field, matching the duration and conditions of their own scholarship, as an obligation of conscience.
Terms for the Continuation of the Scholarships
- Decisions to continue or discontinue a scholarship awarded to the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation, grantees are taken in the month of October each year.
- Each grantee is required to present either by hand, or via post, their student certificates documenting which year they are enrolled in and most up-to-date transcripts (originals) to the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation between 15 September and 15 October.
- In the continuation of scholarships, the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation provides two scholarship programs, called the ‘First’ and ‘Second’ scholarship programs based on academic merit. The conditions for each scholarship program are provided below:
|
Amount (TL) |
Terms for Continuation* |
| 2008 / 2009 |
4,0 CGPA |
100 CGPA |
F grades |
1st
Scholarship Program |
240 |
2,75 |
70 |
Not considered |
2nd
Scholarship Program |
190 |
2,25 |
55 |
Not considered |
- Grantees of the First Scholarship Program must have at least a 2.75/4.0 GPA, and grantees of the Second Scholarship Program must have at least a 2.25/4.0 GPA if they wish their scholarships to continue the following school year.
- First Scholarship Program grantees that are unable to achieve a 2.75 GPA are offered the chance to be included in the Second Scholarship Program, provided that they fulfill its conditions.
- First Scholarship Program grantees that cannot fulfill the conditions of the Second Scholarship Program will lose their grant. Second Scholarship Program grantees may be offered the right to become a First Scholarship Program grantee if they fulfill the conditions of the First Scholarship program.
- Preparatory school students are required to pass all their courses for their scholarship to continue.
Termination of the Scholarship
The Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation Scholarship will be terminated never to be awarded again, if the conditions below occur:
- Failure to hand in the latest transcript and student certificate to the Foundation by 15 October,
- Failure to achieve the minimum required cumulative GPA,
- Being awarded a scholarship by any state, national or international organization or individual other than the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation,
- Providing incorrect, incomplete or false information,
- Failure to spend the necessary effort to maintain uninterrupted and satisfactory academic progress, therefore having to repeat a year and failing to complete the requirements of the educational institution successfully in order to graduate at the expected time,
- Failure to apply to relevant institutions as required by the educational process, thereby causing loss of time and rights,
- Regardless of the reason, suspending or ceasing the relationship with the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation, not responding to correspondence from the Foundation,
- Leaving school for personal or any other reasons,
- Changing educational institutions or majors without permission from the Foundation,
- Leaving the educational institution due to health reasons not deemed acceptable by the Foundation or any other reason,
- Failure to take the written certificate, promotion and graduation exams specified in the law, statutes, regulations, and educational plan; or to take these exams and fail, thereby not receive a diploma,
- Receiving legal or disciplinary sentences and being expelled from school.
Important condition: The Foundation reserves the right to change any or all of the conditions regarding the University Scholarship Program specified above at any time.
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