Call for 2026-2027 Second Exchange Online Applications

• The application period will open on 20 April 2026 at 10:00 a.m.
• You can apply via BUIS / ÖBİKAS.
• The applications are for only Spring 2027.
• Applications submitted by students who select the Fall semester will be considered invalid.
• Please visit the “Exchange Partner List (second) ” for the Exchange Placement read the "Notes, Criteria and Areas" carefully, and make your choices accordingly.
• Due to unforeseeable circumstances, quota and term information may change during the application period and can lead to loss of placement.
• Please check the Host Institutions’ application requirements beforehand as they have the right to update their requirements.
• If you would like to review your application, you should check the "Exchange Partner List (second)” again.
• In case you change your department at Bogazici University and its timing coincides exactly with the application process, it will cause the cancellation of your placement.
• If you previously participated in an Exchange Program, you can apply again; however, 10 points will be deducted.
• You can participate in the Exchange Program maximum of 2 semesters in total, either in the same academic year or the following years at the same academic level.
• If you participate in a 1-year Exchange Program, then you will not be able to apply for Exchange Programs.
• After signing the letter of commitment, 10 points will be deducted from your next Exchange Programs application either in the same academic year or following years.
• Students who update their BUEPT results are required to send their documents, together with their student numbers, to exchange-outgoing@bogazici.edu.tr at the time of application (even if they have submitted them before). Students may complete their applications only after the updated documents have been entered into the system by the office and they have been duly informed.
• BUEPT documents are provided by YADYOK. In order to obtain this document, you must send an email request to hazirlik@bogazici.edu.tr including the year and semester in which you passed the BUEPT, along with a scanned copy of your student ID card.
• Students who passed the preparatory exam with IELTS/TOEFL are required to submit their exam results at the time of application (even if they have submitted them before) by sending them, together with their student numbers, to exchange-outgoing@bogazici.edu.tr. Updated scores will be entered into the system by our office. After the relevant score has been entered, students must update and complete their applications. If the document is not submitted, language score will be calculated based on the lowest grade (C/C+ = 46).
• Participants whose preparatory school passing grade appears as “MUAF/P” in the system are required to send their official exam results via email to exchange-outgoing@bogazici.edu.tr, together with their student numbers, at the time of application (even if they have submitted them before). Students may complete their applications only after the updated documents have been entered into the system by the office and they have been duly informed.If the document is not submitted, language score will be calculated based on the lowest grade (C/C+ = 46).
• Native English-speaking students are also required to send their exam results via email to exchange-outgoing@bogazici.edu.tr, together with their student numbers, at the time of application (even if they have submitted them before). If the document is not submitted, language score will be calculated based on the lowest grade (C/C+ = 46).
• Universities in the UK and Switzerland are considered our Exchange partners; students who plan to go to Switzerland should get information about the grants provided by the government of the institution they are planning to go to.
• No grant will be given by Bogazici University to the Exchange applications.
• If you signed the letter of commitment for Erasmus for Spring 2027, then you are not be able to apply.
• After returning from the Exchange program, students are required to be enrolled at Bogazici University at least one more semester, excluding summer school, and will continue their education by taking courses.
• If currently you are a last-year student your academic advisor must confirm that you will continue your studies at Bogazici University for at least one semester after returning from your Exchange program. You are required to send the confirmation document (on official letterhead and stamped, in Word format) or a screenshot of the confirmation email to exchange-outgoing@bogazici.edu.tr within the application period.
• A minimum GPA of 2.50/4.00 for undergraduates and 3.00/4.00 for graduate students is required.
• Undergraduate students must have completed at least two semesters, and graduate students must have completed at least one semester at Bogazici University (excluding English Prep. and remedial semesters).
• Prep students and 1st-year students are not eligible to apply.
• Students who were placed in the first Exchange application but lost their placement due to the Fall semester F/GPA check will have a 10-point deduction applied to their second Exchange application.
• Students placed for the Spring semester must pass an F grade and GPA check at the time specified by the commitment letter. Those failing the F grade and GPA check will be removed from the list. The Spring semester check will be conducted after the semester ends and before the summer school starts (19.06.2026).
  • Undergraduate students whose cumulative GPA falls below 2.50 or who do not meet the GPA requirements of the institution they are placed will fail the F grade check. Additionally, undergraduate students with a GPA below 3.00 and at least one F grade in their transcript, or those with a GPA of 3.00 or above but multiple F grades, will also fail the F grade check.
• Graduate students whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.00 or who do not meet the GPA requirements of their assigned institution will fail the F grade check. Furthermore, graduate students with a GPA below 3.50 and at least one F grade, or those with a GPA of 3.50 or above but multiple F grades, will fail the F grade check.
• For any technical problem, please contact our office.
• Email: exchange-outgoing@bogazici.edu.tr

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION

April 30, 2026 -  04.00 PM (16:00)