Call for Online Applications for 2026–2027 Exchange Program

Online applications for the Exchange programs for the 2026-2027 academic year will be available from December 8th, 2025 (10:00 am) to December 22nd, 2025 (10:00 am) 10:00.

IMPORTANT NOTES

• You can apply via BUIS / ÖBİKAS.
• 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).
• A minimum GPA of 2.50/4.00 for undergraduates, and 3.00/4.00 for graduate students is required.
• In order to be able to apply to a specific partner university, the student must satisfy all of the requirements specified by that partner (such as language requirements and GPA).
• The student must continue to be a student at Bogazici University at least for one more semester (excluding summer terms) after returning home from abroad.
• Please visit the “Exchange Partner List for 2026-2027 AY” and read the "Notes, Criteria and Areas" carefully, and make your choices accordingly.
• All applicants who submit their applications are assumed to have approved both the Information Notice and the Application Commitment, which are shown on the application page on ÖBİKAS. (Please read both documents carefully.)
• Due to unforeseeable circumstances caused by the updates that host institutions make, mobility numbers and semester preferences may change during the application and placement sessions. Please be reminded that this may cause the 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 for 2026-2027 AY " 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 status.
• If you participate in a 1-year Exchange Program, then you will not be able to apply for Exchange Programs further.
• For 1-year programs, please select the Fall term.
• After you sign the letter of commitment, if you revoke your application, 10 points will be deducted from your next Exchange Programs application either in the same academic year or the following years.
• This application period and the aforementioned rules are only for Exchange agreements. Erasmus Applications are planned to be opened in February.
• If you do not have a BUEPT result, please send your IELTS / TOEFL results together with your student number (even if you sent them to us in previous applications) to exchange-outgoing@bogazici.edu.tr before submitting your application.
• After your first BUEPT results, if you increased your BUEPT grade, you should send it together with your student number before your application (even if you sent it to us in previous applications) to exchange-outgoing@bogazici.edu.tr
• BUEPT certificates should be requested from YADYOK as instructed. To obtain this document, you need to send your request to hazirlik@bogazici.edu.tr with the year and semester you passed BUEPT and a scan of your student ID card.
• Universities in the UK and Switzerland are considered our Exchange partners; therefore, you can select them in Exchange applications instead of Erasmus applications.
• No grant will be provided by Boğaziçi University for Exchange Programs.
• 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.
• In April 2026, it is planned that there will be another Exchange application only for Spring 2027.
• If you sign the letter of commitment for Spring 2027, then you will not be able to select the Spring term in Erasmus applications. Also, you will not be able to apply for the Exchange applications in April 2026.
• If you sign the letter of commitment for Fall 2026, then you will not be able to select the 2026 Fall term in Erasmus applications.
• After returning from the Exchange program, students are required to be enrolled at Boğaziçi University for at least one more semester, excluding summer school, and will continue their education by taking courses.
• Senior students are required to confirm, with a note written by their academic advisor, that they will study at Boğaziçi University for at least one more semester after their return. Senior students must send the approval note from their academic advisor to exchange-outgoing@bogazici.edu.tr during the application process.
• Statement of Purpose section is not required to be completed.
• Applicants from the Institute for Data Science & Artificial Intelligence are required to carefully review the existing bilateral agreements and check the availability of a corresponding academic unit at the host institution prior to submitting their application
• Please find the announcement (TR)
• For any technical problem, please contact our office. 
• Email: exchange-outgoing@bogazici.edu.tr

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION

December 22nd, 2025 -  10.00 am (10:00)