2025-2026 Erasmus+ Öğrenim – Rusya – Uluslararası Kredi Hareketliliği Başvuruları

This application call is only available for Erasmus+ Study Mobility in Russia for B.Sc. in Computer Science students and is different from the Erasmus+ Study Mobility in European countries. The applications for Erasmus+ Study Mobility in European countries have already been completed. You can find detailed information about it here and our website.

2025-26 Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility online application period will start on 10 March 2025 and end on 24 March 2025, 13:00. The applications will be submitted via TURNA Portal. Please be informed that you must submit the application form before the deadline and late applications will not be considered.

All students are responsible for reading the details below:

Information Sessions

General Information

1. What is Erasmus+ ICM?
2. Who can apply?
3. What is the Financial Support?

 Application Information

1. Application Requirements / Eligibility Criteria
2. Erasmus Language Exam
3. Evaluation & Ranking Criteria
4. Additional Criteria for the Benchmark Score
5. Placement Results
6. How to Apply

 Financial Support

1. Erasmus+ Mobility Grant
2. Travel Support and Green Travel
3. Additional Grant Support for Disadvantaged Students
4. Inclusion Support for Special Needs

Information Sessions

The IEPP will hold online information sessions on the following days:

• General Info Session (Turkish): 28 February 2025 Friday @13:40 –  Zoom Link
• General Info Session (Turkish): 13 March 2025 Thursday @10:40 –  Zoom Link
• General Info Session (English): 18 March 2025 Tuesday @13:40 –  Zoom Link

If you have academic obligations and cannot attend any of the information sessions, we recommend you to check all the above-mentioned information and send your questions via our email international.relations@ozu.edu.tr or check out the recording of the previous info session(s):

• General info session in Turkish

1. What is Erasmus+ ICM?

The Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) program enables students to study as an exchange student for a term or two at any of the partner institutions in generally non-European countries. Eligible applicants can receive Erasmus+ grant support. The biggest difference between the Erasmus+ Study Mobility for EU and EU candidate countries is the destination countries and the student grant amounts.

This application call includes Russia as the host destination.

You may find information about the Erasmus+ program and presentation slides in the links below. All applicants are encouraged to attend an information session and check these details:

• General Information
• Presentation

2. Who Can Apply?

Information about the available universities, the quota and who can apply are as follows. Please check out the above-mentioned presentation for information on quota restrictions and important notes.

3. What is the Financial Support?

Erasmus+ Study ICM program grant eligibility will be based on the budget allocated by the Turkish National Agency. In light of this information, the Erasmus grant is not guaranteed for every eligible student. However, it is possible to participate in the program as a ‘zero grant’ participant.

Details can be reviewed in the Financial Support title below.

Application Information 

Application Requirements / Eligibility Criteria

• Being a full-time student at OzU,
• Minimum 2.20/4.00 CGPA for undergraduate students,
• Getting a minimum of 60/100 points from the 2025 Erasmus Language Exam on 26 March 2025 or having a minimum 60/100 points from the 2025 ELE (15 February) or 2024 ELE (check details under the Erasmus Language Exam title below)
• Having completed a minimum of 24 ECTS credits at the time of the application.

At the time of nomination to the partner university, applicants must have completed at least 54 ECTS credits in their current programs from which they applied with a minimum of 30 ECTS credits remaining for graduation.

Double major students must select one of their programs during the application. It is not possible to apply from the minor program.

The Turkish National Agency reserves the right to make changes to the program rules. In the case of changes, the International Exchange Programs Office (IEPP) will inform all applicants accordingly.

2. Erasmus Language Exam

The Erasmus Language Exam for this application call will be held on 26 March 2025, Wednesday, at 13:00 physically on campus for students who did not take the 2024 ELE or 2025 ELE on 15 February 2025. Only students who don't have a valid score from 2024 ELE and/or have not taken the 2025 ELE on 15 February 2025 will be able to take the ELE on March 26th. Students who have taken the 2025 ELE on 15 February 2025, regardless of the score, cannot take the ELE on 26 March 2025.

The ELE on March 26th will be valid for 2025 and 2026 application calls.

Older ELE scores or other standardized language exam scores (IELTS, TOEFL, PTE etc.) will not be considered valid for the Erasmus evaluation/ranking.

The ELE will be administered by the ScOLa and exam places will be announced after the application deadline. The 2025 ELE will include four sections: Reading, listening, grammar and vocabulary (multiple choice questions), and paragraph writing. The scores will be published in early April.

You may review the sample exam with the answer key here for preparation.

Objections to results will be collected by ScOLa within 3 days from the result announcement date. The objections will be evaluated, and related students will be notified about the outcome as soon as the evaluation is complete.

Requests for the make-up exam will be considered by the ScOLa. If your request is accepted, you will receive an invitation. Students whose excuses are considered invalid will be notified. 

Students can only apply for the makeup exam if they meet the following requirements:

• Having a health/medical report documenting your health excuse,
• Having a document showing that you have lost your first-degree relative,
• Being assigned to a social, cultural, sports and promotional event to represent the university

Evaluation and Ranking Criteria

• Applications of students who submit the application before the deadline and meet the requirements will be evaluated.
• A ranking score is calculated for all applicants considered for evaluation.
• Students will be ranked within their faculty/school.
• Ranking will be based on Erasmus score, which is the sum of a base score and a benchmark score.
• The base score is determined by adding up 50% of the ELE score and 50% of the CGPA on a 100-scale determined by the Higher Education Council.
• The benchmark score is determined based on the current criteria published by the Turkish National Agency. The benchmark score can be positive or negative.

Additional Criteria for the Benchmark Score

To qualify for extra points, students must submit the relevant documents at the time of application. Benchmark scores will be applied to the Erasmus score.

• (-) Students who wish to participate in the program in their countries of citizenship will have 10 points deducted.
• (-) Placed students who do not attend the mandatory orientation sessions without a valid excuse will have 5 points deducted if they apply for the Erasmus+ ICM again. (This does not include the info sessions.)
• (-) Students who participate in the ICM program at the same study level will have 10 points deducted if they apply again.
• (-) Students who withdraw from the program after submitting the commitment form will have 10 points deducted if they apply for the Erasmus+ ICM again.
• (+) Students with disabilities will be given an extra 10 points*
• (+) Students who are the children of Veterans/Martyrs will be given extra 15 points**
• (+) Students whose first-degree relatives or themselves receive disaster victim financial support from AFAD will be given an extra 10 points.
• (+) Extra 10 points will be given to the students who are under protection, care, and shelter by Act No. 2828 Social Services and 5395 Child Protection Law.

*The student must submit the Disability Health Board Report included in the "Regulation on Disability Assessment for Adults" published in the Official Gazette dated 20 February 2019 and numbered 30692.

**In addition to the spouses and children of war veterans and war martyrs, when applying for Erasmus+ mobility, priority is given to the spouses and children of public officials who, “while performing their duties domestically or abroad, or even after the termination of their status, become victims of terrorist acts, get injured, disabled, or killed” as outlined in Article 21 of the Law on the Fight Against Terrorism numbered 3713, dated 12/4/1991. Furthermore, in line with Article 7 of Decree numbered 667 dated 23 July 2016, priority is granted to civilians who became disabled, and the spouses and children of these civilians, as well as the spouses and children of those who lost their lives due to the coup attempt and terrorist acts on 15/07/2016.

5. Placement Results

• Applications of students who submit the TURNA Portal application form before the deadline and meet the requirements will be evaluated.
• Students will be ranked within their faculty.
• The evaluation and placement results are planned to be announced in mid-April. 
• Students are required to confirm their results by submitting a Commitment Form by April 25th, 2025, Friday. Otherwise, they will not be eligible to participate in the program, and their applications will be cancelled automatically. Information on how to submit the form will be shared with placed students.
• Changing the partner university you are placed in will not be possible.
• Objections to results will be collected with a written petition within 3 days from the result announcement date. The Exchange Programs Commission will evaluate the objections, and related students will be notified about the outcome as soon as the evaluation is complete.
• If placed students change their academic program at OzU (Horizontal and Vertical Transfer) after the placement result, their exchange mobility will be canceled.

6. How to Apply

The application must be submitted via TURNA Portal before the deadline.

Application instructions in detail for the platform can be found in this guideline.

• Login to TURNA Portal with your e-government (e-devlet) account credentials.
• You should create a brand-new application in the portal.
• Applicants are responsible for carefully checking and completing all sections of the application form. When all mandatory parts are filled in, students should submit the application form.
• The application form is available only in Turkish, so international students are encouraged to use Google Translate.
• There are technical restrictions on logging outside Türkiye in the e-government system. Therefore, it will not be possible to submit the application form while abroad.
• FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: To log in, international students obtain an e-government password from the PTT post office. Students who have a bank account in Türkiye can also log in using their online banking information. If they still encounter any issues with the e-government system, please contact our office immediately, and a single-use application link will be provided.

Financial Support

1. Erasmus+ Mobility Grant

Availability of Mobility Grant based on ranking within the faculty/school. It will be allocated for the whole study duration of the selected participant.

It is planned to allocate the Erasmus+ grant (mobility & travel) to 2 students in total under the scope of the 2023 Erasmus+ ICM project (2023-1-TR01-KA171-HED-000162528).

Please note that these are subject to change and based on the number of eligible applications. Erasmus+ grants support the participants partially and are not intended to cover all expenses. Details about the Erasmus+ mobility grant can be found on our website and presentation. 

2. Travel Support and Green Travel

Students who receive the Mobility Grant will also receive travel support in order to contribute to the travel expenses. 

Grant for travel support can be allocated according to the distance from the host institution's city and to granted students. The distance calculator provided by the European Commission determines the km value between the starting point of the mobility and the place where the activity takes place, according to the table below:

The kilometer shown in the distance band calculator is the round-trip figure for the grant in the table below, and the amount in question is not multiplied by two. As a general rule, participants are expected to travel with low-emission transportation vehicles for distances under 500 km.

Students who receive travel support are able to receive more grants if their trip is applicable for “green travel”. Green travel is defined as travel that uses low-emissions modes of transport for the main part of the travel, such as bus, train, or car-pooling. In the case of only one direction of travel for the exchange term, the student cannot benefit from the green travel support. Electric car use is not considered green travel unless shared with another participant. All green travel support requests will be evaluated individually, and support can only be provided after the approval of the Turkish National Agency. Details about the Erasmus+ grants can be found on our website and the presentation.

3. Additional Financial Support for Disadvantaged Students

Granted exchange students who are financially and/or socially disadvantaged may receive an additional grant during their exchange term. In order to benefit from this additional grant, students must submit the required document(s) from the official authorities. The monthly amount of the additional grant is 250 EUR per month.

Eligible applicants are:

• Students who are subject to the decision of protection, care, and shelter based on Act No. 2828 Ministry of Family and Social Services Law;
• Students who are subject to the decision of protection, care, and shelter based on Act No. 5395 Child Protection Law;
• Students who receive orphan’s pension (if the other parent does not have any income);
• Students who are children of martyrs/veterans (for Turkish citizens only)
• Students whose families or themselves receive support due to financial hardship (Muhtaçlık Aylığı);1
• Students with one parent or guardian that receive support due to disability or financial hardship2
• Students whose first degree relatives or themselves receive disaster victim financial support from AFAD
• Students with disabilities3

 Receiving the KYK Scholarship or Loan is not acceptable to apply for the additional grant. 

 1) Students must submit the official document provided by Municipalities, Public Institutions or Official Public Organizations (such as Ministries, Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations, General Directorate of Foundations, Turkish Red Crescent, AFAD, etc.) attesting that the benefit from the official financial support at the time of the application.

2) Within the scope of the Law No. 2022: "Law on Pensions to the Needy, Powerless and Orphan Turkish Citizens and Disabled Persons Over 65", dated 01.07.1976; (https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/MevzuatMetin/1.5.2022.pdf)

3) Disabled people with at least 50% disability documented by the Disability Health Board report in the "Regulation on Disability Assessment for Adults" published in Official Gazette No. 30692 dated 20 February 2019

4. Inclusion Support for Special Needs

Additional special need funding is available for participants whose individual physical, mental or health-related conditions are such that participation in Erasmus+ would not be possible without extra support.

Additional grant requests can be made within the mobility period, but in any case, up to 60 days before the mobility ends.

Students must submit:

• National Agency Additional Grant Request Form (In the application form, it is necessary to explain why Inclusion Support is needed and attach supporting documents.)
• A doctor's report giving information about the disability and its level (not older than 3 months) and/or a photocopy of the disability card, doctor's report for chronic diseases)
• Acceptance letter from the partner institution (must state that it has the necessary equipment to meet the student's special requests.)

In order for a student to be considered for the Inclusion Support, students must inform the IEPP of their circumstances and provide official documentation of their disability and declare the specific needs related to their condition. If the participant has an additional grant request, the approximate costs and justifications must be declared to IEPP. IEPP will submit requests to the Turkish National Agency for evaluation.

Students may check out the LINK Network, supported by the European Commission, and our website for more about studying abroad with disabilities.

Good luck for your application!

International Exchange & Partnership Programs Office
Özyeğin University