Koç University runs Summer Exchange program with its select partners. Pre-set number of KU students attend partner universities’ short-term summer programs or regular summer semesters. KU students are required to pay regular KU tutition for summer exchange but do not pay tutition to partner universities. There may be some additional fees that partner universities charge and for more information, please check “Partners & Information” Section.
Please check fact sheets before you apply, some universities may require additional costs or fees.
ESSCA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Country: France
Detailed Information: ESSCA School of Management offers programs in various destinations and program dates are different for these destinations. (Angers, Paris, Budapest and Shanghai)
Please click here for more information on the program. (Dates, credits, fees etc.)
GPA Requirement: 2.5
Level of English: TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
Application Deadline: April 10
Quota & Eligible Colleges:
Grenoble Ecole de Management Summer School have decided to cancel the Summer Academy 2021 due to the COVID-19.
LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY SUMMER ACADEMY
Linköping University have decided to cancel the Summer Academy 2021 due to the COVID-19.
BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL
Country: Norway
Detailed Information: https://www.bi.edu/programmes-and-individual-courses/international-summer-programme/
GPA Requirement 2.20
Level of English TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
Quota 2
AARHUS UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL
Country: Denmark
Application deadline: 8 April 2021
Detailed Information: https://international.au.dk/education/admissions/summeruniversity/
GPA Requirement 2.20 – If you are applying for admission to AU Summer University courses at Master level, you must hold a Bachelor’s degree (or as a minimum have obtained 180 ECTS in your study programme) by the time of application deadline.
Level of English TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
Quota 3
SGH WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
Country: Poland
Detailed Information: http://suw.sgh.waw.pl/
Dates: The programme for Summer University 2021 will be announced later.
GPA Requiement 2.20
Level of English: TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
Quota: 2
WU VIENNA UNIVERSITY of ECONOMICS and BUSINESS
Country: Austria
Detailed Information: https://www.wu.ac.at/en/programs/incoming-students/international-summer-university-wu/
Fact Sheet: https://www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu/s/io/downloadcenter-en/ISU_WU_downloads/Fact_Sheet_ISU_WU_2021.pdf
Dates: July session: July 5 – July 23, 2021 / August session: July 26 – August 13, 2021
GPA Requirement: 2.20
Level of English: TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
Application Deadline: March 31, 2021
Quota: 2
KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Country: France
Detailed Information: https://student.kedge.edu/programmes/summer-schools
Dates: June 7- July 23, 2021
GPA Requirement: 2.2
Level Of English: TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
Quota: 10
STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY
Country: Sweden
Open to Law Students for Summer 2021
Detailed Information about Law Program:
https://www.jurinst.su.se/english/education/courses-and-programmes/summer-programme/courses-and-dates
Detailed Information about Business Administration Program:
Stockholm Business School has announced that the Summer 2021 program for Business School has been cancelled.
GPA Requirement: 2.2
Level Of English: TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
Quota: 4
Application Deadline: April 15, 2021
AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL of BUSINESS
Detailed Information: https://www.aalto.fi/en/aalto-university-summer-school/custom-programs
https://www.aalto.fi/en/aalto-university-summer-school/digital-business-master-class-summer
GPA Requirement: 2.2
Level Of English: TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
Quota: 4
Application date: TBA
Application date for Digitial Business Master Class: 1.2.2021 – 30.4.2021
SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY (SMU)
Country: Singapore
Dates: The programme for Summer Exchange 2021 will be announced later.
Detailed Information: https://www.smu.edu.sg/global/summer-programme
GPA Requirement 2.5
Level of English TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
Quota: 2
THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
Dates: PolyU intends offer International Summer School 2021 virtually.
Detailed Information: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/summerschool/programme/subjects-on-offer/
Quota: 6
Application deadline: TBA
GPA: 3.00
TOEFL: 80 IBT
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
HKUST has decided to suspend International Summer Exchange Program 2021 considering the global development of the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNIVERSITY of SEOUL
Country: South Korea
Detailed Information: https://global.uos.ac.kr/iice/study/shProgram.do?epTicket=LOG
GPA Requirement 2.20
Level of English TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
Quota 1
Dates: The programme for Summer University 2021 will be announced later.
RENMIN UNIVERSITY of CHINA
This program is cancelled for summer 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
Country: China
Detailed Information: https://summerprogram.sjtu.edu.cn/Default/Index
Quota 2
GPA Requirement 2.5
Level of English TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
NANYANG TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
NTU will finalise their decision on the teaching mode by end March 2021.
Detailed Information: https://ntu-sa.terradotta.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=11025
Country: Singapore
GPA Requirement 2.20
Level of English TOEFL 550/80 or 6.5 IELTS
Quota 1
ITAM
Country Mexico
ITAM have decided to cancel the Summer Program 2021 due to the COVID-19.
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Please refer to OIP’s Application and Selection Calendar .
In case some quotas are not exhausted after the first round of application, a second round of application will be announced.
Who is Eligible to Apply?
Application Requirements
*Students can get their Koc TOEFL scorecards from the Registrar’s Office. Please keep in mind that it will take a couple of days for Registrar’s Office to issue your TOEFL or IELTS scorecards. You are asked to upload your English Proficiency Proof on the online application form (https://kuapp.ku.edu.tr ).
**Students who wish to apply using their KUEPE scores will need to take a screenshot of their KUSIS homepage, where KUEPE scores are shown. If students have any technical issues with screening their KUEPE results on their KUSIS homepage, they must contact the IT department to solve the issue. Students can also contact the Registrar’s Office and English Language Center to get their KUEPE results as well.
If you do not have an official TOEFL, IELTS or KUEPE scorecard, you have to take a new test. Please note that you need to plan your application accordingly as it takes time to get the result of English Proficiency tests.
Exceptions to the English proficiency tests (TOEFL, IELTS) include only lifetime residents of Australia, Canada (other than Quebec), New Zealand, United Kingdom or the United States (other than Puerto Rico). Students who have recently and successfully completed at least 4 years of rigorous academic studies in one of the countries listed might also be exempted. Their English proficiency score calculated on KUAPP will be the min. English Language admission requirement of the program at KU they are admitted. Students English Language Score will be automatically calculated as the equivalent of 80 TOEFL IBT unless the student submits an IELTS or TOEFL score, Placement will be based on 50% GPA and 50 % TOEFL, so the higher scores students have, the better chance of placement students will have.
Application Documents
The following documents should be uploaded on kuapp at the time of the application. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
Document Type | Mandatory/ If applicable |
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Transcript of Records | Mandatory |
Language Score card | Mandatory |
Photo | Mandatory |
Application Method
Application is done via OIP’s online application system: https://kuapp.ku.edu.tr/ If you have not applied to any of the Mobility Programs offered by OIP via kuapp.ku.edu.tr, please first create a “Preliminary Application” for yourself as shown below:
Watch the demo video of application process
Selection
Announcement of Results
Results are notified to all applicants in a written format via e-mail and OIP website, and are also announced on OIP’s Bulletin Board.
Placement results are also announced on Kuapp system. To view your results, you may log into your Kuapp account at kuapp.ku.edu.tr.
The following would help you understand your status on kuapp:
Right to Appeal
Selected candidates will not have more than seven days to accept or reject the offered grant via kuapp@ku.edu.tr
If your application was neither selected for a grant nor included in the substitute list, you will be informed about the reasons and have at least one week to appeal against this decision to the Selection Committee of Koc University via kuapp@ku.edu.tr .
Nomination
Application to Host University
After you are selected please note that you will be expected to submit documents below to OIP:
Important Notes:
During Mobility
Course Equivalency Form (During/After): If the student makes changes on the course list, then this form should filled out and approved by the Departmental Academic Coordinator. This form could also be sent to OIP after mobility.
After Mobility
Following the completion of the program, student has to take the following steps.
Departmental Academic Coordinator has the responsibility of:
Departments/Colleges | Coordinators | Room | Phone | |
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School of Medicine | Dr. Ozan Gökler | Topkapı | – | OGOKLER@ku.edu.tr |
School of Nursing | Gülcan Bağçivan | Topkapı | 2675 | GBAGCIVAN@ku.edu.tr |
College of Adm. Sci. & Econ. | ||||
International Relations | Ziya Öniş | CASE 150 | 1670 | zonis@ku.edu.tr |
Business Administration | Zekiye Selvili | CASE 240 | 1456 | zselvili@ku.edu.tr |
Economics | Murat Usman | CASE 248 | 1553 | musman@ku.edu.tr |
College of Soc. Sci. & Hums. | ||||
Psychology | Yasemin Kisbu-Sakarya | SOS Z13D | 1114 | ykisbu@ku.edu.tr |
Media and Visual Arts | Amir Hetsroni | SOS Z08C | 1131 | ahetsroni@ku.edu.tr |
Archeology History of Arts | Ivana Jevtic | SOS 310 | 1712 | ijevtic@ku.edu.tr |
English Lang. & Comparative Litr. | Mert Bahadır Reisoğlu | SOS 273 | 1528 | MREISOGLU@KU.EDU.TR |
History | Can Nacar | SOS Z 11B | 1130 | cnacar@ku.edu.tr |
Philosophy | Eylem Özaltun | SOS Z22C | 1116 | eozaltun@ku.edu.tr |
Sociology | Fatoş Gökşen | SOS 258 | – | fgoksen@ku.edu.tr |
Law School | Yasin Alperen Karaşahin | SOS 151 | 1825 | yakarasahin@ku.edu.tr |
College of Science | Özgür Müstecaplıoğlu | SCI 155 | 1424 | omustecap@ku.edu.tr |
Mathematics | Hasan İnci | SCI 268 | 1687 | HINCI@KU.EDU.TR |
Molecular Bio. & Genetics | Halil Kavaklı | ENG Z36 | 1708 | hkavakli@ku.edu.tr |
Chemistry | Umut Aydemir | SCI Z61 | 1449 | uaydemir@ku.edu.tr |
Physics | Özgür Müstecaplıoğlu | SCI 155 | 1424 | omustecap@ku.edu.tr |
College of Engineering | Öznur Özkasap | ENG 144 | 1584 | oozkasap@ku.edu.tr |
KU Institutional ErasmusCoordinator | Yiğit Sayın | DOS B334 | – | YSAYIN@ku.edu.tr |
Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities | Tuğçe Şatana | CASE Z13 | 1883 | tsatana@ku.edu.tr |
Graduate School of Business | Başak Yalman | CASE | 1455 | byalman@ku.edu.tr |
To cancel your application after submitting the Student Commitment Letter, you need to submit the cancellation petition to OIP. You can find the English version here.
It should be noted that students, who cancel their exchange after the “notice period” provided by OIP right after the announcement of placement results, would lose -10 points if they apply for Summer Exchange Program again in the future.
Commitment Letter (in Turkish)
Commitment Letter (in English)
Cancellation Petition (in Turkish)
Cancellation Petition (in English)
For any inquiries regarding exchange programs, please open a track-it by sending an e-mail to outgoing@ku.edu.tr or open a track-it via https://trackit.ku.edu.tr/