The Mehmet Zorlu Vakfı Scholarship is funded by the Mehmet Zorlu Foundation and administered through Sabancı University’s Monthly Need Scholarship process. It supports eligible undergraduates at Sabancı University in Istanbul with monthly cash payments.
The university selects candidates against the Foundation’s need and merit criteria and sends them to the Foundation, subject to its quota. The current public page covers the 2026–2027 academic year, but it does not publish a live application deadline.
Benefits & funding
- Monthly cash support is paid for nine months in each academic year.
- Support can continue through the normal study period if the recipient maintains academic success.
- The current public page does not state the monthly amount or the number of awards.
Eligibility
- Be enrolled at Sabancı University as a fully funded undergraduate in the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences or the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
- Students in the Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design program are excluded.
- Meet the Mehmet Zorlu Foundation’s need and merit criteria and remain within its quota.
- The latest publicly accessible application notice located for the Monthly Need Scholarship route limited applications to Turkish citizens.
- Maintain academic success for the scholarship to continue.
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Eligible nationalities
Türkiye
Education required
Bachelor Enrolled
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Application process
- 1Monitor Sabancı University’s scholarship notices for the end-of-Spring or beginning-of-Fall application window.
- 2Apply through the Monthly Need Scholarship process in the Student Information System.
- 3Upload the required family-income and household-supporting documents and complete the online submission.
- 4Sabancı University evaluates eligible candidates and forwards selected names to the Mehmet Zorlu Foundation.
Program timeline
End of Spring term
First yearly Monthly Need Scholarship application period is announced.
Beginning of Fall term
Second yearly application period is announced.
Latest publicly accessible Fall-cycle application deadline located.
Oct 30, 2024
November 2024
Sabancı University notified successful applicants and began that cycle’s payment process, including the October payment.