Sakıp Sabancı Encouragement Scholarship — Bachelor's Scholarship

Sabancı University offers this annual scholarship to enrolled undergraduate students in Istanbul. It recognizes either outstanding academic achievement or academic achievement combined with financial need.

The merit route is assigned automatically at the end of the academic year, while the need-based route requires an application and supporting financial documents. The Board of Trustees reviews quotas, scope, and conditions each year.

Benefits & funding

Covers 25%, 50%, or 100% of one academic year’s tuition fee.
The number of awards and the exact scope may change each year.

Eligibility

Be enrolled in a Sabancı University undergraduate program.
For the outstanding-achievement route, academic performance is assessed using factors such as GPA and earned credits.
For the academic-achievement-and-need route, demonstrate both academic performance and financial need through the announced application and supporting documents.
No nationality, residence, gender, age, or work-experience restriction is published.

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Application process

1
For the outstanding-achievement route, do not submit an application; the university evaluates eligible students automatically at the end of the academic year.
2
For the achievement-and-need route, follow the university’s year-end announcement and submit the online form using a Sabancı University email address.
3
Upload the requested barcoded e-Government records and current family financial documents before the deadline.
4
Check the internal MySU scholarship page for the cycle’s detailed criteria and evaluation instructions.

Program timeline

The latest publicly verifiable achievement-and-need application window opened.
Jun 30, 2025
The latest publicly verifiable application deadline.
Jul 9, 2025
End of each academic year
Automatic merit awards are assessed and dates for the need-based route are announced.