Dear students and teachers of Abai KazNPU!

Partner of Abai KazNPU University - Marmara University, Turkey invites those wishing to participate in the Mevlana exchange program in the following areas: Art and Design, Pedagogy, Humanities, Mathematics and Computer Science.

Students of the undergraduate, master and doctoral studies can participate in the Mevlana exchange program.

Conditions for participation for students:

- Students of the 1st year of undergraduate, graduate or doctorate studies can not participate in this program in the first semester of their studies, as well as third-year students cannot participate in the Mevlana program.

-The GPA of undergraduate students should be at least 2.5 / 4.0 (or 65% of the school`s progress out of 100%), GPA undergraduates and doctoral students - not lower than 3.0 / 4.0 (or 76.66% of the school`s performance out of 100%).

- The certificate of passing the test for knowledge of the Turkish language.

- Knowledge of the English language will be a competitive advantage of the applicant.

- The assessment takes into account 50% of the GPA and 50% of the language proficiency.

- Training period: 4 months.

To participate in this program you need:

1. fill in the Candidate Student Application Form;

2. provide a transcript in English language;

3. provide a certificate for knowledge of the Turkish language.

The scholarship for students at the University of Marmara is 1,300 Turkish liras per month, which is appointed for 4 months. The scholarship will be paid in two tranches: 80% of the scholarship is paid in the first tranche; second tranche - 20% scholarship after completion of training.

Expenses of flights, accommodation and visas at the expense of the student.

Steps of the competition under the MEVLANA program:

1) All documents in a single electronic format (PDF) should be sent to mevlana@abaiuniver.kz by March 4, 2020. Keep the title of the document with the contents of the full name, specialty, course of study and level of preparation (bachelor`s degree - Bachelor, master`s degree - Master, doctoral studies -PhD). For example: ALIYA_SABYROVA_MATHEMATICS_2YEAR_BACHELOR. In the subject of the e-mail you must indicate the full name, specialty and course of study.

2) The preliminary competition meeting of Abai KazNPU commission will be held on March 5, 2020 (the time of the meeting of commission will be reported by phone / e-mail).

3) Sending documents of the nominated selected students by the preliminary commission to the partner university.

4) Waiting for the results of the competitive commission of the partner university.

You can find more information on the website: http://mevlana.uluslararasi.marmara.edu.tr/

Terms of participation for Teaching staff

For the teachers, the Mevlana program provides for the Turkish-paid lecture to be given at least 6 hours a week. If teachers do not accumulate the required number of hours, then in this case, they will evaluate their seminars, work with groups, and also participate in conferences.

The duration of the mobility program for Teaching staff is planned from 2 weeks to 3 months.

To participate in this program, teachers should:

- fill in the Academic Staff Information Form;

- provide a CV;

- prepare information on publications, presentations, projects;

- Develop a work plan in the host institution;

- Good command of English or Turkish (the certificate is presented at the request of the university).

Apartment is not provided for teaching staff. Daily expenses for faculty are 45/55 Turkish liras (depending on rank) and 3500 Turkish liras for transportation costs.

For more information, see Mevlana Exchange Programme Application Details.

Steps of the competition under the MEVLANA program:

1) All documents in electronic format (PDF) should be sent to mevlana@abaiuniver.kz by March 4, 2020. In the subject of the e-mail you must indicate the full name, name of the institute and department.

2) The preliminary competition meeting of Abai KazNPU commission will be held on March 5, 2020 (the time of the meeting of commission will be called/send by phone / e-mail).

3) Sending documents of the nominated selected students by the preliminary commission to the partner university.

4) Waiting for the results of the competitive commission of the partner university.

The final decision on obtaining a grant from students, undergraduates, doctoral students and faculty members is left to the Turkish side.

For participation in the Mevlana program, you must contact the International Programs and Cooperation Division, 30/1, Kazybek, office. 4, tel .: 8 727 291 36 92.