Program Overview

Introduction to the Farabi Exchange Program

The Farabi Exchange Program, also known as the Higher Education Institutions Student and Academic Staff Exchange Program, is a program that enables student and academic staff exchange between higher education institutions in Turkey. The program allows students and academic staff to spend one or two semesters at a higher education institution other than their own.

Program Details

The Farabi Exchange Program is designed for students at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, as well as academic staff. The program aims to provide students and academic staff with the opportunity to continue their education and research activities at a different higher education institution.

Program Benefits

• Students participating in the Farabi Exchange Program receive a non-refundable scholarship.
• Academic staff participating in the program receive an additional lecture fee.

Program Principles

The principles of the Farabi Exchange Program are determined in detail by the relevant regulations and principles.

About Farabi

Farabi was born in 870 in the city of Farab, Turkistan. He traveled to major centers of learning of his time, including Buhara, Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo, Harran, and Aleppo. Farabi wrote works on philosophy, mathematics, logic, political science, and music. He is considered one of the most important figures in the Islamic world in the field of philosophy and is known as Muallim-i Sani (the Second Teacher). In the Western world, he is known as Alpharabius.

Program Administration

The Farabi Exchange Program is administered by the Higher Education Council Presidency Farabi Exchange Program Coordination Office.