When and How to Apply for TENMAK’s Undergraduate Scholarship
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At a glance
- Applications for the TENMAK undergraduate scholarship opened on September 1, 2026.
- The programme will award 500 students who rank in Turkey’s top 100,000 in the YKS exam and enrol in one of 41 eligible undergraduate programmes.
- Applications are submitted online through burs.tenmak.gov.tr, with additional grade requirements for students who have completed their first year.
Applications have opened for an undergraduate scholarship run by the Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mining Research Agency, known as TENMAK.
The programme began accepting applications on September 1, 2026. It will provide a monthly scholarship of 13,750 Turkish lira to 500 students who place within the top 100,000 in the YKS university entrance examination and enrol in one of 41 designated undergraduate programmes.
Students will also receive career and mentoring support from TENMAK specialists. Applications must be completed online through the agency’s official portal, burs.tenmak.gov.tr.
Eligible candidates will be assessed according to their YKS ranking in the programmes where they were placed. Students applying after completing their first year must have a minimum grade-point average of 2.50 on a 4.00 scale, or 65 out of 100.
The scholarship will go to the 500 undergraduate students with the highest rankings within the available quota.
Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.