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Orhun Exchange Program for the 2024 - 2025 Academic Year

Orhun Exchange Program is a student and faculty exchange program implemented under protocols to be signed among member universities of the Turkic Council's Union of Turkic Universities.

Which Countries Can Be Visited?

Students can participate in the Orhun Exchange Program at the following member universities of the Turkic Council's Union of Turkic Universities: http://www.turkunib.org/en/site/index

Faculty members and students interested in participating in the exchange program can apply through the exchange program coordination offices of their respective universities. For detailed information about the program, please contact the institutional coordinators or visit https://turkunib.org/orhun/.

Required Documents for Application

- Transcript
- Student Information Form
- Candidate Student Application Form (Only one university preference can be made in the applications.)
All documents must be delivered by hand. For more information, you can contact us via erasmus@kapadokya.edu.tr.

Information for Students Wishing to Benefit from the Orhun Exchange Program     There are no departmental restrictions for applications. After all applications are received, evaluations will be made according to the student acceptance decisions of the host university preferred by the students, and the results will be announced. Students wishing to apply should check the website of the university they wish to apply to determine whether the department/program they are studying at is available at the host university.

The duration of student exchange is at least one semester and at most two semesters. The semester calculation may vary depending on the education system, but the total exchange period cannot exceed one academic year.

Students participating in the Orhun Exchange Program must maintain their enrollment at their home institution and continue to pay the tuition fees they are obligated to their own institution. Students cannot freeze their registration while participating in the exchange program. Students do not pay additional tuition fees to the host institution during the exchange.

Orhun Exchange Program students may be subject to other financial obligations applied to students of the host institution. This is specified in the Orhun Exchange Program Student Obligation Agreement made with the students accepted into the program. Higher education institutions may not request additional financial payments from Orhun Exchange Program students, apart from the financial obligations they impose on their own students.

Scholarships and loans that students receive during their studies will continue while they participate in the Orhun Exchange Program.
The sending institution will cover the students' travel expenses; the host institution will cover the accommodation and subsistence expenses of the incoming students. No cash payments will be made to the students beyond these provisions.

APPLICATIONS FOR FACULTY MEMBERS

Faculty Mobility includes the teaching activities that faculty members employed at a higher education institution will conduct at another higher education institution.

Duration of Mobility

The duration of faculty mobility is at least one week and can be used once per academic year.

Information for Faculty Members Wishing to Benefit from the Orhun Exchange Program

There are no departmental restrictions for applications. After all applications are received, evaluations will be made according to the faculty acceptance decisions of the host university preferred by the faculty members, and the results will be announced. Faculty members should check the website of the university they wish to apply to for information on the availability of the department/program in which they wish to teach and the language of instruction.
The academic activities included in faculty mobility cannot be less than six hours per week. The calculation of activities by faculty members is based on teaching hours. If the teaching hours do not fill six hours per week, academic activities such as seminars, panels, or conferences are also considered. Faculty mobility plans that do not include teaching activities are not eligible for the Exchange Program and will not be accepted for the exchange.

The activities that faculty members will carry out under the Faculty Mobility Program are specified in detail. This Plan must be approved by the academic boards of the faculty member's home institution and the host institution's relevant academic unit. The Faculty Mobility Plan must be submitted to the coordination offices of the exchange program at least 15 days before the start of the exchange. In this Plan, special attention is given to the language of instruction at the host institution, the language in which the faculty members will teach, and the faculty members' proficiency in that language. Priority is given to applications from faculty members who have not previously participated in faculty exchange activities.
Faculty members who are selected for the Exchange Program but do not participate without a valid reason will not be eligible to apply for this program for three years.

Financial Obligations

Faculty members participating in the Orhun Exchange Program will retain their employment rights at their home universities. The sending institution will cover the faculty members' travel expenses; the host institution will cover the accommodation and subsistence expenses of the incoming faculty members. No cash payments will be made to the faculty members beyond these provisions.