Nursing at Turkey's private universities: admission, language of instruction, and the real cost for Iranian students

In short: Several dozen private universities on Homa Study's partner list offer a nursing programme, admission is reviewed on your high-school academic record rather than Iran's national entrance exam, and applying through Homa Study is completely free for the student — you pay tuition directly into the university's own official account. This post explains which universities offer it, how English and Turkish-taught tracks differ, and exactly where a nursing degree stands for recognition in Iran.

Nursing is one of the fields with the tightest capacity at Iran's public universities, and the competition for it is heavy. That is exactly why more families look at Turkey's private universities every year — not as a fallback, but as a route with a more transparent admission process. The questions these families ask are usually the same three: where is the programme offered, how does admission actually work, and what happens to the degree back in Iran. We answer all three here, with only the figures we can stand behind.

Which universities offer nursing

Homa Study's published partner list includes universities with a nursing programme at different scales — from a single track to a catalogue as deep as nine tracks at one university. A few examples:

University	City	Nursing tracks listed
Near East	Nicosia, North Cyprus	9
Istanbul Medipol	Istanbul	7
Istinye	Istanbul	6
Haliç	Istanbul	5
Istanbul Okan	Istanbul	5
Üsküdar	Istanbul	5

This table is part of the list, not all of it. Each university's exact nursing tracks, level (associate or bachelor's), and tuition are on that university's own page or on the tuition page. Because nursing tuition at any given university differs from that university's other programmes, quoting one "university tuition" figure here would be misleading for nursing specifically — we confirm the exact figure for the programme in the free consultation or on that university's own table.

Language of instruction: English or Turkish

At universities that offer nursing in both languages, two different paths are available:

• The English track requires a valid language certificate or a pass on the university's own language exam. If you meet that, a year of language preparation is removed from your timeline.
• The Turkish track usually opens with a one-year Turkish preparation course, unless your level is already sufficient.

Which path is actually open for nursing at a specific university varies from one university to the next, and that is exactly what we clarify in the free initial review for your target university — not something that can be answered the same way for every university at once.

Admission: what it actually takes

Admission to a nursing bachelor's programme, like the rest of a private Turkish university's programmes, is reviewed on your high-school academic record, and Iran's national entrance exam plays no part in it. For an initial review, usually this is enough: a passport scan, your diploma or most recent qualification, your transcripts, and — for the English track — a language certificate. Items such as a portfolio or additional international exams count as optional supporting documents at most private universities rather than entry conditions; Bahçeşehir University's published international admission requirements are a typical example of this.

The exact grade threshold, open capacity for the current year, and any additional documents vary by university. That is not something to guess on a general page, so we check it directly with the university each year and give you the current answer in the free consultation.

Nursing degrees from Turkey in Iran: the honest answer

This is the question most families ask before they ask about tuition, and it deserves an unvarnished answer. Evaluating a foreign degree in Iran is the job of the Ministry of Health, which reviews each graduate's file individually, after they finish their studies. No agency or consultant — including us — can determine that outcome for you in advance, and the university pages on this site only state a ministry-recognition status where that status has actually been confirmed to us; for most of the nursing-offering universities in our list, that status has not yet been published.

What this means in practice: before you make a final choice of university for nursing, we go through this exact question with you in the free consultation, so you decide with full information — not after graduation. The full degree-evaluation process in Iran is explained in our Iran degree recognition guide and our recognized degrees guide.

What this route costs you

Like every other programme on our partner list, the nursing admission route is free for the student:

	Pays what	To whom
Student	University tuition	Directly into the university's own official account
Student	For our service	Nothing
Partner university	Referral fee, after the student registers	To Homa Study

Reviewing your requirements, choosing the university and level, preparing your documents, and submitting the file through to an offer letter are all part of that same free service. If you want to compare several nursing options at once — the same way we describe in our free offer letter from three universities guide — the same route can run in parallel across several universities.

Next step

If nursing is your target field, in the free consultation we go through three things together: which partner universities have open capacity this year, what the English or Turkish track actually requires at that university, and what the recognition status looks like for the universities you are considering. To compare nursing tuition alongside other partner universities, the tuition page shows the full, filterable list.