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

In short: Of the 54 universities on Homa Study's partner list, 24 — 19 in Turkey and 5 in North Cyprus — offer a pharmacy 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 pharmacy, how English and Turkish-taught tracks differ, and exactly where a pharmacy degree stands for recognition in Iran.

After medicine and dentistry, pharmacy is the health-science field families ask us about most — and the competition for it at Iran's public universities is just as tight. This post answers the three questions that come up first: which universities offer it, how admission actually works, and what happens to the degree back in Iran. All with only the figures we can stand behind.

Which universities offer pharmacy

Of the 54 universities on Homa Study's partner list, 24 — 19 in Turkey and 5 in North Cyprus — have at least one pharmacy-related track in their catalogue. That depth is not evenly spread; a few of the deepest:

University	City	Pharmacy tracks listed
Istanbul Medipol	Istanbul	9
İstinye	Istanbul	6
Istanbul Aydın	Istanbul	5
Biruni	Istanbul	4
Fenerbahçe	Istanbul	4
Istanbul Kent	Istanbul	4

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

Language of instruction: English or Turkish

At universities that offer pharmacy in both languages, two 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 (hazırlık), unless your level is already sufficient.

Which path is actually open for pharmacy 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. A full comparison of the two tracks, independent of field, is in our English and Turkish programmes guide.

Admission: what it actually takes

Admission to a pharmacy 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 additional international exam scores 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.

Pharmacy 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 pharmacy — like medicine, dentistry, and nursing — is the job of Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME), a separate body from the Ministry of Science that evaluates general fields, and it 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.

The university pages on this site only state a MOHME status where that status has actually been confirmed to us; for most of the pharmacy-offering universities in our list, that status is currently unpublished — meaning not yet verified and published, not rejected. The full difference between MSRT and MOHME, and what "unpublished" actually means, is explained in detail in our Iran degree recognition guide.

What this route costs you

Like every other programme on our partner list, the pharmacy 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 programme, preparing your documents, and submitting the file through to an offer letter are all part of that same free service. As described in our free offer letter from three universities guide, the same route can run in parallel across several universities — meaning you can end up with pharmacy offer letters from more than one university and compare tuition, city, and language of instruction side by side.

Next step

If pharmacy 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 pharmacy tuition alongside other partner universities, the tuition page shows the full, filterable list.