Fatih Sultan Mehmet University, Istanbul — Admissions, Programs and Tuition

Fatih Sultan Mehmet University is a private university in Istanbul and one of Homa Study's partner universities. The most honest thing to say about this page is that there is little published on it, and there is a specific reason for that.

The official list here holds one row: a bachelor's engineering program, taught in English, at $5,000 a year. That number is a count of the rows we have confirmed, not a count of what the university offers. We do not fill a list with guesses — anything published has to be verified first.

What that means for you is straightforward. If engineering is your target, everything you need to compare is already on this page. If you want a different subject, the route is a free consultation, so we can get the current catalogue and its fees from the university itself rather than approximate them here.

The dependable advantage of this page is the clarity of the figure. With one published row, the floor and the ceiling of the table are the same number — $5,000 — so for that program you know what you are looking at without a range and without "it depends". In an early budget comparison, one firm figure is more useful than a wide band.

The second advantage is language. The published row is English-taught, which means a Turkish preparation year is not on your path for this program; the language condition is met with an English certificate or the university's own exam.

The figure above is the university's own tuition — not our fee. Everything involved in getting you admitted here, from checking your documents to holding your acceptance letter, is done at no cost to you.

Bachelor's admission at Turkish private universities is assessed on your high-school record, and Iran's national entrance exam plays no part in it. For the English-taught row on this page, evidencing English — through an international certificate or the university's own exam — is the part of the file that decides the outcome.

For an engineering program, your record in mathematics and physics carries the most weight. The admission threshold and the list of accepted exams are things we ask the university each year rather than assert here; in your free consultation we give you the current year's conditions.

A standard file holds your high-school transcripts and diploma with official translations, a copy of a valid passport, a passport photo and an English language certificate. For an engineering application, a transcript in which the mathematics and physics marks are translated fully and correctly matters more than usual.

Preparing and checking these documents is part of the same free service. In our experience most delays trace back to an incomplete translation or a passport with too little validity left, not to the applicant's academic record.

The published list for this university holds only one row, and that is a separate question from whether the university is authorized to operate. Like every university Homa Study works with, Fatih Sultan Mehmet University held a YÖK license — from Turkey's Council of Higher Education — before we added it to our partner list; we do not publish a university without one.

Turkey has been a full member of the Bologna Process since 2001, so degrees from any YÖK-licensed university — this one included — are built on ECTS credits, the same framework used across the European higher-education area. That is a fact about Turkey's higher-education system as a whole, not something specific to this university alone; we cover it in full in our [guide to recognized degrees](/en/guides/recognized-degrees).

Istanbul is Turkey's largest city, a layered metropolis spread across two continents, and for many students the ferry crossing between Europe and Asia is part of the daily commute. It holds the country's largest concentration of universities, so student life turns up everywhere, from library cafes to cheap lunch spots in almost every district. Public transit is extensive — metro, tram, Marmaray rail under the Bosphorus, and city ferries all work with a single Istanbulkart — though rush-hour traffic tests everyone's patience. It is also Turkey's most expensive city, with rent taking the biggest share of a student budget, which is why shared flats and dormitories are common. Winters are mild and rainy, summers warm and humid.