Istanbul Gedik University — Admissions, Programs and Tuition

Istanbul Gedik University is a private university in Istanbul. This page differs from the other university pages on this site in one way worth knowing up front: the program list below is part of this university's catalogue, not the whole of it.

Our rule is that a program is not published until we have obtained and checked its tuition and requirements with the university. For this university we currently hold 3 confirmed bachelor's rows: 1 with English as the language of instruction and 2 taught in Turkish. Those three rows are priced between $2,300 and $3,150 a year.

So read the number correctly: "3" is the count of rows confirmed on this site, not the size of the university's catalogue. If the program you want is not on the list, that does not mean the university does not offer it — it means we have not yet confirmed its fee for publication. In a free consultation we obtain the full list and the current year's fees directly from the university and give them to you.

Four programs of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, including the English-taught International Trade and Finance and Political Science and International Relations degrees, hold FIBAA accreditation for November 2025 through November 2030.

The practical value of this page lies partly in what is missing from it. The three confirmed rows are priced between $2,300 and $3,150 a year, which puts this university among the lower-cost Istanbul options worth putting side by side with others when the budget is tight.

The second point is method. Rather than filling this page with a list we cannot stand behind, we have kept it short and handle the rest by asking the university directly. If the program you want exists at Gedik, we will tell you its fee as the university states it; if it does not, we will say so instead of taking up your time.

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 here, as at other Turkish private universities, is assessed on your high-school record, and Iran's national entrance exam plays no part in it. The English-taught row requires a language certificate or a pass in the university's own language exam; the Turkish-taught rows take the usual Turkish preparatory route.

Because our published list for this university is limited, we confirm the exact requirements for each program directly with the university at the time you apply, rather than generalising another university's rules onto this one.

Like the rest of our partner private universities, Istanbul Gedik University runs rolling admission: no fixed, pre-announced application deadline is set, and each program closes when its international capacity fills rather than on a set calendar date. The main intake is September (fall).

This university's published catalogue has only 3 rows, priced from $2,300 to $3,150 — the lower-cost end of Istanbul's options — and a narrow, cheaper program is exactly the kind that fills sooner once demand picks up. We check the exact capacity status in the free consultation and on the [tuition page](/en/pricing), which updates as soon as a program fills. The full month-by-month plan for reaching a September start is in our [application deadlines guide](/en/guides/deadlines).

A standard file holds your high-school transcripts and diploma with official translations, a copy of a valid passport, a passport photo and, for the English-taught program, a language certificate.

Preparing and checking these documents is part of the same free service. In our experience most admission delays trace back to an incomplete translation or an expired validity date, not to the applicant's academic record.

Like every university we work with, Istanbul Gedik University held a YÖK license — from Turkey's Council of Higher Education — before we added it to our partner list; that is the baseline requirement, and we do not publish a university without it. YÖK is the only body authorized to license higher-education institutions and their degrees in Turkey.

Turkey has been a full member of the Bologna Process since 2001, so YÖK-licensed universities — Istanbul Gedik University among them — issue degrees built on ECTS credits, the same framework used across the European higher-education area. That is a national-level fact, not something specific to this one university on its own; we explain 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.