Turkey

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• We are in the top 50 for graduate outcomes in England – Complete University Guide 2025.
• Brighton is a top 100 worldwide student city in the QS 2025 Best Student Cities league table.
• We have a silver award in the national Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), 2023.
• Top 30 for sustainability in the UK – People & Planet University League 2024–25.
• We're accredited by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), an accreditation achieved by less than 6% of business schools worldwide.
• We're a career-focused university with over 50 accrediting and awarding bodies.
• 100% of our full-time undergraduate students have the opportunity to do work-related learning as part of their course.
• We offer a number of international scholarships to support international students and make a positive impact on their studies.
• You're guaranteed a place in our halls of residence for the first year of your studies.

Entry requirements 

Details of the academic and English language requirements for your course are on our course finder. We help many students from Turkey to improve their qualifications to meet entry requirements.

Academic equivalencies

Undergraduate

We require a Devlet Lise Diplomasi (State High School Diploma) or Lise Bitirme Diplomasi (Private High School Diploma) with minimum 70% for entry to year 1.

Please note that this is the standard academic entry requirement. Courses which have a professional accreditation may have extra requirements. We do not accept a Turkish English language qualification as meeting our minimum English language proficiency requirements. Find out about the English qualifications that we accept.

Postgraduate

We require a Lisans Diplomasi (bachelors degree) or a Mühendis Diplomasi (engineering degree). Other Turkish undergraduate qualifications are considered comparable to British masters degree standard; 5–6 year Eczacilik Diplomasi (Pharmacist Diploma), 5–6 year Dis Hekimi Diplomasi (Dentistry Diploma), 5–6 year Veteriner Hekim Diplomasi (Veterinarian Diploma) and the 6–7 year Tip Doktoru Diplomasi.

Alternatively we will accept applicants from the following universities who have earned a GPA of 2.2 or above:

Istanbul

• Bahcesehir University
• Beykent University
• Bilgi University
• Bogazici University
• Dogus University
• Galatasaray University
• Istanbul Kultur University
• Istanbul University
• Istanbul Technical University
• Istanbul Ticaret University
• Kadir Has University
• Koc University
• Marmara University
• Mimar Sinan University
• Ozyegin University
• Sabanci University
• Yeditepe University
• Yildiz Technical University

Ankara

• Ankara University
• Baskent University
• Bilkent University
• Cankaya University
• Gazi University
• Hacettepe University
• Middle East Technical University
• TOBB University of Economics and Technology

Izmir

• Dokuz Eylul University
• Ege University
• Izmir Ekonomi University
• Izmir Institute of Technology
• Yasar University

Other cities

• Cukurova University (Adana)
• Akdeniz University (Antalya)
• Uludag University (Bursa)
• Trakya University (Edirne)
• Erzincan University (Erzincan)
• Ataturk University (Erzurum)
• Anadolu University (Eskisehir)
• Osmangazi University (Eskisehir)
• Erciyes University (Kayseri)
• Kocaeli University (Kocaeli)
• Gebze Institute of Technology (Kocaeli)
• Selcuk University (Konya)
• Celal Bayar University (Manisa)
• Inonu University (Malatya)
• Cag University (Mersin)
• Ondokuz Mayis University (Samsun)
• Cumhuriyet University (Sivas)
• Karadeniz Technical University (Trabzon)
• Yuzuncu Yil University (Van)

English language requirements

We do not accept a Turkish English language qualification as meeting our minimum English language proficiency requirements. Find out more about our English language requirements.  

Improve your academic and English language ability

If you don't have the correct grades or qualifications to meet our entry requirements, we can help you improve them. Find out more about our pre-sessional English courses.

Degree preparation courses at the International College

If you complete your pathway course at the International College at the required level, you are guaranteed entry to a degree at the University of Brighton. Available degree subject areas include accounting and finance, art and design, business management, law with business, and many more.

Find out more about the pathway courses on offer at the University of Brighton International College.

Contact us

Said Nabelsi

International Officer – Middle East, North Africa and Turkey

Location: Amman, Jordan

Responsible for regional recruitment and support to applicants and offer holders in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey.

You can ask Said about:

• entry requirements
• submitting a direct or agent application
• scholarships.

Email: S.Nabelsi@brighton.ac.uk

Find an agent

We have a number of registered and approved representatives in Turkey. They can help you with information about the university and the UK, and assist you with your application.