Partnership with Bilgi University

ELIAMEP provides the channel for recruiting Greek students for the Master’s Programme in International Relations with a concentration in Greek-Turkish Relations at İstanbul Bilgi University through the Greek Selection Committee for the Master's programme, which operates on the ELIAMEP premises. The Master of Arts Program in International Relations aims at combining a solid foundation in the discipline of International Relations, with an area of concentration in Greek-Turkish relations. The curriculum is designed to reflect these two principal objectives of the program by enhancing the students' general knowledge of theory and practice of international relations and by enabling them to specialize in the politics and international relations of Greece and Turkey. The program offers courses in the theory of international relations, foreign policy analysis, policy and politics in Greece and Turkey, and nationalism, from comparative perspective.

The two-year graduate is intended for future academics, diplomats, journalists and government officials, working or planning to work on different aspects of Turkish and Greek studies.

Application requirements: 

• Application Form
• LES score report (verbal or general minimum 45) or GRE (minimum score of 610 on the quantitive)
• Undergraduate diploma
• Official transcript showing all courses and grades taken at the undergraduate level
• TOEFL > 550/213 or IELTS > 6.5 or ÜDS > 65 or KPDS > 65 or BIET (BİLGİ Institutional Exemption Test) > 70 or Proficiency of Cambridge.
• Two reference letters

A limited number of scholarships is available for Greek students.

The application and reference letter forms can be found here.

The application deadline for the academic year 2008-2009 is 5 May 2008.

Dates for the interviews will be announced later.

Applications should be sent to Ms. Marianthe Stavridou, ELIAMEP, 49 Vas. Sofias, 10676 Athens, Greece.

Contact details:
For further information please visit the website of İstanbul Bilgi University or contact Marianthe Stavridou, ELIAMEP, 49 Vas. Sofias, 10676 Athens, Greece, Tel: +30 210 3607611, Fax: +30 210 3640385.

"Istanbul Bilgi University’s MA Program in Turkish-Greek Studies is held by a team of Turkish and Greek academics who have actively taken part in the reconciliation process between the two countries. The Program, designed by the Bilgi European Institute in collaboration with the Department of International Relations of Bilgi and ELIAMEP, provides Turkish and Greek students as well as students of other nationalities with a common ground whereby they could build up a new future. We are grateful to the J. F. Costopoulos Foundation for its generous support, and to ELIAMEP for its stimulating cooperation..."

Ayhan Kaya
Director, European Institute
Istanbul Bilgi University