Last Updated:
29/01/2021 - 17:45

YÖK 100/2000 PhD Scholarship


In order to meet the need of human resource in the priority areas of Turkey, Council of Higher Education (Yükseköğretim Kurulu, YÖK) offers a  Ph.D. scholarship program  to support students studying in doctoral programs in the state universities. Institute of Applied Mathematics, METU  undertakes coordination of three priority areas:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Yapay Zeka ve Makine Öğrenmesi),
  • Cryptography (Kriptografi),
  • Computational Science and Engineering (Hesaplamalı Bilim ve Mühendislik) 
  • Siber Security (Siber Güvenlik)

and partially supports the following priority areas:

  • Defence Information, Modelling and Simulation (Savunma Bilişimi, Modelleme ve Simülasyon),
  • Data Science: Big Data, Data Mining, Data Storage and Data Analysis, Pattern Recognition (Veri Bilimi: Büyük Veri, Veri Madenciliği, Veri Depolama ve Veri Analitiği, Örüntü Tanıma).

In total, 21 Ph.D. students at the Institute of Applied Mathematics are supported under 100/2000 YÖK Ph.D. scholarship program. For the rules and regulations, please visit http://yuzikibinbursu.yok.gov.tr.