About Us

The aims of the Erasmus Program in İstanbul University:

* creating an environment where researchers and educators with a wide spectrum of knowledge and a broad vision may prosper

* providing the education of basic sciences, social sciences and the arts at the undergraduate and graduate level

* following and questioning contemporary developments

* improving research skills

“To be an institution has national and international standards by training highly qualified educators and scholar are the most demanding areas of educational sciences; to support researches, educational policies and approaches at national and international level.”


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Receiving its name from the Dutch thinker Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and from the abbreviation of European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students’, the Erasmus Program first started in 1987 as a part of Higher Education Mobility with the exchange of Students and Academic Member between member countries. Erasmus+ is an international education agreement that occurs with the participation of 33 countries. 27 of these countries are a member of the European Union. In addition to enhancing the quality of education, Erasmus+ also offers the opportunity to acquaint oneself with different cultures of Europe in their own native lands.


Istanbul University participated in the Erasmus Program in the academic year of 2003/04 with a pilot project and has been carrying out academic staff and student exchange at undergraduate and graduate levels since 2004/05 Academic Year.​ Istanbul University Erasmus Program is directed by the International Academic Relations Committee.

As a part of the academic staff and student exchange program, Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, aims to create an environment where researchers and educators with a wide spectrum of knowledge and a broad vision may prosper. Our graduate and postgraduate programs encompass the basic sciences, social sciences and the arts while our students and academic staff follow and question contemporary developments and are oriented towards the development of their research skills.




Faculty of Letters is the oldest of 16 faculties of Istanbul University, which is the oldest and one of the biggest educational institutions of Turkey. As a long-established institution, Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters consists of 39 diploma programs under 21 main departments. The most important factors that attract students looking to study in the fields of literature, languages, history, philosophy, geography and archaeology are the educational environment, the richness of the academic content and the competence of the teaching staff. Research-based and practical education is among the priorities of our faculty.




Our Faculty is based at Beyazıt Campus and also incorporates a rich faculty library containing Turkish and Western sources, libraries for Specialized Study, and the invaluable libraries of the Centre for Oriental Studies and Research and the Centre for Islamic Research. Erasmus Office of Faculty of Letters aims to conduct Teaching Staff and Student Exchange Programs.


Faculty of Letters has Erasmus+ agreements with nearly 20 different countries. Additionally, approximately 100 undergraduate and graduate students attend the Erasmus+ Exchange Program and 80 of them receive Erasmus grants. You can visit our Erasmus office for your applications and questions every day of the week except on official holidays.


Faculty of Letters Erasmus Office              

Contact for Incoming Students

E-Mail: vedat.edebiyat@gmail.com

Istanbul University Erasmus Office 

Contact for Incoming Students

E-Mail: mustafa.kaplan@istanbul.edu.tr 
Telephone: 0212 - 440 00 00 / 10272 


Visiting Days and Hours:                  

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 

10.00-12.00 / 13.30-15.30