UED - THE ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION COUNSELORS TURKEY


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ÄUED MEANS QUALITY

The history of UED dates back to 2001 when a group of 15 educational consultants in Turkey formed an independent, self-regulating group under the name "The Association of International Educational Counselors of Turkey", widely known as UED.

The members of UED are individual businesses whose role is to advise and counsel students who want to travel overseas to study at a language school, high school, university etc.

Over the five years, more and more professionals in the field who shared the same concepts and work ethics joined the association.Today UED has 38 members. UED is also seeking to increase the number of its members to include more members from different parts of the nation. The Assocaition wellcomes advising companies located in Turkey who meet and abide by strict quality standards outlined in its bylaws.

Whether you are interested in represantation in Turkey, promoting your programs or information about Turkish market, UED and UED Members are the right choice for your organization.

Today, Turkey is the one of the biggest countries in the world, in accordance with the students transmitted to foreign countries for education. For the future of this very important sector, UED will continue to mean quality advice and peace-of-mind for the students and their parents who deal with the businesses that display the UED mark.

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ÄTURKEY; AN EMERGING MARKET

Turkey has been more and more integrated in the global market in the last decade, culturally as well as economically. When taking into account the fact that more than 50 % of Turkey's population consists of people younger than 30, it comes easy to predict and actually observe the Turkish youth's demand for study abroad. Young people in Turkey at varying points on the age scala want to improve themselves by studying abroad in order to widen their horizons, realize the academic, cultural and eventually the economic progress in their lives.

Stable economic growth of Turkish economy, also encourages these young population. Turkey’s GDP growth rate for the first quarter of 2011 reached a record rate of 11 percent year-on-year.

This current state of Turkey and its young population undoubtedly makes Turkey a can't-miss market for recruiting students for universities and language schools from around the world.

Social&Economic Indicators

Total population: 73.950.000 (3^rd largest population in Europe after Russia and Germany)

Distribution of Population in accordance with Age Groups; %53 below 30

Gross Domestic Product so far in 2011: 1,116 trillion USD (15^th largest economy)

Expected Gross Domestic Product by the end of 2011: 1,210 trillion USD

Per Capita National Income: 13.464 USD

Growth Rate for 1^st Quarter of 2011: 11 %

Educational System

Language Education

There is a great necessity for Language Education;

Turkish Students' average scores;

77 TOEFL IBT-512 TOEFL Paper based & 5,88 IELTS

Private Language Courses are expensive;

Tuition for a 4 month English course in Turkey; 900 -1,700 USD

Higher Education

2 – Steps Central Examination for University Entrance.

Candidates have to reach minimum scores of the universities/facultis they choose

There is insufficient quota for students.

Total number of applications in 2010 : 1,512,519

Total quota for 4 year programmes: 360,968 (23,8%)

Total estimated quota for 2 and 4 year programmes for 2011: 900,000 (56,6%)

Tuitions for Private universities;

9000- 20,000 USD (School of medicine goes up to 26,000 USD)

Demand for Study abroad

More than 55,000 Students last year and still increasing

55% of them prefer language courses,

Mainly long term; av. 14,2 weeks

Turkey, is a member of NATO, a candidate country for European Union Membership and more importantly; is the only Muslim country with a secular and democratic government.

To learn more about our country please visit our Why Turkey pages

To learn more about Turkish students statistics please visit our Turkish Students Statistics pages

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