Who can apply, and how it is judged
Everything here is published before applications open and does not change during a cycle.
Who can apply
- ✓ You completed grade 12 at a school inside the Kurdistan Region.
- ✓ Your national exam average is 85% or above. Results still pending are accepted at application, but the certificate must follow within seven days of publication.
- ✓ You are beginning your first undergraduate degree in the 2026–2027 academic year.
- ✓ You do not already hold a full scholarship from another programme. A partial discount or a school award does not disqualify you.
- ✓ You can provide a national ID, residence confirmation and a judicial record certificate before the deadline.
How files are scored
Screening happens first and is pass or fail: without the documents and the 85% baseline, a file is closed before any committee member reads it. Everything that survives screening is scored out of 100.
Exam average, stream and consistency across the years.
Whether the proposal could actually start here, with what exists.
Clarity, motivation, and commitment to come back and work.
Documents
All four are required at screening. Request the judicial record certificate early — it can take up to two weeks, and a file missing it at the deadline is closed unread.
Dates for this cycle
The form opens after the eligibility check.
Nothing is accepted after this date, for any reason.
Documents and the 85% baseline are checked before any file is read.
Shortlisted candidates meet the committee, in person or online.
Every applicant hears back, including those who were not selected.
The committee is named publicly, along with what each member scores and when they must recuse themselves.
The committee