Vehbi Koç Foundation’s Koç Schools, one of Turkey’s private educational institutions, has announced the new registration fees for the 2025-2026 academic year. The prices specified in the published price list were significantly higher than expected, especially at the nursery and 1st-grade levels, causing a buzz on social media platforms.
FEES APPROACH 2 MILLION
According to the newly announced fees, the installment registration fee for nursery and 1st grade at Koç Schools was set at 1,702,800 Turkish Liras. The fee set for middle school education is 1,470,600 Turkish Liras, and for high school, it reached 1,625,400 Turkish Liras.
Koç Schools’ new educational fees for the 2025-2026 academic year are as follows:
Nursery Education Fee:
- Installment: 1,702,800 TL
- Upfront: 1,617,660 TL
1st Grade:
- Installment: 1,702,800 TL
- Upfront: 1,617,660 TL
2nd Grade:
- Installment: 1,018,150 TL
- Upfront: 967,243 TL
3rd Grade:
- Installment: 817,800 TL
- Upfront: 776,910 TL
4th Grade:
- Installment: 612,200 TL
- Upfront: 581,590 TL
5th Grade:
- Installment: 1,470,600 TL
- Upfront: 1,397,070 TL
6th Grade:
- Installment: 1,470,600 TL
- Upfront: 1,397,070 TL
7th Grade:
- Installment: 980,550 TL
- Upfront: 931,522 TL
No official statement has been made by Koç Schools regarding the increase in registration fees so far.
PRICES IN COMPETITION WITH THE WORLD’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES
Following these remarkable fee increases at Koç Schools, the registration fees for the 2025-2026 academic year at the world’s leading universities are as follows:
Harvard University (USA)
- Fee: 57,328 dollars (for full-time undergraduate students)
- In Turkish Lira: 2,240,000 TL
Stanford University (USA)
- Fee: 67,731 dollars (for full-time undergraduate students)
- In Turkish Lira: 2,645,000 TL
University of Oxford (UK)
- Fee: 35,260 – 59,260 pounds (for international students)
- In Turkish Lira: 1,859,000 TL – 3,125,000 TL
University of Cambridge (UK)
- Fee: 24,507 – 63,990 pounds (for international students)
- In Turkish Lira: 1,292,000 TL – 3,379,000 TL
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Switzerland)
- Fee: 2,190 Swiss Francs (for international students, post-2025)
- In Turkish Lira: 103,000 TL
