REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR REGISTRATION

 

DIPLOMA

. The original Bachelor’s/Master's degree diploma and one copy of it. 

. In order for doctoral program applications to be evaluated as similar department application, the original Bachelor’s and Master’s degree diplomas and a copy of each are required (if the Master’s degree program that has been graduated from is in the same field as the doctoral program that the candidate would like to apply to, they do not have to bring the Bachelor’s degree diploma, nor its copy).

. Candidates who are registered to another university can apply with an approved copy of their diploma, which will be given by that university.

.Candidates graduated from a university outside Turkey must have their diploma equivalence by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK).

 

TRANSCRIPT

. The original transcript and a copy of it.

. When the GPAs of the candidates who have not graduated yet is calculated, the latest GPA will be used.

YOK (Higher Education Council) conversion system will be used to convert the 100 point system GPA to 4 point system GPA.

 

ALES or ITS EQUIVALENCE

Candidates who will apply to Master’s and Doctoral degree programs with thesis must have a minimum 55 of the related score type; or they must have an equivalent to the score of an exam which is accepted by the Senate.

Candidates who will apply to non-thesis programs must have an ALES document.

An ALES or its equivalence exam score is valid for three years starting from the date the exam was taken.

 

The equivalences of an ALES score are stated below.

ALES (Quantitative – Verbal – Equally Weighted )	GRE (Quantitatıve)		GMAT
	Old	New
55	610	149	450

 

  Any graduate program applications of candidates who do not have the minimum ALES (or an equivalence) score will not be accepted.

 

 

 

 

 

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

Doctoral Degree Applications:

In order for a candidate to prove their English proficiency, they must have a minimum 55 of central YDS (Foreign Language Exam) or an international equivalence which is accepted by ÖSYM.

Master’s Degree Applications:

In order for a candidate to prove their English proficiency,

. they must have a minimum 50 of central YDS (Foreign Language Exam), or an equivalence which is accepted by Interuniversity Council, or a minimum 50 of YDS equivalence which is determined by the ÖSYM and approved by the Turkish Higher Education Council (YÖK);

. for Turkish master’s degree programs, they must have a minimum 60 of one of the exams done by the Yildiz Technical University Foreign Languages Academy or Yildiz Technical University Continuing Education and Research and Application Centre (Yildiz SEM);

. for Turkish non-thesis Master’s degree programs, English proficiency is not required;

. for English non-thesis Master’s degree programs,  they must have a minimum 50 of central YDS (Foreign Language Exam), or an equivalence which is accepted by Interuniversity Council, or a minimum 50 of YDS equivalence which is determined by the ÖSYM and approved by the Turkish Higher Education Council (YÖK).

 

TOMER CERTIFICATE

 

An international candidate must also prove their Turkish proficiency if they are applying to a Turkish program. They must have a minimum of C1 TÖMER certificate.

 

 

A language proficiency score is valid for three years starting from the date the exam was taken.

The original foreign language certificate must be submitted; however, only the copy of it that you will bring with you will be given to the institute.

 

PHOTOGRAPH

One head shot photograph is required.