2017-2018 Spring Term Graduate School Admissions

2017-2018 SPRING TERM GRADUATE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS

 

Students who have been successful in the entrance exams are given below. The registrations are going to be done at our Institute between 24-26 January 2018. 

 

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REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

 

1. DIPLOMA

-For Master's applications, the original Bachelor’s degree diploma is required. 

 

-For Ph.D. admissions, the original Master's degree diploma. The Bachelor's degree diploma is also required for out-field admissions.

 

-Candidates who have graduated from a university abroad must have a university recognition letter given by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK). 

 

2. TRANSCRIPT

-The original transcript.

 

           

3. ALES (or GRE)

-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.

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

 

ALES (Quantitative)	GRE (Quantitative)
55	149

 

           

 

4. ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

 

                  Doctoral Degree Applications:

 

-In order for a candidate to prove their English proficiency for a Turkish-medium (or 30% English-medium) program, they must have a minimum 55 of central YDS (Foreign Language Exam) or an international equivalence which is accepted by ÖSYM. For fully English programs, candidates must have minimum 60 YDS.

 

 

Turkish-Medium (or 30% English-Medium) Programs:

 

YDS	YÖKDİL	TOEFL-IBT	CAE	CPE	PEARSON PTE Academic
55	55	66	C	C	50

 

 

English-Medium Programs:

 

YDS	YÖKDİL	TOEFL-IBT	CAE	CPE	PEARSON PTE Academic
60	60	72	C	C	55

 

- Yildiz-SEM's proficiency test is not accepted for Ph.D. applications.

 

 

 

 

 

                  Master's Degree Applications:

 

In order for a candidate to prove their English proficiency one of the conditions below must be met:

 

 

Turkish-Medium (or 30% English-Medium) Programs:

 

YDS	YÖKDİL	TOEFL-IBT	CAE	CPE	PEARSON PTE Academic	YTU-SEM English Proficiency
50	50	60	C	C	45	60

 

 

English-Medium Programs:

 

YDS	YÖKDİL	TOEFL-IBT	CAE	CPE	PEARSON PTE Academic
55	55	66	C	C	50

 

 

 

 

-for English-medium Master's degree programs, Yıldız-SEM English Proficiency certificate is not valid.

 

 

5. TURKISH PROFICIENCY

 

- International students are required to submit a Turkish proficiency certificate when applying to graduate programs. The level of the certificate must be minimum C1 and be given by a language center of one of the state universities in Turkey or by a Yunus Emre Institute.

 

- International students who will be accepted to an English-medium program are required to submit a minimum (B1) level Turkish proficiency certificate during their study. 

Period of validity of the scores:

 

-Yildiz Sem Certificate is valid for 3 (three) years. 

 

-KPDS, ÜDS, YDS, e-YDS test scores are valid for 5 years starting from the test date.

 

-According to the announcement of the OSYM on February 14, 2014, an IELTS score taken after March 14, 2014, is not accepted. 

 

 

 

6. PHOTOGRAPH

One headshot photograph is required.