For Turkish Students
Entering the first cycle degree and short cycle degree programs in Turkish higher education
institutions is through central placement and aptitude test. Central placement is held by
the Student Selection and Placement Centre (ÖSYM). The exam (placement) consists of two
stages. The first stage is the Higher Education Entrance Exam (YGS), and the second stage is
the Undergraduate Placement Exam (LYS). Students who get 140 over 500 points in YGS can
enter only short cycle degree programs or Open Education Faculty of Economics and Business
Administration. If they score over 180 points, they can sit LYS, the second exam. LYS
consists of Maths, Science, Foreign Language, Social Sciences, and Literature-Geography
tests. Students take only the relevant tests based on their desired field of study. Students
who receive 180 over 500 points can make their choices of first cycle programs based on
their type of test score. The placement into the first cycle degree programs is based on the
scores students obtain from YGS and LYS and their grade point average of secondary education
(high school in Turkish Education System), which is made centrally by ÖSYM using a
computerized process.
Anadolu University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Faculty of Education-Program in Art Teacher
Training, School of Civil Aviation-Programs in Flight Training and Air Traffic
Control, School of Physical Education and Sports- Programs in Physical Education and Sports
Teaching and Coach Training in Sports, School for the Handicapped-
Programs in Graphic Arts and Ceramics, State Conservatory accept students through the scores
obtained from aptitude tests administered by each program and
determined by the relevant Executive Boards and endorsed by Anadolu University Executive
Board. Students applying to these programs need to present a YGS score of
140 or above in order to be eligible to take the aptitude tests.
In Anadolu University, students of Faculty of Fine Arts, Faculty of Education-Program in Art
Teacher Training, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics -Program in Air Traffic Control,
Faculty of Sport Sciences- Programs in Physical Education and Sports Teaching and Coach
Training in Sports, School for the Handicapped- Programs in Graphic Arts and Ceramics, State
Conservatory are accepted through the scores obtained from aptitude tests administered by
each program that are determined by the relevant administrative board and then approved by
the Anadolu University’s Executive Board. Students wishing to apply for these programs need
to present any YGS test score of 140 points or above in order to be eligible to take the
aptitude tests. The minimum score for entering the School for the Handicapped is 100
points.
Students who are placed in a program must enroll on specific dates announced by ÖSYM every
year.
For foreign students
Previously administered test, Foreign National Student Exam, by National Student Selection
and Placement Centre is discontinued as of 2010-2011. However, at Anadolu University, in
accordance with the regulations and rules set by the Council of Higher Education, AYÖS
(Anadolu Üniversitesi Yurt Dışı Öğrenci Giriş Sınavı) is given. Based on the score obtained
from this exam and SAT 1, GCE, IB, ABITUR, etc., the applications of
a) foreign nationals, and
b) nationals of the Turkish Republic or the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus who have
completed their entire high school education abroad, excluding the Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus,
are evaluated and those students are placed according to their choices within the announced
quota in Anadolu University programs.
Requirements for application:
A) The applications of senior students in high schools or high school graduates who
1. are foreign nationals,
2. are Turkish citizens by birth, but obtained Turkish citizenship renunciation permit
later; and their
under-age children who are registered in their Turkish citizenship renunciation certificate
and who
certify that they have the document on the Exercise of the Rights Recognized in accordance
with the
Turkish Citizenship Law [In article 7 of the Turkish Citizenship Law, No: 5091, it is stated
that “A
child born to a Turkish mother or through a Turkish father within the unity of marriage
either in Turkey
or abroad is a Turkish citizen.”, and thus, applicants from abroad are advised to examine
the Turkish
Citizenship Law, No: 5091],
3. were foreign nationals, but later acquired the citizenship of the Turkish Republic/dual
citizenship
as in this case,
4. (i) are Turkish nationals, and continued the last three years of their high school
education abroad
in a country other than the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus before February 1, 2013
(including those
who completed their entire high school education in Turkish schools founded by the Ministry
of National
Education in a country other than the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus),
(ii) started their high school education after February 1, 2013 and completed all of it in a
foreign
country other than the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (including those who completed
their entire
high school education in Turkish schools founded by the Ministry of National Education in a
country
other than the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus),
5. are the nationals of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, reside in the Turkish
Republic of
Northern Cyprus, and completed their high school education in the Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus
with a GCE AL exam score; and the ones who enrolled and received education between 2005-2010
in private
and state high schools in the other countries with a GCE AL score or prospective holders of
that score
as in this case.
B) The applications of those whose qualifications are listed below are not accepted:
1. Turkish nationals who completed their entire high school education in Turkey or the
Turkish Republic
of Northern Cyprus,
2. The nationals of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (excluding those who completed
their entire
high school education in the high schools of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus with a
GCE AL
score; and the ones who enrolled and received education between 2005-2010 in private and
state high
schools in the other countries with a GCE AL score or prospective holders of that score as
in this
case),
3. Dual citizens who were previously Turkish nationals by birth as defined in subparagraph
(2) of
article (A) (excluding those who completed their entire high school education in a foreign
country other
than the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus/those who completed their entire high school
education in a
Turkish school in a foreign country),
4. Dual citizens one of whose citizenships is the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
(excluding those
who completed their entire high school education in the high schools of the Turkish Republic
of Northern
Cyprus with a GCE AL score; and the ones who enrolled and received education between
2005-2010 in
private and state high schools in the other countries with a GCE AL score or prospective
holders of that
score as in this case),
5. Turkish nationals who study in the schools that are in the body of an embassy in Turkey
or in foreign
high schools in Turkey, or dual citizens whose first citizenship was the Turkish Republic by
birth as
described in subparagraph (2) of item (A).