Application Conditions

Admissions of international students interested in studying an associate or undergraduate degree program at our university are subject to the quotas and scoring requirements set by the University Senate.    

The minimum GPA from high school or its equivalent for application is 80/100 for the medical faculty and 60/100 for other departments/programs.

Applicants can submit their applications with their diplomas from the high school or an equivalent school that they graduated and with the type of diploma/exit exam/university entrance exam score statement listed in the table below if they have already earned their degree. Those who have yet to earn their degree can submit their applications with the relevant statement of their educational status.

Of the applicants who do not hold the type of diploma/exit exam/university entrance exam score statement, those that have already earned their degree can submit their applications with their high-school diploma or an equivalent diploma stating their grade point average.

The below-mentioned criteria are cited from the regulations of the Council of Higher Education.

Eligibility for application:

On condition of studying the senior year at high school or having already graduated;

1. Those of foreign nationality,
2. Those of Turkish nationality by birth who were granted the permission to renounce their Turkish citizenship, and those who document that their minor children registered on the statement of Turkish citizenship renouncement hold the Statement on Enjoying the Rights Granted as per the Turkish Citizenship Law,  (Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901 Article 7 states, “(1) 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.” It is therefore recommended that international applicants should check out the Turkish Citizenship Law.)
3. Those who obtain Turkish citizenship by renouncing their foreign nationality / such individuals with dual citizenship:

a) Of students of Turkish nationality who studied secondary school abroad before 01/02/2013, those who completed the last three years of their secondary education (high school) in a foreign country other than the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (including those completing their whole secondary education (high school) at Turkish schools administered by the Ministry of National Education in a foreign country other than the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus),

b) Of students who started secondary school abroad after 01/02/2013, those who completed their whole secondary education (high school) in a foreign country other than the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (including those completing the whole secondary education (high school) at Turkish schools administered by the Ministry of National Education in a foreign country other than the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus),

1. Those with TRNC citizenship who reside in the TRNC and have completed secondary education (high school) in the TRNC and hold an GCE AL exam score, as well as those who have enrolled in private high schools and high schools in other countries between 2005-2010 and who do or will hold an GCE AL exam score after completing their education at these schools are eligible to apply for quotas opened for international admissions.

Ineligibility for application:

1. Those of Turkish nationality who completed the whole secondary education (high school) in Turkey or the TRNC,
2. Those with TRNC citizenship (excluding students who completed the whole secondary education (high school) at high schools administered by the TRNC and hold an GCE AL exam score, as well as others who have enrolled in private high schools and high schools in other countries between 2005-2010 and who do or will hold an GCE AL exam score after completing their education at these schools),
3. Those with dual nationality who are primarily of Turkish nationality by birth as described in the subparagraph 2 of the paragraph a (excluding individuals meeting the criteria mentioned in the subparagraph 4 of the paragraph a),
4. Dual citizens with TRNC citizenship (excluding students who completed the whole secondary education (high school) at high schools administered by the TRNC and hold an GCE AL exam score, as well as others who have enrolled in private high schools and high schools in other countries between 2005-2010 and who do or will hold an GCE AL exam score after completing their education at these schools),
5. Dual citizens of Turkish nationality or primarily of Turkish nationality by birth as described in the subparagraph 2 of the paragraph a who are studying at schools affiliated to embassies in Turkey and foreign high schools located in Turkey.