Conditions for Lateral Transfer

Horizontal Transfer Conditions

Scholarship Opportunities for Bachelor’s Degree Incoming External Transfer Students:

  • 25% discount is offered for Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, and 50% discount is offered for other departments.

Scholarship Opportunities for Associate Degree Incoming External Transfer Students:

  • 50% discount is offered for all departments.

For external transfers, the announced tuition fees are valid for the relevant academic year.

Application Conditions (Domestic and International)

A) Change of Major with CASP (Centre for Assessment, Selection and Placement) Results
Students from other institutions (Change of University – CoU students), international students (International Transfer Students placed by CASP), and students transferring within the same institution (Change of Major – CoM students) may transfer to:

Associate Degree programmes as 1st and 2nd-year students, or

Bachelor’s Degree programmes as 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th-year students.


Application:

Central Placement (CASP) Examination score of the students must be equal to or higher than the required minimum score of the programme for the year students take the Central Placement Exam.
Depending on the year of student’s CASP (ÖSYM) result, if the minimum required score of the department for that year is equal to or lower than the student’s score, they may apply for admission. Those who are placed through Vertical Transfer Examination can only apply for the programmes they can be admitted based on their Associate Degree programmes specified in the VTE (DGS) Guidebook of the relevant year, and on their VTE (DGS – Vertical Transfer Examination) scores.

You can access the minimum scores by year following the links below:

  1. Application Form
  2. Transcript of Records which shows the courses taken by the students and the grades received (It must be submitted in a sealed envelope.)
  3. Syllabus (A list of courses for 8 terms for Bachelor’s Degree and 4 terms for Associate Degree)
  4. Course contents (The document, certified by Notary Public or the Institution, which shows the courses passed up to the term completed.)
  5. Disciplinary Status Report (Unnecessary if specified on the transcript)
  6. CASP (ÖSYM) document pertaining to the year of enrolment at the institution proving the student’s placement.
  7. CASP (ÖSYM) document pertaining to the year of enrolment at the institution showing all the scores the student has received.
  8. Statement of Student Status (up-to-date)
  9. If the student has received education in any other higher education institution, certified transcript of records issued by the relevant institution.
  10. A document from the current higher education institution which shows that the student has never benefited from the Horizontal Transfer opportunity under Additional Clause 1 (based on the score of Central Placement Exam).

Additional Clause 1 Quotas for the Fall Term of the 2022-2023 Academic Year

For Undergraduate quotas, click here (Admission through CASP).

For Undergraduate quotas, click here (Admission through VTE).

For Associate Degree quotas, click here

The Fall Term of the 2022-2023 Academic Year - Applications for Change of Major under Additional Clause 1

Incoming or outgoing students who will apply for a change of major under Additional Clause 1 for Fall Term of the 2022-2023 Academic Year can make their applications online until 23:59 on 15 August 2022.

APPLICATION AND ASSESSMENT CALENDAR FOR EXTERNAL TRANSFER THROUGH GPA 
FALL TERM OF THE 2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR
APPLICATION START DATEAPPLICATION END DATEASSESSMENT START DATEASSESSMENT END DATEANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULTSREGISTRATION START DATEREGISTRATION END DATESTART DATE OF REGISTRATION FOR WAITLISTED CANDIDATESEND DATE OF REGISTRATION FOR WAITLISTED CANDIDATES
18 July 202212 August 202215 August 202115 August 202116 August 202217 August 202218 August 202224 August 202224 August 2022

B) Change of Major with GPA

* CoU (Change of University) students, International Transfer Students, and CoM (Change of Major) students may transfer to:


a) Associate degree programmes in the 2nd and 3rd terms, or


b) Bachelor’s degree programmes as 2nd and 3rd-year students (for the Fall Term only).
*CoU transfer students must have a minimum GPA of 60 out of 100 (2.29/4) for the terms completed in the programme of study.


*Students with disciplinary records are not eligible for transfer.


*Associate Degree students who wish to transfer from Evening Education to Daytime Education (morning or afternoon shift) are required to have no failed courses up to their current year, and to place in the upper 10%.


*There are no conditions for associate degree students who wish to transfer from daytime shift to evening shift of the same programme.


*All the change of major procedures are carried out according to the “Regulations on the Provisions of Transfer between Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programmes in Higher Education Institutions” and the decisions of Council of Higher Education (CoHE).

  1. Transcript of Records which shows the courses taken by the students and the grades received (It must be submitted in a sealed envelope.)
  2. Course Plan (A list of courses for 8 terms for bachelor’s degree and 4 terms for associate degree programmes)
  3. Course contents (The document, certified by a notary public or the Institution, which shows the courses passed up to the term completed)
  4. Disciplinary Status Report (Unnecessary if specified on the transcript)
  5. CASP (ÖSYM) document pertaining to the year of enrolment at the institution proving the student’s placement
  6. CASP (ÖSYM) document pertaining to the year of enrolment at the institution showing all the scores the student has received
  7. Statement of Student Status (up-to-date)
  8. If the student has received education in any other higher education institution, certified transcript of records issued by the relevant institution
  9. A document from the current higher education institution which shows that the student has never benefited from a change of major programme under Additional Clause 1 (based on the score of Central Placement Exam)
Click to see the quota for associate degree external transfer through GPA for the fall term of 2022-2023 academic year.
Click to see the quota for bachelor’s degree external transfer through GPA for the fall term of 2021-2022 academic year.
For Fall and Spring Terms Undergraduate Degree Quotas for Change of Major,  click here.
For Fall and Spring Terms Associate Degree Quotas for Change of Major, click here.

 

You can create a new account via the following link for Change of Major (Internal and External Transfer) Application for the Fall Term of the 2022-2023 Academic Year, and can complete your application through the account you have created.

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