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SAKARYA UNIVERSITY

2020-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ADMISSION PRINCIPLES

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ADMISSION CALENDAR

Online Application 29 August-13 September 2020

Announcement of those admitted and in the Substitute Lists. 02 October 2020

Registration Dates 05-23 October 2020

Announcement of admitted students in the 1st substitute list 24 October 2020

Exact Registration of those in the 1st substitute list 26 October-13 November 2020

Announcement of admitted students in the 2nd substitute list 14 November 2020

Exact Registration of those in 2nd substitute list 16-27 November 2020

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1. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS (Presidency of Higher Educatıon Council regarding the

Internatıonal Student Admission Principles)

Who Can Apply

a) Provided that they are in the senior/last year of high school or graduate;

1) Applicants who have foreign nationality,

2) Turkish citizen by birth but permitted to be denationalized by the ministry of internal affairs (blue-card holders)

3) Those foreigners by birth but becoming Turkish citizens afterwards/ dual citizens under this

circumstance.

4) Students who hold the Turkish Citizenship and have started or completed secondary education in a foreign country (Apart from Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)) including the applicants who completed the secondary education in Turkish School opened by the Ministry of Education in a foreign country apart from TRNC.

Who Cannot Apply

1) Applicants who hold Turkish Citizenship and completed whole high school education in Turkey or TRNC.

2) Those who have the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus nationality.

3) Applicants who hold the double Citizenship but one of which is Citizenship gained by birth

which is defined in the article an act 2 (except ones who meet the conditions in the article 4)

4) Applicants who hold the Turkish Citizenship or double Citizenship first of which is Turkish Citizenship by birth as defined in the article an act 2 and received an education from secondary schools as a part of the embassies in Turkey or at foreign secondary schools in Turkey.

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2. DETERMINING THE QUOTAS

QUOTAS;

Higher Education Council Regarding the International Students Admission Principles as is due 2/b-c

A- General Principles are determined by the Senate Council and submitted to the approval of the

Higher Education Council. (Per the relevant article, the quotas cannot be exceeded 10% in the

departments of the Teaching, Law, Medicine and Dentistry For those who studied at abroad and hold

the double Turkish Citizenship and one of which is Turkish Citizenship or blue cardholders.

Sakarya University is free to fill the quotas.

3. ONLINE APPLICATION PROCEDURES

(1) Applications can be made through the Sakarya University website within the specified dates for

the related Academic Calendar.

(2) Applicants should fill up the required information and upload the relevant documents to the

system.

(3) Application documents must be in Turkish or English.

(4) Any application with missing or forged documents / information will not be evaluated.

(5) Students applying with high school grade need to upload a document proving their scores.

(6) The original versions of the uploaded documents must be submitted to enrolment office during

the final registration.

(7) Each applicant is eligible to make only one application and may select a maximum three

department or program. Applicants who make more than one application will not be taken into

consideration.

(8) It is strongly recommended that Candidates should examine the special conditions and

explanations of preferred programs which are clearly indicated on the quota table.

4. ENTRANCE POINT

The final score, out of 100, of each candidate is calculated using the percentages of the related exam

type . Please see Table 1/Table 2/Table3/Table 4/Table5.

Applicants who will apply to the Faculty of Education, Department of the English Language Teaching must have the exam results of CPE (C or above), CAE (A), TOEFL IBT (96 points or above) and PTE Academic (78 points or above). These are the pre-required scores for the department and do not affect the calculation of the registration points. The students having these scores will also be exempted from the English preparation class.

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A certificate with the status of the diploma and Matura are valid indefinitely as stated below list,

Exams that have the status of the University Entrance exam are valid for the two years.

100% of the points are counted for the exams stated in Table 1 and 2.

Table 1

Exam Accepted Exam Details

ACT ACT (American College Test) Exam

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at least to have in total (Science), (Mathematics) 27 points out of 36 For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 25 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 23 points For Associate Degree programs minimum 20 points

SAT 1 SAT 1

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry “Evidence-Based Reading and Writing” and “Math” for each test to have at least 640 points, For the Engineering-Architecture programs' minimum 560 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 480 points For Associate Degree programs minimum of 320 points

GCE (A LEVEL EXAM)

GCE (A LEVEL EXAM) (Application with expected results

cannot be accepted.)

At least to have A-Level in 3 subject which is related to the at least one applied program.

Table 2

Exam Accepted Exam Details

SAKARYA YOS

Sakarya University International Student Exam (SAKARYA YOS)

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 80 points, For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 70 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 60 points, For Associate Degree programs minimum 40 points

80% of the points are counted for the exams stated in Table 3

Table 3

Country Accepted Exam Details

Turkey The exams are to be held by other higher

education institution in Turkey.

The other Universities YOS exam results accepted by Sakarya University will be multiplied by 0.8 in placement procedure. For the departments, existing criteria’s of Sakarya YOS exam points

are valid.

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Table 4


Germany German Baccalaureate (ABITUR)

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry maximum of 2 points, For the Engineering-Architecture programs maximum 2,6 points, For the other undergraduate programs maximum 3,3 points, For the Associate Degree programs maximum of 4 points

Albania Central high school graduation exam

(Certificate of Maturity- Matura Shtetërore)

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 8 points out of 10, For the Engineering-Architecture program's minimum 7 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 6 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum 5 points

Austria Austria Matura Diploma (Matura Reifezeugnis)

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry maximum 1,8 points out of 5 For the Engineering-Architecture programs maximum 2,3 points, For the other undergraduate programs maximum 2,5 For F For the Associate Degree programs maximum 3 points

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan National University Test TQDK

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 550 out of 700 For the Engineering-Architecture program's minimum 450 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 350 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum of 300 points

Bosnia Herzegovina

Maturity Exam (Matura)

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 4 points out of 5 For the Engineering-Architecture program's minimum 3 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 2,5 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum 2 points

Brazil

University Entrance Exam Ceticadoda Conclusao de Segunto Grau /

Concurso Vestibular Secondary Education Conclusion

Certificate

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 8 points out of 10 For the Engineering-Architecture program's minimum 7 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 5 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum 4 points

ENEM/Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio High School National Exam

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum 80% Achievement For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 70% Achievement For the other undergraduate programs minimum 50% Achievement For the Associate Degree programs minimum 40% Achievement

Algeria Algeria Baccalaureate (Baccalaureate of

Secondary Education)

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 17 points out of 20 For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 13 points For the other undergraduate programs minimum 10 points For the Associate Degree programs minimum 8 points

Chad Chad Baccalaureate

(Chad Baccalaureate)


Ethiopia University Entrance Exam

Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination


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Indonesia Ujian Akhir Nasional (UAN)

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum 50/60 points, For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 45/60 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 40/60 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum 25/60 points

Indonesia Endonezya Surat Keterengan Hasil Ujian

Nasional (SKHUN) *

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 80 points out of 100 For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 70 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 60 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum 40 points,

Morocco

Morocco Baccalaureate (Morocco Baccalaureate)

French Baccalaureate

(French Baccalaureate)


Philippines

University Entrance Exam (National College Entrance Exam)

Philippine Education Placement Test (PEPT)


Palestine Secondary Graduation Exam

(Tawjihi)


France French Baccalaureate


Guinea Guinea Baccalaureate Guinea Baccalaureate


Georgia Georgia National Exam

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 400 points out of 500 For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 350 points For the other undergraduate programs minimum 250 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum of 200 points

India

Diploma Grade that is given after 12 years of high school education (Higher Secondary School Certificates - Indian School Certificate (ISC) / Intermediate Certificate / Higher School Certificate / Higher Secondary Certificate / All India

Senior School Certificate / Pre-University course - awarded on completion of

Standard XII)


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Iraq Iraq High School Diploma Degree

(Baccalaureate Iraq)


Iran KONKUR


Montenegro

Montenegro high school graduation exam

(Maturski ispit / Diploma o završenoj srednjoj školi)

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 4 points out of 5 For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 3.5 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 3 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum 2 points

Qatar Central High School Graduation Exam Al-Shahada-Al Thanawiyya Al-Amma

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum 80% Achievement, For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 70% Achievement, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 60% Achievement, For the Associate Degree programs minimum 40% Achievement

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan National Test

Kazakhstan National Test (ENT)


Kenya Kenya Certificate of Education

Kenya Certificate of Education (KCSE)

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum B+ Level, For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum B- Level, For the other undergraduate programs minimum C + Level For the Associate Degree programs minimum C- Level

Kyrgyzstan

National University Entrance

Examination (ORT)

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 200 points out of 250, For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 175 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 150 points For the Associate Degree programs minimum 100 points

Kosovo Kosovo Matura

MATURA


Libya Al-Shahada-Al Thanawiyya Exam


Macedonia Central High School Graduation Exam

(Matura)

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum 4/5 points, For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 3.5/5 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 3/5 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum 2/5 points

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Mauritania Mauritania Baccalaureate

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 16 points out of 20 For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 12 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 10 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum 6 points

Mongolia General State Examination

(KONKUR General State Examination)


Moldova Baccalaureate Exam


Niger

Niger Baccalaureate


Nigeria

West African Examinations Council

(WAEC) or West African Senior School Certificate

Examination (WASSCE

Minimum C5 Level from each of the six subjects.

Central Africa Central Africa Baccalaureate


Pakistan

(Higher Secondary Certificate -HSC -


Somali Somali High School Graduation Exam


Somali-land Somaliland High School Graduation Exam

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum A-Level, For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum B Level, For the other undergraduate programs minimum C Level, For the Associate Degree programs minimum D Level,

Sudan Sudan High School Graduation Exam


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Saudi Arabian

Central High School Graduation Exam (Tawjihi)


Kudrat Exam


Tanzania ACSEE

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum 9 points, For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 7 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 5 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum 4 points,

Tunisia (Baccalaureate of Secondary Education)


Ukraine ZNO- Ukrainian External Independent

Testing

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum of 160 out of 200 For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 140 points, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 120 points, For the Associate Degree programs minimum of 100 points,

Jordan Tawjihi


Yemen Central High School Graduation Exam


Greece Greece Baccalaureate



Graduation Grades Explanation

High School Graduation Grade

For the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry minimum 80% Achievement, For the Engineering-Architecture programs minimum 70% Achievement, For the other undergraduate programs minimum 60% Achievement, For the Associate Degree programs minimum 40% Achievement,

The High School Diploma of Afghanistan, Syria and Turkmenistan will not be accepted

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In case of the applications with the exams not listed above, the evaluation of the documents and categorization will be made by the International Student Center.

International Student Center can provide the students who apply only with a high school diploma

and cannot submit any other documents with the acceptance letter after the evaluation process

5. EVALUATION

The evaluation of the applications and the placement of the applicants are executed according to final score calculated according to the procedure explained above. Only those are included in evaluation procedure on the condition that they meet the minimum criteria required.

In case the placement scores are equal

- The priority is given to those born earlier,

- Then those last recently having a high school diploma.

Admitted students who have the right for the registration for related academic calendar are

announced on www.studyinsau.sakarya.edu.tr

Candidates who are eligible to register will be informed to obtain their Invitation Letter and Registration Dates. Candidates may get the related Invitation Letter on the application page. The

documents which are clearly indicated below must be submitted to the International Student Office to finalise the registration procedure. Those who are unable to complete the registration at specified dates can lose their given rights of registration. 6. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR REGISTRATION No other person than the applicant is eligible to make registration. (Those who will register with the warrant of attorney should make an apostille in their country or have certified in Turkish Consulate. Registration will not be made without confirmation of the warrant of the attorney.)

Those who are under the age of 18 are required to have a letter of consent to complete their registration.

(1) The original High School diploma and its translation approved by Turkish Representative Office.

(2) Those who hold the Turkish or dual nationality need to submit the documents to demonstrate that they have completed their high school education in a foreign country (i.e, not Northern Cyprus and Turkey)

(3) An equivalency letter from the ministry of education of Turkey or from Turkish Embassies which

certify that the diploma is equivalent to a Turkish High School Diploma.

(4) Certified Turkish translation of an official transcript of high school courses and grades sealed and

approved by Turkish Embassies or consulates.

(5) – Applicants who apply and admitted with SAT results need to direct their result from College

Board until the registration; otherwise, they will be asked to confirm the results of the exam at the

SAT College Board official website with their usernames and password during registration,

Candidates who fail to confirm their scores online, their application is not taken into consideration.

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-Applicants who apply and admitted with ACT results need to confirm the results of the exam at the

ACT official website during the registration. Candidates who are unable to do so will be denied of

registration rights.

-Those who apply and admitted with the “GCE A Level Predicted Results” should submit the

approved A Level Certificate. Besides, the grades declared by the candidates in the application

process must be identical. Otherwise, the registration rights of the related candidate’s will be

cancelled.

- Those applied with the accredited YOS exams must provide the verification codes. If the verification

pages are not available or active for confirmation on the registration dates, these candidates will be

denied registration rights.

- Applicants who apply and admitted with WAEC exam result must keep the exam entrance card for

the verifying their results.

-It is required to be approved by the Turkish embassy or consulate for all graduation and test results

without a verification system,

(6) Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate (From TOMER Centers of the Universities or Yunus Emre

Institutes) documents with no exam result verification pages will not be accepted.

(7) International students are required to hold the official residence permit.

* The day of the entry to the country will be checked and students who exceed the visa exemption time will not be able to register. *Visa exemption periods are different for each country. * Students can learn the visa exemption periods by applying to the Consulates of the countries, checking through the Internet or Provincial migration administration offices.

(8) A copy of the Blue Card for Blue Card holders must be provided.

(9) A copy of Certificate of Identity Register for the students who hold dual Citizenship must be

provided. (can be requested from civil registry offices).

(10) Six pieces 4.5x6 cm size passport photo.

(11) Applicants who will apply and be admitted to the Faculty of Education, Department of English

Language Teaching program will be asked to verify their Foreign Language Certificate.

(12) Candidates who are admitted to Nursery and Midwifery Departments of the Faculty of Health

Sciences and Faculty of Medicine must get a dossier report from a University-approved and/or full-

fledged official hospitals verifying that they do not have any physical and mental disabilities that will

prevent them from carrying out this profession during and after the training.

(13) Bank receipt of the paid semester tuition fee must be provided (Tuition fees are paid to the

Bank on campus just before the registration with a number taken from the student affairs.)

*If any forged documents are detected during the registration or even the final term of their

education by the registration office, candidates and registered students` rights will be cancelled

totally.

For the candidates who are eligible to register in the substitute list and submitted the Turkish

Proficiency Certificate after the start of education period, the decision to let them begin the course

will be made by the Dean`s Office.

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7. TURKISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LEVEL

(1) Turkish Proficiency Level;

C1 Level:

• Turkish is satisfying. He/she may start his/her education at Sakarya University.

B2 Level:

• Turkish Language Proficiency Level can be improved in a short time. The student may start

his/her education at the department. However, he/she has to provide his/her C1 Turkish

Language Proficiency document by the graduation through attending Turkish courses given

by Sakarya TOMER.

B1- A2-A1 Level:

• Turkish Language level is insufficient. Students will have 2 more years (1+1) to get B2

certificate at least. (For those who cannot improve their Turkish Language level at the end of

the additional first year, one more year is given as additional time. However, this additional

time is counted from the education and training period in terms of tuition fees to be paid.)

At the end of this 2-year period, those who fail to submit the Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate

will be expelled from the University.

(2) Students who want to start their education are required to submit the Turkish Language

Proficiency Certificate within the registration dates specified in the International Student Academic

Calendar. Those who are unable to submit the Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate need to

attend Turkish Language Proficiency Exam, which is held by Sakarya TOMER to determine their

Turkish Language Proficiency Level.

The certificates of Turkish Language Proficiency obtained from TOMER and/or Yunus Emre Institute

are valid for two years.

TOMER Certificates from certified national universities, Yunus Emre Institutes, Kyrgyzstan

Manas Public University, University of Ahmed Yesevi may be provided to International

Student Office of Sakarya University

TOMER Certificates must be taken within the two years as of the date of the register at University.

For the candidates completed the last two years of secondary education in Turkish Schools

associated with the Ministry of National Education, Turkish Language Proficiency level is

considered to be sufficient

Turkish Language Proficiency Level is considered to be sufficient if the students are received

Turkish Language course in Maarif Foundation Secondary Schools and demonstrate that he/

she is achieved at Turkish Language Proficiency B2 or C1 Level in the transcript.

(3) Students who have started at secondary school in a foreign country but completed in Turkish

Schools need to submit the (TOMER) Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate.

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(4) The relevant Dean`s offices will decide on the suitability of the students to start their education

at the beginning of the spring semester who submit the Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate.

8. FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LEVEL

(English-German-Arabic)

For programs that teach partial or full foreign languages;

Regulation principles regarding the Foreign Language Teaching in Higher Education Institution

Sakarya University exam regulation of 24. Article regarding the Associate Degree and

Undergraduate education

Sakarya University Foreign Language Preparatory classes’ education and exam prescripts;

are applied.

The Preparation class is determined as two years according to regulation Law numbered 6569. All preparatory education (Turkish and English/Germany/Arabic) must be completed within a set of a period. Those who are unable to do so can be expelled from University.

9. RESPONSIBILITIES OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Those who come to study or currently are studying in Turkey as an international student;

(1) Must obtain the necessary documents (Foreign İdentification Number etc.)

(2) Must receive a residence permit from Sakarya Governorship Provincial Directorate of Migration

Management. (within one month after the entrance with student visa).

(3) Are obliged to submit Student Certificate to the Provincial Directorate of Migration

Management every year based on the residence permit that is taken from Provincial Directorate of

Migration Management during the study,

(4) Must notify the Provincial Directorate of Migration Management within the legally required

time period regarding their Educational Status (Change the Faculty, Department, etc.),

(5) Must notify the Directorate of Student Affairs within 10 days about the changes of personal

details, (marital status etc.).

(6) Those who wish to extend their residence permit during their education, they must certify to

Provincial Directorate of Immigration Office that they continue their education 60 days before the

end of the written period of permit of residence or within 10 days after the legal date on condition

that they still continue their education.

(7) Those who lost their residence permit or passport documents must apply to official bureaus

within 10 days to renew them.

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(8) Those who change telephone number, residential address or educational institution are obliged

to report to local Provincial Directorate of Immigration offices (both the one that they moved and

the one they left). within the 20 working days.

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