Announcement: Exemption Exam for the Basic Foreign Language (English I and English II) Courses for Students Enrolled After 20 September 2026

An exemption exam for the Basic English courses will be held for undergraduate and associate degree students who enrolled at our University after 20 September 2026 during the 2026–2027 academic year.

To avoid any problems regarding the examination, students are advised to read the following instructions carefully before applying.

1. The exemption exam will be held on Thursday, 5 November 2026, at 13:30 in examination rooms designated within the buildings of the faculties, schools, or vocational schools where students are enrolled.

2. The exam will be conducted face-to-face under online proctoring.

3. Students wishing to take the exam must apply using the application link provided at the bottom of this announcement. The application deadline is Sunday, 1 November 2026, at 23:00.

4. Students who enrolled for the first time during this academic year but whose curricula do not include English I and English II in the current semester, and who will take these courses in later semesters, must also apply for the exemption exam this year. (Students who enrolled this year in the Preparatory Class of the Faculty of Theology and first-year students at Vocational Schools are required to apply for the exemption exam this year.)

5. The examination rooms for applicants will be announced by their respective academic units. Students must bring valid identification documents for verification before and/or during the exam.

6. The exam consists of 25 questions.

7. The examination duration is 30 minutes from the moment the student begins the exam.

8. There will be no make-up examination under any circumstances. Students are therefore responsible for taking the necessary precautions to ensure that they can participate in the exam without any problems.

9. Students who score 50 or above will be exempt from English I and English II. Their letter grades will be determined according to the scores obtained in the exemption exam.

10. Students who do not meet the eligibility criteria specified at the beginning of this announcement and those whose enrollment year is earlier than the 2026–2027 academic year are strictly ineligible to take this exam. Even if such students take the exam, their results will be considered invalid if they are found not to meet the application requirements.

Students who have obtained a score of at least 50 on the Foreign Language Proficiency Exam (YDS) or the Higher Education Institutions Foreign Language Exam (YÖKDİL), administered by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), or an equivalent score on examinations listed in ÖSYM’s current equivalency guidelines, may be exempted from the compulsory common foreign language courses by their respective academic units. These exemptions will not be included in the calculation of their cumulative grade point averages.

Students who have successfully completed compulsory common foreign language courses at another higher education institution, or who have attended a foreign language preparatory program and successfully completed at least the CEFR A2 level, may also be exempted from the compulsory common foreign language courses by their respective academic units.

We wish all our students success in the examination.