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Transfer Conditions / 2008 - 2009 Fall Minor Programs Admission Rules for Prospective Students Students From Republic of Turkey And TRNC International Students

Transfer Conditions / 2008 - 2009 Fall

 TRANSFER QUOTAS

 A) GENERAL QUOTA

General quota is for successful students from both METU and other universities. Their current program and the program they apply must be equivalent. This quota includes all students fulfilling the criteria and whose nationality are Turkish (TR) or Turkish Cypriot (TRNC).

B) METU SPECIAL QUOTA

This quota is for METU students who cannot apply for General Quota due to academic insufficiency and/or disability to fulfill the requirements of the program. The purpose of this quota is to allow students already enrolled to a program in METU to change their area of study in case that they find out the program they are in, is not suitable to their abilities.

 A) REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL QUOTA

  Students applying for General Quota must:  

• Be registered as a student in an equivalent Higher Education Institution,
• Have completed at least two semesters (excluding Prep. School) in their current program,
• Fulfill the minimum ÖSS score criteria required and announced by the related program,
• Have satisfactorily completed all the courses belonging to the present and past  semesters of their current program (For METU, minimum DD from credit courses, and S from non-credit courses is obligatory. Those who have not taken all offered courses, and those who have failed from anyone of the courses (For METU, FF, FD, NA, U, I, W) will not be allowed to apply.
• Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 out of 4.00, or 70 out of 100.
• Fulfill   other criteria of the relevant department such as interview, portfolio, etc… 

 CONDITIONS OF OSS AND EQUIVALENT EXAM SCORES 

• Students who hold TR or TRNC nationality have to apply with their OSS scores.
• The score type of ÖSS which will be taken into account in transfer is the score type of the program to which the student applies. Therefore, during the evaluation, among the ÖSS score types of the applicant which he/she took during the entrance to the university, the relevant one is taken into account.
• International students (applying to METU General Quota) from Higher Education Institutions in Turkey must submit their exam results (YÖS, TCS, SAT, etc…) which they used in entrance to their current universities.

B) REQUIREMENTS FOR METU SPECIAL QUOTA

 Students applying for METU Special Quota must fullfill the following :  

• The exam score of the applicant (ÖSS, YÖS, TCS) in the year which he/she registred to the current program must be higher than the minimum General Quota score of that department being applied corresponding to that particular year,.
• The student must be registered in an undergraduate program in METU, and must not be in “Dismiss” status (whatever the reason be) when applying,
• The student must have completed at least two semester in undergraduate program(excluding prep school),
• The student must have satisfactorily completed all the credited courses of the program he/she is currently enrolled(at least DD or higher).
• The student must have a CGPA of  1.25/ 4.00 or higher ,
• Fulfill other criteria of the relevant department applied such as interview, portfolio, etc… (Some departments might have extra criteria for application)
• Students who apply to Teaching English as a foreign Language must have got minimum BB from ENGL-101 and ENGL- 102 courses.
• Students who apply to Business Administration must have got minimum CC from ENGL- 101 and ENGL-102 courses.

Students apply for METU International Students Special Quota from Abroad must:  

This is for successful international students (those whose nationality is not TR and/or TRNC) studying in an equivalent higher education institution and program in a foreign country. This quota includes international students who do not have exam results such as YÖS, TCS, etc… which are necessary for General Quota.

• Be registered as a student in an equivalent Higher Education Institution during the application.
• Have completed at least two in their current undergraduate program
• Have satisfactorily completed all the courses taken in the current program.
• Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 out of 4 (or its equivalent if the grading system is different)
• Fulfill the other criteria of the relevant department such as interview, portfolio, etc… (Some departments have extra criteria for application)

(Quota for this category is not available fort his semester)

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 REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR APPLICATION

Required documents must be submitted until the mentioned deadline. Lacking and late documents are not evaluated. 

i. Transcript: The official document which shows all the courses and grades taken in the previous institution. (Copy is not accepted)

ii. The Exam Result Certificate which the student submitted during the entrance to the university. (*)

iii. Relevant pages from Catalogue: For the applications from other universities, students must submit the attested copy of the relevant pages of their university catalogue (course content, information on department, etc…)

iv. Application Form: It can be obtained from METU NCC Registrar’s Office or the relevant web page. Students who apply for more than one program should submit one separate form for each program being applied . Required documents will be submitted separately for each program and application fee should also be paid for each program.

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v. Application Fee*: A non-refundable application fee of $ 60 is required. Payments may be made by cashiers check, money order or bank draft, payable to MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY NORTHERN CYPRUS CAMPUS. The name of the applicant should be clearly written. DO NOT SEND CASH. Payments also may be made in person to one of the branch banks on METU NCC Campus. Payment can be made to the following bank account:

 (*) Subject of approval by METU Senate

BANK	ACCOUNT NO	CURRENCY
T.İŞ BANKASI	6822-0000834	60 USD

Receipts should be attached to application forms.

 *ÖSYS exam result certificate and transcript of METU students are attached by the Registrar’s Office.

 APPLICATION DEADLINE

Applications will start by June 2nd, 2008 and will be submitted to the University (Registrar’s Office) by hand or post until July 18th, 2008. Files with Incomplete/Lacking documents are not accepted. Delay in post is not taken into account. Those whose applications are not evaluated due to lacking documents or another reason will not be informed back. In such a situation, application fee(s) and documents will not be given back to the student.

(Considering delivery conditions from abroad, fax transmission of the documents will be accepted to start formalities until the receipt  of originals through mail (post) or courier.)

Applicants wishing to be considered for more than one program must send an application form and an application fee for EACH program being applied to. Applicants who do apply for more than one program should note in the appropriate space on the application form, the order of preference, i.e. the program of first preference, of second preference, etc. After specifying the programs they want to apply on the forms, they should take one copy of the form for each program and add the required documents to each application. They should also pay separate application fees for each application.

Registered copy of the exam result card (such as YOS, SAT, etc.) used for admission to the current university (for the applicants who study in a Turkish University)

GENERAL INFORMATION

RESULTS, will be announced around  02.09. 2008 (on this web page). Written notification will not be made to the students due to limited time. Documents or application fee of the students who were rejected will not be given back.

ANNUAL TUITION FEES

The annual tuition of 2008-2009 Academic Year for international students is 7200 US Dollars.

FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ACCEPTED:

* The Administrative Committee of the university will decide on the number of semesters an accepted student will be considered as have had completed  depending on the number of courses the student is  exempted (General Quota students; Group –A ).

* Students who are exempted from the courses without credit (with EX grade) will not have this courses counted in their CGPA calculations,

* Students should not apply for course exemption before being accepted to their  new program,

* The period that students have spent in their previous program will be counted in their total duration of study (METU Special Quota students-Group –B).

ADDRESS:

MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

NORTHERN CYPRUS CAMPUS

REGISTRAR’'S OFFICE

KALKANLI – GUZELYURT

MERSİN 10 TURKEY

Fax : ++ 392 661 21 03

E-mail : nccreg@metu.edu.tr
URL : http://www.ncc.metu.edu.tr