Student Affairs >> Language Requirements

At METU Northern Cyprus Campus the medium of instruction is English. Students, must submit the result of an approved English proficiency examination in order to pursue the degree program they are accepted in. Students whose English proficiency is not at the level required by METU NCC are placed in the one-year English Language Preparatory Program.

PASSING SCORES OF METU ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION

The minimum passing score of METU English Proficiency Examination (METU-EPE) is 65 for METU NCC/SUNY New Paltz Business Administration Dual Program students, and is 60 for the students of all other METU NCC programs. The grades are rounded off to the nearest whole number.

 EXEMPTION FROM ENGL 101, ENGL 102, ENGL 211

The minimum grade required from METU-EPE for exemption from ENGL 101 is 85. Rounding off the grades to the nearest whole number does not apply to exemption scores. The credit and grade of the exempted course is counted in CGPA, but not in GPA of the semester which the exemption status is achieved.

Exemption from ENGL 102 and 211 is not available.

EQUIVALENT EXAMINATIONS AND SCORES

The table below gives the equivalence of scores obtained from METU-EPE and from the other recognized international English proficiency examinations. Line 1 is to be checked for exemption from English Language Preparatory Program for all undergraduate programs except SUNY New Paltz Business Administration Dual Program, for which line 2 applies.

Corresponding grades from recognized examinations are also accepted for exemption from English language must courses

METU NCC English Proficiency Exam	TOEFL iBT (New Generation TOEFL)	TOEFL CBT	TOEFL Pen & Paper	IELTS (Overall Band)
60	74	203	537	6.0
65	80	213	550	6.5
70	86	227	567	7.0
75	96	243	590 - 593	7.5
80	103	257	613	8.0
85	110	270	637	8.0
90	116	283	657	8.5
95 and over	119	293 and over	670 and over	9.0

METU NCC English Proficiency Exam: METU English Language Program - English Proficiency Exam

TOEFL IBT: Test of English as a Foreign Language (Internet-based TOEFL)

TOEFL CBT: Test of English as a Foreign Language, (Computer-based TOEFL)

TOEFL Pen & Paper: Test of English as a Foreign Language, Pen and Paper

IELTS: International English Language Testing System

The results obtained from these exams are valid for two years.