Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus

METU NORTHERN CYPRUS CAMPUS / GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSFER CONDITIONS

TRANSFER CATEGORIES:

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)

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…)

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).

Middle East Technical University

Northern Cyprus Campus
Registrar's Office
Tel.: +90 392 661 20 94
Fax: +90 392 661 20 09

E-mail: nccreg@metu.edu.tr