STUDENT CANDIDATE GUIDE İÜYÖS Studying at Istanbul is a privilege 2016

İÜYÖS in 5 Continents

APPLICATION DATES 2016 EXAMINATION DATE: TO APPLY 4 JAN-25 MAR 2016 30 April 2016 https://yos.istanbul.edu.tr

Who can take the exam:

-Foreign nationals* -Turkish citizens with permission for permanent residence abroad* -Citizens of Turkish Republic of *

* See details on page 1 WHAT IS İUYÖS? WHAT IS THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THE EXAM? It is a basic learning skills test for The exam consists of easy, hard, and international students wishing to study at medium questions. universities in . There are 40 general ability questions and 30 math questions in WHO CAN APPLY? the exam. All the applications are eligible on condition that the applicants are either final year WHICH UNIVERSITIES ACCEPT THE EXAM students or graduates and the applicants RESULT? who have the following requirements will be The exam result is accepted by Istanbul accepted. University and around 100 universities a) Those who have a foreign nationality, in Turkey. Please visit our website b) Those who were born as Turkish citizens yos.istanbul.edu.tr for list of current but later were permitted by the Ministry universities. of the Interior of Turkey to leave Turkish , including their underage THE EXAM HELD IN WHICH LANGUAGE? children who are registered in the document Exam questions are prepared in three of leaving Turkish citizenship and who can languages. Exam booklets are published certificate that they have the document in Turkish, English, and Arabic in a single regarding the Exercise of Given Rights, book. pursuant to the Turkish , (The 7th article of the Turkish Nationality WHAT IS THE CONTENT OF İÜYÖS EXAM? Law numbered 5901 prescribes that “(1) an İÜYÖS consists of multiple-choice questions infant born from the marriage of a mother that aim to measure the level of abstract thinking of candidates. This test is based or a father having Turkish citizenship inside very little on knowledge of language. or outside Turkey is a Turkish citizen”; However, it consists of general ability applicants who would like to apply for the questions and math ones. quotas of foreign admission should further review the Turkish Nationality Law.) İÜYOS (110 minutes) c) Those who used to have a foreign citizenship but later have acquired Turkish

Basic learning skills test Math test citizenship/those who have a dual citizenship (40 questions) (30 questions) under these circumstances, d) i- Those who have Turkish citizenship and have completed the last three years of their secondary education in a foreign country except Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (including the applicants who completed their secondary education in Turkish schools in a foreign country except TRNC) before 01/02/2013, ii- Those who started and completed their secondary education in a foreign country except Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) after 01/02/2013 (including the EXAM CALENDAR applicants who completed their secondary education in Turkish schools in a foreign Calendar Date country except TRNC), Days of application for İÜYÖS 04 January 2016 Monday- 2016 25 March 2016 Monday e) Those who have TRNC citizenship, reside in TRNC, have completed secondary Exam Date 30 April 2016 Saturday education in TRNC and have obtained GCE Announcement of exam result 30 May 2016 Monday AL degrees (The General Certificate of Submitting preferences 20 Haziran 2016 Monday - Education – Advanced Level), and those 04 Temmuz 2016 Monday who have or will have GCE AL degree after Announcement of placement 11 July 2016 Monday results registering and getting education in the colleges or high schools in other countries between 2005 and 2010.

HOW TO APPLY? • Fill the online application form on yos. istanbul.edu.tr • Load the required documents in the form on the system. • Once the application is completed successfully, you will receive a confirmation ABOUT ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY e-mail. Foundation • 1453 Academic Units • Faculties: 22 • College: 1 • Vocational Schools of Higher Education: 7 • Departments: 3 • Diploma programmes: 767 Stuff • Instructors: 5100 Students EXAM FEE? • Associate’s Degree: 10.314 There is an exam fee to take İÜYÖS, amount • Bachelor’s Degree: 81.410 of which can be found on yos.istanbul.edu.tr • Graduates: 17.177 WHERE IS THE İUYOS EXAM HELD? • Open and Distance Education: 70.000 The exam is held at the same time in many • Estimated Total: 178. 901 centres all around the world designated Campus by Istanbul University. See İUYOS official • Number of Campuses: 12 website for examination centres. EXAM CENTERS (2016)

Turkey İstanbul, Ankara, Kazakhstan Jordan Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Van, Almatı, Astana Amman İpsala, İzmir, Erzurum Kırghizstan Turkish Republic of Germany Bishkek Northern Cyprus Cologne, Münich, Berlin, Nicosia Mannheim Azerbaijan Bakü, Nakhicevan Pakistan France Karachi, Lahore Paris, Lyon Iran Tehran Malaysia Switzerland Kuala Lumpur Bern Tatarstan Kazan India Belgium New Delhi Bruxelles Tajikistan Dushanbe Afghanistan Sweden Kabul, Mazar-ı Sherif Stockholm Gergia Tbilisi Australia Holland Melbourne Rotterdam The Republic of South Africa ABD Moldova Johannesburg New York, Los Angeles Gagavuzya (Kongaz) Morocco Canada Bosnia-Herzegovina Rabat Montreal Sarajevo Sudan Austria Kosovo Khartoum Vienna Prishtina Tunusia Macedonia Tunis Collaborating Institutions Skopje Algeria Poland Algiers Warsaw Tanzania Greece Darüsselam Athens Egypt Address: İstanbul Üniversitesi Bulgaria Cairo Merkez Kampüsü Kardzhali 34452 Beyazıt/Fatih-İstanbul Niger Albania Niamey Phone: +90 212 44 000 44 Tirana Fax: +90 212 44 000 45 Iraq Romania Erbil E-Mail: [email protected] Constanca Web: http://yos.istanbul.edu.tr Lebanon facebook.com/iuyos Hungary Beirut Budapest Istanbul University has the Saudi Arabia Mongolia Jeddah, Riyadh, Madinah right to make changes on exam Ulanbator centres up to 15 days before the date of the exam.