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Mef University Diploma-Seeking International Student Intake: List of Acceptable High School Diplomas/Exit Examinations/University Entrance Examinations MEF UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA-SEEKING INTERNATIONAL STUDENT INTAKE: LIST OF ACCEPTABLE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS/EXIT EXAMINATIONS/UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS MEF University International Students Admission 50% Examination International Students Admission Examinations 50% Conducted by Other Turkish Universities 180 points in the area related to the YGS program applied for LYS Top 200.000 by order of merit Turkish High School Diploma (Foreign Citizens only) 65% TCS 50 points A-Level in at least 2 subjects, AS KKTC GCE AL Level in at least 4 subjects A gold, silver or bronze medal in the International Science Olympiads International Science Olympiads recognized or participated by TUBITAK International Baccalaureate (IB) 28 European Baccalaureate 60% 1100 out of 1600 in Math and Critical Reading exams, and Math score of SAT 1 660 out of 800 for Engineering programs GCE (General Certificate Examination) A Level 2 subjects GCE (General Certificate Examination) O Level 4 subjects 24 out of 36 from Math, Science ACT (American College Testing) Reasoning and Composite Afghanistan: Baccalaureate 65% Afghanistan: KONKURS General State Examination 250 Germany: ABITUR At most 3.5 out of 5 United States of America: High School Diploma C or 2.5 out of 4 Angola: High School Diploma 65% Argentina: Baccalaureate 65% Albania: Matura Diploma 6 out of 10 Australia: High School Diploma C Austria: Matura Diploma At most 3.5 out of 5 Minimum 200 points overall, Azerbaijan: National University Examination minimum 10 in at least four courses Bangladesh: Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) 65% 50% or 10 out of 20 Belgium: High School Diploma Benin: Baccalaureate 12 out of 20 Belarus: Diplom O Srednom Obrazavaniitestat/ Atestat 4 out of 5 or 6 out of 10 30 out of 100 from Central Testing Belarus: Belorussian Central Testing Results subjects, total score of 300 out of 600 Bolivia: Diploma Grado/ Titulo de Bachiller en 4 out of 7 Humanidades Bosnia and Herzegovina: High School Diploma 3 out of 5 Brazil: High School Diploma 65% 41 out of 100 or 4 out of 6 from the Bulgaria: High School Diploma area of specialization related to the program applied for Burkina Faso: Baccalaureate 65% Algeria: Baccalaureate 12 out of 20 Chad: Baccalaureate 65% Czech Republic: Matura Diploma 3.5 out of 5 450 out of 750 from the area of People's Republic of China: GAOKOA specialization related to the program applied for Denmark: High School Diploma 7 out of 13 Dominican Republic: Baccalaureate 65% Ecuador: High School Diploma 5 out of 10 or 12 out of 20 Armenia: Hasunutian vkaiakan (attestat) 3 out of 5 Indonesia: National Exam Ujian Akhir Naitonal 33 Indonesia: IJAZAH Sekolah Menengah Atas Madrasah Cukup Average 6 out of 10 Aliyah Ethiopia: Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance 65% Examination Estonia: Secondary School Leaving Certificate / 3 out of 5 Gümnaasiumi Lõputunnistus/ Riigieksamenitunnistus Morocco: Baccalaureate 12 out of 20 Republic of the Philippines: High School Diploma 65% Palestine: General Secondary Education Certificate/ 65% Tawjihi Finland: Ylioppilastutkintotodistus/ 4 out of 7 Studentexamensbetyg France: Baccalaureate 12 out of 20 Gambia: West African Senior School Certificate C6 from at least 5 subjects, one of the Examination (WASSCE) subjects should be English A level in at least 3 subjects, one of Gambia: General Certificate of Education (GCE) which should be in the area of the program applied for Ghana: West African Senior School Certificate C6 from at least 5 subjects, one of the Examination (WASSCE) subjects should be English Guinea: Baccalaureate 65% Guatemala: Secondary Education Diploma 65% South Africa: Senior Certificate/Matrix Test 6 out of 7 subjects South Korea: CSAT 500 South Korea “Academic High School Diploma/ 2 out of 4 Graduation Certificate Georgia: National Examination 250 Georgia: Secondary School Leaving Certificate / Attestat 3 out of 5 o Srednem Obrazovanii Haiti: Baccalaureate 65% Croatia: Maturalna svjedodzba / Svjedodzba o zavrsenom srednjem obrazovanju /Svjedodzba o 3 out of 5 zavrsnom ispitu-maturi India: All Indian Senior School Certificate (AISSC) 65% India: Indian School Certificate (ISC) 65% The Netherlands: High School Diploma 6 out of 10 Honduras: Bachillerato Titulo de Bachiller en Ciencias y 3 out of 5 or 65% Letras Hong Kong: Certificate of Education Examination A-B level on at least 3 subjects, (HKCEE)/Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination included Mathematics and English, or (HKALE) A-D level on 6 subjects Iraq: Al-Edadiyah / Al-Idadiyah 65% United Kingdom: General Certificate of Education A Level in at least 2 subjects, AS Level Advanced Level in at least 4 subjects Iran: Diploma Debirestan and Pişdaneşgahi 12 out of 20 6 subjects of which 2 are Higher Ireland: Irish School Leaving Certificate Level Subjects (C3 from Higher Level subjects, D3 from other subjects) C from at least 5 Higher Level Scotland: Scottish Certificate of Secondary Education/ subjects including Mathematics and Scottish Qualifications Certificate English; A or B from at least 4 of Higher Level subjects (mandatory) Spain: Baccalaureate 5 out of 10 or 50% Israel: Teudat Bagrut 50% Sweden: Slutbetyg from Gymnasieskolan/ 2 out of 4 (G) Avgångsbetyg from Gymnasieskolan Swiss: Matura Diploma Gut / Bien Italy: Maturita Diploma 60% Iceland: Stúdentspróf 5 out of 10 Japan: High School Diploma 3 out of 5 Cambodia: Baccalaureate 65% Cameroon: Baccalaureate 11 out of 20 Cameroon: GCE Ordinary Level Examination/ GCE 2 out of 4 in at least 4 subjects Advanced Level Examinations Canada: High School Diploma 60% Montenegro: Diploma/Record of Study 3 out of 5 Qatar: Al-Thanawiya Aama Qatari 65% Kazakhstan: National University Exam 60 out of 100 Kazakhstan: Orta bilim turaly attestat/Attestat o 3 out of 5 (obschem) Srednem Obrazovanii At least C in 3 subjects out of 6/2 A Kenya: Certificate of Secondary Education levels or 4 AS levels with at least C 114 out of 241 from the main test including Math, Critical thinking, Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan National Scholarship Test Reading and Understanding, and Grammar Kyrgyzstan: Attestat o Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem 3 out of 5 Obrazovanii Colombia: Baccalaureate 65% Kosovo: Maturity Exam 3 out of 5 Kuwait: Shahadat-al-thanawia-al-a'ama 65% A Level in at least 2 subjects, one of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: GCE AL them should be in the area of the program applied to Cuba: Diploma de Técnico de Segundo Grau 65% Latvia: Atestäts par visparejo vidëjo izglïtïbu 6 out of 10 170 points; 180 for Engineering Libya: Al-Shahada-Al-Thanawiyya Exam programs Libya: General Secondary Education Certificate 65% Lithuania: Brandos Atestatas 7 out of 10 Lebanon: Baccalaureate 13 Luxemburg: Diplôme / Certificat de Fin d'Etudes Bien Secondaires Hungary: High School Diploma 3 out of 5 Madagascar: Baccalaureate 11 Macedonia: Maturity Exam 3 out of 5 Malaysia: Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia C 5- 6 Mali: Baccalaureate 11 Malta: Matriculation Certificate 65% Mexico: Baccalaureate 65% Egypt: Thanaweya Amma General Public Examination 65% Mongolia: Konkurs General State Examination 650 Mongolia: Gerchilgee 3 out of 5 or 75% Moldova: Diploma de absolvire a invatamintului mediu general/Atestat de studii medii de cultura generala/ 7 out of 10 Atestat de maturitate/ Diploma de Bacalaureat Mozambique: High School Diploma 65% Myanmar: Basic Education Standard Exam 65% (Matriculation) Nepal: High School Diploma 65% Niger: Baccalaureate 65% Completion of 6 subjects and C in at Nigeria: WAEC least 3 of those subjects Nigeria: Jamb 185 Norway: Vitnemål videregående opplæring 3 out of 6 Central African Republic: Baccalaureate 65% Uzbekstan: Attestat o srednem brazovanii / O'rta 3 out of 5 ma'lumot to'g'risida shahodatnoma Pakistan: Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) 65% in the area of the program applied to Panama: Baccalaureate 65% Peru: Baccalaureate 65% Peru: Certificado Oficial de Estudios/ Certificado de 12 out of 20 Educación Secundaria Común Completa (quinto) Poland: Matura Diploma 50% or 3 out of 6 Portugal: High School Diploma 10 out of 20 Romania: Baccalaureate 6 out of 10 42 out of 100 from 4 exams in the Russia: National Final School Exam – EGE area of the program applied to, total 242 out of 400 Russia: Attestat o Srednem Obrazovanii / Attestat o 3 out of 5 Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii Senegal: Baccalaureate 11 out of 20 Serbia: Diploma o polozenom zavrsnom spitu/Diploma o Završenoj Srednjoj Školi/Diploma o polozenom 3 out of 5 maturskom ispitu/Diploma o stecenom srednem obrazovanju A Level score from at least 2 subjects and AO Level from 2 subjects, or A Singapore: Cambridge GCE A-level examination Level score from at least 3 subjects and AO Level from 1 subject Slovakia: Vysvedcenie o Maturitní Zkousce/ Maturitní 3 out of 5 zkouška/ Maturita from gymnazium Slovenia: Matura Diploma 3 out of 5 Somalia: High School Diploma 65% Sri Lanka: General Certificate of Education Advanced Two A Level or four AS Levels Level (A level) Sudan: School Certificate 65% Syria: Al-Shahada-Al-Thanawiyya 170 or 65% Saudi-Arabia: Tawjihiya 65% Chile: Licencia de Educación Media/ Licencia de 5 out of 7 Enseñanza Media Chile: Prueba de Selección Universitaria (PSU) 600 out of 850 Tajikistan: High School Diploma 3 out of 5 At least 2 Principal Levels Tanzania: High School Diploma (Mathematics and English are mandatory) and 1 Subsidiary Level Taiwan: High School Diploma 60 out of 100 or 2/4 Thailand: High School Diploma 65% Togo: Baccalaureate 12 out of 20 Tunisia: Baccalaureate 12 out of 20 Turkmenistan: High School Diploma 3 out of 5 8 from at
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