ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL OFFICE FARABİ EXCHANGE PROGRAM 2018-2019 Academic Year Application Period for Outgoing Student Mobility

Students will apply for the Farabi Exchange Program for the 2018-2019 Academic Year between 12 February and 2 March 2018 at the Farabi Exchange Office on the ground floor (International Office) of the Rectorate Hall in the main campus. Students are expected to come to the office to apply for the program or to get information about the program between 10.00 -12.00 and 14.00-16.00 Mon-Fri . Students will also fill in the application form through this link : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeO_sCq1Fmbf9uc5ZVn0rgWUKv1oHJdCmB1ka-pvXSCX4hI1w/viewform

A- General Requirements

1. A full-time student enrolled at any level (associate, bachelor or graduate degrees) of formal education. 2. The GPA (Grade Point Average) must be min. 2.00 out of 4.00 for associate/bachelor students. 3. The GPA (Grade Point Average) must be min. 2.50 out of 4.00 for graduate (master’s/doctoral) students.

B- Specific Requirements

1. The courseload required at the mobility can’t be less than the courseload a student has to take at Adnan Menderes University (ADÜ) during the same term. 2. Freshman students and students at Preparatory classes in associate and bachelor degree programs cannot participate in the Farabi Exchange Program. 3. Graduate and Postgraduate Degree Students on Language Preparatory or Scientific Preparatory classes cannot benefit from this program. 4. Senior (6th Grade) students registered in the Faculty of Medicine can’t benefit from this program. 5. Foundation (private) Universities are not included in the Farabi Exchange Program. 6. International students can also participate in the program. 7. Applications will not be prevented from students with failed courses on their transcript on condition that they meet the other application requirements.

1 C- Farabi Exchange Program Application Documents 1- “Candidate Student Application Form” (4 copies) - to be filled on computer (only typed forms are welcome) at http://www.idari.adu.edu.tr/farabi/default.asp?idx=323339. A photo in the form is also compulsory. Please do not forget to insert your photo in the form. 2- Official Transcript of Records (3 copies) Duly signed and stamped transcript of records showing successful and failed courses obtained from the student’s relevant Student Affairs Office) 3- Passport photo (4 copies) 4- Student Certificate (3 copies – Turkish) 5- Official National Identity Card or Passport (3 copies) 6- Social Security Institution (SSI) Service Scheme 7- Written declaration of work status 8- ADÜ Erasmus+ and Farabi Written Foreign Language Examination from the past three years (if available). (This document is required if the medium of language for education in the Department of the Higher Education Institution where the student will study under this program is partially and completely a foreign language other than Turkish.)

D- Foreign Language Examination

1. Students whose applications fulfil the selection criteria must take the ‘Farabi Written Foreign Language Examination (English) will be held at School of Foreign Languages in Adnan Menderes University on Friday, 09 March 2018 at 16:00. Students who have taken the 'ADÜ Erasmus + and Farabi Written Foreign Language Examination' within the last three years and stated this in their previous application will not be able to take the 'Farabi Written Foreign Language Examination'. (Students who cannot remember their Erasmus+ and Farabi Written Foreign Language Examination Grade from the previous three years are required to send an email to '[email protected]').

2. There is no fee associated with the Farabi Written Foreign Language Examination.

E- Evaluation

1. If the medium of language for education in the Department of the Higher Education Institution where the student will study under this program is only Turkish, student’s GPA is taken into consideration for the evaluation.

2 Criteria Weighted Score Total Achievement Score 100% (from a total of 100)

2. If the medium of the language for education in the Department of the Higher Education Institution where the student will study under this program is partially or completely a foreign language other than Turkish, students are selected considering 50 % of their GPA and 50 % of their language level.

Criteria Weighted Score Total Achievement Score 50% (from a total of 100) Language Level 50% (from a total of 100)

F- Important Issues About the Application Process

1- Within the scope of existing agreement quotas, the total number of students to be selected for the Farabi Exchange Program is estimated according to the total achievement score and decisions taken by the ADÜ Farabi Selection Committee. 2- Until the application results are announced by the Council of Higher Education, all students will be considered as ‘candidate students’. 3- Students can carry out the mobility within the framework of the existing institutional agreements of ADÜ. Applicants should check these agreements on the web site of International Office (UİK) – ADÜ Farabi at this link: http://www.idari.adu.edu.tr/farabi/default.asp?idx=323337. Students, when choosing their university preferences, must choose from institutions which have a bilateral agreement concerning their unit or department. Students should check the suitability of courses, the language of education and the required language levels and certificates of the relevant Higher Education Institutions for the semester(s) they wish to participate in and choose accordingly before the end of the application period. Responsibility for incorrect preferences lies with the student. 4- In the event of two students of the same study level from the same department having the same evaluation criteria and there is insufficient quota for both students, priority will be given to the student in the higher year. If both students are in the same year, priority will be given to the younger student. 5- Students who are registered at Adnan Menderes University as Scholarship (YTB) students can apply for the 'Farabi Exchange Program' and will be allowed to participate into the program . However, these students must sign a declaration that they agree to participate into the Farabi Exchange Program bearing in their minds that their YTB scholarship will be terminated. 6- Within the scope of the Farabi Exchange Program, if the student applications exceed the quota limit, students are selected by considering the range of Higher Education GPA and departmental quota. 7- Students continue to take other grants within the term of their study.

3 8- Students continue to pay the tuition fee they have to pay for Adnan Menderes University. 9- Students can have preferences for fall semester or fall and spring semester together. They can not have any preferences for spring semester. 10- Students can have two preferences. They need to prepare a set of documents for each preference. The students who will have one preference also need to prepare a set of documents. 11- Since some universities receive only online applications, a copy of the document which shows that the application has been completed online from the page of related universities should be included among the application documents. 12- Students working in any public institution or organisation or in a salaried position in a private institution can not receive any scholarship within the scope of the Farabi Exchange Program, except for students applying for an internship. 13- Students staying in the Higher Education Dorm Institution can be transfered to the dormitories in the universities which they benefit from the exchange. 14- Please visit the UİK – ADÜ Farabi web site for detailed information about the program

G- Student Applications Calendar

PROGRAM DATE - TIME PLACE Student Application Dates 19/02/2018-09/03/2018 Farabi Exchange Office 2018-2019 Farabi Exchange Program Orientation 19-21/02/2018 Atatürk Kongre Merkezi Days Farabi Written Foreign Language Examination 16/03/2018 16:00 ADÜ School of Foreign Languages http://www.idari.adu.edu.tr/farabi/ Announcement of Farabi Written Foreign Language 19/03/2018 Examination Results

Announcement of Approved Applications 22/03/2018 http://www.idari.adu.edu.tr/farabi/ Submission of the Applications to the Host 04/04/2018 Institutions Announcement of the Results 25 /04/2018

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H-Scholarships 1- In the event of insufficient student exchange funds being allocated to ADÜ, and provided there are sufficient quotas within the Farabi Exchange Program protocols, students can participate in the Farabi Exchange Program with a private scholarship or carry out a self-funded or other financially funded exchange on request. Students can apply to waiver financial support on the announcement of the results of the total amount of funds to be allocated to universities, which will be announced by the Council of Higher Education between June and August 2018. 2- Candidate students who will benefit from the Farabi Exchange Program will receive 500 TRY monthly scholarship (min 4 months). 3- Students participating in an exchange at a university stated in the table below will be awarded 700 TRY per month for a maximum of 8 months according to the decision taken by the Council of Higher Education Executive Committee at a meeting on 14 February 2018.

UNIVERSITY LIST 1 AĞRI İBRAHİM ÇEÇEN UNIVERSITY AĞRI 2 ARDAHAN 3 BATMAN 4 BAYBURT 5 BİNGÖL UNIVERSITY BİNGÖL 6 BİTLİS 7 ERZİNCAN UNIVERSITY ERZİNCAN 8 GÜMÜŞHANE UNIVERSITY GÜMÜŞHANE 9 HAKKARİ 10 IĞDIR UNIVERSITY IĞDIR 11 MARDİN ARTUKLU UNIVERSITY MARDİN 12 TUNCELİ 13 MUŞ ALPARSLAN UNIVERSITY MUŞ 14 SİİRT 15 ŞIRNAK UNIVERSITY ŞIRNAK

4- Students who will benefit from the Farabi Exchange Program in other universities will receive 500 TRY monthly scholarship (min 4 months). 5- 70% of the scholarship is paid to students during the exchange. 6- The remaining (30%) scholarship of the students is paid on the basis of the ratio of the total credit of successful courses to the total credit of all the courses which are required to be taken.

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