GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCE / 2024-2025 SPRING SEMESTER

INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND ADMISSION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MASTER'S PROGRAMS

REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ENGLISH)

There is a compulsory English preparatory class for candidates of master's programs with thesis who have not obtained the minimum scores specified below from YDS / YÖKDİL or a foreign language exam accepted as equivalent by ÖSYM (Equivalencies of Foreign Language Exams).

The minimum score required to be exempt from the foreign language preparatory class (YDS/YÖKDİL or equivalent from a recognised exam)

For Master's programs

For Master's Programs teaching entirely in English

50

80

• The validity period of the foreign language documents to be used for exemption (including the English Preparatory Program Exemption Examination documents of the universities) is 5 years from the date of the exam, and 2 years for equivalent documents accepted by the OSYM.
• Applicants who do not have an exemption certificate can take the Placement and Exemption exams to be held by KTU School of Foreign Languages. Those who are not successful must continue the English Preparatory Program.

EVALUATION OF MASTER'S DEGREE APPLICATION

Application documents uploaded by the applicants to the online application system (CV, passport, undergraduate diploma, undergraduate transcript, Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate (TÖMER), Foreign language (English) certificate) It is checked by the Institute and examined whether there is a deficiency in the application made by the candidate to the relevant department. Incorrect applications or applications with missing documents are not approved and returned to the candidate. Applications approved by the Graduate School are directed to the Graduate Applicants Evaluation Commission of the relevant department. The applicants' application documents are evaluated by the commission in the department and the "Main" and "Substitute" placement list is created according to the quota determined for international students.

Applicants applying for Master's programs are not subjected to an oral/written interview exam.

EQUIVALENCE AND CONVERSION TABLES

• For the conversion of graduation grades from 4.00 system to 100 system; YÖK Graduation Score Conversion Table (4.00/100 system) is used.
• For YDS and YÖKDİL English Exam score equivalences, ÖSYM International Foreign Language Exams Equivalence and Conversion Tables are used.

APPLICATION, EVALUATION AND REGISTRATION SCHEDULE FOR MASTER'S PROGRAMS

Announcement of Quotas for Master's Programs

09 December 2024

Receiving Applications via Online Application System

Applications for Master's programs are taken online via the address: 

http://basvuru.ktu.edu.tr/Lisansustu/LisansUstuYabanciBasvuru

The Online Application System opens on 23 December 2024 and closes automatically on 30 December 2024 at 17:00 ...

23  - 30 December 2024 

Announcement of Placement Results

02 January 2025

Final Registration of Placed Candidates;

It is completed by uploading the documents required for registration to the "Graduate Final Registration System" of the Registrar's Office.

02-06 January 2025

Announcement of Reserve Placement Results

08 January 2025

Final Registration of Candidates Placed from the Reserve List;

It is completed by uploading the documents required for registration to the "Graduate Final Registration System" of the Registrar's Office.

08-10 January 2025

Foreign Language (English) Placement Test

(Examination Place: Mechanical Engineering Ground Floor - Computer Laboratory)

Date: 05 February 2025   |   Hour: 09:00

 05 February 2025 The session lists for the candidates who will take the Placement Examination

are announced on www.ktu.edu.tr/ydyo/duyurular. Exam results are announced on the

same day.

Please follow the announcements on the School of Foreign Languages website for the exam date and time

(https://www.ktu.edu.tr/ydyo)

Foreign Language (English) Exemption Exam

(Language Skills Written/Listening/Speaking)

(Examination Venue: KTU Milli Piyango School of Foreign Languages)

Date: 05 February 2025 

1. Session time: 13:00   |  Language Skills + Writing

2. Session time: 15:00   |  Listening

3. Session time: 16:00   |  Speking

05 February 2025

According to the results of the Placement Examination, the Examination Halls and Class Lists for the candidates who are eligible to take the Preparatory Class Exemption Examination are

announced on www.ktu.edu.tr/ydyo/duyurular.

Please follow the announcements on the School of Foreign Languages web page for the exam date and time.

(https://www.ktu.edu.tr/ydyo)

Course Registration (online)

(For those who are exempt from the Foreign Language Preparatory Class and all students who take the exemption exam and are successful)

10-14 February 2025

USING THE ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM

Step 1:

Pre-Application

• The "Pre-Application" screen in the application system opens. On this screen, the required data is entered and the "Pre-Application Confirm and Continue" button is pressed. After the approval process, the application system will send a message to the e-mail address specified by the candidate in the pre-application, confirming that the pre-application has been received, and the "Application Documents Upload Screen" which is the 2nd Stage. The password (verification code) and connection link to be used to log in to the system will be sent.
• Documents required for application "Application Documents Upload Screen" uploaded to the application system.
• After the suitability and adequacy of the documents uploaded to the system such as passport, Turkish language proficiency (TÖMER) certificate, diploma, transcript, foreign language certificate of international applicants are checked by the Institute, the appropriate applications are approved, and the inappropriate applications are rejected by writing the reason. When the approval/rejection process of the application process is finalized by the Institute, an automatic message indicating the approval/rejection status is sent to the e-mail address used by the applicants in the application. Applications rejected due to missing documents can be revised before the end of the application calendar by re- entering the system with the same login information. In this case, the application eligibility is re-checked by the Institute and the approval/rejection process is carried out.
• Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate from Turkish Language Teaching Centre (TÖMER) is required at least at Intermediate 2 - Intermediate 1-B level. The applications of foreign applicants who do not have a Turkish language proficiency (TÖMER) certificate are approved, but these applicants are subjected to an Exemption Exam to be administered by KTU TÖMER (Turkish Language Teaching Centre). Candidates who get enough points from this exam are exempted from the Turkish language preparatory class. Candidates who do not get the sufficient score are admitted to the Turkish language preparatory program. Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate is not requested from international students who apply to the Departments that teaching entirely in English

Foreign Language

Placement

/ Exemption Exams

• There is a compulsory English preparatory class for master's programs with thesis. In order to be exempt from the English preparatory class, a score of 50 points from YDS or YÖKDİL, or 80 points or equivalent score from an exam accepted as equivalent must be obtained for master's programs that teaching entirely in English.
• Students who do not have an English exemption certificate can take the placement and exemption exams conducted by KTU School of Foreign Languages.
• Newly enrolled graduate students first take the Placement Examination. Only the students who get a valid grade (B1 level) in the Placement Exam can participate in the Exemption Exam. The list of students who will take the Exemption Examination is announced in the "ANNOUNCEMENTS" section of the School of Foreign Languages website after the Placement Examination.
• If students who take the Placement Examination get a grade below the grade threshold (B1 level) determined in the relevant legislation, they are placed directly into an appropriate level class in the preparatory class without taking the exemption exam.
• The placement exam does not provide exemption from the preparatory class. Students who do not take the placement exam are not taken to the exemption exam.
• Newly enrolled students do not need to apply to the School of Foreign Languages for registration if they do not take the Placement and Exemption exams. These students are placed in English preparatory classes at A1 Level.

Foreign Language (English) Placement Examination: 05 February 2025,

• Foreign Language (English) Exemption Exam will be held on 05 February 2025. The details of the places and times of these exams should be followed on the web page of the School of Foreign Languages (https://www.ktu.edu.tr/ydyo).

Limit on the Number of Graduate Programs to Apply

• Applicants can apply to only one of the graduate programmes for which they meet the application requirements. The most recent application of applicants who make more than one application is accepted as valid by the system.

Validity Periods of Documents

• The validity period of YDS / YÖKDİL (English) foreign language certificates is 5 (five) years from the date they are made. International exam result certificates accepted as equivalent to these exams are valid for 2 years.

Those who have exceeded this period or who do not have a certificate in a foreign language are subjected to placement and exemption exams at KTU School of Foreign Languages.

Application Validity Principle

• The applications of the applicants who make a preference error or make false statements are invalid and cancelled by the system. During the use of the online application system, records of all transactions (login/add/remove/change etc.) made by the candidates are saved on the server.

Information / Support

• For any questions, contact e-mail : ktufbe@ktu.edu.tr

DOCUMENTS TO BE UPLOADED TO THE "FINAL REGISTRATION SYSTEM" BY INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN PLACED TO MASTER'S PROGRAMS

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS WILL BE UPLOADED TO THE SYSTEM AS SEPARATE FILES IN "PDF" FORMAT.

• Turkish language proficiency certificate (TÖMER)

In order to be exempt from the Turkish language preparatory program, a Turkish Language Proficiency Certificate from the Turkish Language Teaching Centre (TÖMER) is required at a minimum of Intermediate 2 - Intermediate 1-B level. The applications of international applicants who do not have a Turkish language proficiency (TÖMER) certificate are approved, but these applicants are subjected to an Exemption Exam to be administered by KTU TÖMER (Turkish Language Teaching Centre). Applicants who get enough points from this exam are exempted from the Turkish language preparatory class. Applicants who do not get the sufficient score are taken to the Turkish language preparatory program. The Turkish Language Preparatory Program must be completed within maximum of 1 year (2 semesters). Students who fail to successfully complete the Turkish Language Preparatory Program within this period are dismissed from the Graduate School.

• Undergraduate Diploma, Transcript and approved Turkish translations.
• Equivalence certificate of the diploma obtained from universities abroad and Turkish translation of the transcript.
• Passport photocopy
• For exemption from foreign language (English), if any, a YDS/YÖKDİL or equivalent language certificate with a minimum score of 50 must be submitted for master's program (For non-exempt students, there is a compulsory English preparatory class in master's program with thesis). In order to be exempt from English preparatory class in programs teaching entirely in English, candidates must obtain a minimum score of 80 from YDS/YÖKDİL or an equivalent score from an exam accepted by the ÖSYM.

In case of incomplete file upload, registration is not accepted.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Applicants who will apply to graduate programmes from outside the field can find out whether their graduation fields are suitable for application from the list of "KTU - Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences - Graduate Programs". For the master's and doctoral programs to be applied, the status of being in or out of the field is determined according to the undergraduate graduation field. Even if a student makes a choice by mistake and registers, it will be cancelled.

MASTER'S DEGREE APPLICATION QUOTAS FOR INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS

DEPARTMENT

Quota*

Fisheries Technology Engineering

2

Computer Engineering

-

Biology

-

Biotechnology (Teaching entirely in English)

1

Environmental Sciences

2

Maritime Transportation Management Engineering

1

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Electrical Engineering

2

Electronic Engineering

4

Industrial Engineering

2

Physics

2

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

2

Geomatics Engineering

-

Civil Engineering

2

Statistics and Computer Science (Statistics)

-

Geophysical Engineering

2

Geological Engineering

2

Fiber and Paper Technology

2

Mining Engineering

10

Mechanical Engineering

4

Marine Science and Marine Biotechnology

(Teaching entirely in English)

3

Mathematics

3

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

6

Architecture

2

Forest Industry Engineering

4

Forest Engineering

5

Landscape Architecture

2

Wildlife Ecology and Management

-

* For the master's programs to be applied, the status of being in or out of the field is determined according to the undergraduate graduation field. Applicants who will apply to master's programs from outside the field can check whether their graduation fields are suitable for application from the list of "Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences - Graduate Programs".