HIGHER EDUCATION ENTRANCE AND PLACEMENT EXAM FOR THE ADMISSION OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO ANADOLU UNIVERSITY (ANADOLUYOS) 2017APPLICATION CONDITIONS
Foreign nationals who wish to apply to Anadolu University Associate/Bachelor’s Degree resident/distance department/programs in the academic year 2017‒2018 and who hold/are about to hold high school diplomas equivalent to the Turkish high school diploma, and satisfy the below requirements must either take the ANADOLUYOS(Higher Education Entrance and Placement Exam for the Admission of Foreign Nationals to Anadolu University) or must have received the required results from the internationally recognized exams or diploma specified in the “Anadolu University Directive for the Application, Admission and Enrollment of Foreign Students” accepted by the Senate with decision no. 3/6 dated 28/02/2017.
Application Conditions
A) The application of graduates or seniors of high school or equivalent schoolswho:
a)are foreign nationals,
b)are native-born Turkish nationals that have ceased to be a citizen by courtesy of the Ministry of Interior and their minor children registered in the document of expatriation, provided that they can certify that they hold the official document for the use of rights defined in the Turkish Citizenship Law (who are subject to Article 7 of the Turkish Citizenship Law no. 5901),
c)are native-born foreigners that have later become a Turkish citizen/dual nationality holders in the same status,
d)
are Turkish nationals that have completed the last three years of their high school education before 01/02/2013 in a foreign country other than TRNC [including the ones that have completed the entire high school education at a Turkish school under the Ministry of National Education (MEB) in a foreign country other than TRNC],
are Turkish nationals that have completed their entire high school education after 01/02/2013 in a foreign country other than TRNC [including the ones that have completed the entire high school education at a Turkish school under the Ministry of National Education (MEB) in a foreign country other than TRNC],
e)are nationals of TRNC that reside in TRNC, and have completed their high school education in TRNC and have taken GCE AL exam, and that have received education in a high school in another country between 2005 and 2010 and have taken GCE AL exam will be accepted.
B) The application of candidateswho:
a)are Turkish nationals and completed the entire high school education in Turkey or TRNC,
b)hold nationality of TRNC (excluding the ones that have had their entire high school education in TRNC and taken GCE AL exam, and have received education in a high school in another country between 2005 and 2010 and have taken GCE AL exam),
c)hold dual nationality, one of which is Turkish, as defined in paragraph b of article A (excluding those who meet the conditions definedin paragraph d of article A),
d)hold dual nationality, one of which is TRNC (excluding the ones that have had their entire high school education in TRNC and taken GCE AL exam, and have received education in a high school in another country between 2005 and 2010 and have taken GCE AL exam),
e)are Turkish nationals and have had their high school education in schools affiliated with the embassies in Turkey and foreign high schools in Turkey, or hold dual nationality withTurkish as their first nationality by birth as defined in paragraph b of article Awill not be accepted.
RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONAL EXAMS AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPLICANTS
1)A minimum score of 50 from the General Aptitude Exam of ANADOLUYOS (Higher Education Entrance and Placement Exam for the Admission of Foreign Nationals to Anadolu University),
2)Higher education entrance exams recognized by the Council of Higher Education;
a)ACT Exam – A minimum score of 21 in Science (Scientific Reasoning),Mathematics, and Composite,
b)GAOKAO Exam – A minimum score of 480 out of 750 in subject matter scores accepted by the applied program,
c)SAT 1 – A minimum score of 550 in Mathematics, and a total score of at least 1000 in Mathematics + Reading,
3)High school diploma scores or high school graduation exam scores:
a)ABITUR or Austria MATURA – An exam score of 1‒4 (applications with FACT ABITUR without examination will not be accepted);
b)A minimum diploma grade of 3.5 for Switzerland MATURA examination;
c)French Baccalaureate (Baccalaureate score type only given in France) – A diploma grade of at least 12;
d)GCE (A level) – At least two A levels one of which is related in the subject matter of the applied program,
e)For those with TRNC nationality: reside in TRNC with high school education completed in TRNC and taken GCE AL exam, and have received education in a high school in another country between 2005 and 2010 and have taken GCE AL exam,
f)A minimum diploma grade of 10 on Greek “Apolytirion of Lykeo/Secondary School Leaving Certificate”.
g)Al-Thanawiya (Certificate of General Secondary Education) diploma grade must be minimum 70%.
In order to apply for the Anadolu University International Open Education programs, it is sufficient to have graduated from the high schools of countries other than Turkey and TRNC.
High School Diplomas or High School Graduation Exams such as ABITUR, International Baccalaureate and MATURA are not subject to validity time limitations. However, university placement exams such as ACT, GAOKAO, and SAT 1 are valid for two years.
ANADOLUYOS exam score is only valid for the year it is taken in.
Applicants for the announced quotas are required to either take the ANADOLUYOS exam or submit internationally recognized exam results/graduation gradesaccepted by the University Senate and specified in the “Anadolu University Directive for the Application, Admission and Enrollment of Foreign Students” with decision no. 3/6 dated 28/02/2017.
Candidates who meet the application requirements will be ranked according to their scores. Applicants are placed in programs according to their preferences providing that the number of students from the same nationality in a program does not exceed 20% of the quota of that program (except for the International Open Education programs). Dual nationality holders (e.g. Turkish-Bulgarian, German-France) are required to select one of their nationality in filling out the “Online Application Form”. In any case of equality (tie) in ranking, first the preference order, then the high school GPA, and then the younger age will be favored.
There will be a 20% nationality quota for the ANADOLUYOS general admission quota. No such nationality quota will be exercised for the applicants applying with diploma grade.
Candidates who cannot document the passport/ID information they provided during the application will not be allowed to register.
APPLICATIONS
Applicants who wish to take the ANADOLUYOS Exam must fill out the online “ANADOLUYOS Application Form” on the University website.
If applicants do not fill out the “Online Application Form”, their application will not be taken into consideration and they will not be given the “ANADOLUYOS Examinee ID Document”.
The exam results of the candidates who have taken the exam without meeting the application requirements will be cancelled.
Applicants cannot change their examination center preferences after completing their application.
“ANADOLUYOS Examinee ID Document” will be printed out by the examinee from Anadolu University web page.
The examinees must have the “ANADOLUYOS Examinee ID Document” and their passports/ID cards with them.
The examinees must complete the procedures of taking ANADOLUYOS and leaving their countries by following the regulations in their countries.
“ANADOLUYOS Examinee ID Document” is the same as preliminary acceptance. The examinees will not be sent a separate preliminary acceptance letter.
ANADOLUYOS EXAM FEE AND EXAM CENTERS
Exam fee for Eskişehir/TURKEY is 50 TL (Turkish Liras) plus the bank charges. This fee for taking the exam in an exam center out of Turkey is except the USA 25 Euros plus the bank charges. Exam fee for Maryland/USA is 30 Dollar plus the bank charges. Applicants are required to make their payment to the relevant bank account listed below with their names written on the bank receipt (as it appears on the passport or ID card). The payment is not refundable.
EXAM CENTER / BANK INFORMATION FOR THE FEE PAYMENT / BIC/SWIFT / ACCOUNT NUMBER1 / Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Edirne, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, İstanbul (Avrupa), İstanbul (Anadolu), İzmir, Kayseri, Kırklareli, Malatya, Mersin, Muğla, Şanlıurfa, Trabzon, Van/TURKEY / T.C. ZİRAAT BANKASI ANADOLU ÜNİVERSİTESİ / TCZBTR2AXX / TR37 0001 0019 0040 0130 7151 00
2 / Cologne, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Stutgart, Munich/GERMANY, Vienna/AUSTRIA, Brussels/BELGIUM, Paris/FRANCE, Den Haag/HOLLAND, Bern/SWITZERLAND, London/the UK, Baku/AZERBAIJAN / T.C. ZİRAAT BANK INTERNATIONAL AG. FİLİALE KÖLN / TCZBDEFFXXX / DE83 5122 0700 1004 3230 67
3 / Gostivar/MACEDONIA / HALK BANK. INC. SKOPJE / EXPCMK22 / MK07 2707 0200 0102 507
4 / Prizren, Pristina/KOSOVO / TEB PRIZREN MAIN / TEBKXKPR028 / XK05 2028 0000 6269 0096
5 / Plovdiv, Kardzhali/ BULGARIA / T.C. Ziraat Bankası Plovdiv-Sofia- Bulgaria / TCZBBGSF / BG61TCZB93501410180100
6 / Tiran/ALBANIA / Banka Kombetare Tregrate Tiran/ Arnavutluk / NCBAALTX / AL1620511014943821CLPRCFEURA
7 / Sarajevo/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA / Ziraat Bank Saray Bosna (Sarajevo) Bosna/Hersek / TZBBBA22 / 1861211210003426
8 / Nicosia/CYPRUS / Ziraat Bankası Lefkoşa/Kıbrıs / TCZBTR2A / 55880955-5001
9 / Newyork/ABD / T.C. Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O. Newyork Branch / TVBAUS33 / 75200001813
Applicants who want to take the ANADOLUYOS Exam will pay the exam fee. Applicants who apply with a diploma or international exam score will not pay the exam fee.
EXAMS AND ASSESSMENT
ANADOLUYOS Exam has two sections with English and Turkish instructions: “General Aptitude Exam” and “Turkish Language Exam”. The scores of these sections will be calculated individually and the applicants will access theirprintable scores as “General Aptitude Exam Score” and “Turkish Language Exam Score” from the link that will be available on the University website. The applicants are required to keep a copy of their test result. After the link is removed from the website, the University will not issue a test result document again.
The applicants must have a minimum score of 50 on the “General Aptitude Exam” and a minimum score of 70 on the “Turkish Language Exam” in order to be eligible for enrollment at Anadolu University programs.
Providing they meet the initial application requirements, applicants that apply to programs where pre-registration and special aptitude exams are required will be accepted to such programs if they get a minimum of 50 on the General Aptitude Exam andget the required score on the “Special Aptitude Exam” announced and administered by theFaculty/School of their choice.
Applicants who choose programs that require a “Special Aptitude Exam” cannot choose other programs, and applicants who choose other programs cannot choose programs that require a “Special Aptitude Exam”.