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The following information is intended for internal university use and has been provided as a reference for graduate admissions only.

International applicants should be directed to the public page.
Requirements for Turkey

Turkey

International Admission Requirements

Admission to Graduate Certificate or Diploma

Minimum Equivalent Qualifications

For admission to a Graduate Certificate or Diploma the requirement is a degree equivalent to a Simon Fraser University 4-year bachelor’s degree with a minimum overall grade equivalent to a B-.

Admission to Master's Program

Minimum Equivalent Qualifications

For admission to a master’s program, the qualifications listed are normally recognized as equivalent to a Simon Fraser University 4-year bachelor’s degree with minimum overall grade requirements.

Most SFU graduate programs will assess a Bologna compliant degree as equivalent to a 4-year degree.

Required Credential or Degree

Lisans Diplomasi or Muhendis Diplomasi or equivalent

Minimum Overall Academic Standing

B on ECTS

Admission to Doctoral Program

Required Credential or Degree

Master's degree or Yuksek Lisans Diplomasi or Yuksek Muhendis Diplomasi

Minimum Overall Academic Standing

4 on a 5-point scale, Good;
7-8 on a 10-point scale, Good

English Language Proficiency Test

Applicants with a degree from this country are required to submit proof of English language competency.

Education System

Language(s) of Instruction

Turkish, English

Grading System

ECTS

Grade Description
A Excellent
B Very Good
C Good
D Satisfactory
E Sufficient
FX Fail
F Fail

Letter Grade Scale

U.S. Grade Equivalent Grade Percentage
A AA 90-100%
B+ BA 85-89%
B BB 80-84%
C+ CB 75-79%
C CC 70-74%
D+ DC 60-69%
D DD 50-59%
F FF 0-49%

Point Scales

4-Point Scale 10-Point Scale 20-Point Scale Description Description
4 9-10 17-20 Pek Iyi Very Good
3 7-8 14-16 Iyi Good
1-2 5-6 (5 min pass) 10-13 Orta Fair
0 <5 0-9 Geçmez Fail

100-Point Scales

Scale A Scale B Scale C Scale D Description  
85-100 85-100 90-100 90-100 Pek Iyi Very Good
65-84 70-84 70-89 80-89 Iyi Good
50-64 60-69 60-69 65-79 Orta Average
  50-59 50-59 50-64 Geçer Pass
0-49 0-49 0-49 0-49 Geçmez Failure

Istanbul Technical University

Grade Percentage Descirption Notes
AA 93-100% Excellent  
BA 85-92.99% Very Good  
BB 71-84.99% Good  
CB 61-70.99% Fair-Good  
CC 51-60.99% Fair  
DC 45-50.99% Fair-Poor Conditional Pass
DD 40-44.99% Poor Conditional Pass
FF 0-39.99% Fail  
P   Pass Pass with no grade assigned. The P grade not taken into consideration for the GPA calculation.

Fast Track Admission

The institutions listed for Fast Track Admission have been selected based on our familiarity with applicants from these schools, and their placement on the overall academic world rankings of universities.

Applicants whose most-recently awarded credential  is from an institution are eligible for fast-track admission at this time.
Applicants from these institutions are only eligible for fast-track admissions to specified disciplines.

Fast Track Admissions

Fast Track Admission Institutions

  •  Istanbul University
  •  Koç University
  •  Middle East Technical University* (aka Orta Dogu Teknik University); (School of Engineering Science)

Recognized Institutions

  • Ankara University
  • Ataturk University
  • Bilkent University (private)
  • Boganici University
  • Bogazici (Boshporus)
  • Cukurova University
  • Dicle (Tigris) University
  • Ege (Agean) University
  • Hacettepe University
  • Istanbul Teknik University
  • Karadeniz (Black Sea) University
  • Marmara University
  • Mimar Sinan University
  • University of Istanbul

Admission Notes

  • The Middle East Technical University has very high standards and applicants from this University can be accepted with 3.2/4. 
  • A wide variety of ranges of grade scales may be used even within one format. Check institutional grading scale on transcript.