Announcement of Transfer Applications for the Fall Semester (1.1)

IMPORTANT DATES

Transfer can be made according to "The Regulation for Student Transfer Between Associate Degree and Bachelor’s Degree Programs, Double Major and Minor Programs and Course Credit Transfers Between Institutions of Higher Education Council" and "Middle East Technical University Directive for Student Transfers For Associate and Bachelor’s Degree Programs".

Transfers are made between the Associate and Bachelor’s degree programs at ODTÜ and other institutions of higher education whose equivalency is recognized by the Higher Education Council. 

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Quota types, requirements for an application based on the quota types, conditions for OSYS, and equivalent examinations are defined in the Middle East Technical University Directive of Transfer in the below-mentioned link.

https://oidb.metu.edu.tr/en/middle-east-technical-university-directive-student-transfers-undergraduate-programs

An equivalent degree programme refers to degree programmes that share the same name or, following a comparison of all the compulsory modules required for graduation from the programme in question by the relevant governing bodies, are found to have at least 80% of their content in common.

In addition to the conditions set out in the guidelines, applicants to the Faculty of Architecture programmes must meet the following requirement:

a) The ratio of the applicant’s ÖSS/LYS/YKS placement score for the year in which they were admitted to the University to the general quota cut-off score for the programme they are applying to in that year must not be less than 0.950

b) Applicants who were admitted to the university through an examination other than the YKS and who wish to transfer to a program different from the one in which they were originally enrolled must have a ratio of at least 0.950 between the minimum admission score of their current program in the year they entered the university and the minimum admission score of the program to which they are applying in the same year.

Applications from candidates who do not meet this condition will be rejected at the preliminary assessment stage.

SUMMER SCHOOL

The courses which are taken in the summer school and their grades are not taken into consideration in the applications for the following Fall semester.

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAM

Students applying from outside METU are required to document their English proficiency at the time of application (including those applying from programmes whose language of instruction is entirely in English)

Applicants can submit METU EPE or any of the exam results which are accepted by the University Senate. The equivalence table for English language exams recognized by METU Senate can be reached by visiting the address:

https://oidb.metu.edu.tr/en/equivalence-table-english-language-exams-recognized-metu-undergraduate-and-graduate-students

The applications of the candidates who do not submit English Proficiency documents are rejected at the preliminary evaluation stage.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applications are made via https://application.metu.edu.tr/ web address under the heading of TRANSFER APPLICATIONS. Non- METU students will be able to log in to the programme with their e-devlet passwords.

METU students log in to the application system with their user codes and passwords.

Among the programmes listed on the screen, maximum three departments should be marked by indicating the order of preference.

Applications will only be made electronically (online) through the Transfer Programme and all requested documents will be uploaded to the system through the programme. No physical documents will be submitted by hand.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

METU Students

• METU students are not required to upload any documents.

Students from METU Northern Cyprus Campus and students from outside METU

• Transcript: Transcript indicating all the courses followed their grades and Cumulative Grade Point Average from the current institution of the student. A photocopy cannot be accepted.
• Student Certificate
• Document proof of not receiving any disciplinary action
• ÖSYS or equivalent exam result document: DGS, LYS, GCE, SAT, ABITUR... (for students of TC/TRNC nationality studying abroad, with the conditions specified in the relevant regulation)

IMPORTANT NOTE: For transfer applications, you need to provide an exam result or high school diploma score along with your university transcript. The exam result/high school diploma score you submit for transfer application will be evaluated by considering the year you have taken the result in question. Your exam result/high school diploma score will be evaluated by considering whether you could be accepted to METU in the year you have taken the score if you had applied to METU. You can see the exam scores and high school diplomas you can submit and accept by METU from the following link: https://iso.metu.edu.tr/en/application-requirements

• If the exam or diploma score you have applied to your current university does not satisfy the application criterion for transfer to METU (either because exam/diploma score does not satisfy the transfer criterion or because of expiration of validity date in the case of international exams (SAT, ACT)) you can still make a fresh application to undergraduate programs at METU as an international student. In this case, you can make an application to undergraduate programs by taking a new exam score of SAT or ACT, since in the transfer process you can only submit the exam/diploma score you used to apply to your current university and do not accept any other. If your freshmen application gets accepted, you can still make a credit transfer if your new department at METU accepts it. For all necessary information for a new application to undergraduate programs, please visit www.iso.metu.edu.tr

• University Catalogue and Curriculum: The web addresses of the relevant pages in the university catalogue that display the course curriculum and detailed course descriptions for the department in which the student is enrolled, as well as the courses the student has completed.
• Copy of Turkish ID Card / Passport
• English Proficiency Certificate: The English Proficiency Certificate must be valid at the time of application and submitted accordingly. The table listing the English language exams and minimum scores accepted by the University Senate can be accessed at the web address below.
• https://oidb.metu.edu.tr/en/equivalence-table-english-language-exams-recognized-metu-undergraduate-and-graduate-students 
• Application fee: Only students applying from universities outside Türkiye are required to pay an application fee. A separate fee must be paid for each program applied to. Details regarding the application fee (USD 55), including bank and account information, are available at the address below.

https://oidb.metu.edu.tr/en/fees
https://oidb.metu.edu.tr/en/bank-account-numbers

METU Students and Non- METU Students who will apply to the Faculty of Architecture Departments

Applicants who will apply for the Architecture Department must submit the following documents.

• An official document showing the class size of the last semester and the student's position in the class size.
• Curriculum vitae including educational and non-educational activities.
• A letter of intent explaining the reasons to apply to the department
• Portfolio containing the works (paintings, photographic, graphics, music, etc.) indicating the student's design and interests.

Applicants who will apply to the Department of City and Regional Planning must submit a portfolio containing projects from their planning/design studios and/or work illustrating their areas of interest (drawings, photographs, graphics, etc.).

Applicants who will apply for the Industrial Design Department must submit the following documents:

• A portfolio comprising work from design studios, and a portfolio containing work that demonstrates their design skills and/or areas of interest (painting, photography, graphic design, etc.)

Note: Candidates who will apply to the Faculty of Architecture must upload the additional documents mentioned above to the relevant section on the system.

EVALUATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS

After verifying that candidates meet all announced application requirements, the applications of eligible candidates are forwarded to the relevant academic units for evaluation. Applications that do not meet the requirements are marked as 'rejected at the application stage' and are not considered further.

METU students who are rejected at the application stage are informed via e-mail. Candidates from outside METU learn the evaluation results from https://application.metu.edu.tr/ web address.

The acceptance/rejection results of the candidates who meet all the announced application conditions and whose applications are evaluated by the relevant academic units will be announced via the TRANSFER APPLICATIONS programme on the https://application.metu.edu.tr/ web address.

ADAPTATION PROCESS

For internal transfers within METU, courses and grades from the student's previous program are included in the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), except for courses that are not relevant to the new program. Courses with different codes are subject to an adaptation process.

MAXIMUM DURATION

The duration spent in the previous program is also considered for the calculation of the maximum education time of the new program.

ID CARD

Accepted students apply for an ID card electronically via the programme on the web address below.

https://cardinfo.metu.edu.tr/

REGISTRATION

Announcements for accepted candidates should be followed at https://oidb.metu.edu.tr/en/how-will-you-register