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TRANSFER STUDENTS (Undergraduate & Graduate)

International students (except Erasmus students) can apply for a transfer to Bahçeşehir University only if they complete at least one academic year at their home institution, which must be recognized by the Higher Education Council of Turkey (YÖK - www.yok.gov.tr). Transfer conditions are determined at the beginning of each academic year by the Faculty Administrative Board with consultation from the relevant departments.

General Requirements For Admission:

  • Completed at least one academic year at an institution recognized by the Turkish Higher Education Council (www.yok.gov.tr)
  • Achieved a minimum GPA of 2.4 / 4.0, without failing any courses
  • The students who are at the last year of their education cannot apply as a transfer student.

Documents Required for Application:

1.Transfer Student Application Form (please click here)

2.Official Transcript of Records

  • Applicants need to submit their official undergraduate transcripts certified by their current university in a sealed envelop to our University (if the transcript is not in English, a certified translation should be submitted together with the transcript

3.Test Results - A certified copy of the following test results

1.Aptitude/Subject Tests

Minimum Test Results Requirements

Test/ Country

Minimum Scores

ACT

21

International Baccalaureate

24

YÖS (Basic Skills)

40

TUBITAK Olympic Medal

Achieved Olympic Medal


 

Country

 

High School

Conditions

Afghanistan

Baccalauria / Baccalaureate Certificate

 

Albania

Dëftesë Pjekurie / Certificate of Maturity

 

Algeria

Baccalauréat

Minimum Score: 11

 

Angola

Habilitação / Diploma de Ensino Medio Diploma de Ensino Pre Universitario

 

Argentina

Técnico / Bachillerato

 

Armenia

Attestat (Certificate of Secondary Education / Certificate of Completed General Secondary Education)

Minimum Score: 6

 

Australia

Secondary school graduation certificate

 

Austria

Reifeprüfung / Matura

 

Azerbaijan

Svidetel'stv/o Srednem Obrazovanii / Secondary School Leaving Certificate

Minimum Score: 3

 

Bahrain

Tawjahiya (School Leaving Certificate)

 

Bangladesh

Higher Secondary Certificate / Intermediate Certificate

 

Belarus

Svidetel’stvo/ o Srednem Obrazovanii / Certificate of Complete Secondary

Diplom o Srednem Spetsialnom Obrazovanii / Diploma of Specialized Secondary Ed.

Minimum Score: 6

 

Belgium

Certificat d'Enseignement Secondaire Superieur / Getuigschrift van Hoger Sec Onderwijs / Bek dat Toegang Verleent tot het Hoger Onderjwis Bekwaamheidsdiploma / Hoger Onderwijs / Diplôme de Maturité / Bekwaamheidsdiploma

 

Benin

Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 11

 

Bolivia

Bachiller / Técnico

Certificado de estudios

 

Bosnia Herzegovina

Svedocanstvo Svjeduzha o Zarsenom Obrazovanji / Maturska Svjedodzba

Report Cards

 

Botswana

Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education / Cambridge Overseas School Certificate / Cambridge Overeseas Higher School Certificate

 

Brazil

Certificado de Conclusao de 2 Grau / Ensino Medio

Historico escolar

 

Bulgaria

Diploma za Zavarsheno Sredno Obrazavonie

 

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso Baccalaureat

Minimum Score: 11

Burundi

Diplôme des Humanites Complètes

Relevé de notes

 

Cameroon

Cameroon Baccalaureat

Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement Secondaire / GCE O and A Level examination results issued by the examination body

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 11

Central African Republic

Central African Republic Baccalaureat

 

Baccalauréat / Diplôme de Bachilier de l’Enseignement du Second Degré

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 11

Chad

Chad Baccalaureat

Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 11

Chile

Licencia de Educación Media / Técnico Medio

Certificado de Estudios

 

China

Gaoka

Senior middle school diploma (????)

Senior middle school transcript National Senior High School Graduation Examination results (???????? ) – for all applicants who completed senior middle school after 1991

Note: Notarial certificates are not acceptable in place of the above

Gaoka -

Minimum Score: 450/470

Columbia

Bachiller

Certificado de estudios

 

Congo Democratic Republic

Examen d’etat

 

Diplôme d’Etat de l’Enseignement Secondaire / Diplôme d’Etat d’Études Secondaires du Cycle Long

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 50

Congo Republic

Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

 

Costa Rika

Bachillerato / Bachiller en la Ensenanza Media

Certificado de estudios

 

Croatia

Maturatna Svjedodzba / School Leaving Certificate

Indeks / Uvjerenje

 

Cuba

Título de Bachiller / Título de Técnico Medio

Certificado de estudios

 

Czech Republic

Maturitni Zkouška / Maturita

 

Denmark

Bevis / Diploma

Record of study

 

Cibuti

Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

 

Republic of Dominique

 

Bachillerato

Certificado de estudios

 

Ecuador

Título de Bachiller / Técnico Medio

Certificado de estudios

 

Egypt

The Thanaweya A’ama (General Secondary Certificate) puan belirtilmemiş

Certificate of General Secondary Education

 

Eritrea

Eritrean Secondary Education Certificate

 

Estonia

Gümnaasiumi ltputunnistus / Secondary School Leaving Certificate

Akadeemiline / Academic Record

Minimum Score: 3

Ethiopia

Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate

National Exam Minimum Score: 400

Finland

Peruskoulun päästötodistus (Comprehensive School Completion Certificate) / Lukion päästötodistus / Dimissionsbetyg or Avgangsbetyg fran gymnasiet (Upper Secondary Completion Certificate) / Ylioppilastutkintotodistus / Studentexamensbetyg (Matriculation Examination Certificate)

 

France

French Baccalaureate -

 

Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 12

Gabon

Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

 

Gambia

Senior Secondary School Leaving Certificate issued by the West African Examinations Council

 

Georgia

Sashualo Skolis Atestati / Secondary School Leaving Certificate

Minimum Score: 6

Germany

Abitur

Abschlusszeugnis der ... (Completion Certificate) / Zeugnis der Fachhochschulreife (Certificate of University of Applied Sciences Maturity) / Zeugnis der allgemeinen / fachgebundenen Hochschulreife (Certificate of General/Subject Specific University Maturity)

Minimum Score: 4

Ghana

Results of West African Examination Council / Nigerian Examination Council examinations (see notes)

Note: The results submitted must be issued by the examining body and not the secondary school.

For applicants who completed WAEC exams in 1993 or later, these results must now be verified on-line. To permit access to WAEC results, please provide the following:

WAEC http://ghana.waecdirect.org

Copy of the Statement of Results

Examination Number

Examination year

Examination type and month

Card serial number (on the reverse side of the scratch card)

10 digit Personal Identification Number (PIN)

 

Greece

Apolytirion / Secondary School Leaving Certificate

Grade Report

 

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination / Hong Kong Advanced / Advanced Supplementary Level Examination results issued by the Hong Kong Examinations Authority

 

Hungary

Gimnáziumi Érettségi Bizonyítvány / Secondary School Maturity Certificate

 

Iceland

Studentsprof

 

India

Higher Secondary Certificate / Intermediate Certificate / Pre-University Certificate

Statement of Marks

*Please note that the School Record is not sufficient*

 

Indonesia

Surat Tamat Sekolah Menengah Umum Tingkat Atas (Senior Secondary school certificate of completion) puan belirtilmemiş

Surat Tanda Tamat Belajar Sekolah Menegah Unum / Certificate of Completion of Upper Secondary School

 

Iran

Iranian Diploma

High School Diploma / Pre-University Certificate

Transcript of study

Minimum Score: 15

Iraq

Baccalauréat examination results

 

Ireland

Leaving Certificate (Ordinary and Higher Level)

 

Israel

Bagrut / Matriculation Examination

 

Italy

Diploma di Maturità

 

Jamaica

CXC examination results issued by the Caribbean Examinations Council / GSCE, GCE O and A Level examination results issued by the examination body

GCE – A 2 Konuları A seviyesi

 

Japan

Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho / Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate

 

Jordan

Tawjihi / Certificate of General Secondary Education

Minimum Score: 70

Kazakhstan

Attestat / Certificate of Secondary Education

Minimum Score: 3

Kenya

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education / East African Certificate of Education

 

Korea

High School Diploma

Transcript of study

 

Kuwait

Shahadat-al-thanawia-al-a'ama / General Secondary School Certificate

 

Kyrgyzstan

Attestat / Certificate of Secondary Education

Minimum Score: 3

Latvia

Atestats par videjo izglitibu / Certificate of Secondary Education

Minimum Score: 6

Lebanon

Baccalauréat examination results

Minimum Score: 13

Libya

Secondary Education Certificate

 

Lithuania

Brandos Atestatas / Certificate of Maturity

Minimum Score: 70

Luxembourg

Diplôme de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires

Relevé de notes

 

Macedonia

Secondary School Leaving Diploma / Matura

 

Malaysia

Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia / Malaysia Certificate of Education / Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia / Malaysia Higher School Certificate

 

Madagascar

Madagascar Baccalaureat

 

Minimum Score: 11

Mali

Mali Baccalaureat

Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 11

Malta

Secondary Education Certificate / General Certificate of Secondary Education / Matriculation Certificate

 

Mauritania

Diplôme de Bachelier de I'Enseignement du Second Degré / Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

 

Mexico

Bachillerato / Técnico

Certificado de estudios

 

Moldova

Attestat / Certificat de Absolvire / Diploma de Bacalaureat / Certificate of Secondary Education

Minimum Score: 6

Mongolia

Gerchilgee / School Leaving Certificate

 

Montenegro

Diploma

Record of study

 

Morocco

Morocco Baccalauréat

Diplôme du Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 11

Mozambique

Certificado de Habilitações Literarias / Secondary School Leaving Certificate

 

Namibia

General Certificate of Secondary Education / Cambridge Overseas School Certificate / Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate / Senior Certificate

 

Netherlands

VBO / MAVO / HAVO / VWO / MBO Diploma / Secondary School Certificate

 

New Zealand

National Certificate / Sixth Form Certificate / School Certificate / Higher School Certificate

 

Nicaragua

Bachillerato / Técnico

Certificado de estudios

 

Niger

Niger Baccalaureat

Baccalauréat / Diplôme de Bachelier de I'Enseignement du Second Degré

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 11

Nigeria

Results of West African Examination Council / Nigerian Examination Council examinations (see notes)

Note: The results submitted must be issued by the examining body and not the secondary school.

For applicants who completed WAEC exams in 1991 or later, and for all NECO examinations, these results must now be verified on-line. To permit access to WAEC/NECO results, please provide the following:

WAEC www.waecdirect.org

Copy of the Statement of Results

Examination Number

Examination year

Examination type and month

Card serial number (on the reverse side of the scratch card)

10 digit Personal Identification Number

(PIN)

NECO www.neconigeria.org

Copy of the Statement of Results

Registration number

Examination type and month

Examination year

Personal Identification Number (PIN)

JAMP (Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board) Minimum Score: 185

 

Norway

Vitnemål fra den Videregående Skole / Examen Artium / Certificate of Upper Secondary Education

 

Oman

Thanawiya amma / Secondary School Leaving Certificate

 

Pakistan

Higher Secondary Certificate / puanı belli değil

Intermediate Certificate

Mark sheet

 

Palestine

Tawjihi / Certificate of General Secondary Education

Minimum Score: 70

Panama

Bachillerato / Técnico

Certificado de estudios

 

Paraguay

Bachillerato / Técnico

Certificado de estudios

 

Peru

Bachillerato / Técnico

Certificado de estudios

 

Philippines

Katibayan / High School Diploma

Transcript of study

 

Poland

Swiadectwo Dojrza?o?ci / Matura / Swiadectwo Ukonczenia

 

Portugal

Certificado de fim de Estudos Secundários / Certidão do Décimo Segundo Ano)

 

Porto Rico

High School Diploma

Transcript of study

 

Qatar

Al-Thanawaya Al-Aama / General Secondary Education Certificate

 

Romania

Diploma de Bacalaureat

Foaie Matricola

 

Russia

Attestat / Certificate of Secondary Education

Minimum Score: 3

Ruanda

Diplôme des Humanités Complètes / Diplôme de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires

Relevé de notes

 

Saudi Arabia

Tawjihiyah / General Secondary Education Certificate

 

Senegal

Senagal Baccalaureate

Diplôme de Bachelier de l'Enseignement du Second Degré / Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 12

Serbia

Diploma

Record of study

 

Singapore

Sijil am Pelajaran Singapura-Cambridge / Sijil am Pelajaran Singapura-Cambridge / Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level / Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

 

Slovakia

Maturitná skúška / Maturita

Vysv?d?ení / Annual grade report

 

Slovenia

Matura / Secondary School-Leaving Diploma

 

Somali

Secondary School Leaving Certificate

 

South Africa

Senior Certificate, Matrix Test

Student has to pass at least 6 subjects out of 7

Spain

Bachillerato / Técnico

Certificado de estudios

 

 

 

 

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan General Certificate of Education examination results issued by the Department of Examinations

 

Sudan

Sudan School Certificate / puanı belli değil

Secondary School Certificate / Higher Secondary School Certificate

 

Surinam

VBO / MAVO / HAVO / VWO / MBO Diploma / Secondary School Certificate

 

Swaziland

Cambridge Overseas School Certificate Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate

 

Sweden

Avgångsbetyg / Slutbetyg från Gymnasieskola / Studentexamen / Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate

 

Switzerland

Diploma from Diplommittelschule / Ecole de Culture Générale / Scuola Cultura Generale / Federal Maturity Certificate / Maturitätszeugnis / Certificat de Maturité / Baccalauréat / Attestato di Maturità / federally recognized Cantonal Maturity Certificate / Eidgenössisch anerkanntes kantonales Maturitätszeugnis / Certificat de Maturité cantonal reconnu par la Confédération / Attestato di Maturità cantonale riconosciuto dalla Confederazione)

 

Syria

Baccalauréat / Al Shahada Al Thanawiya / General Secondary Certificate

Minimum Score: 170

Taiwan

Senior High School Leaving Certificate

 

Tajikistan

Attestat / Certificate of Secondary Education

Minimum Score: 3

Tanzania

Cambridge Overseas School Certificate

East African Certificate of Education /

National Form IV Examination /

Certificate of Secondary Education /

Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate / East African Advanced Certificate of Education / National Form VI Examination / Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education

 

Thailand

Maw 6

 

Togo

Togo Baccalaureat

Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 11

Tunisia

Tunisia Baccalauréat

Baccalauréat

Relevé de notes

Minimum Score: 11

Turkmenistan

Attestat / Certificate of Secondary Education

Minimum Score: 3

 

Uganda

Uganda Certificate of Education /puanı yazmıyor

East African Certificate of Education / Cambridge Overseas School Certificate

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education / East African Advanced Certificate of Education / Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate

 

Ukraine

Attestat / Certificate of Secondary Education

Minimum Score: 7

United Arab Emirates

Tawjihiyya / General Secondary Education Certificate

 

United Kingdom

General Certificate of Education / General Certificate of Secondary Education / Certificate of Secondary Education / Scottish Certificate of Education / Scottish Qualifications Certificate

GCE –A, A Level from 2 subjects

 

USA

High School Diploma

Official transcript of study sent directly to ontariocolleges.ca by the school or school board

SAT - Minimum Score: 1000

 

Uruguay

Bachillerato

Certificado de estudios

 

Uzbekistan

Attestat / Certificate of Secondary Education

Minimum Score: 3

Venezuela

Bachillerato / Técnico

Certificado de estudios

 

Vietnam

Bang Tot Nghiep Pho Thong / Secondary School Diploma

 

Yemen

Al Thanawiya / General Secondary Education Certificate

 

 

 

 

Zambia

Zambia School Certificate / Cambridge Overseas School Certificate

Minimum Score: 4

Zimbabwe

General Certificate of Education / Cambridge School Certificate / Cambridge Higher School Certificate

 

2.English Proficiency Tests (*)

  • TOEFL - 79
  • IELTS - 6,5
  • FCE - B

4. Reference Letter
5. Letter of Intent / Personal Statement

Application Deadline: March 15 of each year
Application Notification: April 15 of the same year

(*) Those students who fulfill the above requirements except for the  English Proficiency Test can take Bahçeşehir University's Proficiency Test upon arrival.