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Application Period: December 2, 2024 – January 22, 2025 (until 16:00)

English Proficiency Exam: The exam will be held on January 27-28, 2025. For detailed information, please click here.

Candidates applying to Master’s programs in English and foreign applicants for Ph.D. programs without a satisfactory English score can take this exam.

The exam will be held face-to-face for Turkish candidates and online for foreign candidates.

Science Exam and Interview: On January 31, 2025, written exams will start at 10:00, and oral exams will begin at 13:30. For the details about the location of the written and oral exams, please click here.

The Science Exam and Interview will be held face-to-face for Turkish candidates and online for foreign candidates.

The Science Exam and Interview are applicable only to Master’s and Ph.D. programs that require written and/or oral exams. For more information, click the “Admission Criteria” tab.

There is no science exam and no interview for non-thesis master’s programs.

Final Registration:  February 10-11, 2025

ALES is not required for non-thesis master’s programs for Turkish applicants.

ALES or equivalent GRE/GMAT is not required for Master’s programs with and without thesis and for Ph.D. programs for foreign applicants.

Foreign language is not required for Master’s programs in Turkish (except for Master’s with thesis in Political Science) but it is a prerequisite for Master’s programs in English and Ph.D. programs.

Minimum scores for English are in terms of YDS. Equivalent scores from following exams are also acceptable: YÖKDİL, TOEFL, UDS, TOEFL IBT, CAE, CPE, and PEARSON PTE Academic. Equivalence table for these exams is available at OSYM website. Home Edition exams are not accepted.

The English proficiency exam held by Çankaya University is also accepted for Master’s programs by all applicants and for Ph.D. programs by foreign applicants. Çankaya graduates from undergraduate programs in English are exempt from English requirement for Master’s programs.

For Ph.D. applications, in accordance with the Higher Education Council’s (YÖK) regulations, foreign language exams equivalent to those accepted by YÖK are valid. Language exams conducted by universities are not valid. (For equivalencies, click the “Exam Equivalencies” tab.)

Applications for Distance Education Program “Marketing and Brand Management” are considered only for Fall Semester.

Detailed application requirements for each program are listed in the table below.

Note:

This table contains information only for foreign applicants not for Turkish applicants. Turkish applicants are kindly asked to visit our website in Turkish.

I. Graduates of 4-year higher education institutions for Master’s programs
II. Graduates of Law Bachelor’s degree programs
III. Graduates of 4-year Interior Architecture, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Architecture Bachelor’s programs, and those who have taken preparatory scientific courses in City and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Industrial Product Design, and Industrial Design
IV. Graduates of the 4-year Bachelor’s programs in departments such as Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Automation Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Control Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Control and Automation Engineering, Software Engineering, Aircraft Engineering, Space Engineering
V. Graduates of 4-year Bachelor’s programs in City and Regional Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Geomatics Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Economics, Public Administration and Political Science, Sociology, and similar programs
VI. Graduates of 4-year Bachelor’s programs from all Engineering Departments, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology and Genetics from the Faculty of Science and Letters
VII. Graduates of Bachelor’s programs in Architecture, Interior Architecture, City and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture, Industrial Product Design
VIII. Graduates of 4-year Bachelor’s programs in Architecture, Interior Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, City and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture
IX. Graduates of the 4-year Bachelor’s program in Civil Engineering
X. Graduates of Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, City and Regional Planning, Urban Design, Economics, Public Administration, Political Science, Sociology, Civil Engineering, Geomatics Engineering, Geography, and related programs with a thesis Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning, Urban Design, Urban Policy, etc.
XI. Graduates of Thesis Master’s programs
XII. Graduates of 4-year Bachelor’s programs in Mathematics, Mathematics-Computer, all Engineering and Natural Science departments
XIII. For Thesis Master’s applicants: Bachelor’s degree from all Engineering departments; for non-thesis Master’s applicants: a 4-year Bachelor’s degree; for Doctoral applicants: Thesis Master’s degree in Engineering
XIV. Students will be accepted from departments of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Science
XV. Graduates of all departments of the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Agriculture, and the departments of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
XVI. Applicants must have a GPA of at least 2.80 out of 4.0 or an equivalent for Bachelor’s degree holders. Applicants should select either “Social/Organizational Psychology” or “Cognitive Psychology” as their option.
XVII. A requirement of having graduated from a thesis Master’s program
XVIII. Graduates of Law Bachelor’s and thesis Master’s programs in Law (Minimum GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 or 70 out of 100)
XIX. A thesis Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Philology, Translation Studies, or English Language Teaching. A minimum GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 (or the equivalent in the 100-point system) is required
XX. Graduates of Bachelor’s programs in Architecture, Interior Architecture, City and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture, Industrial Product Design, and a thesis Master’s degree in Architecture, Interior Architecture, or City and Regional Planning.

• Applications are only accepted online during application period. To apply, please visit: https://onbasvuru.cankaya.edu.tr
• Documents to be uploaded through online system when applying:

1. 1. Official transcript (undergraduate transcript for Master’s, both undergraduate and master’s transcripts for   Ph.D. programs)
   2. ALES or equivalent exam result certificate (required for Turkish candidates for Master’s with Thesis and Ph.D., ALES or equivalent exam is valid for 5 years, certificates after December 02, 2019 will be considered).
   3. English exam result certificate (certificates after December 02, 2019 will be considered. No time limit for Ph.D. programs in Turkish).
   4. The bank receipt of application fee of 170$ that must be paid to Vakıfbank Meşrutiyet Branch TR390001500158048000105763. (ATM receipts are not accepted)
   5. CV for all Ph.D. programs and Master’s in Psychology
   6. Letter of intent and two reference letters for all Ph.D. programs, Master’s in Psychology and Master’s in Interior Architecture (optionally, a portfolio). (The reference letters will be generated by the system during the application; the applicant is expected to provide necessary information).
   7. For applicants to the Interior Architecture Design Ph.D. Program: A copy of the Master’s thesis and optionally, a portfolio.
   8. Letter of intent for Master’s with thesis in Political Science.

EVALUATION CRIATERIA OF GRADUATE APPLICATIONS

Thesis Master’s Programs: Applications by Turkish applicants will be assessed based on ALES or equivalent exam, undergraduate GPA and written exam and/or oral exam.

Applications by foreign applicants, for whom ALES or equivalent exam is not required, assessment is made based on undergraduate GPA, written exam and/or oral exam.

Non-thesis Master’s Programs: Applications by both Turkish and foreign applicants will be assessed based on only undergraduate GPA.

To see criteria used and weight of each used crıterion in calculation of assessment score for Mater’s programs, please click here.

Ph.D. Programs: Applications by Turkish will be assessed based on ALES or equivalent exam, master’s GPA, written exam and/or oral exam.

Applications by foreign applicants, for whom ALES or equivalent exam is not required, assessment is made based on master’s GPA, written exam and/or oral exam.

To see criteria used and weight of each used crıterion in calculation of assessment score for Ph.D. programs, please click here.

ADMISSION INTO GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Thesis Master’s Programs: Those Turkish and foreign applicants with 50 or higher assessment score and 40 or higher score from written or oral exam with a higher weight in evaluation will be considered as successful and be admitted into the applied program. Successful candidates will be ranked based on assessment score and placed in programs according to available quota.

Non-thesis Master’s Programs: Those Turkish and foreign applicants with 50 or higher assessment score will be considered as successful and be admitted into the applied program. Successful candidates will be ranked based on assessment score and placed in programs according to available quota.

Ph.D. Programs: Those Turkish and foreign applicants with 60 or higher assessment score and 50 or higher score from each of written or oral exams will be considered as successful and be admitted into the applied program. Successful candidates will be ranked based on assessment score and placed in programs according to available quota.