The Student Selection and Placement Center determines, in the context of fundamentals established by the Council of Higher Education, the examination principles of the students to be admitted to the institutions of higher education, it prepares, administers and evaluates the examinations on the basis of their results and the principles determined by the Council of Higher Education, and in the light of student preferences, places student candidates in universities and other higher educational institutions, as well as carrying out research related to these activities and performing other services.

The Student Selection and Placement Center, upon the request of institutions of higher education, carries out questionnaire-based research, examinations and evaluation at all levels, including the Associate Professorship examinations, student registration procedures, and other duties assigned by the Council of Higher Education.

Candidates pay a fee for these services. These fees are to be collected in the Council of Higher Education Student Selection and Placement Fund. The President of the Council of Higher Education is responsible for the fund. This fund is to be used for selection and placement services. In expenditures to be made from the fund and in other financial matters, the principles of a revolving fund are applied. The fundamentals relating to its administration, management and supervision are determined by the Council of Higher Education. At the end of each year, the money remaining in the fund is transferred to the following year’s fund.