International Student Admission Examination (TR-YÖS) to be Held on
January 29, 2023
TR-YÖS will be administered in six languages and in 17 provinces in
Türkiye and 23 countries abroad
CoHE will recommend higher education institutions to use the TR-YÖS
results in the admission of students from abroad
December 16, 2022
The "International Student Admission Examination" (TR-YÖS), which was
launched by the Council of Higher Education to standardize student
admission from abroad, will be held on January 29, 2023.
TR-YÖS, which aims to attract more international students to Türkiye, will
be held in six languages: Turkish, German, Arabic, French, English and
Russian.
The exam will be held by the Measuring, Selection and Placement Center of
the Republic of Türkiye (ÖSYM) and will be administered in 17 provinces in
Türkiye and in 23 countries abroad. It will be held in Adana, Ankara,
Bursa, Edirne, Gaziantep, Hatay, Mersin, Istanbul, Izmir, Kayseri, Konya,
Kahramanmaraş, Mardin, Trabzon, Şanlıurfa, Van and Kilis in Türkiye. The
countries where it will be administered are as follows: TRNC, Sudan,
Ethiopia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Germany,
Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Lebanon, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkmenistan,
Afghanistan, Chad, Libya, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal and Jordan.
Students willing to study at Turkish higher education institutions can take
the 2023 TR-YÖS and use its results when applying to these institutions.
The exam will facilitate the application process for candidates from
different countries who want to apply to Turkish higher education
institutions.
The exam will consist of 80 questions
The exam will start at 11:15 am local time in Türkiye in all exam centers
and the exam duration will be 100 minutes. Candidates will not be allowed
to enter the exam halls after 11:00 am. The exam will consist of 80
questions, 40 from the Quantitative Ability Test and 40 from the Basic
Mathematics Test.
Who can apply?
Applicants who meet the application conditions in the exam guide determined
by CoHE and published by ÖSYM can apply for the exam.
• Foreign nationals,
• Those who are Turkish citizens by birth but lose their Turkish
citizenship by obtaining permission to renounce Turkish citizenship from
the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and those who certify that they have a
blue card, which is given upon request to those who lost their Turkish
citizenship,
• Those who become naturalized Turkish citizens after subsequently
acquiring citizenship as a foreign national/dual nationals in a similar
position,
• Those who are TRNC nationals and obtained GCE AL exam results,
• Turkish citizens and dual nationals, one of which is Turkish nationality,
who have completed their last three years of secondary education (high
school education) in another country other than TRNC before February 1,
2013, or have completed their high school education in high schools abroad
(excluding TRNC high schools).
-The exam results will be valid for 2 years-
The exam will be valid for two years starting from the exam date. The
conditions regarding the methods to be used in student admission, the exams
and scores determined by universities (such as TR-YÖS, Abitur, SAT, IB, GCE
AL, Tawjihi) for candidates who want to get associate degree and
undergraduate education in higher education institutions with their own
means and meet the application requirements can be found on the official
websites of the higher education institutions.
CoHE will recommend Turkish higher education institutions to use the TR-YÖS
results for the admission of students from abroad and to facilitate the
procedures for students.
Applications for the exam will be made online through the systems such as
the E-Government Gateway, ÖSYM online application system, or by individual
application from the application centers, depending on the application
status of candidates such as nationality and country. Candidates are
required to bring with them a 2023 TR-YÖS exam entrance card, along with an
identity card with a photo or an identity card of the Republic of Türkiye
with a photo, or a valid passport with a photo. Apart from these, they can
also show a Blue Card, TRNC ID Card, ID Card of their country with a photo
or temporary ID document with a photo and barcode that was signed and
sealed by the related authorities.
-Announcement of exam results-
Candidates can find out their exam results by visiting the ÖSYM website,
https://sonuc.osym.gov.tr
, and using their ID/Y.U./TR-YÖS numbers and passwords. Results will not be
sent to candidates. Candidates can find out more about the details of the
exam from the
International Student Admission Examination (TR-YÖS) Guide
published by ÖSYM.