CoHE Makes Important Arrangements for Those Wishing to Study Abroad:
"Graduates of the universities ranked in the top 400 in the rankings
will be granted direct equivalence, and graduates of the universities
ranked in the top 1000 will not be required to take the Higher
Education Institutions Exam (YKS)."
March 28, 2024
The Council of Higher Education has published the principles and procedures
to overcome the hesitations arising in the implementation of the amendment
to the Regulation on the Recognition and Equivalence of Foreign Higher
Education Diplomas published in the Official Gazette on March 15.03.2024
regarding the equivalence of foreign higher education diplomas. The
principles and procedures are as follows:
"Graduates of the universities ranked in the top 400 in the rankings
will be granted equivalence directly, and they will not be required to
take the YKS."
Graduates of all programs, including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and law
programs, of higher education institutions ranked in the top 400 in the
three international higher education rating agencies recognized by the
Council of Higher Education will be granted equivalence directly.
Graduates of the universities ranked in the top 1000 by the same rating
agencies need to apply for equivalence in all fields, including the
departments with success requirement, as before. However, they will not
be required to take the YKS.
Graduates of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and law programs of the
universities in the top 1000 need to apply for equivalence. Their
applications will be examined individually according to their transcripts.
Graduates of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and law programs of the
universities that are not ranked in the top 1000 are obliged to take
the YKS and fulfill the success requirement.
Graduates of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and law programs of the
universities that are not ranked in the top 1000 need to take the YKS. If
they meet the requirement of success ranking of the relevant programs in
the YKS, their applications for equivalence will be accepted and examined
individually according to their transcripts.
In other words, only those who will study medicine, dentistry, pharmacy
and law at the universities that are not in the top 1000 will be
required take the YKS and fulfill the success requirement. The
graduates from other departments will not be required to take the YKS.
The amendment does not introduce a restrictive regulation regarding the
programs that do not require success ranking. As before, applications for
equivalence in these fields will be examined individually and a decision
will be made accordingly.
Click
here
for the Principles and Proceduresfor the Implementation of
the Provisions of the "Regulation Amending the Regulation on Recognition
and Equivalency of Foreign Higher Education Diplomas", which entered into
force after being published in the Official Gazette dated March 15, 2024
and numbered 32490. (In Turkish)
Click
here
for the questions and answers regarding the Principles and
Procedures for the Implementation of the Provisions of the "Regulation
Amending the Regulation on Recognition and Equivalency of Foreign Higher
Education Diplomas". (In Turkish)