Central Lateral Transfer

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Central Lateral Transfer

According to the Additional Article I "Regulation on the Principles of Transfer between Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer" added to the Official Gazette dated May 2, 2014 and numbered 28998, students can transfer to departments/programs with their central placement scores.

Related Directives and Regulations

Click here for Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Directive for Lateral Transfer in Undergraduate, Associate Degree Diploma Programs.

Click here for the Regulation on the Principles of Transfer between Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Minor and Inter-Institutional Credit Transfer.

Click here for transfer application dates.

Click here for the base scores of Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University departments/programs.

Documents Required for Application

  1. Student certificate: A newly dated, approved, stamped or e-signed document prepared by the higher education institution in which the candidate is registered, showing that the candidate is still a registered student at the time of application.
  • Student documents should contain information about the candidate's disciplinary status and state that he/she has not made a horizontal transfer before according to the Central Placement Score (Additional Article-1). If not, a document indicating these must be submitted as an attachment.
  1. Transcript: A transcript showing all courses taken, grades and grade point averages, prepared by the higher education institution to which the candidate is registered. (In a sealed envelope, certified, sealed or e-signed) (Except for students enrolled in the preparatory class)
  • If the transcript does not contain descriptive information about the grading system and language of instruction, documents containing this information should be attached to the transcript.

  1. Course Description and Content Information: Documents containing detailed descriptions of the courses and content information specified in the candidate's transcript. (Except for students enrolled in the preparatory class)

  2. Course Plan: The course plan for the years he/she studied. (Except for students enrolled in the preparatory class)

  3. ÖSYS / DGS / YKS Placement Result Document

  4. LYS Result Document (Including YGS Scores) / YKS Result Document

  5. Copy of High School Diploma: A copy of the diploma from the high school he/she graduated from.

  6. Identity Document: Copy of the candidates' identity card.

  7. One photograph

  8. Language proficiency certificate for programs whose language of instruction is English. Candidates who cannot meet the proficiency requirement are subjected to the Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Exemption and Level Determination (APPT) exam. Those who fail this exam, too, study at the English Preparatory Program.

  • Students who meet the following conditions are directly exempt from the English Preparatory Program:

a) Those who have completed their secondary education in at least the last three years in a country where English is spoken as their mother tongue, in secondary education institutions attended by the citizens of that country.

b) Those who certify that they have obtained the base score and above in the international foreign language exams organized by the Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) Presidency or valid as equivalent to the foreign language exams, by the Council of Higher Education.

Exams

Accepted Base Score

Validity Period

YDS / e-YDS *

85

5 years

PEARSON PTE Academic

67

2 years

TOEFL-IBT**

80 (Test) / 20 TWE

2 years

CAE

C

3 years

*Students who score 85 and above in the YDS and/or e-YDS exam must also take the APPT/ACEPT speaking and writing exams and get at least 70 in order to be exempt from the English Preparatory Program.

**a) Institutional TOEFL test results are not accepted. Only TOEFL-IBT results obtained from test centers at state universities are valid.

**b) Students who take the TOEFL-IBT exam abroad with a total score of 80 or more must take the APPT/ACEPT speaking and writing exams to be held by the Department of Foreign Languages, English Preparatory Program and get at least 70 in order to be accepted.

**c) The institution code of Acıbadem University must be noted as C173 in TOEFL-IBT documents submitted to the university during registration or sent directly to the English Preparatory Program from Turkey or abroad. Documents without this code will not be accepted, and additional result documents can be requested from the TOEFL center with the Score Report Request Form. Candidates must successfully complete the English Preparatory Program in order to continue in the program they have been accepted to.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Documents prepared in languages other than English or Turkish must also be translated and submitted in Turkish or English.

Applications are made through the Student Information System of the Student Affairs with completely set of application documents.

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