2015-2016 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT APPLICATIONS FOR THE GRADUATE
PROGRAMS
International Students are going to be accepted for the master’s (M.A) programs listed
below for 2015-2016 Spring Semester. Candidates must apply by online to The Graduate
School of Social Sciences between the dates 04-21 January 2016.
KARABÜK UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Department
Department of Geography
Department of Economy(Joint Graduate Program with BEU)
Department of Englısh Language and Literature
Department of Business Administration
Quota
M.A
PhD
3
3
5
5
3
1
A – APPLICATION CRITERIA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
1 – Foreign candidates who have already graduated from BA or MA degree and applied for post
graduate education submit the documents stated below after filling the Institute application form
online or by hand right on time determined by Institutions.
a) Having equivalence certificate of BA or MA nostrificated by YÖK,
b) Having the documents showing the result of ALES (The Entrance Examination for Academic
Staff and Graduate Studies) or GRE (if any)
c) Having the documents received from TOMER (Turkish Language Teaching Center) showing
their competency in Turkish “level A or B” (if any)
d) Having the document showing competency in any foreign language (for doctoral program
applicants)
2 – Applicants who do not have ALES or GRE Score are expected to enter a written examination
prepared by a committee selected by EYK. The content, procedure and principles of the test are
determined by the related Departments. The applicants are required to have at least 70 points out of
100 to be considered successful on the written exam.
3 – Applicants who do not have A or B Level Turkish Language Proficiency Score by TÖMER are
expected to enter a written examination prepared by a committee selected by EYK and the Head of
Turkish Language and Literature Department. Applicants whose exam score is 70 or above out of 100
points may start their graduate programs. The applicants who fail are given at most 2 additional years
to present Turkish Language Proficiency Score. The applicants who submit A or B Level Turkish
Language Proficiency Score by TÖMER within this period may start their graduate programs in the
following semester.
4 – Applicants who graduated from a university in Turkey do not have to submit a Turkish Language
Proficiency score.
5 – Foreign Candidates applying for PhD programs are required to take the score of at least 55 out of
100 of YDS (The Foreign Language Examination) belonging to any of English, French or German
languages or an equivalent score of examinations (KPDS- The Foreign Language Examination for
Civil Servants, UDS, YDS - The Interuniversity Foreign Language Examination, TOEFL, IELTS,
CEFLE,ZDF) adopted by the Interuniversity Board. Applicants who do not have any of these
documents must comply with the aforesaid language requirement until PhD Qualifying Examination.
6 – Without Department of Basic Islamic Sciences
Applicants who graduated from undergraduate programs in which the language of education is
English, German or French do not have to submit a Foreign Language Proficiency score. For the
applications to the Department of Basic Islamic Sciences, proficiency in the Arabic Language
is required.
B- EVALUATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICANTS
a) Applicants will be accepted to post graduate programs after the evaluation of the documents
showing the result of ALES and the written exam in their branch. Candidates for master degree are
required to take Foreign Language Proficiency Exam before evaluation. Applicants who take the
score of 55 out of 100 of YDS (The Foreign Language Examination) or equal scores adopted by
the Interuniversity Board are exempt from this examination. Evaluation of the Foreign Language
Proficiency Exam and the Written Exam is carried out by at least 3 at most 7 jury comitte selected
by Executive Board of the Institute at request of the Department. Foreign Language Proficiency
Exam is made up of a 200 word- text translation from target language into Turkish in 2 hours, the
text relevant to applicants’ field is translated keeping to the meaning of the text. In this exam, use
of dictionary is free. In Foreign Language Proficiency Exam pass mark is % 60 of total marks.
Those who do not take Foreign Language Proficiency Exam despite not being exempt from or
who take and fail in this exam are unable to take Written Exam.
b) In acceptance of master program, pass mark is calculated by taking % 70 of ALES and % 30 of
Written Exam. Written Exam is evaluated out of 100. Those who do not take Written Exam or
take the score of below 60 are regarded as unsuccessful. Those who take score of 65 out of 100 are
accepted to graduate programs ranging according to their success rate on space available basis.
c) In acceptance of doctoral program, the pass mark is calculated by taking % 70 of ALES and % 30
of Written Exam. Written Exam is evaluated out of 100. Those who do not succeed in the Written
Exam or get the score of below 65 out of 100 are regarded as unsuccessful. Those, with bachelor
degree, who get the score of 70 out of 100 and who take 75 are accepted to graduate programs
ranging according to their success rate on space- available basis.
(1) Application files of the applicants are evaluated as a whole by a relevant Department (16. Article
of graduate education and examination regulation and article 5(2 and 3) of this prescript)
Successful candidates’ acceptance is granted by the Executive Board of the Institute.
(2) Candidates certifying they are scholarship students of Turkish Republic or of their own country
are accepted to graduate programs apart from quota by the decision of Executive Board of the
Institute.
(3) Those who apply to graduate studies on the basis of bilateral agreements in which Karabuk
University is a party shall be accepted to the graduate programs apart from the quota with the
opinion of the related Department Chair, decision of the Executive Board of the Institute and
approval of the Senate.
(4) Those who are not exempt with bilateral agreements shall be obliged to pay the fees decided by
the Executive Board of the University within the framework of the cabinet decision.
C- APPLICATION
a) Application must be made in 04-21 January 2016.
b) For application to Institute of Science, application form is filled in on the web page
http://sbe.karabuk.edu.tr
D- FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND WRITTEN EXAMINATION
Foreign Language Proficiency Exam and Written Exam shall be conducted in related Department on
the dates announced.
*Turkish Language
Proficiency Exam
*ALES
Equivalence Exam
Foreign Language
Proficiency Exam
Written
Exam
MSc
25.01.2016
25.01.2016
26.01.2016
27.01.2016
Hour
10:00
14:00
10.00
10.00
PhD
25.01.2016
25.01.2016
-
27.01.2016
Hour
10:00
14:00
-
13.00
*Those who do not have the documents showing the results of TOMER or ALES will take these
exams.
E- RESULT ANNOUNCEMENT AND REGISTRATION DATES
Announcement of Entrance Exam Results
29 January 2016
Announcement of Student Numbers
29 January 2016
Final Registration to Graduate Programs
01-03 February 2016
Registration of Substitute Students
04 February 2016
F-DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR FINAL REGISTRATION
a) The Copy of Transcript certified by the Institute,
b) An Application form and the other relevant documents attached to the application form. These
documents must be certified by the Institute,
c) The Copy of Student visa provided by the Offices of Foreign Affairs. This copy must be
certified by the Institute,
d) Student visa copy provided by Foreign Delegations certified by the Institute,
e) The Copy of Passport certified by the Institute,
f) Residence Permit for education,
g) 6 photographs (taken within the last six months),
h) The document which certifies the payment of tuition fee.
NOTE:
1 – Candidates are required to complete registration procedures in person. Another person may
complete the registration procedures for the applicants with valid excuses only if the applicant submit
a notary certified procuration document.
2 – In case of stating false information, the applicant will fail to benefit from the registration right.
3 – For more information, applicants may contact the Graduate School of Social Sciences Secretariat.
CONTACT:
Graduate School of Social Sciences Secretariat
Phone: +90 370 433 88 34
E-mail: sbe@karabuk.edu.tr
ADDRESS:
Karabuk University
Iron and Steel Campus
78050/KARABUK