Q)
Who can apply?
A)
Students who have spent at least one year in a four-year undergraduate
program.
Q)
When to apply?
A)
Usually in the second half of July. See the Academic Calendar in the
University website for the exact dates.
Q)
Where to apply?
A)
The Registrar's Office in the South Campus.
Q)
What documents are necessary?
A) Of
course, the people in the Registrar's Office (Kayıt İşleri Şube Müdürlüğü)
have the exact details. So ask them. But a transcript from your university, a
description of the courses that you have taken (maybe a few pages containing
that information from the university catalog), your ÖSS or SAT result
document, and proof of knowledge of English would certainly be a good idea.
Q)
Should I come personally to the department and talk with the professors?
A) No.
Q) What
if I don't have proof of knowledge of English handy?
A) I
guess the University organizes an English exam for such people, but the people
in the Registrar's Office have the correct answer to this question.
Q) Do
I have to pay an application fee?
A) The
people in the Registrar's Office have the correct answer to this question.
Q) What
is the minimum GPA requirement?
A) This
may change every year, and the exact value can be told to you by the
Secretariat of the Faculty of Engineering or the Registrar's Office some time
after the month of May, but it is highly likely NOT to be less than 3.25 out
of 4.00.
Q) What
are the minimum number of credits that I have to transfer?
A) This
may change every year, and the exact value can be told to you by the
Secretariat of the Faculty of Engineering or the Registrar's Office some time
after the month of May, but it is highly likely NOT to be less than 11 per
semester for people coming from other universities, and 9 for people coming
from Boğaziçi. To see what this means, look at the BS curriculum in this
website and compare our courses with the courses that you have already taken.
In this way, you can form an idea about how many credits you are in the
position of transferring to our department.
Q)
What are my chances of being admitted?
A)
Well, a huge number of people apply each year, and only a very small number is
actually accepted. Don't waste your time if you are not one of the very best
students in your present department, and if you are not in the top very few
percent of an exam like the ÖSS. There are several other universities and
departments in the world.
Q) When
and from whom would I learn the result?
A) Usually
sometime in the second half of September. Check the academic calendar; the
deadline for that decision to be given by the Faculty Board is written there.
You learn the result from the Secretariat of the Faculty of Engineering, and
not from the Department or anywhere else.
Q) Who
is the person to ask further questions (although I carefully read everything
here)?
A) Oguz
Tosun