Transcript Turkish Higher Education System

GENERAL STRUCTURE
of
TURKISH HIGHER
EDUCATION
SYSTEM
Turkısh Higher Education
System
Turkish higher education
constitutes
the third pillar of the
Turkish education system
• Primary education,
• Secondary and tertiary
education
• Higher education
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Education
Primary
Secondary
University
Entrance to Higher Education
Admissions to higher education are
arranged by means of University Entrance
Examination (ÖYS) organised annually by
Student Selection and Placement Centre
(ÖSYM)
Turkısh Higher Education
System
Higher education consists of four main
levels of education:
• Associate Degree  vocational high schools
• Bachelor’s Degree  schools and faculties
• Master’s Degree  graduate schools
• Doctoral Degree  graduate schools
Associate Degree
• Designed to provide practice-oriented
technical education,
2 years of study.
Bachelor’s Degree
• Faculties and schools
4 years Bachelor's degree study
• Dentistry and Veterinary
Studies
5 years
• Medicine
6 years
Admission for Bachelor’s Degree
Admission is directly determined by the
level of success at University Entrance
Examination (ÖYS).
Master’s Degree Prerequisites
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Bachelor's Degree,
Examination for Graduate Studies, (LES)
Interviews and reference letters
Good GPA is an advantage
Doctoral Degree
...takes different titles for different
academic fields:
• Ph.D. (Doctorade),
• “proficiency in Fine Arts”
“ specialization in Medicine (MD)”
Admissions for Doctoral Degrees
• Master's degree
• An exam (oral and/or written) organised
by graduate schools
• Examination for Graduate Studies (LES)
organised by ÖSYM
• Certified foreign language competency
Higher Education Council (YÖK)
• Established in 1981.
• Functions:
-to coordinate the activities of
teaching, education and scientific
research
-to ensure the establishment and
development of universities
-effective allocation of resources
among Universities
Internationalisation in Turkish
Higher Education
• The Higher Education Council attends
periodically the meetings of European
University Association (EUA, formerly
CRE)
• Head of Higher Education Council has
signed Bologna Declaration in 2001
• Dokuz Eylül University is a member of
EUA since 1990’s
Internationalisation in Turkish
Higher Education
• Higher Education Council has principally
engaged in the following activities:
• Dissemination of information concerning
internationalisation among universities;
• Launching the procedures concerning
“Diploma Supplement”
• Promoting the application of European
Credit Transfer System (ECTS) to ensure
standards and transparency in higher
education.