Exam Regulations & Assessment & Grading

(1) As the result of the required examinations and such assessments, the students are given, for each of the courses they have taken, a grade of between zero and one hundred, which is called the raw score. The tutor of a course determines what raw score range corresponds to which letter grade, and the semester-final grades are submitted to the Rectorate as letter grades. The tutor of a course has to submit the semester-final grades to the Institute Directorate within a time span of no longer than one week following the end of the examinations. All the grade sheets of the students are kept for a period of ten years. The following rules apply to grading:

a. The grades and their quotients are expressed in the table below:

Semester Grade               Quotient

AA                          4,00

BA                          3,50

BB                          3,00

CB                          2,50

CC                           2,00

FF                           0,00

b. Other grades and symbols are as the following:

1) Grade B (Successful) is given for a Pass score in the courses and other activities which are not included in GPA.

2) Grade Y (Unsuccessful) is given for a Fail score in the courses and other activities which are not included in GPA.

3) (Changed:OG-24/03/2022-31788) VF grade is given to students who cannot obtain the right to take the exam because they do not fulfill the course attendance requirements or the conditions regarding course applications. This grade is treated as an FF grade in the GPA calculation. The courses with a VF grade must be taken and continued in the first semester/year in which the course is opened.

4) (Changed:OG-24/03/2022-31788) Grade E (Missing) is given to students who are successful in the semester but fail to complete the requirements for the course. If the student receives an E grade in any course, he/she has to complete the deficiencies within one month from the delivery date of the grades by the relevant instructor and get a grade. Otherwise, grade E automatically becomes FF grade.

5) Symbol T (Transfer) is given for the courses which the student has previously taken from other institutions of higher-education, for which equivalence to the courses is done, and which are thus transferred by the decision of the Institute Administrative Board. The grades of such courses are added to GPA.

6) Grade G (Pass) is given for the courses which have previously been taken from other institutions of higher-education or are taken from the University, which have no grade equivalents, added to the sum of the credits succeeded, however not included in GPA.

7) Grade K (Fail) is given for the failed courses which have previously been taken from other institutions of higher-education or are taken from the University, which have no grade equivalents, added to the sum of the credits, however not included in GPA.

8) (Changed:OG-24/03/2022-31788) TD mark (Thesis work is in progress) is given to the student who is registered for the postgraduate thesis so that his studies can continue in the following semester, provided that the legal period has not expired at the end of the semester and the thesis studies continue successfully. .

9) Symbol ERA (Erasmus) denotes a course taken during the Erasmus program. The grades of such courses are included in GPA.

c. The following grades are used for the screening of the achievement process of the student in the proficiency / dissertation proposal / dissertation screening stages:

1) Grade YH (Proficiency Exam Preparation) is given for the semester in which preparation is made for the doctoral proficiency examination.

2) Grade YB (Proficiency Exam Pass) is given upon passing the doctoral proficiency examination.

3) Grade YY (Proficiency Exam Below Adequate) is given to the students whose performance in doctoral proficiency examination is below adequate.

4) Grade OB (Dissertation Proposal Exam Pass) is given upon passing the doctoral dissertation proposal examination.

5) Grade OY (Dissertation Proposal Below Adequate) is given to the students whose performance in doctoral dissertation proposal examination is below adequate.

6) Grade IB (Dissertation Screening Exam Pass) is given upon passing the doctoral dissertation screening examination.

7) Grade IY (Dissertation Screening Exam Below Adequate) is given to the students whose performance in the dissertation screening examination is below adequate.