Language Requirements
* Turkish:
All students whose native language is not Turkish will be required to present proof of Turkish Language proficiency at a minimum level of C1. Students who fail to provide such proofs must attend a maximum one year of Turkish language preparatory course at either Yunus Emre Institute, FSMTÜMER or other university Turkish Language centers. The duration of the preparatory course (one year) will not be counted towards the Students’ normal education period. Any more than one year and the student will start using from their scholarship periods.
Turkish Preparatory School (TÜMER) http://tumer.fsm.edu.tr/
* Arabic:
The instruction language of the Faculty of Islamic Sciences is 100% Arabic and thus one year of Arabic preparatory class is mandatory. Before the preparatory class begins the Arabic Preparatory Department will hold an Arabic Proficiency Test, candidates who receive a passing score can start the program directly.
Arabic Preparatory School
* English:
Exemption from Undergraduate Programs whose Language of Instruction is 30% English
Those students who have received the results from the below-mentioned exams can be exempted from the English Preparatory Program and may start their studies in their departments, under the condition that they have taken these exams within the last two years. Students who have registered for departments of which the medium of instruction is 30% English have to hand in their results to the Directorate of English Preparatory Program on the dates that are listed in the academic calendar. Students who have completed these requirements will be exempted from the compulsory English Preparatory Program.
• FSMEPT: 65/100
• PTE Academic: 65/90
• TOEFL IBT: 72/120
• YDS: 65/100
• YÖKDİL: 65/100
• CPE: C
• CAE: C
Students who have successfully completed the English Preparatory Program and passed the English Proficiency Exam within the last two years in a Turkish university having Eaquals, CEA or DEDAK accreditation, or an international university that is equivalent of a YÖK university can also be exempted from the English Preparatory Program, providing that they have submitted the required documents to the Directorate of the English Preparatory Program on the dates listed in the academic calendar.*
* Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University English Preparatory Program has the right to establish the validity and equivalency of exam results by contacting the institution or accredited university from which the exam results or English proficiency certificate was given. A request for exemption from the English Preparatory Program may be turned down if the submitted documents or results do not meet the program’s conditions in terms of validity and equivalency".
*The 30% English Undergraduate programs of our university are as follows.
- Architecture Undergraduate Program
- Interior Architecture Undergraduate Program
- Civil Engineering Undergraduate Program
- Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program
- Computer Engineering Undergraduate Program
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering Undergraduate Program
- Psychology Undergraduate Program
Exemption from Undergraduate Programs whose Language of Instruction is 100% English
Students who have registered for departments of which the medium of instruction is 100% English have to hand in their results to the Directorate of Foreign Languages Department on the dates that are listed in the academic calendar.
• FSMEPT: 75/100
• PTE Academic: 65/90
• TOEFL IBT: 78/120
*The 100% English Undergraduate programs of our university are as follows.
- Software Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
- English Translation and Interpreting (Faculty of Literature)
- Business Administration (Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences)
- Political Science and International Relations (Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences)
English Preparatory School http://prep.fsm.edu.tr/