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APPLICATION FOR ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAM (EPE)

Registrar's Office / Admissions Office Phone: 0 (312) 210 34 48 - 210 21 29 Fax: 0 (312) 210 79 60 e-mail: oidb@metu.edu.tr http://www.oidb.metu.edu.tr/english/engindex.html

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Medium of Instruction
The medium of instruction at Middle East Technical University (METU) is English. All students who wish to carry out their undergraduate or graduate studies at METU, including those whose native language is English, have to certify their proficiency in the English language. 
Two-stage Examination
METU English Proficiency Examination (METU - EPE) is a two-stage examination. In case of failure in the exam, both stages of the exam will have to be taken again. 
Validity Period for Exam Scores
All scores obtained on METU – EPE and English Proficiency Exams recognized as equivalent by the University Senate are valid for two years. Exam results older than two years are not accepted for application to graduate programs. Results submitted for "application" are also valid for "registration". 
Department of Basic English Students
-cannot take the METU – EPE at the end of the Fall Semester.
-cannot start their studies in their Departments in the Spring Semester. 
Periods in which Department of Basic English Students can submit valid exam scores:
Department of Basic English Students can submit to the Registrar’s Office a valid score obtained on an international exam recognized by the University Senate between the last day of classes at the Department of Basic English in the Spring Semester and the last day of the Add/Drop period the following Fall Semester. Such exam results will not be accepted in any other period. 
Applications to Graduate Programs:
Candidates applying to graduate programs must submit a score certifying their proficiency in the English language during their application to the program. Therefore, candidates who do not have a score obtained on an international exam recognized by the University Senate must take a METU – EPE given before the deadline for applications to graduate programs. 
Students readmitted to graduate programs:
Students who have been registered to a graduate program at METU in the last four semesters and who have been readmitted to the same or another graduate program do not have to submit a METU – EPE Score during registration. However, if the new program requires a higher English proficiency score, students have to meet this criterion.

Candidates who apply for the 2009-2010/ 1 (Fall semester) are allowed to show a document stating that they applied for an English exam (METU-EPE, TOEFL, IELTS) if they do not have English proficiency scores. These students have to submit their English exam results to the Program they applied till 06.20.2009, 17:00 pm. Applications of candidates who are below the criterion will not be evaluated.
Doctoral qualifying stage:
Students do not have to submit a new METU – EPE score in the doctoral qualifying stage. The exam score that they have submitted for application to the program will be valid.

IMPORTANT DATES

June 16, 2009 (17:00 p.m.)	Application deadline
June 17, 2009 (17:00 p.m.)	Announcement of the list of students who will take Stage 1 of METU – EPE and their exam places
June 18, 2009  (10:30 a.m.)	Stage 1 of METU – EPE (Students are expected to be in their exam halls at 10:00 a.m.)
June 22, 2009  (17:00 p.m.)	Announcement of the list of students who will take Stage 2 of METU – EPE and their exam places
June 23, 2009  (10:30 a.m.)	Stage 2 of METU – EPE (Students are expected to be in their exam halls at 10:00 a.m.)
June 29, 2009  (17:00 p.m.)	Announcement of exam results

All the announcements will be made on the Bulletin Boards of the School of Foreign Languages and on the web pages given above.
EXAM FEE: 60 YTL
THE EXAM FEE IS PAYABLE TO THE FOLLOWING BANK ACCOUNTS:

İş Bankası	4229-431564
Vakıflar Bankası	971-2000102
Yapı Kredi Bankası	72415359
Ziraat Bankası	8965427-5005
Akbank	656-24689
Garanti Bankası	483-6201891

The following students are not required to pay the exam fee:

- Department of Basic English students who have the right to take the exam according to regulations. 
- Students dismissed from the Department of Basic English who have the right to take the exam according to regulations. (These students have to apply to the Registrar’s Office to take the exam.)
- Graduate Program for Educating Future Faculty Members (ÖYP) and Article 35 students

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR APPLICATION:
The following documents should be submitted to the Admissions Office in the Registrar's Office before the deadline for applications: 

1. Receipt of the application fee 
2. One photograph (taken within the past 6 months; showing current appearance; full face, front view; the neck, hair or hairline should not be obscured; without beard.) Photocopies are not acceptable.
3. Application form 

Students of Certificate Program also apply for the METU-EPE exam. The students who need to have application fee refund have to apply for it after the exam within one month. Otherwise, there will be no application fee refund.
The following students are not required to apply for the English Proficiency Exam:
-Students newly admitted to the undergraduate programs.
- Department of Basic English students who have the right to take the exam according to regulations. (Students dismissed from the Department of Basic English are required to register for the exam.) 

THE APPLICATION PROCESS:
* Guidelines for filling out the application form for the students/graduates of other universities: (This should be done before coming to METU) 
-Please visit the application web page for graduate programs from the following link:http://oibs.metu.edu.tr/Ms_Phd_Application_39
- Enter your e-mail address. If you have applied to graduate programs or METU – EPE before, use your former application number. 
- The entry code and application number will be sent to your e-mail address.
- Save your entry code and application number, which you will need in the future. Write the entry code and application number in the space provided on the application page and click insert. 
- Fill out Personal Information and Academic Information pages and click submit. 
-Click METU EPE FORM on the bottom left side of the page. The information you entered previously should be seen on the form. If not, go back to fill out the forms again. If the information is correct, click the print button of your browser. 

* METU graduates and 3rd and 4th year students who want to apply to graduate programs and students of graduate programs should not apply online. Those students should get the application form from the Admission Office in the Registrar's Office or from: http://www.oidb.metu.edu.tr/english/engapp.doc

ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS

Exam results will be announced after the second stage. Results can be seen on the following pages:

For students: http://www.metu.edu.tr/home/www93/prf/anasayfa.htm

For academic units: https://oibs.metu.edu.tr/View_Exam_Results_103 (Program 103)

Note: Results of METU – EPE are available for Graduate Schools and Departments on the Students Affairs Information System. Therefore, there is no need for the students to get a score card to be used in METU.

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAM PERIODS AND STATUS OF STUDENTS WHO CAN TAKE THIS EXAM

I. Department of Basic English Students

Students newly admitted to undergraduate programs can take the exam for exemption from the program at the Department of Basic English and exemption from ENG 101 with credit. (METU – EPE SEPTEMBER)  

Department of Basic English students who have gained the right to take the exam according to regulations can take the exam for exemption from the program at the Department of Basic English and exemption from ENG 101 with credit. (METU – EPE JUNE / SEPTEMBER)

Students who were dismissed from the Department of Basic English and who have the right to take the exam according to regulations can take the exam for readmission as a Freshman student, exemption from the program at the Department of Basic English and exemption from ENG 101 with credit. (METU – EPE SEPTEMBER / JUNE)

Students dismissed from the Department of Basic English due to academic inadequacy and given the right to take the English Proficiency Examination for three years can take this exam only at the end of the academic year in which they were dismissed for readmission as a Freshman student and exemption from ENG 101 with credit. Students who were dismissed due to non-attendance cannot take this exam. (METU – EPE OCTOBER) 

Department of Basic English Students who have attended Summer School can take this exam for admission to the Freshman year and exemption from ENG 101 with credit (METU – EPE JULY) 


II. Undergraduate Students


Third and fourth year students can take the exam for admission to graduate programs and/or Research Assistantship (METU – EPE SEPTEMBER / JANUARY / JUNE)

III. Graduate Students

Graduate students at METU can take the exam for admission to graduate programs and/or Research Assistantship (METU – EPE SEPTEMBER / JANUARY / JUNE)


EXEMPTION FROM THE UNDERGRADUATE COURSE ENG 101

Students who submit the required score on METU – EPE or an international exam recognized by the University Senate are exempted from the undergraduate course ENG 101 with credit. The credit of the course and the grade (AA) will be included the student’s CGPA, but not in the GPA of that term. 

Students who score 85 or above on METU – EPE upon admission to an undergraduate program or after completing their studies at the Department of Basic English will be exempted from ENG 101 with a grade of AA. Such students are not required to apply for exemption procedures. 

Students who have not obtained the required score on METU – EPE, or who have not taken the exam at all, can submit an equivalent score obtained on an international exam recognized by the University Senate for exemption from ENG 101 with a grade of AA within the period determined by the Senate. The request for exemption has to be indicated on the application form. 

ENG 101 does not exist in the following programs, and therefore, exemption with credit is not applicable. 

Foreign Language Education, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (SUNY), Global and International Affairs (SUNY) (GIA 101), Vocational School

EQUIVALENCE TABLE FOR ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONS HONOURED BY THE UNIVERSITY SENATE FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS

METU EPE	TOEFL IBT	TOEFL CBT	TOEFL Pen&Paper + TWE *		IELTS	EXPLANATIONS
60	74	203	537	4	6.0	Undergraduate programs: Exemption from the Department of Basic English Program
65	79	213	550	4	6.5	SUNY programs: Exemption from the Department of Basic English Program Admission to graduate programs (GENERAL)
70	86	227	567	4,5	7.0	Admission to the following graduate programs: Eurasian Studies, Philosophy (PhD), Urban Policy Planning and Local Governments (PhD), History of Architecture, Middle East Studies, Political Science and Public Administration, Sociology, History, Social Psychology, Settlement Archeology (PhD), Science and Technology Policy Studies (PhD), Building Sciences (PhD)
75	96	243	590-593	4,5	7.5	Admission to the following graduate programs: European Studies, Business Administration
80	103	257	613	5	8.0	Architecture (PhD)
85	110	270	637	5	8.0	Undergraduate programs: Exemption from ENG 101 Admission to the following graduate programs: English Literature, English Language Teaching
90	116	283	657	5	8.5	SUNY program (Business Administration): Exemption from ENG 101
95+	119	293 +	670 +	5,5	9.0	-

METU EPE: METU English Proficiency Exam

TOEFL IBT: Test of English as a Foreign Language (Internet-based TOEFL)

TOEFL CBT: Test of English as a Foreign Language (Computer-based TOEFL)

TOEFL Pen&Paper *: Test of English as a Foreign Language,

Pen and Paper IELTS (Average of four components) : International English Language Testing System
The results of these exams are valid for two years

* TOEFL Pen&Paper grade (registration through ETS) is only valid with the TWE (Test of Written English) grade as indicated in the above table.

TOEFL Pen and Paper which is administered by institutions (Institutional TOEFL) is not valid.

EXAM RULES

1. Applicants should bring “the document of METU-EPE”, identity card/driving license, pencil, ball-pen, and rubber.

2. Applicants are not allowed to bring the following means and are not allowed to use them in the breaks given during the exam: any kind of pack (handbag, backpack etc), any kind of electronic tool (beeper, mobile phone, crackberry, electronic translation device, chronometer, alarm clock, photo machine, camera, devices that can be used to gather and store data), book, brochure, course notes, dictionary (any kind of device that can be used to answer the questions in the exam).

If an applicant’s contrary behavior is reported, the applicant’s exam result will be canceled.

3. In the first stage of the exam, applicants who are late more than 30 minutes are not accepted to the exam hall. In the second stage of the exam, the applicants have to be there 30 minutes earlier. After the “listening” section starts, no one is allowed to enter the exam hall.

The applicants who are late to the listening section can enter to the remaining exam parts (listening and note taking and writing) after the break after the listening section.

4. Applicants are to conform to the invigilators.

5. Exams of those applicants who try to replace someone else or copy or cheat in the exam will be canceled and legal action will be taken about them.

Applicants who cannot take the exam for any reason are not given make-up exams.