SPECIAL STUDENT APPLICATIONS

 Registrar’s Office/ Application Unit

Tel    : 0 (312) 210 34 48 -210 21 29

Faks  : 0 (312) 210 79 60

E-mail        : oidb@metu.edu.tr                     

http://www.oidb.metu.edu.tr/english/special.htm

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Special students are those who are allowed to take some courses, although they are not enrolled in one of the programs in the university.

• No diplomas or titles are given to special students. However, they can get official transcripts at the end of each semester. If they are accepted as a graduate student to METU later, the grades which are approved by the concerned administrative committee can be added to their grade point average.

 

EADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION: March 2, 2007

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

• Completed application form with one passport-size photograph.
  http://www.oidb.metu.edu.tr/english/specialform.doc
  2. Original copy of transcripts. If transcripts are not in English, a notarized or attested translation should be provided.
  3. Attested or notarized copies of graduation/student certificate.
  4. Passports should be shown to the officials during registration.
  Photocopies of the pages that include identification information and "Student Visa" should also be submitted.
  Students who live in Turkey should give the photocopies of the first seven pages of Student Residence Permit (instead of Student Visa).
  5. Receipt of the course fee ($ 150 per credit).
  6. Reciept of the application fee ($ 60).

Approval of the instructor and Department Chair should be taken on the application form. This approved form and other required documents should be submitted to Registrar’s Office/Application Unit until the deadline. After this process is completed special students will have been registered. They will not make interactive registration.

Application fees and fees per credit

 

APPLICATION FEE Turkish nationals from METU: 60YTL Turkish nationals fromother universities: 90 YTL International students:  $ 60

FEES PER CREDIT Turkish nationals:140  YTL International students: $ 150

Special student applications are valid for only one semester. For next semesters, the  students should make application again. However students who apply without any interval do not pay any application fee.
If the taken course is a non-credit course then the payment will be made as if the course is a two-credit course.

After registration, in case of inappropriate number of students, the course will be closed. In this case, students can take their application and course fees in the first four weeks of the semester. For reimbursement, students have to submit their receipts.

BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS FOR FEE PAYMENTS FOR APPLICATION AND COURSES

 

Students who Want to Take Courses As Special Student From Evening Programs:

Students who want to take courses from evening programs as a special students should firstly visit Office of Student Accounts. They will act on a letter given by the office. They will make their payment to the banks. They will make their registration, and at the end they will give one copy of the receipt to the program advisor in the Registrar's Office.

OPENED COURSES
Detailed information is available in the web address below:
http://oibs.metu.edu.tr/View_Program_Course_Details_64/