METU - REGISTRAR'S OFFICE

TURKISH

INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL STUDENT APPLICATIONS FOR SUMMER 2007-2008

• 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, a certificate including the courses and grades received can be given to them. 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 cumulative grade point average.

• METU Ph.D, M.S and B.S. students can not take course as a special student.

APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

Registration deadline: July 04 , 2008

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

1. Completed application form with one passport-size photograph.
(The application form can be downloaded from: http://www.oidb.metu.edu.tr/english/specialform.doc
or it can be taken from the Admissions Office /Registrar's Office, ground floor)

2. Original copy of transcripts (except METU graduates). If transcripts are not in English, a notarized or attested translation should be provided.

3. Attested or notarized copies of graduation/student certificate.

4. Receipt of application fee and course fee.

International students can get more information from the following web page:
http://www.oidb.metu.edu.tr/english/application/special.html
The application forms should be signed by the instructor and the chairperson of the department. Then, they should be submitted to the International Students' Office (Library Back Entrance) until the deadline.

Registration of special students will have been completed by submitting the required documents. They do not need to register interactively.

Special student applications are valid for only 1 semester and the students who wish to be special students in the following semesters should renew their applications for each new semester. The students who have taken a course or courses as special students in the previous semester do not have to pay the application fee again.

Students who are taking non-credit courses have to pay the fee of two credit courses.

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The students have to pay the fees per credit during registration dates to the bank accounts given below.

FEES:

APPLICATION FEE

Turkish Students within METU: 60 YTL
Turkish Students out of METU:
80 YTL
Foreign Students: 60 $

COURSE FEE (PER CREDIT)

Turkish Students: 180 YTL
Turkish students from private universities: 225YTL
Turkish students studying abroad:
225YTL
Foreign Students: 200 $

BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS FOR THE APPLICATION AND COURSE FEES

BANKS
YTL ACCOUNT

DOLLAR ACCOUNT

Is Bankasi:

4229-431564

4229-3123036

Yapi Kredi Bankasi:

724-15359

724-17034

Vakiflar Bankasi:

971-2000102

971-4000165

Akbank:

656-24689

656-39754

Ziraat Bank 8965457-5005

Garanti Bankasi:

483-6201891

483-9004288

STUDENTS EXEMPTED FROM THE FEES FOR APPLICATION AND COURSES

• Graduate students of Bilkent University and research assistants do not have to pay any fee for application and courses due to protocol made between METU and Bilkent University.

•Graduate students of Institute Of Health Sciences of Hacettepe University when taking courses from
Medical Informatics Master and Ph.D. Programs of Informatics Institute do not have to pay any fee for application and courses.

STUDENTS WHO PAY THE FEES WITH % 50 REDUCTION

• Research assistants and technical and administrative staff of METU (except part-time instructors)

•Graduate students of Ankara, Gazi, Hacettepe Universities

•Research assistants of other government universities

•Students and research assistants of Eastern Mediterranean University

The research assistants are required to confirm their research assistantship by a document from the Personnel Office of their Universities.

THE STUDENTS WHO WISH TO TAKE COURSES FROM EVENING MASTERS PROGRAMS WITHOUT THESIS

The students who wish to take courses from evening masters programs without thesis are not involved in the exemption and reduction of the fees. Those students (both Turkish and international) are required to pay the fees per credit specially determined for each program. They should go to the Accountancy Office (Registrar's Office,1st floor) and take a letter from this office in order to make the payment. Then, they should go to the bank with this letter and make the payment to the bank account number given by the Accountancy Office. Next, they should submit the copy of the receipt of payment and the other documents reuired for registration to the Admissions Office (Registrar's Office, 1st floor).

The original copy and another copy of the receipt should also be submitted to the secretary of the concerned department.

COURSES THAT WILL BE OPENED IN SUMMER 2007-2008

The courses that will be opened can be seen on the following page. http://oibs.metu.edu.tr/View_Program_Course_Details_64/

International Students' Office
Fax : 0 (312) 210 3414/7173
E-mail : E-mail : oidb@metu.edu.tr