RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Students can apply to be exempt from courses, which they have taken in another higher education institution or from an equivalent institution and completed successfully. Exemption requests, when necessary, are decided by the executive board and by taking the opinion of the lecturer who gives the relevant course.
The recognition of previous formal learning, vertical, lateral and internal transitions in Turkish Higher Education Institutions are carried out according to the “Regulation on Transition between Associate and Bachelor’s Degree Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Double Degree, Minor Degree, and Principles on the Credit Transfer Between Institutions” of the Council of Higher Education.
Exemption exams are organized by the University at the beginning of each academic year for the course of English language. Successful students are exempt from English Preparatory Program or the course of English language.
The students who can certify that they have passed one of the national and/or international foreign language examinations at a level determined by the university are entitled to begin undergraduate program in English Language of the Faculty of Dentistry.
Admission and registration of students who wish to transfer to Faculty of Dentistry from dental faculties of other universities, is determined according to the quota and requirements determined by the Council of Higher Education and to the associated rules of Regulations of Education and Examination of Dental Faculty. The courses that these students had previously taken and were found equivalent are transferred; students' adaptation to the education program are ensured by the Executive Board of Faculty of Dentistry.