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Prep School Qualification/Passing

•    As of 2017-2018 Academic year the passing grade is 70 points out of 100 total. For the optional preparatory programme the passing grade is currently 60 point out of 100 total.
•    Please click for the “İstanbul University Directive on Foreign Language Education”
•    Please click for the “Grading System in Prep School” (buradaki Türkçe sayfanın dosyası da tamamen yenilenecek!)
•    The students who submit a score report for the nationally centralized foreign language exams accepted by the Higher Education Council (YÖK) and the international foreign language exams of approved equivalence by the Higher Education Council (YÖK) with the below listed scores qualify for a direct pass:

For English:
YDS – CAE – TOEFL IBT – PTE Academic
70        B            84                         71
Please CLICK* for the full and detailed list of ÖSYM equivalence tables for different languages.
* https://www.osym.gov.tr/TR,13393/yabanci-dil-sinavlari-esdegerlik-yonergesi-02102017.html


Foreign language classes in German, French and English are offered by the School of Foreign Languages for those students who are accepted to the programs of Istanbul University that do not require a Preparatory Language Programme.

 All these students are obligated to take a proficiency exam at the begininning of the semester which is determined by the Rectorate. The students who are successful in this exam are exempt from foreign language courses. However, the ones who are not successful have to attend compulsory foreign language courses via online education platform (/tr/content/e-ogren/e-ogren) during two semesters which are created by the collabration of The School of Foreign Languages.


All the students who first enrol in the programs without foreign language preparatory education are offered the proficiency test in German, French and English test on a date determined by the Rectorate at the beginning of the academic year. The students who are successful in this exam, are exempt from foreign language courses. In addition, students who have obtained the scores determined by the Senate in the exams whose equivalence is approved by the YÖK, and students who have previously passed the said courses in another higher education institution are exempt from foreign language courses. Those who are not successful and those who do not take the exam have to attend foreign language course. Compulsory foreign language courses are two hours a week which is in accordance with the academic calendar of the university. Students who are placed in our university through İÜYÖS Exam (Examination for Foreign or Overseas Students) and other procedures are exempt from foreign language courses. IU Higher Education Certificate (Diploma Program) and Undergraduate Education regulations are administered for assessment and evaluation in compulsory foreign language courses.

Our institution code for TOEFL IBT Test is 3486. The students planning to declare their test result to our school are required to use this code when applying for the TOEFL IBT Test.
For more information please click the link below:

http://www.ets.org/toefl