Kocaeli University Umuttepe Campus
41001, İzmit / Kocaeli / TURKEY
Phone: +90 (262) 303 10 00
Fax: +90 (262) 303 10 33
http://www.kocaeli.edu.tr
FALL TERM | |
31 August 2023 | Announcement of Fall Semester Courses on SIS (Student Information System) due |
11-22 September 2023 | Appointment of Academic Advisors for Newly Admitted Students |
19 September 2023 | English Proficiency Exam (The exam will be held at the School of Foreign Languages, Körfez Campus.) for Departments and Programmes with English Preparatory Programme |
18-20 September 2023 | Re-registration and Course Selection for Fall Semester |
19-29 September 2023 | Payment of Tuition/Tuition Fee |
25 September 2023 | Fall Semester Classes Resume |
26-27 September 2023 | University and City Adaptation and Publicity Programme |
21-29 September 2023 | Add-Drop and Advisor Approvals |
29 September 2023 | Deadline for Course Exemption and Adjustment Applications |
01 December 2023 | Last Day for Announcement of Mid-Semester Assessments and Evaluations from ÖBS |
25-29 December 2023 | Excuse Examinations |
29 December 2023 | Fall Semester Classes End |
02-12 January 2024 | Fall Semester Final Exams(No exam will be given on Saturday and Sunday.) |
19 January 2024 | Deadline for the Announcement of Final Grades |
22-26 January 2024 | Fall Semester Make-up Exams(No exam will be given on Saturday and Sunday.) |
02 February 2024 | Due Date for the Announcement of Make-up Exam Grades |
02 February 2024 | Deadline for Submission of Fall Term 10% Success Lists to O.I.D.B. |
01 February 2024 | Check of Semester Records on SIS by Academic Unit Authorized Officer |
05 February 2024 | Fall Semester Single Course Exam |
SPRING TERM | |
02 February 2024 | Announcement of Spring Semester Courses on SIS (Student Information System) |
05-07 February 2024 | Re-registration and Course Selection for Spring Semester |
06-16 February 2024 | Tuition Fee Payment Period(Payment of Tuition/Tuition Fee) |
12 February 2024 | Spring Semester Classes Resume |
08-16 February 2024 | Add-drop and Advisor’s Approvals |
26 April 2024 | Last Day for Announcement of Mid-Semester Assessments and Evaluations from ÖBS |
20-24 May 2024 | Excuse Examinations |
24 May 2024 | Spring Semester Classes End |
27 May-07 June 2024 | Spring Semester Final Exams (No exam will be given on Saturday and Sunday) |
14 June 2024 | Due Date for the Announcement of Final Exam Grades |
24-28 June 2024 | Spring Semester Make-up Exams(No exam will be given on Saturday and Sunday) |
05 July 2024 | Due Date for the Announcement of Make-up Exams |
09 July 2024 | Spring Semester Single Course Exam |
31 July 2024 | Deadline for Submission of Spring Term 10% Success Lists to O.I.D.B. |
24 August 2024 | Check of Semester Records on SIS by Academic Unit Authorized Officer |
10 September 2024 | End of Summer School Single Course Exams |
11-13 September 2024 | 1. Additional exam (For students who have completed the maximum study period) |
18-20 September 2024 | 2. Additional exam (for students who have completed the maximum education period) |
Public Holidays: | |
30 August 2023, 01 January 2024, 9-10-11-12 April 2024 (Ramadan Feast), 23 April 2024, 01 May 2024, 15-16-17-18-19 June 2024 (Feast of Sacrifice), 15 July 2024, 30 August 2024 | |
Not: | |
* Semester-end of University Elective Courses (USD) and Electronic University Elective Courses (e-USD)The exams will be determined by the Education Commission and UZEM on the Friday of the first week in which the exams are held. will be done on time. | |
* The exams of Electronic-Elective Courses will be arranged by the responsible unit in accordance with the exam schedule determined by Distance Education Center. | |
** Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Law, State Conservatory, Tourism Schools, ILITAM, Departments/Programs with Preparatory Programs and Faculty that admit students with Special Talent exam and Academic Calendars of Schools may differ. | |
* Success-based horizontal programs for associate degree programs in the Spring Semester of the 2023-2024 Academic Year Deadline for course exemptions and adjustment applications for transfer students is February 16. it is 2024. | |
* End-of-term exams of all online and face-to-face classes will be held face-to-face and on weekdays. | |
* In distance education programs, semester exams can be done online. | |
* Those who take courses from the summer school, but whose course success grades are stated in the academic calendar, For the students who have completed the maximum education period with the "Single Course Exams at the End of", "Additional 1" Exam schedules for these exams of students coming after the "Exam" and "2nd Additional Exam" dates will be determined by the relevant academic units.. | |
* In-term measurement-evaluation activities are carried out by the responsible academic staff and academic units. These activities will be carried out under the responsibility of the academic calendar, with the exception of ongoing studies. It must be completed from the specified ÖBS until the last day of its announcement.. | |
* If midterm exams are used in the mid-term measurement activity, these exams are held in the 6th and 6th grades of the semester. It can be done between the 12th week. Midterm exam dates are announced by the units at least 7 days in advance. should be announced. Final and make-up exams are at least one of the exams within the framework of the regulation. Must be announced by units 3 weeks ago. |
17 May 2024 | Announcement of Double Major Quotas |
19-23 May 2024 | Application Period(Will be done online.) |
26-29 August 2024 | Assessment of Applications |
02 September 2024 | Announcement of Results |
04-06 September 2024 | Registration Days |
09 September 2024 | Announcement of the List of Substitutes |
11 September 2024 | Registration Days for Substitutes |
24-30 June 2024 | Online Application and Preferences of International Students |
05 >uly 2024 | Announcement of Pre-Registration Students |
08-12 July 2024 | Pre-Registration and Tuition Fee Payment Deadline |
26 August-08 September 2024 | Announcement of the Substitute Quotas for International Students |
13 September 2024 | Announcement of Pre-Registration Students |
16-20 September 2024 | Pre-Registration and Tuition Fee Payment Deadline |
23-24 September 2024 | Turkish Exemption Exams for International Students |
University administration consists of the rector, vice rectors, senate and secretaries general.
Kocaeli University Rector
Kocaeli University Umuttepe Campus
41001, İzmit Kocaeli TURKEY
canturkz@kocaeli.edu.tr
Campus: +90 (262) 303 10 01
Rector is the highest administrator who is responsible and authorized for executing and developing the educational capacity of the university and the units connected to the university in a rational way and is also in charge of supplying students with necessary social services, and any security precautions in need. The rector executes and supervises the planning phases of scientific researches, education, training, and publication activities in accordance with the state plan, progress and principles. Rector is the highest authority in administrative and scientific supervision; in transferring the missions to sub-units, in checking the outcomes of the missions to be accomplished.
The rector being the chairman; the senate consists of vice rectors, deans and faculty members who are elected by the faculty committees for three years, and of heads of institutions and vocational schools.
Secretary General, as being responsible to the rector about the composition and supervision of any type of administrative missions, carries outs his/her mission by making the units under university administrative organization operate in a co-operative, efficient and consistent way in accordance with related laws and regulations and the decisions of board of chairs and the senate.
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The list of the programmes that admit students with aptitude tests based on the regulations determined by the related units with the approval of University Senatorial Committee are as follows: Faculty of Fine Arts; Dramatic Writing, Photography Graphical Arts, Acting, Sculpture, Painting, Stage Design, Ceramic, Musicology, Performance(A.S.D), Faculty of Communication; Department of Visual Communication Design, School of Physical Education and Sports, Trainer Education, Recreation, Sports Management, General Musicology, Guitar, Violin, Clarinet, Composition, Double bass, Piano, Trombone, Turkish Folk Music and Cello.
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According to the regulations determined by the University of Kocaeli, international students can make their applications with a certificate of one of the following examinations: CLICK HERE
Assessing the applications of students who meet the above-mentioned requirements set by the Higher Education Directorate, placement is carried out according to the preferences of the applicants
Admission Requirements:
The applications of international students from countries that have a cultural agreement with Turkey, or from Turkish and Relative Communities are evaluated by taking the reference letters, grade point average, the courses they have taken during their master's studies or undergraduate studies and other personal documents into consideration by the related main branch directorate and the applicants whose scientific proficiency level is evaluated as "satisfying" may be accepted to masters programmes they applied for.
The foreign language for international students is Turkish. The foreign applicants who get the required score from the Test of Turkish Language Proficiency, conducted by an academic jury of three, who are chosen by the board of chairs of the related institution, are eligible to continue the master's or doctorate programme. The ones who fail the language exam are considered as "on leave" for one year in order to learn Turkish language. Students who fail Turkish Language Proficiency Test within one year's time lose their registration right to masters or doctorate programmes.
In addition to the Turkish Language Proficiency Test, foreign applicants who apply for programmes where the medium of instruction is another foreign language are given an oral exam in that language as well. The applicants who fail in this exam are given one year's time to improve that language. The applicants who fail the language test in the given time lose their registration right. There is a requirement of ALES for international students with an undergraduate or master's degree; however there is no requirement for a minimum score of 55.
There is no ALES requirement for international students holding a bachelor's or master's degree from foreign universities.
Student exchange procedure at Kocaeli University is designed in two ways:
There should be a valid bilateral agreement between the institution of the applicant and Kocaeli University. The administrative operations of the exchange students are carried out by International Relations Unit.
Students who want to apply as an exchange student should prepare the necessary documents listed below and submit them to the International Relations Office:
Apart from Erasmus, student or staff exchange is possible based on mutual agreements and regulations determined by protocols.
The prior learning of incoming students is recognized on the basis of relevant regulations of Council of Higher Education and under the coordination of the Adaptation Committee.
Turkish and international students who want to make a lateral transfer to the University of Kocaeli are subject to "The Transfer Regulations for Associate and Undergraduate Degrees, Double Majors, Sub-specialties and Credit Transfer Regulations among Institutions"
The transfer among the degree programmes of different higher education institutions or within the same degree programmes of a higher education institution is only possible within the quota specified and the transfer conditions announced in advance. The criteria which will be used in the evaluation of applications of lateral transfer and necessary minimum conditions for lateral transfer are determined by the Senate of University of Kocaeli. The committees set by the related board of chairs pre-evaluate the applications in the framework of the principles determined by the senate. The applications are assessed by the criteria determined by the Kocaeli University Senate, taking the applicants GPA, the placement grade for transferring to the programmes in different fields and the success in the common subjects if there is any into consideation, and transfer is enabled within the quotas allocated. Transfer is not allowed in the first and last semesters of associate programmes; and in the first two and last two semesters of bachelor's programmes.
Lateral transfer is possible to equaling degree programmes either to different faculties, vocational schools and schools in the same university or, to the programmes in the same faculty, school and vocational school within the quota specified by the related committee.
Related commissions, taking the student's prior learning and the courses a student has taken into consideration, determine which semester or which class a student should be adopted referring to the regulations made by the Senate and specify the exemption of courses and an orientation programme with the additional courses to be taken if there are any. In the application process, it is obligatory to certify the language proficiency level with required scores from the exam held by the related higher education institution or; internationally or nationally recognized language proficiency examinations in order to transfer to higher education institutions where medium of instruction is partially or fully a foreign language.
A quota is allocated in the undergraduate programmes for vocational school graduates to enable them for vertical transfer to continue their education as a follow-up of the programmes they have graduated. The programmes to be admitted, the graduates of which departments of vocational schools can apply, what the quota for these bachelor's degree programmes are, and the score types to be used in the placement of graduates of vocational schools for the students who meet the requirements for application to the bachelor's degree programmes are determined and announced by the Council of Higher Education in accordance with the opinions and suggestions of the higher education institution that external transfer will be made to.
Every year, a guideline is prepared by the Student Selection and Placement Center (OSYM) specifying the possible bachelor's programmes for vertical transfer, the quota allocations and the requirements for these programmes for the graduates of associate programme, for the graduates of distance learning programmes (AÖ) and for the students in their last year of education who meet the requirements for graduation except for practice. Applicants are given a test of two parts as; verbal and science reasoning. For the placement, the exam scores and the cumulative GPAs are taken into consideration. The score of Vertical Transfer Exam is calculated by adding the GPA of the student by OSYM (Student Selection and Placement Center) and it is announced in the guideline of Vertical Transfer Exam. Students admitted to a bachelor's degree programme are offered a "Scientific Adaptation Programme" before they start their further studies.
Depending on the Learning Agreement of a student leaving for his/her Erasmus study period at host institution we guarantee in advance that all credits gained and courses received at the host institution will be fully recognized and transferred into Kocaeli University system and upon his/her arrival, “Erasmus Credit Transfer and Grade Equivalency Table for Erasmus Students” is duly prepared and approved by the authorities and the student (Erasmus Departmental Coordinator, Head of the Recognition Commission, Head of the Department, Dean of the Faculty and Erasmus Institutional Coordinator) so as to transfer all ECTS credits gained abroad in the approved programme of study and the courses with their original titles and course codes (if available) as in the Transcript of Records issued by the host institution. If there is no course codes then the courses are indicated with ERSXXX [X refers to any number]. “Erasmus Credit Transfer and Grade Equivalency Table for Erasmus Students” is a document which ensures full academic recognition which means that the study period abroad (all of the courses achieved with their ECTS credits and ECTS grades and learning activities) replaces a comparable period of study at Kocaeli University (the courses and learning activities which the student is exempted from in exchange for the courses he/she received abroad). The failed courses are not indicated with their original titles, ECTS credits and ECTS grade but rather with their equivalents at Kocaeli University so that the student can compensate them in the next terms without having any gain or loss in terms of ECTS credits. While preparing the" Erasmus Credit Transfer and Grade Equivalency Table" the ECTS grades are transmitted to Kocaeli University grading system according to the list below. For Erasmus students Conditional Grades (DC, DD for Bachelor’s Degree, CB, CC for Master’s Degree and CB for Doctorate Degree) are automatically transferred into FX ECTS grade.
Incoming and outgoing students at Kocaeli University are provided with a "Transcript of Records" showing their ECTS credits and ECTS grades on completion of their study.
Grade Transformation Chart for Undergraduate Students
ECTS Grade | Equivalent Grade in Letters | Equivalent Grade in Numbers | Equivalent Grade out of 100 | Level |
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A | AA | 4,00 | 90-100 | Excellent |
B | BA | 3,50 | 85-89 | Very Good |
C | BB | 3,00 | 80-84 | Good |
D | CB | 2,50 | 75-79 | Satisfactory |
E | CC | 2,00 | 65-74 | Sufficient |
FX* | DC | 1,50 | 58-64 | Conditional Pass |
FX* | DD | 1,00 | 50-57 | Conditional Pass |
F* | FD | 0,50 | 40-49 | Fail |
F* | FF | 0,00 | 39 and less | Fail |
* These grades are transferred into the highest equivalent grade at Kocaeli University.
FX grades are regarded as "Conditional Pass" by Kocaeli University depending on the semester grade point average of a student.
Grade Transformation Chart for Erasmus Master's Students
ECTS Grade | Equivalent Grade in Letters | Equivalent Grade in Numbers | Equivalent Grade out of 100 | Level |
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A | AA | 4,00 | 90-100 | Excellent |
B | AA | 4,00 | 90-100 | Very Good |
C | BA | 3,50 | 85-89 | Good |
D | BA | 3,50 | 85-89 | Satisfactory |
E | BB | 3,00 | 80-84 | Sufficient |
FX* | CB | 2,50 | 75-79 | Conditional Pass |
FX* | CC | 2,00 | 65-74 | Conditional Pass |
F* | DC | 1,50 | 58-64 | Fail |
F* | DD | 1,00 | 50-57 | Fail |
F* | FD | 0,50 | 40-49 | Fail |
F* | FF | 0,00 | 39 and less | Fail |
* These grades are transferred into the highest equivalent grade at Kocaeli University.
FX grades are regarded as "Conditional Pass" by Kocaeli University depending on the semester grade point average of a student.
Grade Transformation Chart for Erasmus Doctorate Students
ECTS Grade | Equivalent Grade in Letters | Equivalent Grade in Numbers | Equivalent Grade out of 100 | Level |
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A | AA | 4,00 | 90-100 | Excellent |
B | AA | 4,00 | 90-100 | Very Good |
C | BA | 3,50 | 85-89 | Good |
D | BA | 3,50 | 85-89 | Satisfactory |
E | BB | 3,00 | 80-84 | Sufficient |
FX* | CB | 2,50 | 75-79 | Conditional Pass |
F* | CC | 2,00 | 65-74 | Fail |
F* | DC | 1,50 | 58-64 | Fail |
F* | DD | 1,00 | 50-57 | Fail |
F* | FD | 0,50 | 40-49 | Fail |
F* | FF | 0,00 | 39 and less | Fail |
* These grades are transferred into the highest equivalent grade at Kocaeli University.
FX grades are regarded as "Conditional Pass" by Kocaeli University depending on the semester grade point average of a student.
Turkish higher education institutions are in the start-up phase in this issue. However, computer and foreign language skills that students improve on their own are evaluated through exemption examinations by the university. Students who prove to be proficient in these exams are exempted from related course(s).
Each academic year begins on the date determined by the University Senate. One academic year consists of two semesters as fall and spring semesters. One semester (including final exams) lasts for 15 weeks.
Students, who are eligible to register at Kocaeli University, are required to submit the necessary documents to Student Affairs Offices for the academic units which require the registration documents within the dates announced by the Registrar’s Office, while other students register using the e-government registration system.
Students who register for the first time are given a student number. The students who have completed the registration process can make their course enrollment through the student information system between the dates indicated in academic calendars.
ECTS is calculated according to the total time required to achieve expected learning outcomes, including all planned activities such as seminars, field studies, individual studies and examinations, etc.
At Kocaeli University, one full academic year includes two terms with an ECTS credit of 30 for each. 1 ECTS credit is equal to 25 hours of student workload. Accordingly, the workload for a student for 1 academic year is calculated as 1500 hours.
The ECTS credit allocation of the courses is determined by the Committee of the Department/Program Development and Evaluation, ECTS Coordinators and lecturers of the courses and students. This process includes the following steps;
GPA and CGPA of students are calculated on the basis of ECTS credits of courses. Below is the sample ECTS workload chart used in calculation of ECTS credit allocations.
Activities | Quantity | Working Time (Hours) | Working Time (Minutes) | Total Work Load |
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Number of Course Weeks and Hours | ||||
Out of Class Study (Prework,literature study,etc.) | ||||
Midterm Assessment/ Examination | ||||
Quiz | ||||
Homework | ||||
Practice | ||||
Laboratory | ||||
Project | ||||
Workshop | ||||
Presentation/Seminar | ||||
Field Work | ||||
Other | ||||
Final Examination | ||||
Total Work Load | ||||
Total Work Load / 25 | ||||
ECTS Credits | ||||
An academic advisor is appointed for each student at Kocaeli University with regard to the related bylaw. The advisor appointed among the instructors by the head of the related department/programme, guides the student on the following points that are mentioned in Kocaeli University Student Advisory Application Guideline from the very first day of registration until graduation.
An academic advisor;
For students of non-thesis master's programmes; an academic advisor is appointed and gives students guidance at the beginning of the second semester at least, and for students of master's programmes with thesis, an advisor is appointed throughout the process of their thesis.