Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of prior learning is one of the main qualities of the Turkish education system. Candidates placed in higher education institutions by the Centre for Measurement, Selection and Placement (ÖSYM) are enrolled with a high school degree.

Students who are just enrolled in the University can be exempt from Foreign Language Preparatory School and some compulsory courses if they attend and successfully pass the foreign language proficiency test conducted by School of Foreign Languages and proficiency exam conducted by the University in the beginning of the academic year.

Candidates who graduated from the associate degree programs with the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) conducted by ÖSYM can be placed in the undergraduate programs which are the continuation of their graduate programs again by ÖSYM. The equivalent courses’ grades of the candidates who will be admitted to the undergraduate programs through the vertical transfer will be transferred to their transcript and issued in their GPA and the courses to be taken are determined according to the credits of these courses.

Within the scope of the regulation on “Credit Transfer of transition between Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs in Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Sub-Branch and Inter-Corporate”; In accordance with the principles determined by the Senate, lateral transfer students are accepted with the score of central placement exam conducted by OSYM, inter-institutional transfer from other higher education institutions to the equivalent programs of the University, in-house transfer to the equivalent level programs of the university. In accordance with the same principles, students can register for double major and minor programs if they meet the required conditions.

Recognition for Exchange Students

Eskisehir Technical University applies the ECTS credit system in academic recognition of the lessons which are earned by students during their mobility period or during or studying abroad period with an inter-academic protocol are recognized by the University. All the learning outcomes and credits that students achieve during the mobility period and which are defined in the Learning Agreement are completely recognized as part of the student's degree program.

A Learning Agreement which is approved by the Department Coordinator and the International Relations Unit Coordinator is requested from the students who will be going abroad. The Learning Agreement must be approved by the Executive Committee of the related unit. After the arrival of students who became part of an Exchange Program, the courses taken by the students are transferred to the related semester in Eskisehir Technical University by taking into account the transcript sent by the institution.

Formal recognition is granted by the addition of an annotation note to the Transcript of Records with the original names, credits, and grades of the courses. It is also stated in the Diploma Supplement Part 6.1 that the student participated in the mobility program and completed the process successfully. Both, the Transcripts and the Diploma Supplement clearly show the courses that were covered during the mobility period. Finally, the internship of the student is fully recognized within the scope of the curriculum through ECTS by Eskisehir Technical University and is to be issued in the transcript of records as well as in the diploma supplement.

If the host institution uses ECTS credits, the ECTS Note Conversion Schedule is taken into consideration. The equivalence of the Letter Notes in the Associate / Undergraduate Programs of the ECTS Letter Notes in Eskisehir Technical University are as in Table 1 and Table 2, as it follows;

Table 1. ECTS Letter Notes in Eskisehir Technical University Associate / Undergraduate Programs

University Letter Grade/ Grades	ECTS Grades	Corresponding Grades at Eskisehir Technical University
AA, AB	A	AA
BA, BB	B	BA
BC, CB	C	BC
CC	D	CC
CD	D	CC
DC	E	DC
DD	E	DC
FF	F	FF

Table 2. ECTS Letter Notes in Eskisehir Technical University Graduate Programs

University Letter Grade/ Grades	ECTS Grades	Corresponding Grades at Eskisehir Technical University
AA	A	AA
AB, BA	B	AB
BB	C	BB
BC, CB	D	BC
CC	E	CC
CD, DC, DD, FF	F	FF

Incoming students receive a duly signed and stamped Transcript of Records which includes the title of courses, ECTS credits and the local grades obtained by the students during their mobility period at Eskisehir Technical University. A Certificate of Completion will also be granted stating the dates of the students’ mobility period. These documents will be handed over to the students before their departure and will be sent to students’ home institution in the following 4 weeks.