For Students Who Have Reached the Maximum Duration of Their Program by the End of the Spring Semester of 2025–2026
Applications
Students who have completed their maximum study period by the end of the Spring semester of the 2025–2026 academic year will be eligible for a supplementary exam if they apply through the OBS system between September 7 and 11, 2026.
(Only students who complete their 14th semester by the end of the Spring semester of the 2025–2026 academic year will be eligible to apply for the supplemental exam. If other students submit an application, their supplemental exam application will be deleted from the system, and no further action will be taken.)
Online Application System Opens: Monday, September 7, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.
Online Application System Closure: Friday, September 11, 2024 Time: 4:30 PM
By decision of our University Senate, students have been granted two additional exam opportunities covering the Fall semester of the 2026–2027 academic year. Since there are students with and without practical courses among those affected, the process has been left to the discretion of the department chair within the following framework for the 2026–2027 academicacademic year’s Fall semester and the last day of the Fall semester make-up exams, in accordance with the principles outlined below.
Click here for the Fall Semester Supplementary Exam Schedule for the 2026–2027 academic year.
Click here for the list of students who have reached the maximum duration of study at the end of the Spring semester of the 2025-2026 Academic Year. (Lists will be announced on September 4, 2026.)
Click here for the OBS Supplementary Exam Procedures Guide.
Matters Regarding Supplementary Exams
Students who will take advantage of their supplementary exam right must pay the contribution fee between the dates specified in the academic calendar for the Fall semester of the 2026–2027 academic year—the semester in which they will take the supplementary exam—after submitting their applications for the supplementary exam. Click here for all announcements regarding tuition fees.
For all theoretical courses in which students have failed (courses they have never taken, or courses they took but failed with grades of F0, FF, FD, or DD) as part of their degree program, students will be granted two supplementary exam opportunities covering the Fall semester of the 2026–2027 Academic-Academic Year, which covers the Fall semester.
For all practical courses in the curriculum required for graduation—such as practicals, labs, projects, studios, workshops, sketches, design, fieldwork, seminars, capstone projects, mandatory internships, etc.— , will be granted two additional exam attempts during the Fall semester of the 2026–2027 academic year; the relevant Department Chairs will prepare a practical training program of at least 4 weeks, and students will be granted these two additional exam attempts within the semester following completion of the program.
Students who have only an internship remaining in their education plan or who wish to take advantage of the additional exam opportunities due to failed courses—including the internship—may complete their internship during the additional exam period by paying the contribution fee/tuition for the relevant semester. Mandatory internship procedures, which are classified as practical courses, will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the “YTÜ Internship Guidelines.”
Four-Semester Extension for Students Who Do Not Use Their Make-Up Exam Rights (With a Maximum of Five Failed Courses)-Academic Year, Fall semester, and these students will be able to register for courses via OBS until October 9, 2026, by paying the tuition fee.
If students complete the course(s) they are required to take in their elective group, they will not be required to take an additional exam for any extra courses they have taken from that group. Students who have taken extra courses from the same elective pool must submit a written request to the Department Chair of their registered department to have these courses removed.
Students who have completed their maximum period of study will be granted the right to take a makeup exam for courses in their academic plan for which they received a DC grade (conditional pass) if they request it. Students in this situation must also submit an application through the system to improve their grade.
Students who have completed their maximum study period are exempt from the grade point average requirement and/or prerequisite restrictions set by the Senate for course selection during retakes and extensions.
For students who have completed their maximum study period and will benefit from additional exam and extension rights, the provision in Article 22(b) of the “Yıldız Technical University Associate and Bachelor’s Degree Education and Teaching Regulations” stating that “For a student to be eligible to take a capstone project, they must have successfully completed a number of courses equivalent to at least 75% of the total credits in the curriculum, and their cumulative GPA must be at least 2.00” will not apply.
For practical courses not included among the courses to be conducted online by the faculties, the procedures for make-up programs and supplementary exams will be determined in accordance with a schedule to be announced in April, based on decisions to be made by the Council of Higher Education, and will be announced at a later date. No make-up exams will be held for the make-up sessions and additional exams for practical courses. Students must apply to exercise their right to take supplementary exams by paying the tuition fee for the relevant semester by the announced dates. Students who do not apply by the announced dates, or who apply but do not take the exam, will be deemed to have waived these rights and will be declared to have failed.
Click here for the “YTÜ Guidelines on Additional Time and Exams for Students Who Have Completed the Maximum Duration of Study.”