2024–2025 Academic Year Graduation Exam (September 2025)
Graduation Exam—Application: September 15–17, 2025
Students who will take the graduation exam must apply in person to the Department Chairs of the departments in which they are enrolled or via the Department Chairs’ email addresses, submitting their student transcripts and the Graduation Exam application form.
Students’ academic plans must be reviewed to ensure they comply with the requirements listed below.
Announcement of the Graduation Exam Schedule: Thursday, September 18, 2025
End-of-Summer-School Graduation Exams: Monday, September 22, 2025
Submission of Exam Results by Faculty Members to the Department Chair*: September 23–24, 2025
(*) Exam grades will be processed by decision of the Faculty Administrative Board upon notification by the faculty member who administered the exam to the Dean’s Office or Department Chair where the student is enrolled.
Eligible Candidates:
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Students who have no more than two failed courses (FF, FD, DD) remaining for graduation
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Students who cannot graduate because their cumulative GPA is below 2.00 (from a maximum of two courses in which they have earned a conditional pass (DC))
NOTE: Students who have not selected courses (Spring semester for the end of Summer School), students who have not registered for courses or paid their tuition fees must pay the tuition fee for the relevant semester (Spring semester) in order to apply for the Graduation Exam.
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
PRINCIPLES REGARDING THE GRADUATION EXAM
(Approved by Senate Resolution No. 2013/03-26 dated February 7, 2013.)
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To be eligible to take the graduation exam, students must have met the requirements to take the end-of-semester exam for the relevant course. Students who are unable to take the graduation exams will not be granted the right to a make-up exam for this exam.
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When a student applies to take a graduation exam, the system automatically records the language of the course based on the language in which the student previously took the course on a continuous basis (Turkish if the course was taken in Turkish, English if it was taken in English). However, if the course was taken in different languages during different semesters, the student must select the language for the graduation exam prior to the exam. A student enrolled in a program where instruction is provided entirely or partially in a foreign language may, in order to fulfill the required foreign language credit deficiency for graduation, may choose the language of these courses from their program’s foreign language for the graduation exam, provided they take the Social Elective/University Social Elective course(s) in Turkish and do not fail them with an F0 grade. (Amended by Senate Decision No. 08-12 dated September 12, 2024.)
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For students with no more than two courses remaining until graduation, a graduation exam will be administered on the dates specified in the academic calendar to address failed courses and foreign language credit deficiencies, excluding the courses listed in Article 2 (such as Vocational Training in Businesses, Internships, and Capstone Projects, etc. ) to address failed courses and foreign language credit deficiencies. (Amended by Senate Decision No. 08-12 dated September 12, 2024.)
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To pass the graduation exam, students must earn a grade of at least CC. The grade received on the exam replaces the course grade for that course. Midterm exams and in-semester assignments are not included in the evaluation.
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Grades of DC or lower received on the graduation exam will not be considered. Therefore, the student’s grade for the relevant course will remain as it was prior to taking the graduation exam.
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Students who have a course they have never taken before, or who have received an F0 grade in any course—even if they have taken it—cannot take the graduation exam for any course.
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After applications are received, applications from students that do not comply with the Graduation Exam Regulations will not be considered; if such students take the exam by mistake, their exam results will be deemed invalid.
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Students with a weighted cumulative GPA (WCGPA) of 2.00 or higher may take the exam only for the courses in which they have failed.
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Students with a weighted cumulative GPA (AGNO) below 2.00 may take the exam only in courses they have passed conditionally. Since a student may take exams for a maximum of two courses, the total number of failed courses and conditionally passed courses they select cannot exceed two. To register for the exam of a conditionally passed course, a student must first register for the corresponding failed course, if applicable.
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For the semester in which they will take the graduation exam, students who have not selected any courses but intend to take the graduation exam must pay the contribution fee and tuition for the semester in which they will take the exam. (Added by Senate Decision No. 01-06 dated April 16, 2015.)