EXAMINATION REGULATIONS & GRADING SCALE

Examinations and Course Grade
ARTICLE 54- (1) Midterm and final examinations are held at the place and time
announced in the student information system.
(2) At least one midterm and one final examination are held in a semester; at the
discretion of the course instructor, one of these examinations may be conducted in the form of
an assignment, project, laboratory report, exhibition, performance, or similar practical work.
Additionally, a resit examination is administered for students who cannot take or fail the final
examination, and a single-course examination is held for students who fail only one course in
order to complete the program in non-thesis programs or to complete all coursework by the end
of the fourth semester at the latest in thesis-based programs.
(3) In formal programs, the course grade is calculated by taking 40% of the weighted
average of midterm grades and 60% of the final examination grade.
(4) In graduate programs conducted through distance education, the course grade is
calculated by taking the sum of 40% of the midterm average and 60% of the final or resit
examination.
(5) To pass a course, a student must receive at least 50 out of 100 on the final
examination and have a minimum overall course grade average of 60 on a 100-point scale.
(6) The course grade for courses that do not require a midterm and/or final examination
may be evaluated with an absolute grade or as S (Successful)/U (Unsuccessful), depending on
the nature of the course. Grades evaluated as Successful or Unsuccessful are not included in
grade point averages.
(7) For some courses that do not require a midterm and/or final examination and whose
evaluation process has not been completed, a temporary grade of I (Incomplete) may be given.
Once the evaluation process is completed, this grade is converted into an absolute grade or an
S (Successful)/U (Unsuccessful) grade.
(8) The grade DM is given to students who will continue with the thesis course; the
grade TD is given to students who take the thesis defense examination and are given a revision
by the thesis jury.
(9) Matters related to the implementation of measurement and evaluation activities for
programs or courses offered fully or partially via internet-supported distance education are
carried out in accordance with the procedures and principles set by the Senate within the
framework of YÖK’s regulations on distance education.
(10) Students who cannot attend midterm examinations due to valid excuses are obliged
to submit the official document demonstrating their excuse, together with a petition explaining
the reason, to the Directorate of the Institute in which they are enrolled within three (3) business
days following the end of the examinations. Applications not submitted within the specified
time are not considered. If their excuses are accepted by the Institute Executive Board, they
may be granted the right to take a make-up examination.
(11) No make-up examination right is granted for final examinations. Students who fail
the final examination, or who are entitled to take it but do not attend, are granted the right to
take the resit examination.
(12) For students who cannot attend examinations conducted before a jury, such as the
qualifying examination and thesis defense, due to a valid excuse, a new examination date is
determined provided that they notify the Institute of their excuse within seven (7) business days
and that the excuse is accepted by the Institute Executive Board.
Retention of Examination Documents

Course Credit Value, ECTS Credit, and Assessment
ARTICLE 56- (1 The credit/hour values and ECTS credits of graduate courses shall
be determined by the Institute Board upon the recommendation of the Head of the
Department/Division of the Institute. In the crediting of courses and other activities in terms
of ECTS, one ECTS credit is calculated as corresponding to 25.5 hours of student workload.
(2) An absolute grading system is used in calculating achievement grades. The
relationship between absolute grades and letter grades, and the numerical equivalents of
these grades, are set out below:
Absolute Grade Letter Grade Numerical Grade Meaning
90-100 AA 4,00 Excellent
80-89 BA 3,50 Very Good
73-79 BB 3,00 Good
66-72 CB 2,50 Satisfactory
60-65 CC 2,00 Pass
0-59 FF 0,00 Fail
- DZ 0,00 Absent
- BI - Successful
- BZ - Unsuccessful
- M - Exempt
- W - Withdrawal from
Course
- E - Grade Not Entered
- TD - Thesis Revision
- DM - In Progress (Thesis
Process)
a) A student who receives one of the letter grades AA, BA, BB, CB, CC, BI, or M as a
course achievement grade shall be considered to have successfully completed that course.
b) A student who receives one of the letter grades FF, BZ, or DZ shall be considered
unsuccessful in that course.
c) Students who fail to fulfill course attendance requirements shall be given the letter grade
DZ. The DZ grade is treated as an FF grade in GPA calculations.
ç) The BI grade is assigned as the achievement grade for seminars, term projects, thesis
work, or courses that are not included in GPA calculations but have been successfully
completed.
d) The BZ grade is assigned as the achievement grade for seminars, term projects, thesis
work, or courses that are not included in GPA calculations but have been unsuccessfully
completed.
e) The M grade is assigned as the achievement grade for courses from which the student is
exempt following an exemption evaluation and which are not included in GPA
calculations.
f) The W grade is used to indicate on the student’s transcript that the student has withdrawn
from a course within the periods specified in the academic calendar.
g) The E (Grade Not Entered) grade is a temporary grade assigned to courses for which the
evaluation process has not been completed and the grade has not yet been entered. An E
grade that is not converted within the specified period shall be converted into the failing
grade defined for the relevant course.
ğ) The TD grade is used for students who have taken the thesis defense examination and
have been given revisions by the thesis jury.
h) The DM grade is used for students who will continue their thesis course in the following
semester.
(3) The conversion of university letter grades into ECTS grades and the
conversion of ECTS grades into university letter grades shall be carried out in accordance
with the principles determined by the Senate.