Since 2011 there have been changes in students’ university entrance system for foreigners. The foreign student exam was held once a year by the central system until 2011. Nowadays, every university, foreign student (YÖS) exam is carried out within its own structure. Foreign students’ examinations of the university will be shared in detail on the official web site of the universities. All information such as exam dates, baseline scores and requirements for entry to the exam can be easily reached through the university. University entrance exams for foreign students; it is built within each university.
What are the legal requirements for foreign students?
- STUDENT VISA
A letter of acceptance is sent by the university to foreign students who are successful in the exams and who have the right to enter the university. Students must obtain visas in foreign embassies students going to Turkey with the acceptance letter. If students can get a student visa in Turkey by foreign representative in Turkey. The student visa is among the compulsory documents at the registration stage.
- RESIDENCE PERMIT
Foreign nationals who want to get education in college students must obtain a residence permit in Turkey. Residence permits are granted by the Immigration Administration in the cities in which they live. According to relevant laws of foreign students entered Turkey after one (1) shall receive a residence permit in months. The residence permits of foreign students are renewed every year.
- HEALTH INSURANCE
Students should be made to include the whole of the health care costs of health insurance. Some universities can cover the health and medicine costs of foreign students. However, if the university does not have such a scope, all foreign students will have their own health expenses.
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