English Preparatory Program (BAU PREP)

Since Bahçeşehir University is an English medium educational institution, all undergraduate students are required to complete the English Preparatory Program successfully. Participation in the English Preparatory Program is optional for students who intend to study in Turkish Programs at the Vocational School and compulsory for the students who are registered to study in English Programs.

All students (including those who will be studying in the US & Canada as well as the students who will be studying in İstanbul) are required to take the English Placement Exam that will be given during the registration period. Students who achieve a net score of 30 out of 60 in this exam will be eligible to take the English Proficiency Examination, while those who score less than the above mentioned rates and fail, will be placed in an appropriate level in the English Preparatory Program, according to the results of their English Placement Exam.  

In order to be exempt from the English Preparatory Program, the minimum passing grade required is 60 (sixty) out of 100 (one hundred) for undergraduate students and Vocational School (MYO) students who would like to transfer to the 4-year undergraduate programs. For students of Faculty of Medicine, the Department of English Language Teaching and the Department of Translation and Interpreting, the minimum passing grade required is 80 (eighty) out of 100 (one hundred). For students of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Dentistry, the minimum passing grade is 70 (seventy) out of 100 (one hundred).

Also, students who have received a satisfactory score from an international exam that is recognized by Bahçeşehir University as being equivalent to the Bahçeşehir University English Proficiency Examination are exempt from the English Preparatory Program.

The results of the TOEFL, PTE, CAE and YDS / e-YDS / YÖKDİL / e-YÖKDİL examinations have to be submitted to the university pior to the beginning of the academic year. Students who successfully pass these exams at some time during the academic year can only start studying in their departments in the following semester.

* TOEFL® is valid for 2 years after the test date. Bahcesehir University’s institution code for ordering your official TOEFL Test score from ETS is C471. There is no department code, this can be left blank. Test taker copies are not accepted, and test scores need to be sent directly by ETS. Applicants can order their score reports through their test taker profile by indicating Bahcesehir University’s institution code. Bahcesehir University verifies the TOEFL results in the online verification system provided by ETS. Additional information can be found here www.toeflgoanywhere.org

Please note that the exams (TOEFL IBT, Pearson PTE Academic and Cambridge C1 Advanced) specified in the table above can be used for exemption if they are taken at public universities in Turkey.

Bahçeşehir University does not accept TOEFL Special Home Edition™ scores.

Bahçeşehir University does not accept Pearson PTE Academic Online Exam.