School of Foreign Languages - English Preparatory Program

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 at the Vocational School and the Faculty of Health Sciences.

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 get a grade of 60% or higher will be eligible to take the English Proficiency Examination, while those who get a grade lower than 60% will fail and will be assigned to an appropriate level in the English Preparatory Program, according to the results of the 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 the Department of American Culture and Literature as well as students of the Department of English Language Teaching, the minimum passing grade required is 80 (eighty) out of  100 (one hundred). 

Also, students who have received a satisfactory score from an international exam that is recognised 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, IELTS, FCE, PTE, CAE and YDS 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.