A New Model for University Admission

A FIRST IN TÜRKİYE FROM BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY

A Brand-New Model for University Admission Begins: Apply BAU

The "Admission" (Application - Acceptance)system implemented at the world's prestigious universities is being introduced in Türkiye for the first time by Bahçeşehir University (BAU). The model, in which candidates' personal qualities, talents, projects, aspirations and, more importantly, dreams take precedence over their exam scores, gives candidates the opportunity to become university students before the exam.

Candidates can join the model, called Apply BAU, by applying through thewww.applybau.comwebsite. In addition to high school students and high school graduates who will take the university entrance exam this year, candidates who are studying at any university but will retake the exam can also apply to Apply BAU.

With Apply BAU, candidates have the chance to benefit from scholarship opportunities for their dream department before the university entrance exam. In this way, candidates can truly choose the department and university where they want to study, while universities have the chance to get to know their future students.

The Apply BAU model, to be implemented at BAU for the first time this year, will initially be introduced in the faculties of engineering and medicine. Candidates can apply only for the departments in these faculties. From next year, the Apply BAU system will be implemented in other faculties and departments.

HOW TO APPLY?

Candidates who want to join Apply BAU must apply by15 July 2014at www.applybau.com. Candidates who apply and receive an "acceptance letter" earn the right to start their education with the scholarship they won through Apply BAU if they are placed in the relevant department at Bahçeşehir University by ÖSYM.

HOW WILL THE MODEL WORK?

Candidates whose applications are evaluated by Bahçeşehir University and found sufficient will be sent an "Acceptance Letter." The acceptance letter will also include thescholarship amountdeemed appropriate for the student. Students who take the ÖSYS, a legal requirement in our country, and pass the threshold in the relevant score type and choose the "non-scholarship" program,will register at BAU using the scholarship stated in the "Acceptance Letter".

PROF. DR. ŞENAY YALÇIN - PRESIDENT OF BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY:

"We provide the opportunity to receive an education suited to one's talents"

A country's greatest wealth is well-educated human resources. Educational institutions exist for this purpose and serve this purpose. Our university successfully carries out education and training processes at international standards in different parts of the world. In our studies, we saw that the leading prestigious universities of developed countries have their own student admission systems and achieve very successful results.

In Türkiye, one in every four students who apply for the university entrance exam held once a year is already studying at a university. Another striking result specific to our country is the fact that more than half of the young people who graduate from our universities work in jobs outside the field they graduated from. This is a serious loss both in terms of human resources and the national economy.

Based on this, as Bahçeşehir University, we have launched the "Apply BAU" project so that young people who want to receive a university education can study in a program suited to their talents. We will begin its first implementation this year in our Faculties of Medicine and Engineering. In the coming years, we continue our efforts to extend this practice to all our faculties.

For more information: www.applybau.com