YÖS EXAM

YÖS Exam

It is an exam for foreign students, and it is mandatory for most Turkish public universities for foreign students who want to study in Turkish universities. Its abbreviated name is (YÖS) and its full name is YABANCI UYRUKLU ÖĞRENCI SINAVI. Tens of thousands of university students from different nationalities in Turkey take this exam every year.

Who can apply for YÖS exam?

- All foreign nationalities

- Blue card holders (mavi kart) who obtained Turkish citizenship after being foreign citizens.

- Candidates who are Turkish citizens and started their secondary education abroad.

- Students who completed all their secondary education in a foreign country except the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

What is the TR-YÖS Exam?

The Unified YÖS Exam or TR-YÖS is one of the university entrance exams in Turkey. It is an exam for foreigners and is not required by private universities in Turkey, but by Turkish public universities. It is conducted twice a year and is organized by ÖSYM after the YÖS exam was organized by universities.

The Ministry of Higher Education issued a decision to have a unified YÖS exam (TR-YÖS).

What are the sections of the YÖS exam?

The basic learning skills test, which consists of questions on logic, intelligence, mathematics, geometry, and symbolic expressions. If the student gets 85% or more in the YÖS exam, he can apply for the Faculty of Medicine, knowing that recently, after the increased competition for seats in the Faculty of Medicine in Turkey, it has become difficult to obtain a seat in medicine with a score of less than 95% in the YÖS and high school exams, in addition to the presence of some universities requiring more than 98% for human medicine, and if the student gets 70% or more in the exam, he has the right to apply for studying in engineering colleges, and for literary specializations and social sciences specializations, a score of 60% is sufficient for application, and it is known that the percentage may decrease or increase according to the results of the students applying for this exam.

What are the conditions for applying for the YÖS exam?

The YÖS exam does not require specific grades from the high school certificate, nor does it require the equivalence of the high school certificate to apply for the YÖS exam. Students applying for the YÖS exam must have graduated from high school or its equivalent, or have one year left to obtain a high school certificate. Students accepted from abroad are evaluated entirely according to the criteria set by the universities themselves.

You can find out all the requirements for applying for the YÖS exam on the official website of the university you intend to study at in Türkiye.

The most important YÖS test centers

Türkiye
Germany
Algeria
Morocco
Iraq
Pakistan
Nigeria
Somalia
Russia
Jordan
Tunisia

Question and answer

No, YÖS tests are paid and the test fees range between 750 and 2250 Turkish liras, and the fees vary from one country in which the test is held to another.

Yes, a student can apply for the test without completing high school, but he cannot register at the university without completing high school.

The test will be in a multiple-choice format, with marks distributed equally across all questions, taking into account that one full mark will be deleted for every four wrong answers.

80 multiple choice questions ranging from algebra, intelligence and geometry

Yes, students can apply for the YÖS exam in more than fifty centers around the world, most of which are located in the Middle East ,Europe and Africa

The test duration is 100 minutes.

The student needs to prepare well for the test for at least a full year. Usually, students who wish to study medicine or dentistry need at least two years to prepare well for the test and obtain a mark exceeding 95%.

Yes, the YÖS exam is conducted in the following languages: Arabic, Turkish, English, French, German, Russian.

Yes, all universities accept the unified YÖS exam.