Amendment to Istanbul Health and Technology University Graduate Education, Teaching and Examination Regulation
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The regulation changes several rules for graduate programs at Istanbul Health and Technology University. It adds a selection process for doctoral students in priority fields identified by the Council of Higher Education, with separate rules for Turkish and foreign applicants. It also updates how graduate students can take courses as special students at other universities, how course exemptions are handled, and how tuition is treated when students freeze or cancel their registration. Students in annual-fee programs now face clearer refund and fee-offset rules depending on when they withdraw or freeze enrollment.
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Key Changes
- Adds rules for selecting doctoral students in priority fields set by the Council of Higher Education.
- Updates conditions for graduate students taking courses at other universities as special students.
- Clarifies tuition offsets and refunds when students freeze enrollment or withdraw from annual-fee programs.
Obligations
What this law requires
For doctoral programs in priority fields identified by the Council of Higher Education, select doctoral students only up to the number determined by the Council of Higher Education.
For Turkish citizens applying to Council of Higher Education priority-field doctoral programs, conduct student selection under the rules of the regulation on central examinations and entrance examinations for appointments to academic staff positions other than faculty members.
For foreign applicants to Council of Higher Education priority-field doctoral programs, conduct student selection according to the procedures and principles determined by the Council of Higher Education.
Allow graduate students enrolled in master’s, doctoral, or proficiency-in-art programs to be accepted as special students in graduate courses at other higher education institutions only with approval from the department or art-major chair of the institute where they are registered.
Process exemption requests for courses that a graduate student completed successfully as a special student through the department or art-major chair of the institute where the student is registered.