OUR VERTICAL TRANSFER STUDENTS WHO WILL APPLY TO AN ENGLISH-MEDIUM PROGRAM;

Foreign Language Exam will be conducted on September 27, 2021, between 10.00-12.00 online via IKU CATS (cats.iku.edu.tr) platform. 

• Exam consists of 100 multiple-choice questions. It is required of our students to score at least 40 points out of 100 in order to be qualified to take the English Proficiency Exam on September 17, 2021. Students who score below 40 points will study in English Preparatory Class.
• English Proficiency Exam and Foreign Language Exam are two different tests. Primarily, it is required that our students must take the Foreign Language Exam. There are two aims of these exams which are mandatory to take:
  
  1.    Students to gain the right to take the English Proficiency Exam.
  2.    Correct placement of the students who will study in the English Preparatory Class according to their level.

• Our online exams are conducted via the CATS platform of our university. After completing your registration, your username and password will be sent to you. You can access the system with your username and password by entering “cats.iku.edu.tr”. 
• As the Department of Foreign Languages, we have prepared this document that will guide you in order to get used to the exam procedure. You can see the basic steps that you need to follow during the exam in this document. Click here in order to access the document.

In the scope of the English Proficiency Exam, the Writing Exam (1st Session) will be on September 29, 2021, between 9.30-10.15 and the Listening & Reading Exam (2nd Session) will be between 10.30- 11.35 online via IKU CATS (cats.iku.edu.tr) platform conducted through two sessions.

• It is mandatory for the students who scored 40 points and higher in the Foreign Language Exam, to take these two sessions.
• The minimum passing score is 80 out of 100 for our students who are enrolled on the Department of English Language and Literature and Department of English Teaching.
• As the Department of Foreign Languages, we have prepared this document that will guide you in order to get used to the exam procedure. You can see the basic steps that you need to follow during the exam in this document. Click here in order to access the document.

FOR VERTICAL TRANSFER STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED ON A TURKISH-MEDIUM PROGRAM;

Foreign Language Exemption Test will be conducted online via IKU CATS platform (cats.iku.edu.tr) on September 28, 2021, between 10.00-12.00.

• The duration of the exam is 55 minutes for 50 multiple-choice questions. Between the given time, you can take your exam whenever you want. Students who do not take or, missed the exam, are required to take Foreign Language I and Foreign Language II courses. There will be no repetition of the exam.
• In order to test out of the Foreign Languages I, students must score 60-69, to test out of Foreign Languages II students must score 70 and above. Students who scored this score will be counted as scored A from both of these courses. 
• As the Department of Foreign Languages, we have prepared this document that will guide you in order to get used to the exam procedure. You can see the basic steps that you need to follow during the exam in this document. Click here in order to access the document.