All courses at Işık University are conducted in English for English programs. As the School of Foreign Languages (SFL), their primary aim is to help students acquire the necessary language skills (reading comprehension, writing, listening, and speaking) they will need throughout their academic studies. Each new student has to prove that his or her level of English is sufficient for academic studies.
Students can certify their English competence either by passing the Işık University English Proficiency Exam or by bringing a matching score from one of the language exams that are officially recognized by Işık University (TOEFL/ÜDS/YDS/PTE). Please see the bottom of this page for the accepted exams.
We would like to inform you that we have one upcoming set of English Proficiency Exams in the Spring Semester available to incoming International students, the exam consists of three days.
The English exams have 2 parts:
Exempted Students:
TOEFL PBT | 560 |
TOEFL CBT | 220 |
TOEFL IBT | 80 |
YDS/e-YDS/ÜDS | 70 |
PTE Academic | 71 |
*TOEFL and PTE scores are valid for maximum two years; YDS/e-YDS/ÜDS scores are valid for 5 years.
*Only exam results from examination centers at universities are accepted.
Students from a nationality that has English as the official language, such as Pakistani, Indian, Nigerian, Tanzanian, Canadian, American, British, Australian etc. are also exempted from the English exams and English Prep.