Double Major

Applications

- Gastronomy and Culinary Arts" and "Professional Flight" double major programs are not available.

Application Requirements

• The previous academic year (including the summer school) in case of applications submitted at the beginning of the Fall semester,
• The Fall semester of the current academic year, in case of applications submitted at the beginning of the Spring semester.

1. Academic Length: Students may apply to double major at the earliest at the beginning of their third semesters, and at the latest at the beginning of their fifth semesters within the announced periods in the academic calendar. Students cannot declare multiple secondary majors.
2. Credits Completed: Students who apply for double majors at the beginning of their third, fourth or fifth semesters must have completed at least 48, 84 or 120 credits, respectively.
3. Academic Standing: Student must not have any Fail grades (Only the last grade obtained is applicable for repeated courses.)
4. GPA: Students must have a CGPA of at least 2.72.
5. Academic Ranking: Students must rank among the top 20% in CGPA among their classmates in their primary majors in the relevant semester. 
6. Language Proficiency:  Students must satisfy the Language proficiency requirement of their secondary majors, if any. Please click here to see the English Proficiency Requirement.

Additional Application Requirements by Programs

• Aviation Management program applicants must prove that they have a clean criminal record check and a clean criminal archive record check. Prior criminal record or criminal conviction might prevent entry into airports. These applicants must also submit a clean bill of health (medical report) issued by a general hospital which confirms that the holder does not have any medical problems which might prevent him/her from serving as an Aviation Manager  and/or fulfilling the roles and responsibilities of an Aviation Manager.
  
  Students admitted to the Undergraduate Aviation Management Program are required to submit the following additional documents in order to be eligible to complete their enrollment:
  
  - Health Committee Report: Obtaining a medical committee report provided that it has been obtained from a full-fledged hospital within the last 6 months, indicating that there is no health problem (hearing loss/deficiency, vision loss/deficiency, etc.) that may prevent the student from performing the profession and/or the task given in the profession.
  - Archived/Apostilled Criminal Record Check: Archive registered criminal record document obtained from the Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor within the last 1 month. T.R. National students can obtain the document through the Judicial Records Inquiry Form over the e-government system. To create a document registered as an archive, select "Official" in the Institution Type field; In the Document Why Issued To field, you can select "Other". Foreign students must apply to the Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor to obtain the document

• For the Law Program: Students who were placed and enrolled in a higher education institution in the 2015, 2016 or 2017 academic years must also have ranked in the top 150,000 in the central placement examination in order to be eligible for double major. Students who were placed and enrolled in a higher education institution in 2018 academic year must also have ranked in the top 190,000 in the central placement examination in order to be eligible for double major. Students who were placed and enrolled in a higher education institution in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024 academic years must also have ranked in the top 125,000 in the central placement examination in order to be eligible for double major.
• For Architecture (English and Turkish) Programs: Students who were placed and enrolled in a higher education institution in the 2016-2017 Academic Year must also have ranked in the top 200,000 in the central placement examination in order to be eligible for double major. Students who were placed and enrolled in a higher education institution in and after 2018 must also have ranked in the top 250,000 in the central placement examination in order to be eligible for double major. 
• For Engineering Programs: Students who were placed and enrolled in a higher education institution in the 2016-2017 Academic Year must also have ranked in the top 240,000 in the central placement examination in order to be eligible for double major. Students who were placed and enrolled in a higher education institution in and after 2018 must also have ranked in the top 300,000 in the central placement examination in order to be eligible for double major. 

Evaluations and Results

Double major applications are assessed by the executive boards of the faculties/schools offering the secondary majors in which students seek to double major. Eligible students whose applications are accepted by the relevant faculty/school executive boards can double major in the secondary majors. 

Application results will be announced on our university website on the dates announced in the application-admission calendar.

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Scholarships and Tuition

Double major students are not charged any additional tuition for their secondary majors; however such students must pay any additional fees required for their secondary majors. In the event that students extend the term of their studies due to their double majors, their admission scholarships will continue for a period of 12 semesters.

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Double Major Continuity Requirements

Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.72 throughout their double major studies. Students’ cumulative GPA may drop to a minimum of 2.50 only once during the course of their double major studies. However, students whose cumulative GPA falls below 2.72 for a second time will be dismissed from their secondary major program by the executive board decision of the faculty offering the secondary major.

In order to qualify for graduation from their primary majors and continue to study in their secondary majors, students must have a minimum graduation GPA of 2.72 in their primary majors. Students who meet the minimum graduation GPA requirement may continue to pursue their secondary majors. However, students who are unable to meet the minimum graduation GPA requirement are dismissed from their secondary majors by the executive board decision of the faculty offering the secondary major. Students who are eligible to continue their studies in the secondary majors as per this Article are no longer required to meet the minimum GPA requirement in their secondary major studies. However, in order to qualify for graduation from the secondary major, students must have a minimum graduation GPA of 2.72 in the secondary major.

A student who does not register for courses from the double major program for two consecutive semesters will be dismissed from the second major degree program.

The maximum duration of study for the double major degree program is 14 semesters, starting from the semester in which the program was commenced.

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