FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The first registration date is specified in the placement guide printed and sent to the students by OSYM. It can also be learnt by entering the website of the Student Affairs Department of our University.

The first registration procedures are carried out face to face in our School on the dates specified in the OSYM placement document. Students who have won our school can access the information and documents required for registration from the web page of our University or the internal number on the web page of our School. Our registrations are made face to face.

Students who do not register during the first registration period are deemed to have given up their right to register.
According to the announcements published on the web page of our university, the student will register in person. They can register face to face with the documents required for registration.
Students who do not renew their registration within the deadline can submit a petition within the Excused Registration Renewal Application dates published in the Academic Calendar. The registration renewal procedures of the students whose excuse is accepted by the Board of Directors of our School are completed within the first 3 (three) working days following the acceptance of their excuse. Students who do not renew their registration within this period cannot benefit from student rights in the semester / year in which they do not renew their registration. The time lost in this way is counted from the education period.
Mistakes to be made during the registration renewal process can be corrected by yourself or with the help of the Student Affairs of our School of Higher Education on the add-drop dates specified in the academic calendar of our University.
You can go to the student affairs office of our school with the report showing that you have renewed your registration.
In the academic calendar determined by the Senate of our university, registration renewal, final dates and make-up dates for units with make-up are specified. It is announced in the Academic Calendar published on the Student Affairs Department page.
In order for the student to be considered disabled with a medical report, the student's illness must be documented with reports from the physicians of Süleyman Demirel University Hospitals in the relevant speciality, and in mandatory cases, with a medical report from any official health institution. Reports not obtained from Süleyman Demirel University Hospitals may be requested to be examined at Süleyman Demirel University Hospitals when deemed necessary by the Board of Directors of the relevant unit. The grades taken in the exams taken by the students during the period they are reported are invalid. The report is valid only on midterm exam dates. The student submits the report to the relevant unit (department secretariat) by attaching it to the petition. The report is invalid in Final and Make-up exams.
Those who do not take the Midterm can take the Final. Students who do not take the midterm and final exams cannot take the make-up exam. If the student has taken the final exam, the student can take the make-up exam.
The make-up application is made through the Make-up application link on Proliz (Student Information System). FD and FF course grades are automatically uploaded by the system.
If he/she takes the course he/she has passed to upgrade and fails that course, he/she fails that course. The grade taken in the make-up exam is valid.
Students may be dismissed with the decision of the Senate and the approval of the Council of Higher Education due to non-payment of the contribution or tuition fee for eight consecutive semesters and non-renewal of registration in accordance with Article 44 of Law No. 2547, provided that they remain within the maximum periods.
At the beginning of each academic year, the registration periods, registration method and registration places for students placed in our School according to the exams conducted by ÖSYM are announced on the website of our university. Candidates can get information from https://oidb.sdu.edu.tr/ and https://shyo.sdu.edu.tr/tr/.

The dismissal applications to be made by the students of our School of Higher Education for reasons such as graduation, voluntary deregistration, etc. are made online by the students via SDUnet from the ‘Personal - Dismissal Procedures’ menu.

The dismissal procedures must be done online.

NOTE: Students who will deregister are required to deliver their student ID cards to the Student Affairs Unit of our School.

Students who want to deregister are also required to fill out the Registration Cancellation Form at https://shyo.sdu.edu.tr/tr/dokumanlar and deliver their petitions to the Student Affairs of our School in person or via cargo companies.

You cannot get the health report from a family physician or a single physician, it must be obtained as a committee report from a full-fledged hospital.
You can obtain your student and transcript documents via E-Government Gateway. In addition, you can get Student Certificate, Transcript, Transfer and No Disciplinary Action Documents with electronic signature by requesting the relevant form through the SDUNet Platform, which is in the use of our students. If you wish, you can also get it personally from the student affairs unit with wet signature.
Registrations must be made face-to-face in our School of Higher Education within the date range specified in your ÖSYM Result Document.
You need to renew your registration and register for courses via Proliz Student Information System within the periods specified in the academic calendar.
If you have a documentable, valid excuse and apply with a petition between the excused registration renewal dates specified in the Academic Calendar, your registration can be made if the School Administrative Board approves.
The semester in which the student does not register is counted from the period of study and the student loses one semester. In that semester, the student cannot take the courses and exams and cannot benefit from student rights.
It is possible to deliver the documents sent or the documents to be sent to us via Ptt, Cargo Companies and UPS etc. companies. However, you have to deliver the ‘wet signed’ versions of the documents to be sent. Only the wet signed version is accepted when sending via companies such as Ptt, Cargo Companies or UPS. The applicant is responsible for delays in the post, applications with incomplete information and documents, and applications containing false statements.

An academic staff member assigned by the relevant department/programme head to deal with students' education and other problems It is recommended that students meet with their counsellors about the courses they will take before enrolment

Students may be granted at least one and at most two semesters of leave at a time for justified and valid reasons deemed appropriate by the relevant board of directors. The period of leave is not counted from the education period. Students who take leave in this way cannot attend our School, cannot receive a student ID and cannot take exams at the end of the semester / year they are on leave. The total of the interruption permits given to the student cannot exceed half of the normal education period. Except for documented extraordinary situations such as severe illness, accident, natural disasters, the application for leave of absence is made within the first two weeks of the semester / year. Students who are under arrest, who have an arrest warrant in absentia or who are reported to be wanted by the official authorities cannot be granted leave. However, the relevant Board of Directors may decide that the student whose detention is over may be considered on leave for the periods when he / she cannot continue his / her education.
Students who have to interrupt their education can freeze their registration for a maximum of two semesters, provided that they prove their excuse in accordance with justified and valid reasons and are accepted by the Board of Directors of our School.
Students who have to interrupt their education can apply within the first two weeks of the academic year.

* The student's health-related excuse documented by a report issued by health institutions and signed by at least three different physicians,


* The student has had to interrupt his/her education due to natural disasters, provided that it is documented with a document issued by the highest local authority,


* In case of severe illness of the first degree relatives, the student must document that he/she has to interrupt his/her education due to the lack of anyone else to take care of,


* The student must document that he/she has to interrupt his/her education and training for economic reasons,


* The conscription of a student, in whatever capacity he/she is in, due to the loss of his/her deferment right or the cancellation of his/her deferment,


* The student has a maximum one-year documented non-university scholarship, internship or research opportunity that will contribute to his/her education and training,


* Other reasons to be accepted as justified and valid by the Board of Directors of our School.

Students who want to freeze their registration must apply to the student affairs with a petition stating their excuse within 2 weeks from the start date of the academic year or within the periods specified in the academic calendar or within the dates specified in the registration announcement. You can access the registration freeze petition at https://shyo.sdu.edu.tr/tr/dokumanlar. Documents supporting your excuse for your registration freeze must be attached.


Requests are discussed and decided by the Board of Directors of our School. Important Note: Starting education, registration renewal, tuition fees, course selection, counsellor approvals, exam dates, horizontal transfer, etc. The dates specified in the Süleyman Demirel University Academic Calendar must be taken into consideration for applications. You can access the Academic Calendar from the web page of our University.

Students who are placed with the exams made by OSYM, who come by transfer and students can make exemption requests digitally via the menu under Student Exemption and Adjustment Procedures in the student process forms section of the SDU Forms application (forms.sdu.edu.tr) via SDUNet within the first week of the semester they start education. Exemption requests made by students in the following semesters / years are not accepted.

Detailed information for exemption application can also be found at https://shyo.sdu.edu.tr/tr/haber/ogrenci-muafiyet-islemleri-hakkinda-47759h.html announcement link.

A student whose request for exemption from any course is accepted can then register for this course in order to improve his/her grade. The student must upload the course contents and transcript approved by the higher education institution where he / she has studied, stating which course / courses he / she wants to be exempt from in return for the course / courses he / she has previously taken and succeeded, to the relevant system.

If the course to be exempted is taken in a different language, the approved Turkish course content must also be uploaded.

According to paragraph (2) of Article 7 of Süleyman Demirel University Course Exemption and Adjustment Procedures Directive, the student is obliged to continue the course(s) for which the exemption request is made until the exemption request is decided by the relevant board of directors.
In course exemption, the course(s) must be at least 75% similar in terms of content and hours. If the hours of the course(s) are fractional as a result of the calculation, the result is rounded to the nearest whole number and the result is converted to the nearest letter grade.
While adding course contents, the contents of YÖK 5İ courses must also be uploaded.
If the credits of the exempted courses among all the courses in the student's education programme are less than 30 credits (ECTS), the student is transferred to the 1st grade, if 30-89 credits (ECTS), the student is transferred to the 2nd grade. Courses that are not exempted in the relevant semester / year are taken first as lower courses.
Students can apply for their objection to the decision of the board of directors via SDUNet Platform SDUForms within 3 (three) working days from the date of the e-mail sent to them and the announcement published on https://shyo.sdu.edu.tr/tr/.

For course exemption, they can make exemption requests digitally within 1 (one) week from the start date of education or within the periods specified in the academic calendar or within the dates specified in the registration announcement via the menu under Student Exemption and Adjustment Procedures in the student process forms section of the SDU Forms application (forms.sdu.edu.tr).


Applications made after the specified date will not be taken into consideration. Course exemptions will be evaluated by the head of your department and necessary procedures will be taken. Until it is finalised that the courses are exempt from the courses, our students continue to be responsible for the courses.


Note: Course exemption is made only once. There is no separate exemption petition for each semester. All Responsibility regarding the subject belongs to our students.

During the registration renewal, failed courses must be taken first.

Except for the courses to be taught with the distance education system determined by the Senate, attendance to the courses is compulsory. Attendance is monitored by the relevant instructor. It is compulsory for students to attend the theoretical courses not less than 70% and the practical courses not less than 80%.

Students who enrol in a course and fulfil the conditions for taking the exam, but who are not successful, are not required to attend the theoretical and practical courses, except for the application of that course. Students who participate in scientific, social, cultural and sportive activities and competitions in order to represent our country or our university can be considered to be on leave from the courses and exams during that period by the board of directors of the relevant unit, and the periods when they cannot attend the courses are not considered as absenteeism.

For students with a GPA of 1.80 and above, the course load can be increased by one and a half times the course load of the current semester in order to raise the grade. Course loads of students with a GPA of less than 1.80 cannot be increased. If a student has failed courses from previous semesters, he/she can take courses from the upper semester, provided that he/she takes them as a priority, provided that his/her GPA is 2.50 and above, not exceeding one and a half times the course load of the current semester.
Course registrations are made online via Proliz (Student Information System) between the dates specified in the Academic Calendar.
Courses at the university are determined by the proposal of our School and the approval of the Senate. Course programmes are determined by the proposal of the relevant department/programme and the decision of our School and announced to the students.
You need to contact your relevant advisor via e-mail. For counsellor e-mail addresses; You can use the link https://shyo.sdu.edu.tr/tr/akademik-kadro. If you wish, you can call the Student Affairs Unit of our School. You can find contact information on the web page of our School.
Students who have a course grade of DC+ and above and who want to raise their grades can take the make-up exam if they apply to the Student Affairs of our School with a petition until 3 working days before the start of the make-up exam date specified in the academic calendar.
It is compulsory for our students to attend the courses and information about absences can be obtained from the relevant lecturer who teaches each course.
There is an optional foreign language preparatory programme in our school. However, foreign language courses are given within the scope of the undergraduate curriculum. Our foreign students who cannot get the valid score from the Turkish proficiency exam receive education in the Turkish preparatory programme.

The success of the student is determined by evaluating the semester grades together with the semester, end of internship and make-up exam grades. In-semester grades consist of grades given to homework, applications, clinical, laboratory, practical and similar studies, at least one of which is a midterm exam grade.
Students who do not renew their registration and have absenteeism from the course cannot take the final exam.
In the academic calendar determined by the Senate of our university, registration renewal, final dates and make-up dates for units with make-up are specified.
The overall academic success of the student is calculated by multiplying the grades of all the courses taken until that semester by the credits and dividing the sum of this by the credit totals of the courses
Exam results must be announced within seven working days from the date of the exam
Conditional passing grades are DC and DD grades. A student who has received one of these grades is considered to have passed the course if his/her GPA is at least 2.00. Unsuccessful students can repeat the courses in which they received DC or DD grades if they wish.
Within one week from the date of the announcement of the exam results, a written application can be made to the head of the department. Upon the request of the relevant unit, the relevant instructor re-examines the student's exam paper or exam chart in terms of material errors. The written opinions of the relevant instructor and the head of the department regarding the objection are evaluated and decided by the relevant board of directors. If the relevant board of directors determines a material error in the exam papers or exam syllabi, this error is corrected by taking the opinion of the relevant instructor and the head of the department. The appeal application is discussed and finalised by the relevant board of directors within fifteen days at the latest and announced to the student.
A material error objection petition can be submitted for the make-up exam as in other exams.

* In order for the student to be considered disabled with a health report, he / she must document his / her illness with a health report from health institutions. The grades taken in the exams taken by the students during the period they are reported are invalid. (Amended by Senate Decision 453/12 dated 14.04.2016)


* In the event that the student has to interrupt his/her education or cannot take the exams due to unusual natural events in the place where the student's family resides, the student must document it with a document to be obtained from the province or district administrator where the unusual natural event occurred.


* In case of severe illness or death of the first degree relatives of the student, a medical board report is required in case of illness, and an official document in case of death.


* In the case of temporary detention that does not remove the student's right to be a student or does not require the removal of this right according to the relevant disciplinary regulations of the student in terms of judicial content and consequences, the student is considered excused.

Single course exams are held at the end of each semester within fifteen days after the end of the make-up exams on a date determined by the board of directors.
Students who have succeeded in all the courses for graduation and have failed only one course in which they fulfil the attendance requirements can benefit from the single course exam.
Those who fail the single course exam cannot take the single course exam again in the following semesters. The student has the right to take this exam once.
The student who does not or cannot take the single course exam is deemed to have used this right. A single course exam will not be opened for him/her again.
As with other exams, it is possible to object to the single course exam.‍
You must apply to the Student Affairs Office of our School of Higher Education with the petition at https://shyo.sdu.edu.tr/tr/dokumanlar no later than 3 working days before the exam dates specified in the academic calendar. Our School is not responsible for delays that may occur in the processing of petitions to be sent by cargo or mail.

Horizontal transfers can only be made at the beginning of the academic year in the higher education administration where the year system is applied, among the higher education rules that apply the same educational programs; In higher education institutions where the semester system is applied, it is made at the beginning of each semester and before the courses continue, by the decision of the administrative boards of the higher education institutions applied for transfer.
The documents required for Horizontal Transfer are published on the Registrar's Office page.
The conditions for horizontal transfers between faculties, colleges and departments within the same university are the same as for students requesting horizontal transfers from other universities.
Our students who want to transfer are required to follow the announcements on the websites of the universities they want to transfer to, obtain the required documents from our School and submit them to the relevant university within the periods specified in the announcement.
Our students who want to transfer to our school must follow the announcements on the Süleyman Demirel University website and deliver the required documents to our school within the period specified in the announcement. It is important to know that the applications of those who do not apply within the deadline, have missing signatures or missing documents will be evaluated negatively. Our School is not responsible for any delays that may occur in postal and cargo shipping. The applications are evaluated by the Horizontal Transfer Commission of our School and announced by the decision of the Board of Directors of our School on the date specified in the relevant announcement.

The normal study duration of undergraduate programs is four (4) years.
Students will not be dismissed due to non-payment of contribution or tuition fee within the maximum period or failure to re-register. However, with the decision of the Senate and the approval of the Council of Higher Education, students may be dismissed due to non-payment of contribution or tuition fee for six consecutive semesters and failure to re-register. Senior students who have completed their maximum term are given the right to two additional exams for all the courses they failed. These two additional exam rights are made available for all courses, as the first additional exam and the second additional exam, before the new academic year begins, after the completion and make-up exam periods of these courses. Students who do not take these exams for three academic years are considered to have waived their right to additional exams and their registrations will be deleted.
Our school is 4 years long and provides education at the undergraduate level. Our graduate students are given a bachelor's degree.

Disciplinary procedures of students are carried out in accordance with the Higher Education Institutions Student Disciplinary Regulations.
Disciplinary investigation is carried out when students commit crimes specified under the title of Disciplinary Penalties and Crimes in the Student Disciplinary Regulations of Higher Education Institutions.
An objection may be made to the university administrative board within fifteen days against the disciplinary penalties imposed by disciplinary superiors and boards.
Disciplinary offenses will not be deleted from the student's record unless an amnesty law is passed.
All kinds of notifications due to disciplinary investigation are made by hand delivery upon signature, or in writing to the address provided by the student to the higher education institution, or electronically to the person who requests notification to this address by providing an electronic address suitable for notification. In cases where notification is not possible by these means, the notification is deemed to be completed by announcing the notification document in the relevant higher education institution.
Disciplinary investigation can be carried out personally by the heads of each unit authorized to conduct investigations, or by appointing an investigator or investigators.

Warning: It is a written notification to the student that he/she should be more careful in his/her student duties and behavior.

Reprimand: It is a written notification to the student that he/she is deemed to be at fault in his/her student duties and behavior.

Suspension from the Higher Education Institution for One Week to One Month: It is a written notification to the student that he/she has been suspended from the higher education institution for one week to one month and that he/she will not be able to benefit from student rights during this period.

Suspension from the Higher Education Institution for One or Two Semesters: It is a written notification to the student that he/she has been suspended from the higher education institution for one or two semesters and that he/she will not be able to benefit from student rights during this period.

Expulsion from a Higher Education Institution: It is a written notification to the student that he/she has been expelled from being a student and will not be admitted to any higher education institution again.

Disciplinary offenses will not be deleted from the student's record unless an amnesty law is passed.

In order for a student to graduate from the program he / she is studying, it is compulsory to take all the courses required for graduation within the legal period specified in Article 27 of Süleyman Demirel University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations and to complete the program with a GPA of at least 2.00, provided that he / she is successful in these courses. GPA is also the graduation grade point average.

 Süleyman Demirel University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations https://mys.sdu.edu.tr/

Graduated students can repeat courses by renewing their registration in order to increase their GPA. Students in this situation should apply to the head of the department with a petition within one week following the announcement of the single course exam results. The last grade / grades received are valid.
The student is obliged to present the student ID card obtained from the student affairs of the vocational school he/she graduated from or the Temporary Graduation Certificate if he/she has received it. Diploma and diploma supplement, if the student has been given a temporary graduation certificate, are delivered against signature upon return of the original.
Diplomas, diploma supplements, certificates and provisional graduation certificates are only delivered to the right holders themselves or to their proxies who submit their notarized power of attorney. If the diploma and diploma supplement, Student ID card or temporary graduation certificate are issued, they are delivered against signature upon the return of the original.
Those who have lost their diploma or temporary graduation certificate, if issued, apply to the relevant unit with a petition attached to a copy of the loss announcement given to one of the national newspapers. If the Temporary Graduation Certificate has been issued, the diploma is given to those who have lost it. For those who have lost their diploma, a new diploma, which is stated to be a second copy, is issued based on the decision of the Board of Directors of the relevant unit. If the second copy of the diploma is also lost, the second copy of the diploma is issued by the Student Affairs Department, signed by the School Director and the Rector who are in office at the time of issuance, provided that it is stated how many times it was given to those who have lost more than two diplomas.

The summer semester calendar is determined by the Senate of our University. Final exam days are not included in this period.
The courses to be offered in the summer semester are determined by the request of the instructor who preferably taught the course in the fall/spring semester, the proposal of the department and the decision of the board of directors. It is announced on the unit web page.
Students who will participate in the summer semester are charged a summer semester tuition fee in the amount determined by the University Executive Board upon the proposal of the University Strategy Development Department, taking into account the amount determined in accordance with the provisions of the relevant legislation each year.
The fees of the courses that are dropped or not opened due to overlapping in the summer semester will be refunded to the students if there is no course change.
Except for the foreign language preparatory class, in the summer semester; a student can take courses not exceeding a total of 20 credits. If a course has more than 20 credits, the School Administrative Board decides whether to open the course or not.
Students can take the course they want to take in the summer semester from another department/program within or outside the University. However, the content, credit and hour criteria of the course to be taken from another department/program must be approved in advance by the board of directors of the unit where the student is enrolled.
Except for foreign language preparatory class and common compulsory courses, the student in the summer school; In order to take the semester / year-end exam of a course, it is necessary to follow and succeed at least 70% of the theoretical courses, at least 80% of the practice and laboratory, if any, and to participate in the midterm exams held in the summer school. The attendance requirement in foreign language preparatory classes is calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Süleyman Demirel University School of Foreign Languages Foreign Language and Preparatory Education and Examination Regulations published in the Official Gazette dated 23/10/2007 and numbered 26679. The fact that the attendance requirement of a course is fulfilled in the current academic year does not eliminate the attendance requirement of this course in the summer term. However, students who have fulfilled the attendance obligation in the current semester but are absent in the summer semester and students who take the course for the first time in the summer semester and fulfill the attendance obligation do not have to take the continuation of this course in the regular semester.
Students who take courses from a different university within the scope of the Summer School Program, whose grade procedures are completed before the single course exam application date and who have the necessary conditions to take the single course exam can take the single course exam at the end of the summer school.
The evaluation of the courses taken from the departments/programs of the University during the summer term and the determination of the success status are made as specified in the Süleyman Demirel University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations published in the Official Gazette dated 29/8/2004 and numbered 25568, Süleyman Demirel University Graduate Education and Training Regulations published in the Official Gazette dated 8/1/2005 and numbered 25694, and Süleyman Demirel University School of Foreign Languages Foreign Language and Preparatory Education and Examination Regulations. Regardless of the previous grade in the repeated course, the last grade received is valid. Except for the foreign language preparatory class, the adaptation of the grades of students who take courses from other higher education institutions in the summer semester is made by the relevant board of directors, taking into account the provisions of Article 20 of the Süleyman Demirel University Associate and Undergraduate Education and Examination Regulations.

The contribution fee is determined by the Council of Ministers every year.
The contribution fee is determined by the Council of Ministers separately according to the departments/programs of Faculties, Colleges, Vocational Schools and State Conservatories.
If the contribution fee is not paid on time, the student cannot register and loses the right to study that semester.

The tuition fees of students who enrolled by winning the Student Selection and Placement Examination and voluntarily deregistered or changed schools are not refunded.

September 18, 2008 dated and 27001 numbered Official Gazette https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2008/09/20080918-2.htm

Student contributions are not calculated according to the number of courses and semester duration, but are collected annually. However, except for students who are subjected to disciplinary penalties, students who freeze their registration for at least two semesters in education programs where the semester system is applied and at least one academic year in those where the year basis is applied (if they have frozen their registration for more than one semester) are not charged a contribution fee in the semester following the semester in which they froze their registration. If there are contribution fees previously paid for the period of frozen enrollment, this amount will not be refunded.
Secondary Education students and First Education students who have completed the program period (associate degree 2 years) must pay the Contribution Fee. FIRST EDUCATION students who have not completed the program period do not need to pay any fee.
If students studying in secondary education departments/programs are ranked in the top 10% of the success ranking at the end of each semester, they pay the amount equal to the student contribution fee that regular regular education students will pay as tuition fee for that year in the upper class. Students who have entered the 10% Success Ranking are entered into Proliz (Student Information System) before the semester starts.
If there are exempt courses, students cannot enter the 10th percentile. Students who have a high semester grade point average but are absent from one course and fail one course cannot enter the 10th percentile. During the evaluation, the student must have taken all the courses of the current semester.