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Recognition of Prior Learning

Academic Leave (Registration Freezing)
Registration of those students who cannot continue their graduate programs due to reasons preventing education and training such as illness, birth, natural disaster, military service, assignment abroad may be frozen with the decision of the institute’s management board for two semesters in total, being one semester at the most for each time. Leave applications shall be made to the relevant institute directorate until the end of the course add-delete period -except for compulsory reasons- along with necessary documents and justification and, if deemed appropriate, the student shall be considered on academic leave upon the decision of the institute’s management board.
In the Ph.D. program, the students who are in their thesis defense phase may be granted a leave of absence for more than two semesters. Leave of absence requests of these students shall also be made together with necessary documents and justification and decided by the institute’s management board upon the proposal of the relevant department until the end, of course, add-delete period except for compulsory reasons. Leave of absence periods shall not be considered as a part of the education periods.
You may look up the Add-Delete periods from the academic calendar.
 

How to Apply
Our students shall submit Form-0053 the Petition for Postgraduate Academic Leave to our Institute after having it approved by the Financial Affairs Directorate. 20% of the Tuition fee for the period of the leave of absence shall be paid to Human Resources and Financial Affairs Directorate in advance of the approval. 20% of the paid Tuition fee shall be set off against the fee of the subsequent educational term. If education does not continue in the subsequent term, 20% of the tuition fee paid for the academic leave shall not be returned.

Note: All the forms used shall be filled out in a digital environment.