Glossary EN – TR
Why a glossary is not a luxury. These are the words that decide whether you may apply, what you will pay, and when. Learn them in English first: the official page will not be in Turkish, and a rough translation is where almost every misunderstanding in this process begins.
Each card shows the English term, then its Turkish equivalent marked TR, then a note.
The note is the part that matters. Several terms have no clean Turkish equivalent at all.
Return to the last slide whenever a page seems to say something too good to be true.
Degrees and structure
Lisans düzeyi
The level below a master's degree. A page headed "undergraduate admissions" is the one you want.
Lisans derecesi
BA, BSc, BEng and LLB are all bachelor's degrees — in arts, science, engineering and law.
Uzun dönemli program
Medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary science in many countries: one continuous degree with no separate bachelor's stage.
Hazırlık yılı
A preparatory year before the degree begins. It costs an extra year and usually an extra fee — check whether it is compulsory for your diploma.
AKTS kredisi
180 ECTS is normally three years of full-time study, 240 ECTS four. The most reliable way to read a programme's real length.
Yarıyıl
Half an academic year. Duration and fees are often quoted per semester rather than per year.
Applying
Giriş şartları
What you must already have. Look for a separate list written for international applicants.
Başvuru uygunluğu
Whether you are permitted to apply at all — decided before anyone looks at how good you are.
Alım dönemi
The term in which the programme starts, for example a September intake. Some programmes have only one per year.
Sürekli değerlendirme
Applications judged as they arrive; places can run out well before the published closing date.
Şartlı kabul
A place that becomes real only if you meet a stated condition — usually a final grade or a certificate by a fixed date.
Transkript
Your grades, year by year. Not the diploma, and not interchangeable with it.
Paperwork
Yeminli çeviri
Made by a sworn translator. In some countries notarisation is then required on top — two requirements, not one.
Denklik
Official confirmation that your diploma counts in that country. A separate procedure with its own fee and queue.
Onaylı suret
A copy carrying an official stamp confirming it matches the original. A plain photocopy proves nothing.
Tavsiye mektubu
Also called a recommendation letter or academic reference. Written by a teacher, not by you.
Niyet mektubu
Close relative of the personal statement and the motivation letter. Same job, different expected lengths and emphases.
Apostil
An international certification stamp that makes an official document valid abroad. Ask whether it is required before ordering translations.
Money and status
Öğrenim ücreti
Often two figures on the same page: one for EU or EEA applicants, one for everyone else.
Dönemlik katkı payı
Compulsory even where tuition is free. It is not called a fee, and you pay it twice a year regardless.
AB dışı başvuran
The category a Turkish applicant normally falls into. Find your category before reading any number.
Burs
Money you do not repay. The deadline is usually earlier than the admission deadline.
Bloke hesap
Money frozen in advance to prove you can support yourself. A visa condition in several countries.
Oturma izni
Applied for after arrival in most countries. The visa only gets you through the border.
Traps in translation
Six phrases that mean less than they appear to. Return to this slide whenever a page sounds too generous.
College — a university faculty in one country, a non-university institution in another. Check which degree it awards.
Free tuition — rarely free study. Look for the semester contribution, enrolment fee and compulsory insurance.
English-friendly / English available — marketing phrases. Neither states the language of instruction.
Application deadline — may be when the portal closes, or when documents must have arrived. Weeks apart.
No tuition fees for international students — check whether "international" includes non-EU applicants, or only EU ones.
Entry requirements on the programme page — usually the general list. Yours is on the international admissions page.
When a phrase is ambiguous, the answer is never a better dictionary — it is a second official page. Go and find it.
Your turn
Open one official programme page and underline every term from these slides that appears on it.
Write down every term on that page that is not in this glossary — each country invents its own.
For each new term, find the university's own definition. Do not translate it; quote it.
Keep this personal list beside your shortlist table. It will be shorter than you fear and more useful than you expect.
You have now finished the guide: what to do in each school year, how to read the page, what to collect, when to do it, and what the words mean. Everything that follows is practice on real pages.
Now use it. Open the Program Finder and apply all five lessons to one real programme.
OPEN PROGRAM FINDER →