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Minor Programs

Minor Programs

Minor programs allows undergraduate Özyeğin University students to take a limited number of courses offered in a specific field of interest by another undergraduate program at OzU in order to receive minor certificates. Minor procedures are subject to the provisions of YOK’s “Rules and Regulations on the Principles of Transfers between Associate and Bachelor’s Degree Programs at Higher Education Institutions, Double Major, Minor and Credit Transfers Between Higher Education Institutions” as well as Özyeğin University Directives on Minor Programs.
 

Minor Programs

Minor programs and courses to be offered by such programs are determined  upon the recommendation of the relevant Faculty/School Executive Boards  and pursuant to the approval of the Senate. Quotas are determined upon the resolution of the relevant faculties/schools offering the minor programs and the approval of the university executive board.

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Applications


Minor applications are submitted via the Student Information System (SIS) with a duly completed application form.
 
2025-2026 Fall Semester
Minor Programs
Application and Admission Calendar
First Day of ApplicationsAugust 1st, 2025 Friday at 10:00 
Last Day of ApplicationsAugust 15th, 2025 Friday at 15:00
(*) English Proficiency Examination - TRACE (Face-to-Face)
August 27th, 2025
Announcement of the Results on the ÖZÜ WebsiteSeptember 05th, 2025 Friday, as of 7.00 pm

*According the Article 4 of the following Application Requirements, students may take the TRACE examination on the specified date or submit one of the accepted English Language Proficiency exam reports, specified in the Language Proficiency Requirements here, to prove their language proficiency only if they are currently registered in a Turkish-medium undergraduate program and wish to apply for minor in an English-medium undergraduate program. 
 
- Professional Flight minor program is not available.
 

Application Requirements

Student Services determines the eligibility of students for minors. Students can concurrently pursue multiple minors or can register for both a double major and a minor. However, students who drop their minor cannot register for the same minor again.

The eligibility of students for minors are assessed based on their academic standing as of the end of: 

  • 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 take on a minor at the earliest at the beginning of their third semesters and at the latest at the beginning of their sixth semesters of their undergraduate studies.Students who had previously transferred to Özyeğin University’s undergraduate programs from other institutions through either horizontal or vertical transfers must have spent at least a semester in their majors in order to apply for a minor.

  2. Academic Standing: Student must not have any Fail grades (Only the last grade obtained is applicable for repeated courses.)

  3. GPA: Students must have a CGPA of at least 2.50.

  4. Language Proficiency:  Students must satisfy the language proficiency requirement of their secondary majors, if any. Please click here to see the Language Proficiency Requirements.

  5. Additional Application Requirements for Aviation Management Minor Program

    Aviation Management minor 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 Aviation Management Minor 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.

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Evaluations and Results

Minor program applications are assessed by the executive boards of the Faculties/Schools offering the minor programs in which students seek to minor. Eligible students whose applications are accepted by the relevant Faculty/School executive boards can attend the minor program(s) for which they have applied.   

Application results will be announced on our University website on the dates announced in the applications-admissions calendar.
 

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Scholarships and Tuition

Minor program students are not required to pay any additional tuition.


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Minor Attendance Requirements

A student will be dismissed from the registered minor program if any of the following conditions are not met:
  • If the cumulative GPA in the primary undergraduate program falls below 2.30 during the minor studies,

  • If the student does not take any courses from the minor program for two consecutive semesters,

  • If the student fails to complete the minor program within the required timeframe after graduating from the major program.

A student who becomes eligible for graduation from the major program but fail to meet the graduation requirements of their minors may be granted a maximum of two additional semesters to complete it, upon the decision of the administrative board of the Faculty/School that offers the minor program.