Starting with the 2005-2006 academic year, students who will study in the TRNC have to enter the TRNC with their passports. Therefore, they should get their passports in their native country before traveling to the TRNC.

According to the regulations of the TRNC Ministry of Health, starting with the 2005-2006 academic year, students who will study in Northern Cyprus are required to submit their health reports. The report including the results of tests for tuberculosis (PPT) and HIV should be taken from full-fledged specialty hospitals connected to Turkish Ministry of Health or university hospitals or from laboratories approved by the TRNC. This report should be taken before the registration to avoid any problems related to the status and residence permits of students. Medical reports do not need to be renewed every year. According to a TRNC Council of Ministers decree, the insurance premium, which is about £45, is to be paid during registration.

FOR STUDENTS FROM TURKEY:

          o Photocopy of the ID ( with a photo and ID number )
          o Approval by the Embassy of Turkey (a condition required by the Embassy)
          o License fees:

For a two-year license: about £60
For a three-year license: about £80

Cyprus Driving License Office

Phone: 229 07 22
Address: Opposite Haydarpaşa Commercial High School, Lefkoşa
Working Hours: 08:30-12:00 and 14:00-16:00

It is not necessary to get a visa for the citizens of the Turkish Republic. However, students coming to study in the TRNC should enter with their passports and complete Student Residence Permit process in a month's time. They need to apply Güzelyurt District with the form given during registration, their health reports and student documents. The cost of the residence permit is now about £35-40 but can change each year. Students should renew their residence permits each year by submitting valid student documents.

Passports which students use to enter the TRNC should be valid for a period of at least one year. The document which is required to get a student passport (one which is distributed without a payment) is given to students during registration. Students can get further information about their passports in the following link of the Turkish Embassy to Lefkoşa: http://www.tclefkosabe.org/basinaciklamalari/ncig.htm

In METU Northern Cyprus campus there is a Health Center that has been set up to meet the need for primary health care and counseling services. In accordance with the laws of the TRNC, non-TRNC students must have a separate health insurance for further health care and purchase of medicine.

Students who do not have any other valid health insurance must pay £45 annually for a TRNC health insurance. Health facilities affiliated with the TRNC Ministry of Health and health services provided to students under this insurance are as follows:

• Emergency services in all hospitals under the Ministry of Health
• All minor and major operations, all materials required in case of hospital inpatient services, and inpatient stays as long as the drug/treatment requires in all hospitals under the Ministry of Health.
• Tooth pulling and filling in all the outpatient services under the Ministry of Health.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Students whose parents are affiliated with the Pension Fund and/or other social security health systems in their native countries CANNOT use the TRNC health care services for free.

Transportation from Turkey to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus can be by air and sea routes every day on a regular basis. Turkey - Cyprus air and sea routes can be found in the transportation plan at our web site.

Taking a taxi from the Ercan Airport is the shortest way to get to the Campus. However, the Campus Directorate provides paid transportation with buses for the first coming students at the beginning of the academic year. In addition, transport organizations are made by various companies during holiday periods.

Also, Cyprus Airports Service (KIBHAS Ltd.) time schedule is given below:

Information Tel: 0392 227 52 31
Lefke- Güzelyurt Office Tel: 0533 870 78 49
Ercan Office Tel: 0533 870 78 48

Before coming to the TRNC, Turkish mobile phones should be activated for international services. However, it is advised to use a TRNC mobile line in Cyprus since operators charge "International call" rates in the TRNC, which are more expensive. So students can chose one of the two GSM operators in TRNC: Turkcell Northern Cyprus and Telsim (Vodafone).

The Campus is in the Kalkanlı region, which is 50km west of Lefkoşa and 6km north of Güzelyurt. It takes 10 minutes from the Campus to Güzelyurt, and 45 minutes to Lefkoşa and Girne.

 http://polaris.ncc.metu.edu.tr/harita-foto/index.html

The Campus has the warm and friendly environment of a Mediterranean island that is suitable for international interaction and is rich with various cultural, sports and entertainment facilities. There are outdoor tennis, basketball and volleyball courts in the Campus for the use of students. A sports hall with a variety of indoor sports facilities, an outdoor swimming pool and a carpet football field are also available. In addition, conferences, concerts, film shows, cultural activities organized at the Cultural and Convention Center and events organized by student groups and the spring festival constitute only part of the campus life.

Other than the ones in the Campus and in Kalkanlı, the nearest shopping center is in Güzelyurt.

No alcoholic drinks are sold in the Campus.

The distance from the Campus to the sea is about 9km and the sea view is available. However, the Campus is not by the sea. People go to private or public beaches to swim in Cyprus.

The Campus is designed in a way that provides all the facilities for disabled students to help them use all their potential.

There is a Health Center and a Counseling and Student Development Center in the Campus to provide students with primary health care services. All foreign students studying in the TRNC must buy the health insurance which covers clinical examination, emergency and hospitalization costs in all public health units and hospitals. The insurance premium is about £45 and must be paid each year during registration.

A 2000-peopele cafeteria in the Campus provides various dining options. Also, there is a shopping center which meets all the basic needs including food. In addition, some campus buildings and dormitories have canteens that serve a variety of food.

In the Campus, there is a shopping center for the daily needs of both the students and the staff that includes various shops, a supermarket, a bank, a patisserie, a travel agency, ATMs, a post office, a barber, a hairdresser, etc.

In METU NCC dormitories, in every room there are the same number of network cable ends as the number of the beds. Students who install the server certificate and the software produced by the University can connect to the Internet from these cable ends by making necessary adjustments and by using the username and the password given during registration. It is required that students should obey the rules of "Information Ethics" that are accepted by the University while being connected to the Internet. For more information on Northern Cyprus Campus LAN infrastructure, the rules to be obeyed, and "Information Ethics" click the following link:

http://btm.ncc.metu.edu.tr

In the 2009-2010 academic year, students are given a weekly quota of 5GB internet usage. This quota limit can be changed by the University depending on the amount of general use. Students are not allowed to use the Internet more than their quotas.

Other than cable internet service, wireless internet access is also available in some areas inside the library and dormitories. Students can connect wirelessly to the Internet from these areas by downloading the University certificate and by making the necessary 802.1X adjustments. (These adjustments cannot be made on mobile phones)

There are enough accommodation facilities in the dormitories in the Campus for all the students. The requests for desired rooms are usually met; however, when it is not possible to do so, a prioritization is done depending on the students' score in the University Entrance Examination. In addition, students can stay in private dorms or flats in the residential areas around the Campus if they wish to do so.

There are several options for campus dormitory facilities. In Dormitory I, there are rooms for either two or four students including bedrooms, study rooms and bathrooms. All rooms have air-conditioning, broadband Internet access, TV connection, a telephone and a mini fridge. There is a lobby, a TV lounge, a canteen, a laundry and ironing room for common use in Dormitory I building as well as study halls and three kitchens in each of the three blocks, one of which is for girls.

Dormitory II building is designed to include suites where three students stay in single rooms and share a common area of bathroom and study room.  Dormitory II offers the same services and facilities as Dormitory I.

The rooms in Dormitory III are designed to house 4 students as 2+2. Nearly 26-28 students share a common toilet-bath and a kitchen. There are also study rooms on each floor. Dormitory III offers the same services and facilities as Dormitory I and II such as the Internet, laundries, cafeterias and lobbies.

The EBI Dormitory consists of rooms that accommodate 4 students (2+2) in three separate blocks, one of which is for girls. A kitchen, a bath and a toilet are found within the rooms.

The following dormitory fees for the 2012-2013 academic year will be paid in two equal installments at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters.  

DORMITORY FEES (from September 2012 onwards)

Dormitory II, a single room in a "suite": 6300TL

Dormitory I, a two-person room: 5400TL

Dormitory I, a four-person room: 3200TL

Dormitory III, a two-person room: 4700TL

Dormitory III, a four-person room: 3000TL

Graduate Students rooms: 3500 TL

EBI Dormitory, a 1+1 room: 6200TL
EBI Dormitory, a 2+2 room: 4850TL

  Necessary documents for the new students:

- A copy of the student document or the student ID

- 4 photos

- Copies of tuberculosis and HIV tests

- Residence Document (from the District) or Certificate of Location (Population Directorate) (must be obtained before coming to Cyprus.)

- A copy of the passport

Important Note: If some documents are missing, the student will be placed temporarily. Registration of the students who do not submit the missing documents in a given time will not be finalized.

All newly registered students who dont have a specific health problem that prevents them from living in the public can stay in the Campus dormitories.

Dorm rooms contain all the comfort to meet daily needs. Bringing personal belongings is enough. In all the dormitories, beddings are provided to students and dirty beddings are changed with clean ones regularly. The following are advised to be brought by students:

• A bath set ( hand towels, bath towels, bath slippers )
• A beach set ( a beach towel, a bathing suit, sunscreen , beach slippers)
• An alarm clock
• A small table lamp
• An adapter (electric sockets in the Campus are of British style, it is recommended that you bring a British-European adapter; however, you can also buy one in the Campus)
• A charger
• A small sewing box
• A bag for dirty clothes
• Regularly used drugs
• Small decorative accessories that may make you feel at home, etc.

The dormitory fee must be paid in two equal installments at the beginning of each semester. After the completion of the dormitory placements, the administration announces the placement results and the last payment dates.

The fee covers all the following services needed for a comfortable life:

• Heating & Cooling
• Electricity
• Water
• Internet
• Daily cleaning and garbage collection
• A change of bedding every two weeks

Each student has a study table in his room and there are also study tables in the common study halls in each dormitory.

For the students who will be admitted to METU Northern Cyprus Campus programs in the 2010-2011 academic year, and excluding the international joint degree program, all those students who are admitted with a scholarship, without a scholarship and those who are placed from the TRNC quota will be entitled to have a free placement in four-person rooms of dormitories on the condition that they rank in the first 25.000 in Math-Science or Turkish-Math tests, or in the first 4.000 in Language test in their respective programs, or in the first 50.000 in YGS (University Entrance Exam). Dormitory scholarships are free and cover one year in English Preparatory Program and utmost five years in undergraduate programs. The valid scores for the dormitory scholarship are the ones announced by OSYM as placement scores.

Registration for dormitories will be at the same time as school registration.

A private security company provides the security services in dormitories within the framework of METU NCC Student Dormitories Regulations and under the supervision of Dormitories Board of the University administration.

Parents can stay in the Guest House in the Campus. Applications for the Guest House are done only with e-mail (nccguestmetu.edu.tr), or fax (0392 661 2009).

It is possible to find a flat for rent in Güzelyurt. Also, in Güzelyurt and Lefke there are some hotel options:

Güzelyurt Hotel (0392 ) 714 34 12

Lefke Gardens Hotel (0392) 728 82 23

Lefke Soli Inn Hotel (0392) 727 76 95

There are no casinos around the Campus. Besides, students, TRNC citizens and people under the age of 25 are forbidden from entering casinos. Continuous passport checks at the entrances also prevent students from entering casinos.

The dormitory fee must be paid in two equal installments at the beginning of each semester. After the completion of the dormitory placements, the administration announces the placement results and the last payment dates.

The fee covers all the following services needed for a comfortable life:

• Heating & Cooling
• Electricity
• Water
• Internet
• Daily cleaning and garbage collection
• A change of bedding every two weeks

For new students, dormitory placements are done by a computer program according to some criteria such as the students' scores in the university entrance exam and their socio-economic status (income of the family, number of siblings, number of siblings attending a university, whether the family lives in a rented flat, etc). Senior students are placed according to their preferences as well as to their success in school, their GPA, and their compliance with the existing disciplinary rules in the dormitories.

At METU Northern Cyprus Campus, the medium of education is English. However, proficiency in English is not necessary in order to register. Students must submit the result of an approved English proficiency examination in order to pursue the degree program they are admitted in. Students whose English proficiency is not at the level required by METU NCC are placed in the one-year English Language Preparatory Program.

ee the acceptable English examinations:

http://www.oim.ncc.metu.edu.tr/content/language.php

The same English Proficiency Exam as in Ankara is given in METU Northern Cyprus Campus. 

METU NCC offers students the best research and development facilities with the academic units, library and labs available at the Campus. A modern university library that offers research facilities at international standards, the Library provides the students with special passwords that enable them to have access to many international magazines, books and other publications. Modern, exemplary labs exist in the Campus to meet students' educational needs. Also, when necessary, students can use the specialized labs in the main campus in Ankara.

Middle East Technical University has mobilized all its resources and more than 50 years of experience for the success of METU Northern Cyprus Campus. METU NCC is attached to the main campus in Ankara in all academic and administrative affairs. The METU NCC academic staff are recruited and promoted in accordance with the same criteria set forth by METU Senate and Administrative Board.

METU guarantees the quality of education at METU NCC and grants an internationally recognized METU NCC diploma to the graduates.

As the diploma of METU Northern Cyprus Campus is approved by the HEC (Higher Education Council-YÖK), the graduates will have all kinds of rights granted to university graduates.

METU Northern Cyprus Campus offers the following undergraduate programs in the 2010-2011 academic year:   

Engineering:   

Computer Engineering   

Electrical and Electronics Engineering    

Civil Engineering   

Chemical Engineering   

Mechanical Engineering    

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering   

Social Sciences:   

Business Administration    

Business Administration (Joint undergraduate program with SUNY New Paltz University)   

Economy   

Political Science and International Relations   

Education & Humanities:   

Computer Education and Instructional Technology    

English as a Foreign Language Teaching   

Psychology   

Guidance and Psychological Counseling   

When necessary, new programs may be started at the Campus in the future.

METU NCC students normally study in Cyprus. However, students can also take some of their courses in the Ankara Campus according to the conditions set by the University administration.

The educational standards are the same in both campuses. Middle East Technical University has mobilized all its resources and more than 50 years of experience for the success of METU Northern Cyprus Campus. All the educational programs run at METU NCC are approved by the METU Senate . The faculty are recruited and promoted in accordance with the same criteria set forth by the METU Senate and Administrative Board. Middle East Technical University guarantees the quality of education in the Northern Cyprus Campus and grants an internationally recognized METU NCC diploma to its graduates.

The METU NCC diploma is recognized by HEC (YÖK) and is internationally valid.

You can learn the requirements for the extra quota from the OSYM.

For METU NCC minor programs please click

http://www.oim.ncc.metu.edu.tr/content/regulations.php

Double major programs are not available at the moment

Students at METU NCC can benefit from more than 200 arrangements regarding student exchanges between METU and other universities as well as other student exchange programs such as Erasmus just like the students at the main campus in Ankara. For details see:

http://www.kkk.odtu.edu.tr/studaffairs/degisim_programlari.php

Summer school courses are offered depending on the demand and availability of staff and facilities. Students may attend courses at the main campus in Ankara if those courses are not offered at the Northern Cyprus Campus.

For the compulsory practical training periods in the engineering programs, the students are helped to find appropriate training places.

Students at the Campus can benefit from the services of Career Planning Center, which is located in the main campus.

1. The students who will make a choice must first enter the code of METU NCC program they prefer with the scholarship, then the code of the program without the scholarship, and finally they must write down the TRNC code in the Form of Preferences.

2. Placement:a.If the students' point is high enough , he is placed in the Scholarship Program depending on his ranking at LYS;

b.If the score is not enough for the Scholarship Program, but enough for the Regular Program (without a scholarship), he is placed in the Regular Program depending on his ranking at LYS;

c.TRNC citizens who are not placed in any Programs (Scholarship or Regular) are ranked for two five-person TRNC quotas in the programs.

3. Changes in LYS 2010:

a. A total of 60 quotas in 12 programs

b.The requirement of a minimum score is removed.

c.The quotas for TRNC citizens are shown in separate lines in the Form of Preferences.

In 2010-2011 Academic Year tuition fee for METU Northern Cyprus Campus students who are placed on a program without scholarship is as follows.Tuition fees will be paid in two equal installments as spring and Fall Semester.    

Citizens of Turkey: 13500TL ^*   

Citizens of TRNC: 12000 TL   

Citizens of other countries: 7500 U.S. Dollars   

Students themselves will cover transportation, accommodation, books-stationery expenditures and all other costs.   

For the students enrolled in Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus in the 2012-2013 academic year, there may be annual increases in tuition fees in the following years; however, the increases will be limited with the TRNC Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth.   

* Suny New Paltz students will pay New Paltz tuition when they go to the USA.   

The tuition fee includes only registration fee. Dorms, books, stationery and living expenditures are in the responsibility of the student. However, everything possible is done in order to keep the tuition fee low. For the students enrolled in Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus in the 2012-2013 academic year, there may be annual increases in the tuition fee in the following years; however, the increases will be limited with the TRNC Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth.

METU North Cyprus Campus is a state university with a special law and it is established depending on an international agreement. METU NCC's budget is supported by Turkish Republic and all attempts are made in order to keep the tuition fee half of the fees of the other universities in Turkey.

Students can receive scholarships in return for serving as an assistant in the library, laboratories, computer labs, sports facilities, dorms, etc. Academic achievement as well as need of the student is considered to assign assistant-students. In addition, surrounding business owners may provide part-time jobs for METU NCC students within legal limits. 

Various scholarship opportunities are available for the students of METU Northern Cyprus Campus according to their results of OSS (university entrance exam):

*Tuition Scholarship: Students who are placed in scholarship quotas of METU Northern Cyprus Campus will not pay tuition fees. This unrequited scholarship covers one year spent in the English Preparatory School, and utmost five years in the undergraduate programs.

While making choices, the desired program in the form of preferences is indicated by separate codes as scholarship programs and regular (without scholarship) programs. Scholarship programs should be written before the regular ones

Dormitory Scholarship: For the students who will be admitted to METU Northern Cyprus Campus programs in the 2012-2013 academic year, and excluding the international joint degree program, all those students who are admitted with a scholarship, without a scholarship and those who are placed from the TRNC quota will be entitled to have a free placement in four-person rooms of dormitories on the condition that they rank in the first 35.000 in Math-Science or in the first 25.000 Turkish-Math tests, or in the first 4.000 in Language test in their respective programs, or in the first 50.000 in YGS (University Entrance Exam). Dormitory scholarships are free and cover one year in English Preparatory Program and utmost five years in undergraduate programs. The valid scores for the dormitory scholarship are the ones announced by OSYM as placement scores.

Students can receive partial scholarships after the first year in their program according to their academic achievements.

* Merit Scholarship: To be eligible to receive the merit scholarship a student should satisfy all of the following conditions:

1- Should be among the top 5% of the total undergraduate students (excluding prep school students) registered to that particular program, based on CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) classification,

2- Should have successfully completed the first two semesters (freshmen year) of a program,

3- Should have a GPA (Grade Point Average) of at least 3.00/4.00 in the last two semesters,

4- Should have taken full academic load for the last two semesters,

5- Should have no FD, FF, NA, U or W grades in the last two semesters,

6- Should have not been subject to any disciplinary action.

In the cases where the total number of eligible students are less than 2, the number corresponding to the top 5% of the successful students not being an integer, or in cases where we have more than one student with the same CGPA , it is at Campus President's discretion to determine the exact number of students to be granted the scholarship.

The Merit scholarship is divided into two categories:

1- Merit I :Those who satisfy the above mentioned conditions with a CGPA in the interval 4,00-3,75 will receive 650 TL/month, during Spring term (February, March, April and May) for scholarships of the preceding Fall term, and during Fall term (October, November, December and January) for scholarships of the preceding Spring term.

2- Merit II: Those who satisfy the above mentioned conditions with a CGPA in the interval 3,50-3,74 will receive 450 TL/month, with the rest being the same as Merit I.

  * Student assistantship: There are also scholarship opportunities offered to students in return for working in the library, laboratories, IT, sports complex, dormitories etc. In order to be eligible for this type of scholarship, not only academic success but also the student's financial conditions and disciplinary suitability are taken into consideration.

  * Support Scholarship: On the condition that they are successful in their studies, students in need of temporary financial support, may apply to this scholarship (with evidence of their situation) which provides them with books, necessities etc. This support is subject to decision of the Scholarship and Support Fund of METU NCC.

Important note: None of these temporary support opportunities cover Tuition Fee, Dormitory Fee or other similar major expenses.

Scholarship opportunities by TRNC Government:

There may also be opportunities to receive the TRNC government scholarship for foreign students, once you join the METU NCC. For detailed information please get in touch with International Student Office (nccmetu.edu.tr)

Students who are entitled to receive a scholarship as a result of their success at the OSS (Turkish University Entrance Exam) can retain their rights unconditionally one year in English Prep School and maximum five years in undergraduate programs. Academic achievement (merit) scholarships depend on the continuation of a student's success in his program.

Students who have an education (tuition) scholarship must pay the dormitory fee and other expenditures themselves.

For more information about Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus, you can use the following numbers and e-mail addresses: 

Middle East    Technical  University  Northern Cyprus  Campus   

Tel: +90 392 661 20 00 (main switchboard)   

Fax: +90 392 661 21 03   

Web address: http://www.ncc.metu.edu.tr/   

E-mail: kkkodtu.edu.tr