10.6.2. Access to university track underrepresented groups applications
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10.6.2. Access to university track underrepresented groups applications
METU measures and tracks the applications and admissions of under-represented groups of students.
Groups tracked and 2025 figures
|
Group |
What METU measures |
2025 figures |
Source |
|
Women |
Enrolment by gender at every level of study |
Fall 2025: 6,380 women among 15,191 undergraduates (42%); 1,348 of 2,924 master's students (46%); 921 of 1,766 doctoral students (52%) |
METU Directorate of Student Affairs, 2025 Activity Report |
|
Low-income students |
Needs-based scholarship applications, assessed by the Scholarship and Aid Committee on applicants' statements of their economic circumstances |
2,739 applications; 1,689 passed the first screening; new awards: 719 cash, 291 dormitory and 247 meal scholarships. In total, 6,575 students received cash scholarships, 1,000 dormitory aid and 1,397 meal aid |
METU Directorate of Student Affairs, 2025 Activity Report |
|
Non-traditional students |
Applications and admissions through routes other than the national entrance exam |
Vertical transfer of vocational-school graduates (DGS): 45 placed, 27 enrolled. Lateral transfer: 460 applications, 57 admitted, plus 486 applications and 320 admissions by central placement score. Special (non-degree) students: 164 |
METU Directorate of Student Affairs, 2025 Activity Report |
|
International students, including from low and lower-middle income countries |
Applications, admissions, enrolments and nationality |
Undergraduate: 975 applications, 284 admitted, 224 enrolled, plus 23 Türkiye Scholarship holders. Graduate: 89 new students. In fall 2025, 1,364 international students from more than 80 countries were enrolled, including 160 from Pakistan, 153 from Iran, 51 from Egypt, 27 from Bangladesh, 26 from Syria and 11 from Afghanistan |
METU Directorate of Student Affairs, 2025 Activity Report |
|
Students with disabilities |
Students supported by the Disability Support Office each semester |
30 students supported in the spring semester and 32 in the fall semester; 247 academic accommodation letters |
METU Institutional Self-Evaluation Report 2025 |
|
Top students at every secondary school |
Places reserved for school valedictorians in central placement |
65 reserved places alongside 2,970 general places in METU's undergraduate programmes. |
ÖSYM, 2025-YKS Programmes and Quotas Guide |
https://kgpo.metu.edu.tr/tr/stratejik-ve-mali-yonetim-belgeleri
https://kalite.metu.edu.tr/sites/kalite.metu.edu.tr/files/kidr2025.pdf
https://oidb.metu.edu.tr/sites/oidb.metu.edu.tr/files/2025_yili_faaliyet_raporu.pdf
Use of the data
The Directorate of Student Affairs records applications, admissions, and enrollments for each group and reports them every year in its activity report; the Institutional Development and Planning Office includes them in METU's annual activity reports, and the Directorate of Student Affairs and the Disability Support Office monitor the success and completion of each group.