Foreign Languages

September 15 - English Proficiency Exam For New-Coming International Students

Dear international students,

ISTEP for new-coming international students will be held on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 13.00 in the computer labs at the Vadi Campus. Students who have completed their registration but have not taken the ISTEP are eligible to take the exam. The eligibility list with your student IDs and computer labs where you are going to take the exam will be uploaded to the website a few days before the exam day.

Students should be in their classrooms and ready to take the exams at least 15 minutes before the exam. Please do not forget to bring exam materials such as a pencil, eraser, etc. You must present an identity card (Student Card, National Identity Card, Passport, Driver's License, etc.) at the beginning of the exam.

On the exam date, you will first take an online Cambridge Placement Test (CEPT Reading and Listening) at school. Then, you will take a writing exam to prove your Academic Writing skills. In the Writing Exam, you will be asked to write an academic essay composed of at least four paragraphs, including an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Your essays will be graded based on content, organization, coherence, vocabulary range and accuracy, grammatical range and accuracy, and punctuation. Please make sure to take both exams (CEPT and Writing) on the exam day. If you do not take the writing exam, your writing score will be calculated as 0.

The results will be announced on this website (https://yabancidiller.istinye.edu.tr/en/). If you have further questions, please send an e-mail to foreignlanguages@istinye.edu.tr before the exam date.