Additional placement preference procedures for university candidates started on September 12.
Additional placement preference transactions can be made until 23.59 today.
Preferences can be made via ÖSYM’s website or mobile application. Candidates have 24 choices in additional placement.
Preferences can be made for a total of 162 thousand 980 additional quotas.
The number of candidates who did not register after the given registration period and the number of vacant quotas were also announced. Accordingly, when the additional quotas for relatives of martyrs and veterans, earthquake victims and women over the age of 34 are excluded, there are 150 thousand 119 additional quotas for candidates who could not be placed in any program this year.
In addition, there are 12 thousand 861 additional quotas, including 3 thousand 236 additional quotas for relatives of martyrs and veterans, 2 thousand 621 additional quotas for earthquake victims and 7 thousand 4 additional quotas for women over the age of 34. When these quotas are included, candidates for YKS will be able to choose for a total of 162 thousand 980 additional quotas in the second chance period.
99.8 percent of quotas were filled
Last year, 3 million 243 thousand 334 candidates applied to YKS, this year 3 million 527 thousand 443 candidates applied, an increase of nearly 9 percent.
24 thousand 677 additional quotas were allocated at the universities in the province where they live for students residing in provinces affected by the earthquakes, centered in Kahramanmaraş. Approximately 21 thousand additional quotas were given in state higher education institutions to women over the age of 34, who had not previously had the opportunity to benefit from higher education opportunities.
For the first time this year, 3,774 quotas were allocated in foundation higher education institutions for the relatives of martyrs and veterans.
The total quota in higher education programs providing formal education (excluding open education) was 923 thousand 411 this year. This year, 898 thousand 24 candidates were placed in the quotas in question. According to these data, the total number of settlers increased by 47 thousand 393 people compared to last year.
Excluding the quota for women over the age of 34, earthquake victims, martyrs and veterans’ relatives, the occupancy rate of the general quota was 99.8 percent.