Introduction

About
ÖSYM, which provides examination services to over 10 million candidates on a national scale and is one of the leading institutions in the world in terms of the number of exams it conducts and the size of the candidate population it serves, continues on its way with the mission of being a valid, reliable and fair measurement, selection and placement institution.

The basic philosophy of the institution is to create a valid, reliable and fair measurement and evaluation system by constantly renewing itself and rapidly adapting to change, planning all its activities in line with scientific methods. ÖSYM considers being everywhere for everyone, providing services to candidates with disabilities, health problems and special conditions in their provinces, being innovative in exam processes, being accountable and maintaining credibility in the eyes of the society as the basic principles of its raison d'être.

History

Until the 1960s, universities accepted only some high school graduates without examination. Since these years, faculties faced with a demand that exceeded their quotas have generally carried out the selection process in one of the following ways.

- Accepting as many candidates as needed according to the order of application
- To accept graduates of science or literature branch of high schools, taking into account the quality of the education given at the faculty
- Ranking applicants according to their high school graduation degree and admitting students accordingly
With the increase in the number of high school graduates and the granting of the right to apply for higher education to high school equivalents, the above-mentioned methods of student selection became inadequate and faculties began to organize entrance exams in accordance with their own objectives. Students had to rush from city to city across the country in order to take the exams, and the situation of taking one exam but not the other, which could coincide with the same day and time, led to significant complaints among candidates and their parents. Beginning in the 1960s, some universities first started to organize entrance exams for themselves, and later some universities started to act together.

The increase in the number of candidates necessitated the preparation of multi-question and objective tests and the utilization of informatics methods and tools in procedures such as application, scoring, selection and placement, and notification of results. In 1974, the Interuniversity Council decided to conduct university entrance exams from a single center and established the Interuniversity Student Selection and Placement Center (ÜSYM) on November 19, 1974. Student selection and placement procedures for universities were carried out by this center until 1981.

In 1981, ÜSYM was transformed into a sub-organization of the Council of Higher Education under the name of Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) with Articles 10 and 45 of the Higher Education Law No. 2547.

With the Law on Measurement, Selection and Placement Center Services dated 17/02/2011 and numbered 6114, which entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette dated 03/03/2011 and numbered 27863, the Institution was renamed as the Presidency of Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) in accordance with the Law No. 6114 and the Presidential Decree No. 4 on the Organization of Institutions and Organizations Affiliated, Related, Associated Institutions and Organizations and Other Institutions and Organizations Affiliated to Ministries, which entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette dated 15 July 2018 and numbered 30479; The Agency has become an institution with a public legal entity, administrative and financial autonomy, related to the Council of Higher Education, headquartered in Ankara, with a special budget, authorized to fulfill the duties and exercise the powers given by the aforementioned Law, Decree Law and other relevant legislation.

There are different practices in the world regarding the transition from secondary education to higher education. In our country, the system has been developed with changes in the university entrance system in the historical process and the university entrance system was finalized in 2017.

As mentioned above, our Presidency, while carrying out the task of selecting students for universities at its establishment, has been transformed into an institution where approximately 50 exams are held every year with new exams added since 1981 according to the historical development and the needs of Turkey. Some of these exams are given below.

- Ministry of Justice Exams (Judicial Judiciary-Administrative Judiciary)
- Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Examination (ALES)
- Vertical Transfer Examination (DGS)
- Foreign Language Proficiency Test (YDS)
- Electronic Foreign Language Examination (e-YDS)
- Ministry of Interior Candidate District Governor Exam
- General Directorate of Occupational Health and Safety Workplace Medicine and Occupational Safety Specialist Exam (OHS)
- Public Personnel Selection Examination (Undergraduate - Teaching Field Knowledge - Associate Degree - Secondary Education) (KPSS)
- Ministry of National Education Administrator Selection Examination for Educational Institutions (MEB-EKYS)
- National Defense University Military Student Candidate Determination Exam (MSÜ)
- TCA Presidency Assistant Auditor Candidacy Qualifying Examination
- Placement Test for Foreign Higher Education Diploma Equivalency in the Field of Medical Doctorate
- Medical Specialty Training Entrance Examination (TUS)
- Entrance Examination for Subspecialty Training in Medicine (YDUS)
- Higher Education Institutions Foreign Language Exam (YÖKDİL)

MISSION, VISION AND CORE VALUES OF ÖSYM

Mission

To be an institution that conducts valid, reliable and fair measurement, selection and placement in the exams it administers.

Vision

To be a test center that conducts measurement, selection and placement processes at international standards.

Core Values

- Conduct valid, reliable and fair assessment and evaluation
- Being everywhere for everyone
- To serve candidates with disabilities, health problems and special conditions at their location
- Being innovative in exam processes
- Being accountable

OUR QUALITY POLICY

As an institution that conducts measurement, selection and placement with a valid, reliable, scientific, fair, transparent and innovative approach in the exams administered by the Turkish Measurement, Selection and Placement Center

- To ensure that candidates complete their exam processes in the most convenient and comfortable conditions and to continuously increase satisfaction in line with their expectations,
- Increasing accessibility with the principle of “Being Everywhere for Everyone”,
- To carry out all its activities within the framework of the authority and responsibilities given by the relevant laws, regulations and other legal legislation, taking scientific resources and authorities as reference,
- Continuously renewing itself in terms of examination technologies and rapidly adapting to these technologies,
- Being accountable,
- To comply with the requirements of the management system with the participation of competent and authorized personnel and to ensure the continuous development and improvement of the management system
     QUALITY is our policy.

OUR INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY

As the Turkish Measurement, Selection and Placement Center

- To act within the framework of the powers and responsibilities given by the relevant laws, regulations and other legal legislation at every stage while carrying out all our work,
- To ensure the security of all information assets in written, printed and similar media with the data kept in electronic environment under the responsibility of our Presidency, to process and manage information as a valuable asset and to meet the requirements of legal legislation,
- To meet the corporate information and information security requirements of internal and external stakeholders, to continuously monitor the effectiveness of information security management, and to make necessary improvements,
- To pay a high level of attention to the sensitivity of the information processed by identifying the values, security needs and vulnerabilities of information assets, contributing to service continuity and quality by reducing the impact of information security threats,
- To increase the information security awareness of ÖSYM employees and to carry out studies to make this awareness a part of the corporate culture,
- To aim to minimize these risks by analyzing possible vulnerabilities and threats to information assets with the principles of confidentiality, integrity and accessibility by applying the Information Security Management System ISO 27001 standard and the principles of regulation and authorization made according to the “need-to-know principle
INFORMATION SECURITY is our policy.