{"id":4648,"date":"2019-10-31T15:51:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/akreditasyon-basvurulari\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:11:57","slug":"akreditasyon-basvurulari","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/en\/akreditasyon-basvurulari\/","title":{"rendered":"Z\u0130DEK Accreditation Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1331.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone  wp-image-348 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/zidek2011webson1.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/zidek2011webson1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27135%27%20height%3D%27138%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20135%20138%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27135%27%20height%3D%27138%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/zidek2011webson1-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/zidek2011webson1.png 200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Programs Applying for Accreditation<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Programs applying <strong>for the first time for accreditation evaluation by Z\u0130DEK<\/strong> in the 2026-2027 evaluation period must apply to Z\u0130DEK until January 31, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Programs without application by January 31, 2026 will not be evaluated in the 2026-2027 evaluation period.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Programs Eligible for Accreditation Application and their Related Institutions<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal\">An evaluation application for accreditation can be made for undergraduate education programs of faculties of agriculture, forestry and aquaculture that are recognized by the Council of Higher Education of T\u00fcrkiye.<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal\"> A program applying for the first time should have graduates before the date of application.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal\"><br \/>If a program applying for accreditation provides options to the students to complete the program, then each such option should meet all the evaluation criteria. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal\">In an institution which is making an accreditation application for one its programs, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal\">if there are similar education programs* which issue diplomas not different than that is of the program for which accreditation application is being made then these programs shall be evaluated according to the following principles:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal\">The applications should be made for normal and similar education programs* separately<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal\">The institutions should prove that each of such normal, and similar education programs meets the Z\u0130DEK criteria, separately.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal\">Similar education programs, which did not undergo evaluation since they had no graduates at the time of the evaluation of the corresponding normal education programs was taking place, should apply <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal\">concurrently <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal\">with the next general evaluation of their normal education programs after they produce graduates, .<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">*<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> <u>Similar Education Programs:<\/u> <span class=\"normal\">Programs which are in the same discipline as the engineering (Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture) program being applied, using a similar curriculum, and issuing the same diploma (Examples: Programs in the same discipline but instructed in another language, joint programs in the same discipline but administered jointly with another institution).<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Important Dates in the Accreditation Application Process are presented below for both application periods. <br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>2026-2027 APPLICATION PERIOD<br \/>Z\u0130DEK EVALUATION AND ACCREDITATION PROCESSES<\/strong><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"table-1\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">Tarih<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">\u0130\u015flem<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"30%\">31 January 2026*<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Written and online application of Institutions to Z\u0130DEK <a href=\"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/en\/basvuru-formu\/\">(Application Form in Turkish)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">1-28 February 2026<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Evaluation of applications (Accept\/Reject) and informing those that are accepted regarding accreditation fee and payment conditions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">1 &#8211; 31 March 2026<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<p>Institutions submit their official confirmation letters to Z\u0130DEK and payments are made.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">1 April 2026 &#8211; 10 July 2026<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Institutions prepare their Self-Assessment Reports&nbsp; (SAR) and interim reports and submit them to Z\u0130DEK online and in print.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">10 July 2026 &#8211; 31 August 2026<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<p>Start of the assembling of Evaluation Teams by Faculties of Agriculture Educational Programs Accreditation Board (ZAK) and informing institutions regarding revisions on unconformities of submitted self assessment reports and interim reports in terms of their format and\/or criteria shortcomings determined during their initial screening.<\/p>\n<p>Return of SARs and interim reports with serious shortcomings to the institutions and informing the institutions on the decision regarding the postponing of evaluation.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">1 &#8211; 14 September 2026<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Submission of revised SARs and interim reports without unconformities by the institution within 15 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">1 September 2026 &#8211; 31 October 2026<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Return of SARs and interim reports with serious shortcomings to the institutions and informing the institutions on the decision regarding the postponing of evaluation. Start of the evaluation process for accepted\/revised SARs and interim reports, assembling and confirming Evaluation Teams, transfer of SARs and interim reports to evaluation team members and transfer of the process to the teams and evaluation of SARs and interim reports by the teams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">1 November 2026 &#8211; 31 December 2026<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Institution visit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">1 December 2026 &#8211; 31 March 2026<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Submission of the evaluation report to ZAK. Review of the report by ZAK and making the final decision. Submitting the decision to Z\u0130DEK and the announcement of the decision<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1331.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone  wp-image-348 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/zidek2011webson1.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/zidek2011webson1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27135%27%20height%3D%27138%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20135%20138%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27135%27%20height%3D%27138%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/zidek2011webson1-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/zidek2011webson1.png 200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Accreditation Fees and Payment Schedule<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For the 2026-2027 evaluation period, accreditation fees for all programs to be evaluated are presented in the table below.<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:20&amp;;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:19.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"table-1\">\n<table width=\"75%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">Evaluation Type<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Accreditation Fees*<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">General Review<sup>(1)<\/sup><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">250.000 TRY + VAT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Interim Evaluation with Visit<sup>(2)<\/sup><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">220.000 TRY + VAT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Interim Evaluation with Report<sup>(2)<\/sup><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">190.000 TRY + VAT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Show Cause with Visit<sup>(3)<\/sup><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">220.000 TRY + VAT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Show Cause with Report<sup>(3)<\/sup><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">190.000 TRY + VAT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:22px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:-30px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 14; line-height: 1.15; --minfontsize: 14;\" data-fontsize=\"14\" data-lineheight=\"16.1px\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: var(--awb-color8); letter-spacing: 0px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">* <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">For applications from TRNC, accreditation fees are applied with a %25 increased tariff.<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: var(--awb-color8); letter-spacing: 0px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">(1) First time evaluation programs or periodic evaluation of programs with accreditation, usually conducted every five years<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: var(--awb-color8); letter-spacing: 0px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">(2) Evaluation of programs which were given a short term accreditation after their general review in their previous evaluation<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: var(--awb-color8); letter-spacing: 0px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">(3) Evaluation of programs which were given a one year accreditation after their previous general review or interim evaluation <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\">Fees for programs to be evaluated for a general review in the 2026-2027 accreditation period will be collected from the institutions according to the following schedule: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"normal\">50% of the evaluation fee in April 2026 after the assessment and acceptance of the initial application and preparation of documents needed,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"normal\">25% of the evaluation fee in October 2026 after the initial screening of self assessment reports,<\/span><\/li>\n<li>the remaining (25%) after the institution visit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Z\u0130DEK Criteria to be used in Accreditation Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the evaluation of all undergraduate programs, <a href=\"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10.ZIDEK-Evaluation-Criteria-for-Bachelors-Version-2.4-06.12.2024.pdf\">Z\u0130DEK Evaluation Criteria for Bachelor&#8217;s Degree Programs (Version 2.4-06.12.2024)<\/a> will be used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Z\u0130DEK Self Assessment Report to be used in Accreditation Evaluation<br><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the general review of undergraduate programs, <a href=\"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ZIDEK-Self-Assessment-Report-Version-2.3-01.01.2025.pdf\">Z\u0130DEK Self-Assessment Report (Version 2.3-01.01.2025)<\/a> document shall be used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Important Note:<\/u> <\/strong>It is strongly recommended to carefully review the document <a href=\"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/18.ZIDEK-Issues-to-be-Considered-During-the-Preparation-of-Self-Assessment-Report-2.1.pdf\"><span class=\"normal\">Issues to be Considered During the Preparation of Self Assessment Report<\/span> (Version 2.1-01.01.2023).<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4648","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10231,"href":"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4648\/revisions\/10231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zidek.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}