| BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR GRADUATE DEGREE EDUCATION |
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| This academic calendar has been prepared taking the current conditions into consideration. Making any amendments in the academic calendar and postponing the exams falls under the discretion of the University administration and the Senate. The students, the faculty and the administrative staff may not lay any claim in case of any amendments. | |
| 01 April 2019 Monday-13 September 2019 Friday | Admission and registration of International Graduate students begin for the Fall Semester of the 2019-2020 Academic year. An application acceptance letter will not be sent to International students who have not obtained a valid visa by 16 August 2019. However, application acceptance letters may be sent to students who do not require a visa. All admissions, registrations to the University and financial obligations must be completed by 13 September 2019 Friday. International students must have completed all their visa and University registration procedures by this date. |
| 12 June 2019 Wednesday | TURKISH Language Proficiency Exam for International students who have been accepted to associate, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in which the medium of instruction is Turkish, but who do not hold a certificate for Turkish Language Proficiency & the announcement of the Exam results. The Exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The Written and Speaking Exams are planned to be held at 09:30 and 13:30 respectively and the place of the Exam will be announced subsequently. The announcement for the Exam is to be made by the School of Foreign Languages and (international) students who would like to take the Exam are required to apply to the School of Foreign Languages. The exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 15 June 2019 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for Graduate Degree Students. Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 Place of Exam: Beşiktaş (South Campus L-Block) |
| 18 June 2019 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (15 June 2019 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam (on the Internet) |
| 04 July 2019 Thursday | TURKISH Language Proficiency Exam for International students who have been accepted to associate, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in which the medium of instruction is Turkish, but who do not hold a certificate for Turkish Language Proficiency & the announcement of the Exam results. The Exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The Written and Speaking Exams are planned to be held at 09:30 and 13:30 respectively and the place of the Exam will be announced subsequently. The announcement for the Exam is to be made by the School of Foreign Languages and (international) students who would like to take the Exam are required to apply to the School of Foreign Languages. The exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 06 July 2019 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for Graduate Degree Students. Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 Place of Exam: Beşiktaş (South Campus L-Block) |
| 09 July 2019 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (06 July, 2019 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam (on the Internet) |
| 12 July 2019 Friday | Submission of the detailed list of the new courses to be offered in the 2019-2020 Fall Semester to the Academic Planning Unit. |
| 12 July 2019 Friday | Deadline for submission of the fully completed forms of the new courses planned to be offered in the Fall Semester of the 2019-2020 Academic year, to the Commission of Education. Proposals for any other new courses will not be put on the agenda after this date. |
| 15 July 2019 Monday | Democracy and National Unity Day (National holiday) |
| 10 August 2019 Saturday | Sacrifice Holiday Eve (religous holiday starts in the afternoon) |
| 11-14 August 2019 Sunday-Wednesday | Sacrifice Holiday (religious holiday-3 days) |
| 19 August-06 September 2019 Monday-Friday | Deadline for Graduate students to complete their applications for transfer, transfer between thesis and project programs, course exemption and admission to the program as special students. |
| 24 August 2019 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for Graduate Degree Students. Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 Place of Exam: Beşiktaş (South Campus L-Block) |
| 22 August 2019 Thursday | TURKISH Language Proficiency Exam for International students who have been accepted to associate, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in which the medium of instruction is Turkish, but who do not hold a certificate for Turkish Language Proficiency & the announcement of the Exam results. The Exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The Written and Speaking Exams are planned to be held at 09:30 and 13:30 respectively and the place of the Exam will be announced subsequently. The announcement for the Exam is to be made by the School of Foreign Languages and (international) students who would like to take the Exam are required to apply to the School of Foreign Languages. The exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 27 August 2019 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (24 August, 2019 Monday) English Proficiency Exam (on the Internet) |
| 30 August 2019 Friday | Victory Day (National holiday) |
| 03 September 2019 Tuesday | TURKISH Language Proficiency Exam for International students who have been accepted to associate, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in which the medium of instruction is Turkish, but who do not hold a certificate for Turkish Language Proficiency & the announcement of the Exam results. The Exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The Written and Speaking Exams are planned to be held at 09:30 and 13:30 respectively and the place of the Exam will be announced subsequently. The announcement for the Exam is to be made by the School of Foreign Languages and (international) students who would like to take the Exam are required to apply to the School of Foreign Languages. The exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 07 September 2019 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for Graduate Degree Students. Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 Place of Exam: Beşiktaş (South Campus L-Block) |
| 10 September 2019 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (07 Sptember, 2019 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam (on the Internet) |
| 10 September 2019 Tuesday | Deadline for completing the assessment of the application of Graduate students for transfer, transfer between thesis and project programs, course exemption and admission to the program as special students and announcement of the results. |
| 13 September 2019 Friday | Deadline for all Turkish (TC /TR citizens) and International Graduate students to fulfill their financial obligations. If students fail to fulfill these requirements in due time, their systems will be closed during the on-line course registration period, and they will not be able to register for any courses. |
| 13 September 2019 Friday | Deadline for completion of the admission procedures to the graduate programs and the registration of students to the University in the Fall Semester of the 2019 -2020 Academic year. To be able to register for any courses, the students must have been entered into the system. Therefore admission and registration procedures of all Turkish and International students must be completed before the regular course registration period. |
| 16 September 2019 Monday | Opening Ceremony for the 2019-2020 Academic year, with the participation of the students in the English Prep Program and the Associate, Undergraduate, Graduate degree programs; their parents and all the other guests. Time: 16:00 Place: to be announced later according to the program. |
| 16 September 2019 Monday | English Proficiency Exam for Graduate Degree Students. Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 Place of Exam: Beşiktaş (South Campus L-Block) |
| 18 September 2019 Wednesday | Announcement of the results of the (16 September, 2019 Monday) English Proficiency Exam (on the Internet) |
| 18 September 2019 Wednesday | TURKISH Language Proficiency Exam for International students who have been accepted to associate, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in which the medium of instruction is Turkish, but who do not hold a certificate for Turkish Language Proficiency & the announcement of the Exam results. The Exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The Written and Speaking Exams are planned to be held at 09:30 and 13:30 respectively and the place of the Exam will be announced subsequently. The announcement for the Exam is to be made by the School of Foreign Languages and (international) students who would like to take the Exam are required to apply to the School of Foreign Languages. The exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 16-21 September 2019 Monday - Saturday | On-line registration for project, thesis and seminar courses of Graduate students who have fulfilled the requirements for project, thesis and seminar courses. Students who do not register for project, thesis and seminar courses during the regular registration period cannot register during or after the ADD-DROP week. |
| 16-21 September 2019 Monday-Saturday | On-line course registration of all students attending the Graduate degree programs, including International, Erasmus and World Exchange students. |
| 23 September 2019 Monday | Fall Semester courses begin for all Graduate students. |
| 30 September-05 October 2019 Monday - Saturday | ADD-DROP week. Graduate students who have not been able to register for their courses during the regular registration period (16-21 September 2019) and who have a justifiable reason for being unable to do so, can apply to the respective Graduate Schools, together with the documentation of their justifications. The Financial Affairs office will be notified by e-mail to open the system for those students whose justifications have been approved. The system is opened, provided that these students whose justifications have been approved fulfil their financial obligations between the dates (23 September-5 October 2019); and the students themselves are responsible for registering on-line during the ADD-DROP period in the following week. Students are not permitted to register manually by petition. Course registrations are not considered as having been completed by only paying the course fees. Students who have paid their course fees but have not registered on-line for their courses will be regarded as NOT having completed their course registrations for that semester. Registrations for project/thesis courses also have to be completed during this period. After having completed all their registration procedures, students must enter their system and check which courses they have registered for. Students will be regarded as having withdrawn from the courses that are dropped after this date. |
| 02 October 2019 Wednesday | English Proficiency Exam for students going abroad with Erasmus & World Exchange programs |
| 03 October 2019 Thursday | TURKISH Language Proficiency Exam for International students who have been accepted to associate, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in which the medium of instruction is Turkish, but who do not hold a certificate for Turkish Language Proficiency & the announcement of the Exam results. The Exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The Written and Speaking Exams are planned to be held at 09:30 and 13:30 respectively and the place of the Exam will be announced subsequently. The announcement for the Exam is to be made by the School of Foreign Languages and (international) students who would like to take the Exam are required to apply to the School of Foreign Languages. The exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 05 October 2019 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for Graduate Degree Students. Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 Place of Exam: Beşiktaş (South Campus L-Block) |
| 08 October 2019 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (05 October, 2019 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam (on the Internet) |
| 02 October 2019 Wednesday | Elective courses for which there has not been sufficient student registration during the ADD-DROP week will be cancelled on 02-October-2019 Wednesday, at (16:00). If a student has previously registered to such an elective course, these students will be regarded as having dropped the cancelled course. Graduate students who had previously registered to a cancelled course are required to register to another elective course by 05-October-2019, Saturday (until 20:59). Students will not be able to register for any elective courses after this date. Students whose courses have been dropped shall be notified by SMS that they are regarded as having dropped the cancelled elective courses. However, it is the responsibility of the students to enter the system on 03-October-2019, Thursday and check the courses in their programs and see if there are any courses they may have dropped. |
| 28 October 2019 Monday | Republic Day Eve (national holiday begins in the afternoon- no courses on Monday) |
| 29 October 2019 Tuesday | Republic Day (national holiday) |
| 30 October 2019 Wednesday | Beginning of applications and admissions of Graduate degree students for the Spring Semester. |
| 10 November 2019 Sunday | Commemoration of Atatürk |
| 15 November 2019 Friday | Deadline for the submission of schedules, personal requirements regarding Fall Semester Final Exams, to the Registrar’s Office. It is not possible to meet any demands made after this date. |
| 29 November 2019 Friday | Deadline for applying to the Registrar's Office to withdraw (W) from a course that the student has registered for in the Fall Semester. Students cannot withdraw from a course after this date. |
| 06 December 2019 Friday | Deadline for the announcement of the Fall Semester exam schedule to the faculty members. Applications for the correction of errors (if any) should be made by 11 December 2019 Wednesday, until 17:00 at the latest. |
| 12 December 2019 Thursday | TURKISH Language Proficiency Exam for International students who have been accepted to associate, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in which the medium of instruction is Turkish, but who do not hold a certificate for Turkish Language Proficiency & the announcement of the Exam results. The Exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The Written and Speaking Exams are planned to be held at 09:30 and 13:30 respectively and the place of the Exam will be announced subsequently. The announcement for the Exam is to be made by the School of Foreign Languages and (international) students who would like to take the Exam are required to apply to the School of Foreign Languages. The exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 13 December 2019 Friday | Deadline for the project, Master's and PhD thesis advisors to submit the titles of the projects and theses and the names of the students and their programs in written form, together with the names of the recommended committee members (thesis defence committee recommendation form) to the respective Graduate Schools, in order to form the project and thesis defence committees. |
| 14 December 2019 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for Graduate Degree Students. Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 Place of Exam: Beşiktaş (South Campus L-Block) |
| 17 December 2019 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (14 December, 2019 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam (on the Internet) |
| 20 December 2019 Friday | Formation of the Project, Master's and PhD thesis defence committees. Deadline for the formation of the thesis, project defence committees for the approved students, by the respective Graduate Schools, in accordance with the academic regulations; and the submission of a sufficient number of printed copies of the theses or projects to the respective Graduate Schools, to be distributed to the committee members. |
| 20 December 2019 Friday | Deadline for the announcement of the Fall Semester final exam schedule to the Graduate students |
| 23-27 December 2019 Monday-Friday | Early final exam dates for students who are studying at our University within the scope of Erasmus, World exchange or other similar programs and for our students who will be going abroad within the scope of these programs. The courses of the trips of the students who will be eligible to take these exams and their departure dates of must have been finalised and need to be verified by means of a document from their respective Graduate Schools. NOT all the students going abroad are eligible for these exams. Students can take these exams only if there is an overlapping in their academic schedules. The International Students Office (UOD) is required to submit the list of the students who are eligible to take these exams to the Office of the President by 02 December 2019, Monday at the latest. |
| 25 December 2019 Wednesday | Deadline for distribution of the printed copies of the theses/projects that have been examined and approved by the respective Graduate Schools, to the thesis defence committee members. |
| 01 January 2020 Wednesday | New Year's Day (public holiday - one day) |
| 02 January 2020 Thursday | Last day of courses for the Graduate programs in the Fall Semester- except for project and thesis studies. |
| 06 -12 January 2020 Monday - Sunday | Final exams for the Graduate courses opened in th Fall Semester of the 2019-2020 Academic year. |
| 10 January 2020 Friday | (Sending) Acceptance letters to International Graduate students for the Spring Semester of the 2019-2020 Academic year. An application acceptance letter will not be sent to International students who have not obtained a valid visa by 10 January 2020 Friday, however application acceptance letters may be sent to students who do not require a visa. All admissions, registrations to the University and financial obligations must be completed by 29 January 2020, Wednesday. International students who have not fulfilled the required procedures by this date will not be admitted to the university in the Spring Semester. |
| 11 January 2020 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for Graduate Degree Students. Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 Place of Exam: Beşiktaş (South Campus L-Block) |
| 14 January 2020 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (11 January, 2020 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam (on the Internet) |
| 14 January 2020 Tuesday | Deadline for entering the Final exam grades of the Fall Semester to the system (until 23:59, at the latest). |
| 16 January 2020 Thursday | TURKISH Language Proficiency Exam for International students who have been accepted to associate, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in which the medium of instruction is Turkish, but who do not hold a certificate for Turkish Language Proficiency & the announcement of the Exam results. The Exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The Written and Speaking Exams are planned to be held at 09:30 and 13:30 respectively and the place of the Exam will be announced subsequently. The announcement for the Exam is to be made by the School of Foreign Languages and (international) students who would like to take the Exam are required to apply to the School of Foreign Languages. The exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 16 January 2020 Thursday | Announcement of the Fall Semester Final exam results. |
| 16-28 January 2020 Thursday-Tuesday | Deadline for Graduate students to complete their applications for transfer, transfer between thesis and project programs, course exemption and admission to the program as special students.. |
| 20-26 January 2020 Monday-Sunday | Make-up exams for the Graduate courses opened in the Fall Semester of the 2019-2020 Academic Year. (The system will be open for entering the Make-up exam results) |
| 28 January 2020 Tuesday | Updating the GPAs according to the results of the 2019-2020 Academic year Fall Semester Make up exams. |
| 28 January 2020 Tuesday | Deadline for submitting correction of errors and conversion of incomplete (I) grades to formal grades in the Fall Semester of the 2019-2020 Academic Year (until 17:59, at the latest). THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER REGISTRATION OF THE STUDENTS! |
| 31 January 2020 Friday | Deadline for completing the assessment of the application of Graduate students for transfer, transfer between thesis and project programs, course exemption and admission to the program as special students and announcement of the results. |
| 31 January 2020 Friday | Deadline for Master’s project and thesis defence (exams) and submission of the results to the respective Graduate Schools. Deadline for PhD thesis supervision committee, PhD thesis defence, PhD proficiency exams and submission of the results to the respective Graduate Schools. |
| 31 January 2020 Friday | Deadline for PhD thesis supervision committee reports, PhD thesis defence, PhD proficiency exams and submission of the results to the respective Graduate Schools. |
| 28 February 2020 Friday | Deadline for students who have successfully passed their Master's thesis defence to submit the required number of printed copies and the digital copy of their theses in approved format, to the respective Graduate Schools. |
| SPRING SEMESTER | |
| 05 February 2020 Wednesday | Deadline for Turkish (TC/TR) and International Graduate students to complete their admission and registration procedures and fulfil their financial obligations for the Spring Semester.The system will be closed for students who have not fulfilled these requirements and they will not be able to register online for any courses during the regular registration period. |
| 07-10 February 2020 Friday-Monday | On-line course registration of Graduate students. |
| 08 February 2020 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for Graduate Degree Students. Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 Place of Exam: Beşiktaş (South Campus L-Block) |
| 10 February 2020 Monday | Spring Semester courses begin for all Graduate degree programs. |
| 11 February 2020 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (08 February, 2020 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam (on the Internet) |
| 19-22 February 2020 Wednesday-Saturday | ADD-DROP week. Graduate students who have not been able to register for their courses during the regular registration period (07-10 September 2020) and who have a justifiable reason for being unable to do so, can apply to the respective Graduate Schools, together with the documentation of their justifications. The Financial Affairs office will be notified by e-mail to open the system for those students whose justifications have been approved. The system is opened, provided that these students whose justifications have been approved fulfil their financial obligations between the dates (10 - 22 September 2020); and the students themselves are responsible for registering on-line during the ADD-DROP period in the following week. Students |
