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Bahçeşehir University 2016-2017 Academic Year Vocational School and Undergraduate Education Academic Calendar

BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR ASSOCIATE AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION ACADEMIC CALENDAR
FALL SEMESTER
This academic calendar has been prepared in consideration of current conditions. The University administration and Senate are authorized to make changes to the academic calendar and to postpone examinations as circumstances require. No student, academic staff member or employee may claim any rights as a result of such changes.
06 June/02 September 2016 Monday - Friday Final admission and registration dates for international associate and undergraduate students. After this date,
no admission or registration will be possible.
28 June 2016 Tuesday TURKISH Proficiency Exam for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not hold a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of the results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages.
The written exam will be held at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30; the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those who wish to take the exam must apply to the School of Foreign Languages.
14 July 2016 Thursday TURKISH Proficiency Exam for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not hold a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of the results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages.
The written exam will be held at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30; the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those who wish to take the exam must apply to the School of Foreign Languages.
05 August 2016 Friday Submission of fully completed forms for new courses to be offered in the 2016-2017 Fall semester to the Education Commission. After this date, it will not be possible to open a course that is not in the system.
12-19 August 2016 Friday-Friday Registration of students placed by ÖSYM in associate and undergraduate programs through the YGS, LYS and equivalent examinations.
15-26 August 2016 Monday-Friday Introduction of the University and its departments to newly registered students by the relevant units and Corporate Communications during the registration period.
22-26 August 2016 Monday-Friday Applications for horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student status
for undergraduate/associate programs.
24 August 2016 Wednesday TURKISH Proficiency Exam for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not hold a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of the results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages.
The written exam will be held at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30; the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those who wish to take the exam must apply to the School of Foreign Languages.
26-30 August 2016 Friday-Tuesday Application period for ÖSYM additional placement.
26 August 2016 Wednesday Forwarding of horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student application documents for associate and undergraduate programs by the Student Affairs Office (ÖİDB) to the relevant units for evaluation.
26 August-2 September 2016 Friday - Friday Evaluation of horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student applications for associate and undergraduate programs by the relevant units, notification of the results to the ÖİDB and announcement of the results to the students concerned online. This process must be completed urgently for students' course registrations and the English Placement Test.
29 August 2016 Monday English "Placement Tests" for all newly registered Turkish citizen and international students. The exam starts at 10:00 and will be held at the Beşiktaş campus.
01 September 2016 Thursday TURKISH Proficiency Exam for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not hold a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of the results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages.
The written exam will be held at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30; the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those who wish to take the exam must apply to the School of Foreign Languages.
01 September 2016 Thursday Online announcement of the English "Placement Test" results for all newly registered Turkish citizen and international students.
02 September 2016 Friday Last day for students in associate and undergraduate programs, including all Turkish citizen and international students, Erasmus and World Exchange students, to fulfill their financial obligations in order to register for courses. Students who have not fulfilled their financial obligations will not be able to register for courses, as their system access will be closed during the course registration week. Students who have not registered at all during the course registration week cannot make any changes or register during the ADD-DROP period. This is important information for all students.
05-10 September 2016 Monday-Saturday Online course registration for students in associate and undergraduate programs, including all Turkish citizen and international students, Erasmus and World Exchange students. Courses for first-year students are assigned by the system. Students who have not registered at all during this period cannot make any changes or register during the ADD-DROP period.
06 September 2016 Tuesday English Proficiency Exam for newly registered students who passed the English "Placement Test" and for students who attended the Preparatory Program in previous academic year(s) and failed. The written exam will be held at 09:00 and the oral exam at 13:00. The list of students who will take the Proficiency exam will be announced on the University website or online.
06-09 September 2016 Tuesday-Friday University registration of students placed through additional placement.
09 September 2016 Friday Online announcement of the results of the English Proficiency exam held on 06 September 2016. The list of successful students must be reported urgently to the Office of Student Affairs.
09-10 September 2016 Friday-Saturday Course registration for students who passed the English Proficiency exam. Courses for newly registered students will be assigned automatically.
09-21 September 2016 Friday-Wednesday Students who could not register for courses during the regular registration period of 05-10 September 2016 for a serious reason must apply to their own unit, attaching supporting documents. The documents of those whose reasons are found to be serious and accepted are sent to the Office of the President. The documents of those approved by the Office of the President are forwarded to the Offices of Financial Affairs and Student Affairs for course registration. Provided that students whose reasons are accepted fulfill their financial obligations, their system access is opened, and they are responsible for registering for courses online during the add-drop period. A student who has paid the registration fee but has not registered for courses online is considered not to have registered for courses for that semester.
19 September 2016 Monday Opening ceremony of the 2016-2017 academic year with the participation of preparatory, associate, undergraduate and graduate students, all parents and other guests. Time: 14:00. Beşiktaş, Conference Hall B.
19 September 2016 Monday Start of classes for all Preparatory School, associate and undergraduate students.
20 September 2016 Tuesday English "Placement Tests" for Turkish citizen and international students who registered through additional quotas, registered late, registered through horizontal transfer, special students, and those who did not take the Placement Test for any other reason. The exam will start at 10:00.
20 September 2016 Tuesday Online announcement of English "Placement Test" results for students who registered through additional quotas, registered late or did not take the English proficiency exam for any other reason.
21 September 2016 Wednesday English Proficiency Exams for students who registered through additional quotas and passed the English "Placement Tests". The written exam will be held at 09:00 and the oral exam at 13:30.
22 September 2016 Thursday TURKISH Proficiency Exam for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not hold a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of the results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages.
The written exam will be held at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30; the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those who wish to take the exam must apply to the School of Foreign Languages.
22 September 2016 Thursday English Proficiency exams for students who will go on the Erasmus and World Exchange programs in the Spring semester. The written exam will be held at 09:00 and the oral exam at 13:30.
23 September 2016 Friday Urgent online announcement of the list of students who registered through additional quotas and passed the English Proficiency Exam. These lists will be reported urgently to the Office of Student Affairs, and these students will be informed that they will take the exemption exams to be held on 24-25 September 2016. Courses for new students among them will be assigned by the system. Horizontal transfer students will have their courses assigned according to their programs.
24-25 September 2016 Saturday-Sunday Administration of EXEMPTION exams in core courses to students starting their studies (registering in a program for the first time)
and reporting of the grades to the ÖİDB. Units must announce which courses they will offer exemption exams for before the course registration week and notify Academic Planning. Academic Planning makes the necessary arrangements and informs the units, and each unit is responsible for the exams of courses bearing its own code.
26-30 September 2016 Monday-Friday Add-Drop week for all associate and undergraduate students. The system is closed for students who did not register for any courses during the regular registration period or who have financial problems. Students' course registrations must be fully completed by this date. No course registration can be made after this date. Elective courses that do not meet the opening requirements will be closed on Wednesday, 28 September 2016 at 18:00, and students who selected these courses will be informed by SMS. Students who selected closed elective courses must choose other courses during the ADD-DROP week (Thursday-Friday). No course changes can be made after the Add-Drop week.
29 September 2016 Thursday TURKISH Proficiency Exam for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not hold a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of the results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages.
The written exam will be held at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30; the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those who wish to take the exam must apply to the School of Foreign Languages.
10 October 2016 Monday Last day for midterm exam dates for the Fall semester to be scheduled and announced by the Deans' Offices.
28 October 2016 Friday Republic Day (holiday after 13:00 on Friday, 28 October, and all day on Saturday).
06 November 2016 Friday Decision by Faculty/School boards on how end-of-semester/end-of-year exams will be conducted, and notification to the Directorate of Academic Planning.
10 November 2016 Thursday Atatürk Commemoration Day.
11 November 2016 Friday Submission of fully completed forms for new courses to be offered in the 2016-2017 Spring semester to the Education Commission. After this date, it will not be possible to open a course that is not in the system.
17 November 2016 Thursday Complete submission to the Directorate of Academic Planning of the courses, elective pools and GEP courses to be offered in all units and centers in the Spring semester, and completion of the necessary entries. Updating of the necessary pools. After this date, no proposals for new courses to be offered in the Spring semester will be accepted.
18 November 2016 Friday Last day for submitting all forms for new courses not in the system to the Education Commission in full.
25 November 2016 Friday Last day to withdraw (W) from a course you are taking in the Fall semester.
12-16 December 2016 Monday-Friday Early final exam dates for students who came to our university through Erasmus, World Exchange or other programs and for our students who will go abroad within the same programs. The departure of students taking these exams must be confirmed and documented by their institutions. This exam is not given to every student going abroad; it is given only in cases of conflicting academic dates. A list on this matter must be sent by the International Office Directorate (UOD) to the relevant units by 02 December 2016 at the latest. After making the necessary arrangements, the International Office will notify the units of the lists through the Office of the President. Students granted early final exams must take all their final exams during the early final period. They cannot take exams during the regular final period.
12 December 2016 Monday Release of the Fall semester final exam schedule to faculty members. Requested corrections will be reported to the Office of the President together with their justification, and corrections will be made if deemed appropriate.
19 December 2016 Monday Release of the Fall semester final exam schedule to students.
19-23 December 2016 Monday-Friday Period for evaluating and grading the work of students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships.
23 December 2016 Friday (inclusive). Last day of classes for associate and undergraduate programs for the Fall semester. Faculty of Medicine committee courses continue until Friday, 13 January 2016.
24-31 December 2016 Saturday-Saturday Preparation period for Fall semester final exams for students
23 December 2016 Friday Last day of associate and undergraduate classes.
30 December 2016 Friday Deadline for associate and undergraduate students with financial problems to resolve them. Students who cannot resolve their financial problems will not be able to view their course results after the end-of-semester (final) exams.
01 January 2017 Sunday New Year's holiday, one day
02 - 22 January 2017 Monday-Sunday Fall semester final exams for associate and undergraduate programs. Medical students will take exams for their semester-based courses on these dates.
13 January 2017 Friday Last day of general committee courses for Faculty of Medicine students.
23 January 2017 Monday Deadline for entering Fall semester final grades for semester-based courses, until 23:00.
24 January 2017 Tuesday Announcement of Fall semester final grades at 15:00.
30 January-05 February 2017 Monday-Sunday Fall semester make-up exams. Students must complete their course registration during the course registration week. Students who cannot complete their registration during the course registration week due to an excuse will complete any missing steps during the add-drop week. Students with excuses must log in to the OIS system during the course registration week and register for the courses available to them. The system will be closed during the add-drop week for students who have not registered for any courses or who have financial problems.
SPRING SEMESTER
12 January 2017 Thursday TURKISH Proficiency Exam for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not hold a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of the results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages.
The written exam will be held at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30; the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those who wish to take the exam must apply to the School of Foreign Languages.
13 January 2017 Friday Last day for all students to fulfill their financial obligations in order to register for Spring semester courses. The system is closed for students with financial problems, and they cannot register for courses during the regular registration period . For the OIS system to be open for course registration, all your financial matters must be settled. Students who do not register for courses during the regular period cannot register during the ADD-DROP period.
16-25 January 2017 Monday-Wednesday Submission to the ÖİDB of applications for special student status, internal and external horizontal transfer to associate programs, internal horizontal transfer to undergraduate programs, double major and minor, and forwarding to the units for evaluation.
17 January 2017 Tuesday English Proficiency Exams. The written exam will be held at 09:00 and the oral exam at 13:30.
20 January 2017 Friday Online announcement of English Proficiency Exam results and urgent notification of the list of successful students to the Office of Student Affairs.
24-28 January 2017 Tuesday-Saturday Applications for the ADDITIONAL exams granted by regulations to undergraduate and associate students at the graduation stage. These students may register for Spring semester courses. If they pass the ADDITIONAL exam, they may withdraw from the course and receive a refund.
25-31 January 2017 Wednesday-Tuesday Online course registration for students in associate and undergraduate programs, including all Turkish citizen and international students, Erasmus and World Exchange students. Students who have not registered at all during this period cannot make any changes or register during the ADD-DROP period. Their system access will be closed.
26-30 January 2017 Thursday-Monday Evaluation of applications for special student status, horizontal transfer to associate programs, double major and minor by the relevant units, and submission and announcement of the results to the ÖİDB.
30 January 2017 Monday Start of Spring semester classes in associate and undergraduate programs, including the Faculty of Medicine.
31 January 2017 Tuesday Foreign language proficiency exam for special students and students transferring horizontally to associate programs, announcement of the results and of the list of admitted students, and urgent notification to the Office of Student Affairs. The written exam will be held at 09:00 and the oral exam at 13:00.
01-03 February 2017 Wednesday-Friday Final registration of special students and students transferring horizontally to associate programs. All course registration procedures must be completed during the ADD-DROP week (06-10 February 2017).
01-03 February 2017 Wednesday-Friday ADDITIONAL exams granted by regulations to undergraduate and associate students at the graduation stage. If these students pass the ADDITIONAL exam(s), they may withdraw from the Spring semester course(s) they registered for and receive a refund.
01-07 February 2017 Wednesday-Tuesday Students who could not register for courses during the regular registration period of 25-31 January 2017 for a serious reason must apply to their own unit, attaching supporting documents. The documents of those whose reasons are found to be serious and accepted are sent to the Office of the President. The documents of those approved by the Office of the President are forwarded to the Offices of Financial Affairs and Student Affairs for course registration. Provided that students whose reasons are accepted fulfill their financial obligations, their system access is opened, and they are responsible for registering for courses online during the add-drop period. A student who has paid the registration fee but has not registered for courses online is considered not to have registered for courses for that semester.
04-05 February 2017 Saturday-Sunday Administration of EXEMPTION exams in core courses to students starting their studies in the Spring semester (registering in a program for the first time) and reporting of the grades to the ÖİDB. Units must announce which courses they will offer exemption exams for before the course registration week and notify Academic Planning. Academic Planning makes the necessary arrangements and informs the units, and each unit is responsible for the exams of courses bearing its own code.
06-10 February 2017 Monday-Friday Completion of Add-Drop procedures. Elective courses without sufficient enrollment will be closed on Wednesday, 08 February 2017 (at 18:00), and associate and undergraduate students registered in these courses must select other courses online by 17:00 on Friday, 10 February 2017. No elective course selection or registration will be made after this date. Students whose courses are dropped will be informed by SMS; however, it is the student's responsibility to check the system on Thursday, 09 February 2017 and follow up on dropped courses. Elective courses kept open despite insufficient enrollment are not counted towards the instructor's teaching load.
14 February 2017 Tuesday Last day for students who, for any reason, were allowed to register for courses without paying tuition to pay their tuition fees. Course registrations of students who do not pay tuition will be CANCELED.
17 February 2017 Friday Last day for midterm exam dates for the Spring semester to be scheduled and announced by the Deans' Offices or relevant units.
28 February 2017 Tuesday English Proficiency exam for students who will go on the Erasmus or World Exchange program in the 2017-2018 Fall semester.
07 April 2017 Friday Last day to withdraw (W) from a course you are taking in the Spring semester.
17 April 2017 Monday Last day for the 2016-2017 Spring semester final exam schedule to be announced to the teaching staff, and for any correction requests, together with their justification, to be submitted to the Directorate of Academic Planning through the Office of the President by Thursday, 13 April 2017.
17 April 2017 Monday Announcement of the 2016-2017 Spring semester final exam schedule to the teaching staff. Change requests through the Office of the President to the relevant

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