| BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC CALENDAR |
| This academic calendar has been prepared in light of current conditions. The University administration and Senate are authorized to make changes to the academic calendar and to postpone exams depending on circumstances that may arise. No student, instructor or staff member may claim any rights as a result of such changes. |
| FALL SEMESTER |
| 21 February - 16 August 2019 Thursday-Friday |
Start of admission and registration of international associate degree and undergraduate students for the 2019-2020 fall semester. Letters of acceptance cannot be sent to international students who will obtain a visa after 16 August 2019; they may be sent to students who do not require a visa. Admission, university registration and financial procedures must be completed by Thursday, 29 August 2019. All visa procedures and university registration of international students must be completed by this date. |
| 12 July 2019 Friday |
Submission of the detailed list of courses to be offered in the 2019-2020 fall semester to the Academic Planning Unit. |
| 12 July 2019 Friday |
Submission of fully completed forms for new courses planned for the 2019-2020 fall semester to the Education Commission. Proposals for new courses will not be considered after this date. |
| 01 July 2019 Monday |
Start date of the Faculty of Medicine Year 6 INTERNSHIP PERIOD |
| 15 July 2019 Monday |
Democracy and National Unity Day (Public holiday) |
| 10 August 2019 Saturday |
Eve of Eid al-Adha |
| 11-14 August 2019 Sunday - Wednesday |
Eid al-Adha (3-day holiday) |
| 01-19 August 2019 Thursday-Monday |
Applications for internal and inter-institutional horizontal transfer and special student status for associate degree and undergraduate programs; applicants with a valid language proficiency certificate must include it in their application file. |
| 05-19 August 2019 Monday-Monday |
Applications for double major and minor programs |
| 19-23 August 2019 Monday-Friday |
Registration of students placed in associate degree and undergraduate programs by ÖSYM. |
| 20 August 2019 Tuesday |
English Proficiency Exam for students applying for horizontal transfer. Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30. Exam Venue: Beşiktaş Campus, South Campus, and announcement of results. |
| 22 August 2019 Thursday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for international associate degree, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-medium programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 21-23 August 2019 Wednesday-Friday |
Evaluation of horizontal transfer, double major and minor applications by the relevant units |
| 26-29 August 2019 Monday - Thursday |
Applications by associate degree and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2018-2019 summer school for the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations. |
| 26 August 2019 Monday |
Announcement of the evaluation results of horizontal transfer, double major and minor applications and start of written notification to students |
| 27-29 August 2019 Tuesday - Thursday |
Final registration of students admitted to horizontal transfer, double major and minor programs. Students who do not complete their registration lose their right. The list of students admitted to and registered in horizontal transfer, double major and minor programs must be sent to the relevant units on the same day for course equivalency procedures. For students who have completed final registration through inter-institutional horizontal transfer, course equivalencies must be prepared by the relevant units and entered into the system by the unit to which the student has been admitted. |
| 29 August 2019 Thursday |
Last day for all associate degree and undergraduate students to complete financial procedures for fall semester registration. The course registration system will be closed during the registration period for students who have not completed their financial procedures, and these students will not be able to register for courses. |
| 29 August 2019 Thursday |
Completion of registration and financial procedures of international associate degree and undergraduate students. A warning letter should be sent to students who have not registered with the University by this date. |
| 30 August 2019 Friday |
Victory Day (holiday) |
| 02 September 2019 Monday |
Start date of annual courses for Faculty of Medicine Year 3 students and clinical rotations for Year 4 and Year 5 students. The rotation schedule for all students will be prepared by the faculty, entered into the system and announced to students. |
| 02-06 September 2019 Monday-Friday |
For students who have completed final registration through inter-institutional horizontal transfer, course equivalencies must be prepared by the relevant units and the related entries must be made in the system by the unit to which the student has been admitted. Course equivalencies for internal horizontal transfer, double major and minor must be sent to the Student Affairs Office (ÖİDB), which will enter these courses into the system. |
| 03 September 2019 Tuesday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for international associate degree, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-medium programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. |
| 03-05 September 2019 Tuesday - Thursday |
ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate degree and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2018-2019 spring semester, and submission of grades to the Student Affairs Office by the Deans' Offices. |
| 08 September 2019 Sunday |
English Placement Exam: 10:00 - Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus (for all newly registered Turkish citizens and international students) |
| 09 September 2019 Monday |
Start date of annual courses for Faculty of Medicine second-year students |
| 09-13 September 2019 Monday-Friday |
Course registration period. Online course registration of students in associate degree and undergraduate programs (including international, Erasmus and World Exchange students). For students newly enrolled in the first year in the spring semester (irregular students), some courses will be registered by SAP and others online by the students themselves. Newly enrolled irregular students may make some corrections to their assigned courses during the ADD-DROP period. Faculty of Medicine students will register for their semester courses on these dates. |
| 10 September 2019 Tuesday |
Online announcement of the results of the English Placement Exam held on 08 September 2019 |
| 11 September 2019 Wednesday |
English Proficiency Exam (for all students who passed the English Placement Exam held on 08 September 2019 and students who attended the Preparatory Program in previous academic year(s) and failed) Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus |
| 13 September 2019 Friday |
Online announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on 11 September 2019 and notification of students. |
| 16 September 2019 Monday |
Start of classes for all associate degree and undergraduate students (including Faculty of Medicine first-year students) |
| 16 September 2019 Monday |
Opening ceremony of the 2019-2020 academic year with the participation of preparatory, associate degree, undergraduate and graduate students, all parents and other guests. Time: 16:00. The venue will be announced according to the program. |
| 16-20 September 2019 Monday-Friday |
Courses of students who have passed the English Proficiency Exam and will start the first year of their program will be assigned by the Student Information System (SAP). These students will not register for courses. Except for students starting the first year, all other students, including horizontal and vertical transfer students whose course equivalencies have been completed in the system and international students, will register themselves online in accordance with the registration rules. They must do so during the course registration week according to the registration schedule. |
| 16-20 September 2019 Monday-Friday |
Introduction of the University to newly registered students by the Dean of Students Office, the Corporate Communications Directorate and the unit in which the student is enrolled. |
| 16-20 September 2019 Monday-Friday |
Students who were unable to register for courses during the course registration period for a serious reason must apply to their unit between 16 and 20 September 2019, attaching supporting documents. Students whose reasons are found serious and accepted will be reported to the Financial Affairs Department by email, and these students must go to the Financial Affairs Department. Provided that students whose reasons have been accepted fulfill their financial obligations, their system will be opened during the ADD-DROP PERIOD, and they are responsible for registering for courses online themselves during the ADD-DROP period in the following week. Students who have paid the registration fee but have not registered for courses online by the end of the ADD-DROP period will be considered not to have registered for courses that semester. |
| 16-20 September 2019 Monday-Friday |
Uploading the course management plan (syllabus) of each course to the SAP system. This is important and must be done for every course. |
| 17 September 2019 Tuesday |
Start of Preparatory Program fall semester classes |
| 18 September 2019 Wednesday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for international associate degree, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-medium programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. |
| 21-22 September 2019 Saturday-Sunday |
Course exemption exams. EXEMPTION exams in core courses for students starting their studies (students enrolling in a program for the first time and starting their studies by passing the language proficiency exam; horizontal transfer and DGS students are not eligible), and submission of grades to the Student Affairs Office. The relevant units will make the announcement to students. The General Education Unit is responsible for organizing and administering the exemption exams for TLL1005-1006, taken by international students. The unit to which the course code belongs will administer the exam. Grades must be submitted urgently to the Student Affairs Office for manual entry so that students can make changes during the ADD-DROP period. |
| 23-27 September 2019 Monday-Friday |
ADD-DROP week. To register for courses during ADD-DROP week, students must have completed all financial procedures before ADD-DROP week, have their system opened and have registered for courses during the regular registration week. Otherwise, the student's system will be closed and they cannot register for courses. |
| 25 September 2019 Wednesday |
Elective courses without sufficient enrollment during ADD-DROP week will be closed on Wednesday, 25 September 2019 (at 16:00), and associate degree and undergraduate students registered in these courses must select other courses themselves online through the SAP system by 16:00 on Friday, 27 September 2019. After this date, no elective course selection or registration will be possible; the system will be closed. Students whose courses are dropped due to closure will be informed by SMS, but it is the student's responsibility to check the system on Thursday, 26 September 2019 for dropped courses. Elective courses with insufficient enrollment that are kept open upon request are not counted toward the instructor's teaching load or payment. |
| 27 September 2019 Friday |
Last day for students who have registered for courses by any means to fulfill their financial obligations. Courses of students who do not fulfill their financial obligations will be deleted, and these students will be recorded as "did not register for courses" for that semester. Students are responsible for any courses not dropped by this date for any reason, whether assigned by the system or registered by the students themselves. Scholarship students in particular should pay attention to their course registrations in this respect. |
| 27 September 2019 Friday |
SCHOLARSHIP students who did not register for courses themselves because their failed courses were assigned by the system MUST log in to the system at the end of the ADD-DROP period and check whether any courses are registered. Objections or requests made at the end of the semester will not be accepted. |
| 02 October 2019 Wednesday |
English Proficiency Exam for students going abroad through the Erasmus & World Exchange programs. |
| 03 October 2019 Thursday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for the fall semester for international associate degree, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-medium programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 18 October 2019 Friday |
Scheduling of midterm exams for the spring semester and announcement by the relevant unit. The regulations require at least one midterm exam for each course. Decisions on midterm exams to be held in formats other than written exams and on the format of semester/year-end exams (oral, assignment, etc.) must be taken by Faculty/School boards and reported to the Academic Planning Unit. A record must be available in case of objections to these exams (jury report, camera recording, etc.). See the Midterm Exam Directive. |
| 29 October 2019 Tuesday |
Republic Day (holiday) (half day on Monday, 28 October; there will be no classes on Monday) |
| 08 November 2019 Friday |
Submission of information on the scheduling of final exams to the Academic Planning Unit by the Deans' Offices. |
| 10 November 2019 Sunday |
Atatürk Commemoration Day. |
| 22 November 2019 Friday |
Last day for preparing and submitting detailed lists of all courses to be offered in the spring semester to the Academic Planning Unit, and for department heads to update department elective, non-department elective and elective course pools for the spring semester. |
| 22 November 2019 Friday |
Last day to withdraw (W) from a course taken in the fall semester without a grade. You must take this course in the first semester it is offered in your program. |
| 29 November 2019 Friday |
Submission of fully completed forms for new courses planned for the 2019-2020 spring semester to the Education Commission. Proposals for new courses will not be considered after this date. |
| 29 November 2019 Friday |
Last day for announcing the 2019-2020 fall semester final exam schedule to instructors. Any errors must be reported by the relevant units to the Academic Planning Unit by Wednesday, 04 December 2019. Requests for personal scheduling cannot be submitted. |
| 12 December 2019 Thursday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for the spring semester for international associate degree, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-medium programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 13 December 2019 Friday |
Deadline for associate degree and undergraduate students with financial problems to resolve them. Students who do not resolve their financial problems will not be able to see their course results after the final exams and cannot register for spring semester courses. |
| 16-20 December 2019 Monday-Friday |
Early final exams for associate degree and undergraduate students who came to the University through Erasmus, World Exchange, winter school or other means and who will go abroad within the same programs. The departure of students taking these exams must be confirmed and proven with a document from their institution. This exam is not given to every student going abroad; it is given only because of overlapping academic dates. A list must be submitted to the Office of the President by the International Academic Relations and Programs Unit by Friday, 06 December 2019 at the latest, to be forwarded to the relevant units. Students on the list sent to the units will be notified of the exam date scheduled by the department. Students granted early finals must take all their final exams during the early final period. They cannot take exams during the regular final period. |
| 18 December 2019 Wednesday |
Announcement of the 2019-2020 fall semester final exam schedule to students. |
| 24 December 2019 Tuesday |
Last day of 2019-2020 fall semester classes. (Annual courses and clinical rotations of the Faculty of Medicine continue.) |
| 25-27 December 2019 Wednesday-Friday |
Evaluation and grading period for students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships. |
| 28 December 2019 - 12 January 2020 Saturday-Sunday |
Final exams for associate degree and undergraduate programs for the 2019-2020 fall semester. Faculty of Medicine students will take the exams of their semester courses other than annual courses on these dates as scheduled. |
| 01 January 2020 Wednesday |
New Year's Day holiday, one day. |
| 03 January 2020 Friday |
End of Preparatory Program fall semester classes. |
| 14 January 2020 Tuesday |
Deadline for entering fall semester final grades (until 23:59). |
| 14 January 2020 Tuesday |
English Proficiency Exam – Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus |
| 16 January 2020 Thursday |
Announcement of fall semester final grades |
| 16 January 2020 Thursday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for international associate degree, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-medium programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 16-29 January 2020 Thursday-Wednesday |
Applications for horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student status for associate degree and undergraduate programs. The announcement must clearly state how application results will be communicated. Applicants must upload their transcripts, course contents from their curriculum and, if any, language exemption documents to the system. |
| 17 January 2020 Friday |
Online announcement of English Proficiency Exam results |
| 17 January 2020 Friday |
Last day of Faculty of Medicine annual courses held in the fall semester. |
| 20-26 January 2020 Monday-Sunday |
2019-2020 fall semester make-up exams (the system will remain open for make-up grade entry) |
| 27 January 2020 Monday |
Start of Preparatory Program Spring Semester Classes |
| 28 January 2020 Tuesday |
Make-up exam results must be entered into the system without delay, by 10:00 on 28 January 2020 at the latest. Make-up grades are displayed in the system as they are entered. |
| 28 January 2020 Tuesday |
Updating of CGPAs based on the 2019-2020 fall semester make-up exam results. |
| 30 January 2020 Thursday |
English Proficiency Exam (for all horizontal transfer students without a foreign language certificate). Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus |
| 31 January 2020 Friday |
Online announcement of English Proficiency Exam results |
| 30 January 2020 Thursday |
Last day for all students to complete tuition payments for the 2019-2020 spring semester. The Student Information System will not be opened for course registration for students who have not fulfilled their financial obligations before the registration period, and these students cannot register for courses during the regular course registration period. |
| 31 January-04 February 2020 Friday-Tuesday |
Tuesday, 04 February 2020 is the last day for entering horizontal transfer, double major and minor acceptance or rejection results into the system (entries by academic units end at 15:00); the results will be announced by the Student Affairs Office and communicated by SMS and in writing. (Only acceptance or rejection will be communicated here; course equivalencies will be done after registration is completed.) |
| 03 February 2020 Monday |
Start of annual courses of the Faculty of Medicine for the 2019-2020 spring semester. |
| 03-06 February 2020 Monday-Thursday |
Course registration period. Online course registration of students in associate degree and undergraduate programs (including international, Erasmus and World Exchange students). For students newly enrolled in the first year in the spring semester (irregular students), some courses will be registered by SAP and others online by the students themselves. Newly enrolled irregular students may make some corrections to their assigned courses during the ADD-DROP period. Faculty of Medicine students will register for their semester courses on these dates. |
| 05-07 February 2020 Wednesday-Friday |
Final registration of students admitted to horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student status. Students who do not complete their registration lose their right. Registered students must be reported to the relevant units on the same day for course equivalency. |
| 05-07 February 2020 Wednesday-Friday |
For students who have completed final registration through inter-institutional horizontal transfer, course equivalencies must be prepared by the relevant units (any automatically assigned courses must be deleted for horizontal transfers, making sure that no courses are assigned while preparing equivalencies), and the related entries must be made in the system by the unit to which the student has been admitted. Course equivalencies for internal horizontal transfer, double major and minor must be sent to the Student Affairs Office, which will enter these courses into the system. |
| 07 February 2020 Friday |
Last day for all students to settle previous debts and fulfill their financial obligations for the spring semester. The SAP system will not be opened for course registration for students who have not fulfilled their financial obligations before the registration period, and these students cannot register for courses during the regular course registration period. |
| 19 February 2020 Wednesday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for international associate degree, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-medium programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be announced on the same day. |
| 10 February 2020 Monday |
Start of classes for associate degree and undergraduate programs for the 2019-2020 spring semester. |
| 10-13 February 2020 Monday - Thursday |
Students who were unable to register for courses for a serious reason during the course registration period of 03-06 February 2020 must apply to their academic unit, attaching supporting documents. Students whose reasons are found serious and accepted will be reported to the Financial Affairs Department by email. Provided that students whose reasons have been accepted fulfill their financial obligations, their system will be opened during the ADD-DROP period, and they are responsible for registering for courses online themselves during the following ADD-DROP period. Students who have paid the registration fee but have not registered for courses online will be considered not to have registered for courses that semester. |
| 11-14 February 2020 Tuesday - Friday |
Applications by associate degree and undergraduate students at the graduation stage at the end of the 2019-2020 fall semester for the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations. These students may register for spring semester courses. If they pass the ADDITIONAL exam, they may apply to the Student Affairs Office to drop the course they registered for and receive a full refund. |
| 15 February 2020 Saturday |
Scheduling by the relevant unit of the courses in which eligible students will take ADDITIONAL exams, and notification of the students, the department offering the course and the course instructor. |
| 15-16 February 2020 Saturday - Sunday |
EXEMPTION exams in core courses for students starting their studies (students enrolling in a program for the first time and starting their studies by passing the language proficiency exam; horizontal transfer and DGS students are not eligible), and submission of grades to the Student Affairs Office. The relevant units administering the exams will make the announcement to students. The Department of General Education is responsible for organizing and administering the exemption exams for TLL1005-1006, taken by international students. |
| 17-21 February 2020 Monday - Friday |
ADD-DROP week. Course Add-Drop week (ADD-DROP week) for all associate degree and undergraduate students. Students who did not register for any courses during the regular registration period cannot register during the add-drop period; the SAP system will be closed for these students. Therefore, you must settle your financial matters by 10 January 2020 and make sure to register for courses during the regular course registration period. |
| 18-19 February 2020 Tuesday-Wednesday |
ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate degree and undergraduate students at the graduation stage. Scheduling will be done by the relevant units and announced to the applicants, the department/unit offering the course and the course instructor. The exams must be evaluated urgently, the results announced to students and reported to the Student Affairs Office. Students who fail may register for courses during the ADD-DROP period. |
| 19 February 2020 Wednesday |
Elective courses without sufficient enrollment will be closed on Wednesday, 19 February 2020 (at 16:00), and associate degree and undergraduate students registered in these courses must select other courses themselves online by 16:00 on 21 February 2020. After this date, no elective course selection or registration will be possible. Students whose courses are dropped will be informed by SMS, but it is the student's responsibility to check the system on Thursday, 20 February 2020 for dropped courses. Elective courses with insufficient enrollment that are kept open upon request are not counted toward the instructor's teaching load or payment. |
| 19 February 2020 Wednesday |
Last day for students who have registered for courses by any means to fulfill their financial obligations. Courses of students who do not fulfill their financial obligations will be deleted, and these students will be recorded as "did not register for courses" for that semester. Students are responsible for any courses not dropped by this date for any reason, whether assigned by the system or registered by the students themselves. Scholarship students in particular should pay attention to their course registrations in this respect. |
| 19 February 2020 Wednesday |
SCHOLARSHIP students who did not register for courses themselves because their failed courses were assigned by the system MUST log in to the system at the end of the ADD-DROP period and check whether any courses are registered. Objections or requests made at the end of the semester will not be accepted. |
| 25 February 2020 Tuesday |
English Proficiency Exam for students applying to go abroad through the Erasmus & World Exchange programs. |
| 06 March 2020 Friday |
Scheduling of midterm exams for the spring semester and announcement by the relevant units. The regulations require at least one midterm exam for each course. Decisions on midterm exams to be held in formats other than written exams and on the format of semester/year-end exams (oral, written, etc.) must be taken by Faculty/School boards and reported to the Academic Planning Unit. A record must be available in case of objections to these exams (jury report, camera recording, etc.). Please see the Midterm Exam Directive. |
| 03 April 2020 Friday |
Submission of information on the scheduling of final exams to the Academic Planning Unit by the Deans' Offices. |
| 22 April 2020 Wednesday |
Last day for announcing the 2019-2020 spring semester final exam schedule to instructors; any errors must be reported to the Academic Planning Unit for correction by 29 April 2020. |
| 23 April 2020 Thursday |
National Sovereignty and Children's Day (holiday) |
| 30 April 2020 Thursday |
Last day to withdraw (W) from a course taken in the spring semester without a grade. The student must take this course in the first semester it is offered. |
| 01 May 2020 Friday |
Labor and Solidarity Day (holiday) |
| 07 May 2020 Thursday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for international associate degree, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-medium programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate, and announcement of results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. |
| 08 May 2020 Friday |
Last day for faculties/schools to plan the courses to be offered in the 2019-2020 summer school and report them to the Academic Planning Unit. The Academic Planning Unit checks for any conflicts. |
| 08 May 2020 Friday |
End of Preparatory Program Spring Semester Classes |
| 18 May 2020 Monday |
Classes scheduled for Thursday, 23 April 2020 will be held. |
| 19 May 2020 Tuesday |
Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (holiday) |
| 20 May 2020 Wednesday |
English Proficiency Exam (for English preparatory class students) |
| Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus |
| 20 May 2020 Wednesday |
Last day of 2019-2020 spring semester classes. Classes scheduled for Friday, 01 May 2020 will be held. Annual courses of the Faculty of Medicine continue. |
| 22 May 2020 Friday |
Online announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on 20 May 2020. |
| 23 May 2020 Saturday |
Eve of Eid al-Fitr |
| 24-26 May 2020 Sunday - Tuesday |
Eid al-Fitr (2-day holiday) |
| 01 June 2020 Monday |
Announcement of the 2019-2020 spring semester final exam schedule to students. |
| 01 June 2020 Monday |
Start of Preparatory Program summer school classes |
| 01-07 June 2020 Monday-Sunday |
Make-up of classes not held during the week of 16-22 March 2020 |
| 01-14 June 2020 Monday-Sunday |
Evaluation and grading period for students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships in the spring semester. |
| 12 June 2020 Friday |
Last day of annual courses for the Faculty of Medicine. |
| 15-28 June 2020 Monday -Sunday |
Spring semester final exams for associate degree and undergraduate programs. Clinical rotation make-up exams for Faculty of Medicine Year 5 students. Faculty of Medicine students will take the final exams of their semester courses other than their annual medical courses on these dates as scheduled. |
| 22 June-03 July 2020 Monday-Friday |
Final exams of the annual courses offered by the Faculty of Medicine. |
| 29 June 2020 Monday |
Last day for the Academic Planning Unit to announce to students the weekly schedule of courses planned for the 2019-2020 summer school. |
| 30 June 2020 Tuesday |
Deadline for entering spring semester final grades (until 23:59) |
| 30 June 2020 Tuesday |
End of the Faculty of Medicine Year 6 INTERNSHIP PERIOD |
| 01 July 2020 Wednesday |
Announcement of spring semester final grades. CGPA calculation must be completed on the same day. |
| 03 July 2020 Friday |
End of Preparatory Program summer school classes |
| 06-17 July 2020 Tuesday-Friday |
Make-up exams for the annual courses offered by the Faculty of Medicine and clinical rotation make-up exams for Year 4 students. |
| 08-14 July 2020 Wednesday-Tuesday |
2019-2020 spring semester make-up exams (the system will remain open for make-up grade entry) |
| 13 July 2020 Monday |
English Proficiency Exam (for English preparatory class students) |
| Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus |
| 13 July 2020 Monday |
Last day for submitting new courses and program changes for the 2020-2021 fall semester to the Education Commission. Submitting extensive changes earlier will facilitate processing. |
| 15 July 2020 Wednesday |
Democracy and National Unity Day (Public holiday) |
| 16 July 2020 Thursday |
Make-up exam results must be entered into the system without delay, by 14:00 on 16 July 2020 at the latest. |
| 17 July 2020 Friday |
Updating of CGPAs based on the 2019-2020 spring semester make-up exam results. |
| 17 July 2020 Friday |
Online announcement of English Proficiency Exam results |
| 17-20 July 2020 Friday-Monday |
Applications by associate degree and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2019-2020 spring semester for the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations. These students may register for summer school courses. If they pass the ADDITIONAL exam, they may withdraw from the course and receive a full refund. |
| 22-24 July 2020 Wednesday-Friday |
ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate degree and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2019-2020 spring semester. Grades must be reported immediately. |
| 31 July 2020 Friday |
Submission of the detailed list of courses to be offered in the 2020-2021 fall semester to the Academic Planning Unit. |
| 06 August 2020 Thursday |
Submission of the rankings of students graduating with honors to the Office of the President and the Student Affairs Office by decision of the academic unit executive boards. The ranking of graduating students cannot be changed after this decision. Rankings for intermediate years are made after the end of October. |
| SUMMER SCHOOL |
| 20-22 July 2020 Monday-Wednesday |
Summer school course registration. There is no ADD-DROP period or course withdrawal in summer school. |
| 21 July 2020 Tuesday |
Announcement to students by the Academic Planning Unit of summer school courses that do not meet the requirements to be offered and must be closed; the announcement will be made around 17:00, and students whose courses are dropped will be informed by SMS or other means. Students must check their final courses in the system on Tuesday, 21 July 2020. If a course has been dropped because it was not opened, the student may select another course through the system on Wednesday, 22 July 2020. Courses that do not meet the requirements but must remain open are not counted toward teaching load, and no payment is made. |
| 22 July 2020 Wednesday |
Last day for students taking 2019-2020 summer school courses to complete their financial procedures. Last day for students who have registered for courses by any means to fulfill their financial obligations. Courses of students who do not fulfill their financial obligations will be deleted, and their summer school registration will be cancelled. Summer school courses without sufficient enrollment will be closed. Students whose courses have been dropped cannot have the deleted courses reassigned by resolving their financial problems after Tuesday, 21 July 2020. |
| 23 July 2020 Thursday |
Start of summer school classes |
| 23 July - 14 September 2020 Thursday-Monday |
Summer school period for students in associate degree and undergraduate programs. Summer school final exams will be held in the last week. There are no make-up exams. |
| 30 July 2020 Thursday |
Eve of Eid al-Adha (no classes) |
| 31 July-03 August 2020 Friday - Monday |
Eid al-Adha (2-day holiday) |
| 30 August 2020 Sunday |
Victory Day (Holiday) |
| 09-16 September 2020 Wednesday-Wednesday |
Evaluation and grading period for students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships in summer school. |
| 14 September 2020 Monday |
Classes scheduled for Monday, 03 August 2020 will be held. |
| 14 September 2020 Monday |
Last day of summer school classes |
| 15 September 2020 Tuesday |
Deadline for entering grades for summer school courses, 16:00. |
| 16 September 2020 Wednesday |
Announcement of grades for summer school courses |
| 22-27 September 2020 Tuesday-Sunday |
R/S grade conversions (no grade conversion can be made for any reason after 23:59 on Sunday, 27 September 2020) |
| 28-29 September 2020 Monday-Tuesday |
Applications by associate degree and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2019-2020 summer school for the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations. |
| 30 September- 01 October 2020 Wednesday-Thursday |
ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate degree and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2019-2020 summer school, and submission of grades to the Student Affairs Office by the Deans' Offices. |
| 27 October 2020 Tuesday |
Last day for determining the class achievement scholarship lists |
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