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2020-2021 Associate and Undergraduate Degree Academic Calendar
| BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY 2020-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR ASSOCIATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE ACADEMIC CALENDAR | |
| 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 exams depending on circumstances that may arise. No student, instructor or staff member may claim any rights due to such changes. | |
| FALL SEMESTER | |
| 20 December 2019 - 01 October 2020 Friday-Thursday | Admission and registration period for international associate and undergraduate students for the 2020-2021 fall semester. Admission, university registration and financial procedures must be completed by Thursday, 01 October 2020. All visa procedures and student registrations of international students must be completed by this date. |
| 15 June - 01 October 2020 Monday-Thursday | Final registration of international associate and undergraduate students admitted for the 2020-2021 fall semester. |
| 30 June 2020 Tuesday | Last day for Faculty of Medicine students starting Year 6 (Internship Period) to complete their financial obligations for the 2020-2021 academic year |
| 01 July 2020 Wednesday | Start date of Faculty of Medicine Year 6 (Internship Period) |
| 10-17 July 2020 Friday-Friday | Applications for international horizontal transfer for the 2020-2021 fall semester. Applicants with a valid language proficiency certificate must upload it to the application field during application. |
| 13 July 2020 Monday | Submission of fully completed forms for new courses planned to be offered in the 2020-2021 fall semester to the Education Commission. New course proposals will not be considered after this date. |
| 15 July 2020 Wednesday | Democracy and National Unity Day (Public holiday) |
| 18 July 2020 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for students applying for international horizontal transfer (to be held online). |
| 21-23 July 2020 Tuesday-Thursday | Evaluation of international horizontal transfer applications by the relevant units |
| 24 July 2020 Friday | Announcement of the evaluation results of international horizontal transfer applications to students. |
| 25-30 July 2020 Saturday-Thursday | Final registration of students who applied for international horizontal transfer and were admitted to programs. |
| 30 July 2020 Thursday | Eve of Eid al-Adha |
| 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. |
| 31 July - 03 August 2020 Friday-Monday | Eid al-Adha (3-day holiday) |
| 04-28 August 2020 Tuesday-Friday | Applications for inter-institutional and intra-institutional horizontal transfer for the 2020-2021 fall semester. Applicants with a valid language proficiency certificate must upload it to the application field during application. |
| 17-21 August 2020 Monday-Friday | Registration of students placed in associate and undergraduate programs by ÖSYM. (The exact date will be determined by ÖSYM) |
| 30 August 2020 Sunday | Victory Day |
| 31 August 2020 Monday | Last day for all associate and undergraduate students to complete the financial procedures for fall semester registration renewal. 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. |
| 01 September 2020 Tuesday | English Proficiency Exam for students applying for horizontal transfer. Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30. Exam Venue: Beşiktaş Campus, South Campus. |
| 02 September 2020 Wednesday | Online announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Tuesday, 01 September 2020 |
| 03-07 September 2020 Thursday-Monday | Evaluation of horizontal transfer applications by the relevant units |
| 08 September 2020 Tuesday | Announcement of the evaluation results of horizontal transfer applications to students. |
| 09-11 September 2020 Wednesday-Friday | Final registration of students who applied for horizontal transfer and were admitted to programs. Students who do not complete their registration lose their right. The list of registered students admitted to the programs they applied for must be sent to the relevant units on the same day for course equivalency. For students who complete 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. Course equivalencies of those registered through horizontal transfer must be submitted to the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB) by 21 September 2020. |
| 22-27 September 2020 Tuesday-Sunday | R/S grade conversions (no grade conversions will be made for any reason after 23:59 on Sunday, 27 September 2020) |
| 28 September 2020 Monday | Last day for submitting the list of outgoing students on exchange programs such as Erasmus and World Exchange to the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB) |
| 28-29 September 2020 Monday-Tuesday | Applications by associate and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2019-2020 summer school for the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations. |
| 28-29 September 2020 Monday-Tuesday | Applications for double major and minor programs |
| 30 September 2020 Wednesday | English Proficiency Exam for students enrolled in Turkish-medium programs applying for double major and minor programs in English-medium programs. It will be held online. Results will be announced on the same day. |
| 30 September - 01 October 2020 Wednesday-Thursday | Administration of the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2019-2020 spring semester, and submission of grades by the Deans' Offices to the Registrar's Office. |
| 01-02 October 2020 Thursday-Friday | Evaluation of double major and minor applications by the relevant units |
| 02 October 2020 Friday | Turkish Placement Exam (for all newly registered international students who will study in Turkish-medium departments) Exam Time: 10:00 |
| 03 October 2020 Saturday | English Placement Exam - ONLINE (for all newly registered Turkish citizens and international students) Exam Time: 09:00 - Exam Venue: ONLINE (For updates, please follow https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/5962-hazirlik-okulu-duyuru-ve-haberler) |
| 05 October 2020 Monday | Start date of annual courses for Faculty of Medicine second-year students |
| 05 October 2020 Monday | Start of annual courses for Faculty of Medicine third-year students |
| 05 October 2020 Monday | Start date of the fall semester professional practice courses for Faculty of Medicine 4th and 5th year students. The clerkship program will be prepared for all students by the relevant faculty, entered into the system and announced to students. |
| 05 October 2020 Monday | Online announcement of the results of the English Placement Exam held on Saturday, 03 October 2020, and notification of students |
| 05 October 2020 Monday | Announcement of the evaluation results of double major and minor applications to students. |
| 05-08 October 2020 Monday-Thursday | Final registration of students admitted to double major and minor programs. Students who do not complete their registration lose their right. The list of students who complete final registration in double major and minor programs must be sent to the relevant units on the same day for course equivalency. |
| 05-09 October 2020 Monday-Friday | Course registration period. Online course registration by students in associate and undergraduate programs (including international, Erasmus and World Exchange students). For students newly registered in the first year in the spring semester (irregular students), some courses will be registered by SAP and others by the students themselves online. Newly registered 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. |
| 05-09 October 2020 Monday-Friday | Courses of students who passed the English Proficiency Exam and are starting the first year of their program will be assigned by the Student Information System (SAP). These students will not register for courses themselves. Except for students starting the first year, all other students, including horizontal and vertical transfer and international students whose course equivalency procedures have been completed in the system, will register themselves online in accordance with the registration rules. They must complete these procedures during course registration week according to the registration schedule. |
| 06 October 2020 Tuesday | Online announcement of the results of the Turkish Placement Exam held on Friday, 02 October 2020, and notification of students |
| 06 October 2020 Tuesday | English Proficiency Exam - WRITTEN EXAM - ONLINE (for all students who passed the English Placement Exam held on 03 October 2020 and students who attended but did not pass the Preparatory Program in previous academic year(s)) Exam Time: 10:00 Exam Venue: ONLINE (For updates, please follow https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/5962-hazirlik-okulu-duyuru-ve-haberler) |
| 07 October 2020 Wednesday | English Proficiency Exam - ORAL EXAM - ONLINE (for all students who passed the English Placement Exam held on 03 October 2020 and students who attended but did not pass the Preparatory Program in previous academic year(s)) Exam Time: 10:00-17:30 Exam Venue: ONLINE (For updates, please follow https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/5962-hazirlik-okulu-duyuru-ve-haberler) |
| 08 October 2020 Thursday | Turkish Proficiency Exam (for students who passed the Turkish Placement Exam held on Friday, 02 October 2020) Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30 |
| 09 October 2020 Friday | Online announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on 6-7 October 2020 (Tuesday-Wednesday) and the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 08 October 2020, and notification of students. |
| 12 October 2020 Monday | Last day for submitting double major and minor course equivalencies to the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB). These courses will be entered into the system by the Registrar's Office. |
| 12 October 2020 Monday | Start of classes for all associate and undergraduate students. (Including the English and Turkish Preparatory Programs and Faculty of Medicine first-year students) |
| 12 October 2020 Monday | 2020-2021 academic year opening ceremony with the participation of preparatory, associate, undergraduate and graduate students, all parents and other guests. Time: 16:00. The venue will be announced according to the program. |
| 12-16 October 2020 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. |
| 12-16 October 2020 Monday-Friday | Students who were unable to register for courses during the course registration period for a serious reason must apply to their own unit between 05-09 October 2020, attaching supporting documents. Students whose reasons are found serious and accepted will be referred to the Financial Affairs Department by e-mail, and these students must visit the Financial Affairs Department. Provided that students whose reasons are accepted fulfill their financial obligations, their system will be opened during the ADD-DROP PERIOD, and the student is responsible for registering for courses online during the ADD-DROP period in the following week. A student who has paid the registration fee but has not registered for courses online by the end of the ADD-DROP period will be considered not to have registered for courses for that semester. |
| 12-16 October 2020 Monday-Friday | Uploading of course management plans (syllabi) to the SAP system. This is important and must be done for every course. |
| 17-18 October 2020 Saturday-Sunday | Course exemption exams. EXEMPTION exams in core courses are given to students beginning their studies (students who have enrolled in a program for the first time or begun their studies by passing the language proficiency exam; horizontal transfer or DGS students cannot benefit from this right), and grades are reported to the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB). The relevant units will make announcements to students on this matter. The General Education Unit is responsible for organizing and administering the exemption exams for the TLL1005-1006 courses taken by international students. The unit to which the course code belongs will give the exam. Grades must be reported urgently to the Registrar's Office for manual entry so that students can make changes during the ADD-DROP period. |
| 19-23 October 2020 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 will not be able to register for courses. |
| 21 October 2020 Wednesday | Elective courses without sufficient enrollment during ADD-DROP week will be closed on Wednesday, 21 October 2020 (at 16:00), and associate and undergraduate students registered in these courses must select other courses themselves online through the SAP system by 16:00 on Friday, 23 October 2020. Elective course selection and registration will not be possible after this date; 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, 22 October 2020 and follow up on dropped courses. Elective courses without sufficient enrollment that are requested to remain open will not count toward the instructor's teaching load or payment. |
| 23 October 2020 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 marked as "did not register for courses" for that semester. Students are responsible for any courses not dropped for any reason by this date, 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. |
| 23 October 2020 Friday | Since failed courses are assigned by the system, SCHOLARSHIP students who do not register for courses themselves MUST log in to the system at the end of the ADD-DROP period and check whether any courses are assigned to them. Objections or requests made at the end of the semester will not be accepted. |
| 29 October 2020 Thursday | Republic Day (holiday) (Half-day holiday on Wednesday, 28 October; no classes will be held on Wednesday) |
| 30 October 2020 Friday | Planning of midterm exams for the spring semester and announcement by the relevant unit. Holding at least one midterm exam for each course is required by the regulations. Decisions on midterm exams to be held in a format other than a written exam, and on the format of semester/year-end exams (oral, assignment, etc.), must be adopted by the Faculty/School boards and reported to the Academic Planning Unit. A document must be available to provide evidence in case of objections to these exams (jury report, camera recording, etc.). See the Midterm Exam Directive. |
| 10 November 2020 Tuesday | Atatürk Commemoration Day. |
| 01 December 2020 Tuesday | Submission of information on the planning of final exams by the Deans' Offices to the Academic Planning Unit. |
| 18 December 2020 Friday | Last day to withdraw (W) from a course taken in the fall semester without receiving a grade. You must take this course in the first semester it is offered in your program. |
| 18 December 2020 Friday | Submission of fully completed forms for new courses planned to be offered in the 2020-2021 spring semester to the Education Commission. New course proposals will not be considered after this date. |
| 21 December 2020 Monday | Last day for announcing the 2020-2021 fall semester final exam schedule to instructors. If there are errors, corrections must be reported by the relevant units to the Academic Planning Unit by Thursday, 24 December 2020. Requests for personal scheduling cannot be submitted. |
| 25 December 2020 Friday | Last day for preparing detailed lists of all courses to be offered in the spring semester and submitting them to the Academic Planning Unit, and for heads of department to update the departmental elective, non-departmental elective and elective course pools for the spring semester. |
| 01 January 2021 Friday | New Year's Holiday, one day. |
| 07 January 2021 Thursday | Deadline for associate and undergraduate students with financial problems to resolve them. Students who cannot resolve their financial problems will not be able to see their course results after the final exams and will not be able to register for spring semester courses. |
| 11-15 January 2021 Monday-Friday | Early finals for associate and undergraduate students who came to the university through Erasmus, World Exchange, winter school or other means and who will go abroad within the framework of 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 due to conflicts in academic dates. A list on this matter must be submitted by the International Academic Relations and Programs Unit to the Office of the President by Friday, 25 December 2020 at the latest, to be forwarded to the relevant units. Students on the list sent to the units will be informed of the exam date planned 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. |
| 11-15 January 2021 Monday-Friday | Evaluation and grading period for students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships. |
| 11 January 2021 Monday | Announcement of the 2020-2021 fall semester final exam schedule to students. |
| 15 January 2021 Friday | Last day of 2020-2021 fall semester classes. (Annual courses and clerkships of the Faculty of Medicine continue.) |
| 18 January 2021 Monday | Classes scheduled for Wednesday, 28 October 2020 will be held |
| 19 January 2021 Tuesday | Classes scheduled for Thursday, 29 October 2020 will be held |
| 20 January 2021 Wednesday | Classes scheduled for Friday, 01 January 2021 will be held |
| 22 January 2021 Friday | End of fall semester classes of the English Preparatory Program. |
| 25 January - 07 February 2021 Monday-Sunday | Final exams for associate and undergraduate programs for the 2020-2021 fall semester. Faculty of Medicine students will take the exams of their semester courses, other than their annual courses, on these dates as scheduled. |
| 29 January 2021 Friday | End of fall semester classes of the Turkish Preparatory Program. |
| 02 February 2021 Tuesday | English Proficiency Exam - Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30 |
| 03 February 2021 Wednesday | Turkish Proficiency Exam - Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30 |
| 05 February 2021 Friday | Online announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Tuesday, 02 February 2021. |
| 05 February 2021 Friday | Online announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Wednesday, 03 February 2021 |
| 09 February 2021 Tuesday | Deadline for entering fall semester final grades (by 09:00). |
| 09 February 2021 Tuesday | Announcement of fall semester final grades (at 23:59) |
| 12 February 2021 Friday | Last day of Faculty of Medicine Year 1-2-3 annual courses held in the fall semester. |
| 15-21 February 2021 Monday-Sunday | Make-up exams for the 2020-2021 fall semester (the system will remain open for entering make-up grades) |
| 15 February 2021 Monday | Start of spring semester classes of the English Preparatory Program |
| 15 February 2021 Monday | Start of spring semester classes of the Turkish Preparatory Program |
| 22 February 2021 Monday | Deadline for entering fall semester make-up grades (by 12:00 noon). |
| 22 February 2021 Monday | Announcement of fall semester make-up grades (at 23:59) |
| 22 February 2021 Monday |
Make-up exam results must be entered into the system without delay, by 12:00 noon on Monday, 22 February 2021 at the latest. Make-up grades are displayed in the system as they are entered. |
| 22 February 2021 Monday | Updating of GPAs based on the 2020-2021 fall semester make-up exam results. (Must be completed by 23:59 on Monday, 22 February 2021) |
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23-24 February 2021 Tuesday-Wednesday |
R/S grade conversions (no grade conversions will be made for any reason after 23:59 on Wednesday, 24 February 2021) |
| 23-24 February 2021 Tuesday-Wednesday |
Applications for inter-institutional horizontal transfer, intra-institutional horizontal transfer based on central placement scores and special student status for associate and undergraduate programs. The announcement must clearly state how the application results will be announced. Applicants must upload their transcripts, the course contents in their curriculum and, if available, their language exemption documents to the system. |
| 24 February 2021 Wednesday | Last day for submitting the list of outgoing students on exchange programs such as Erasmus and World Exchange to the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB) |
| 24-25 February 2021 Wednesday-Thursday | Applications by associate and undergraduate students at the graduation stage at the end of the 2020-2021 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 Registrar's Office to drop the courses they registered for and receive a full refund. |
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25-26 February 2021 Thursday-Friday |
Applications for GPA-based intra-institutional horizontal transfer, double major and minor programs for associate and undergraduate programs. The announcement must clearly state how the application results will be announced. Applicants must upload their transcripts, the course contents in their curriculum and, if available, their language exemption documents to the system. |
| 26 February 2021 Friday | Scheduling by the relevant unit of the courses in which students eligible for ADDITIONAL exams will take the exam, and notification of the students, the department offering the course and the course instructor. The exams must be evaluated urgently and the results announced to students and forwarded to the Registrar's Office. Students who fail may register for courses during the ADD-DROP period. |
| 26 February 2021 Friday | Online announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on 25 February 2021 |
| 26 February 2021 Friday | Entry of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on 25 February 2021 into the system, submission to the Registrar's Office and online announcement |
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27 February 2021 Saturday |
English Proficiency Exam (for all horizontal transfer applicants without a foreign language certificate and for students enrolled in Turkish-medium programs applying for double major and minor programs in English-medium programs) and announcement of results. Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30 |
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27 February 2021 Saturday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam - Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30 |
| 02 March 2021 Tuesday | Last day for academic units to enter the acceptance or rejection results for horizontal transfer, double major and minor applications into the system, Tuesday, 02 March 2021 (entries by academic units end at 15:00); announcement of the results by the Registrar's Office and notification by SMS and in writing. (Only the acceptance or rejection status of students will be announced here; course equivalencies will be made after registration is completed) |
| SPRING SEMESTER | |
| 19 February 2021 Friday | Last day for all students to fulfill their financial obligations for past debts and 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 will not be able to register for courses during the regular course registration period. |
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26 February - 02 March 2021 Friday-Tuesday |
Course registration period. Online course registration by students in associate and undergraduate programs (including international, Erasmus and World Exchange students). For students newly registered in the first year in the spring semester (irregular students), some courses will be registered by SAP and others by the students themselves online. Newly registered 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. |
| 01 March 2021 Monday | Start of classes for associate and undergraduate programs for the 2020-2021 spring semester. (Start of Faculty of Medicine Year 1-2-3 courses held in the spring semester) |
| 03-05 March 2021 Wednesday-Friday | Final registration of students admitted through 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. |
| 03-09 March 2021 Wednesday-Tuesday | For students who complete final registration through inter-institutional horizontal transfer, course equivalencies must be prepared by the relevant units (any courses automatically assigned in horizontal transfers must be deleted, and care must be taken that no courses are assigned when preparing the equivalency), and the course equivalency entries must be made in the system by the unit to which the student has been admitted. Intra-institutional horizontal transfer, double major and minor course equivalencies must be submitted to the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB), and these courses will be entered into the system by the Registrar's Office. Courses that need to be assigned to students must also be submitted to the Registrar's Office in the same period. |
| 06-07 March 2021 Saturday-Sunday | EXEMPTION exams in core courses for students beginning their studies (students who have enrolled in a program for the first time or begun their studies by passing the language proficiency exam), and reporting of grades to the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB). The relevant units giving the exams will make announcements to students on this matter. The Department of General Education is responsible for organizing and administering the exemption exams for the TLL1005-1006 courses taken by international students. |
| 08-12 March 2021 Monday-Friday | ADD-DROP week. Course Add-Drop week for all associate and undergraduate students (ADD-DROP week). Students who did not complete any course registration during the regular registration period cannot register for courses during the add-drop period. The SAP system will be closed for these students. Therefore, you must settle your financial matters by 10 March 2021 and register for courses during the regular course registration period. |
| 10 March 2021 Wednesday | Elective courses without sufficient enrollment will be closed on Wednesday, 10 March 2021 (at 16:00), and associate and undergraduate students registered in these courses must select other courses themselves online by 16:00 on 11 March 2021. Elective course selection and registration will not be possible after this date. Students whose courses are dropped will be informed by SMS, but it is the student's responsibility to check the system on Thursday, 11 March 2021 and follow up on dropped courses. Elective courses without sufficient enrollment that are requested to remain open will not count toward the instructor's teaching load or payment. |
| 10 March 2021 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 marked as "did not register for courses" for that semester. Students are responsible for any courses not dropped for any reason by this date, 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. |
| 10 March 2021 Wednesday | Since failed courses are assigned by the system, SCHOLARSHIP students who do not register for courses themselves MUST log in to the system at the end of the ADD-DROP period and check whether any courses are assigned to them. Objections or requests made at the end of the semester will not be accepted. |
| 19 March 2021 Friday | Planning of midterm exams for the spring semester and announcement by the relevant units. Holding at least one midterm exam for each course is required by the regulations. Decisions on midterm exams to be held in a format other than a written exam, and on the format of semester/year-end exams (oral, written, etc.), must be adopted by the Faculty/School boards and reported to the Academic Planning Unit. A document must be available to provide evidence in case of objections to these exams (jury report, camera recording, etc.). Please see the Exam Directive. |
| 20 March 2021 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for students applying to go on the Erasmus & World Exchange programs. |
| 12 April 2021 Monday | Submission of information on the planning of final exams by the Deans' Offices to the Academic Planning Unit. |
| 23 April 2021 Friday | National Sovereignty and Children's Day (holiday) |
| 01 May 2021 Saturday | Labor and Solidarity Day |
| 05 May 2021 Wednesday | Last day for announcing the 2020-2021 spring semester final exam schedule to instructors; if there are errors, corrections must be reported to the Academic Planning Unit by 10 May 2021. |
| 07 May 2021 Friday | Last day to withdraw (W) from a course taken in the spring semester without receiving a grade. The student must take this course in the first semester it is offered. |
| 12 May 2021 Wednesday | Eve of Eid al-Fitr (half-day holiday; no classes will be held) |
| 13-15 May 2021 Thursday-Saturday | Eid al-Fitr (holiday) |
| 19 May 2021 Wednesday | Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (holiday) |
| 24 May 2021 Monday | Last day for the relevant faculty/school to plan the courses to be offered in the 2020-2021 summer school and report them to the Academic Planning Unit. The Academic Planning Unit checks for any conflicts. |
| 28 May 2021 Friday | End of Spring Semester Classes of the English Preparatory Program |
| 28 May 2021 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 see their course results after the final exams. |
| 31 May 2021 Monday | Announcement of the 2020-2021 spring semester final exam schedule to students. |
| 31 May - 04 June 2021 Monday-Friday | Evaluation and grading period for students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships in the spring semester. |
| 31 May - 04 June 2021 Monday-Friday | Early finals for associate and undergraduate students who came to the university through Erasmus, World Exchange or other means and who will go abroad within the framework of 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 due to conflicts in academic dates. A list on this matter must be submitted by the International Office Directorate to the Office of the President by Friday, 21 May 2021 at the latest, to be forwarded to the relevant units. The planned exam dates will be communicated to the students on the list sent to the units, to the course instructor and to the department offering the course. Students granted early finals must take all their final exams during the early final period. They cannot take exams during the regular final period. |
| 04 June 2021 Friday | Last day of 2020-2021 spring semester classes. Annual courses of the Faculty of Medicine continue. |
| 04 June 2021 Friday | End of Spring Semester Classes of the Turkish Preparatory Program |
| 07 June 2021 Monday | Classes scheduled for Wednesday, 12 May 2021 will be held. |
| 08 June 2021 Tuesday | Classes scheduled for Friday, 23 April 2021 will be held. |
| 08 June 2021 Tuesday | English Proficiency Exam (for English Preparatory Program students) |
| Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30 | |
| 09 June 2021 Wednesday | Classes scheduled for Wednesday, 19 May 2021 will be held. |
| 09 June 2021 Wednesday | Turkish Proficiency Exam (for Turkish Preparatory Program students) |
| Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30 | |
| 10 June 2021 Thursday | Classes scheduled for Thursday, 13 May 2021 will be held. |
| 11 June 2021 Friday | Classes scheduled for Friday, 14 May 2021 will be held. |
| 11 June 2021 Friday | Online announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on 08 June 2021 and the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on 09 June 2021. |
| 12-13 June 2021 Saturday-Sunday | May Festival (Mayfest) |
| 14 June 2021 Monday | Start of summer school classes of the English and Turkish Preparatory Programs |
| 14-26 June 2021 Monday-Saturday | Make-up exams for Faculty of Medicine 5th year professional practice courses |
| 14-27 June 2021 Monday-Sunday | Spring semester final exams for associate and undergraduate programs. Clerkship 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. |
| 25 June 2021 Friday | Last day of annual courses for Faculty of Medicine Years 1-2-3. |
| 25 June 2021 Friday | Last day of Faculty of Medicine 5th year professional practice courses held in the spring semester. |
| 25 June 2021 Friday | Last day for Faculty of Medicine 5th year students who will become interns in the 2021-2022 academic year to make their payments for the 2021-2022 academic year. |
| 29 June 2021 Tuesday | Deadline for entering spring semester final grades (by 09:00) |
| 30 June 2021 Wednesday | Announcement of spring semester final grades. |
| 30 June 2021 Wednesday | End of Faculty of Medicine Year 6 Internship Period |
| 01 July 2021 Thursday | Start date of Faculty of Medicine Year 6 (new Internship Period) |
| 02 July 2021 Friday | Last day for the Academic Planning Unit to announce to students the weekly schedule of courses planned to be offered in the 2020-2021 summer school. |
| 05-11 July 2021 Monday-Sunday | Make-up exams for the 2020-2021 spring semester (the system will remain open for entering make-up grades) |
| 07 July 2021 Wednesday | Last day for submitting new courses and program changes for the 2021-2022 fall semester to the Education Commission. Submitting extensive changes earlier will facilitate processing. |
| 08 July 2021 Thursday | Final exam for Faculty of Medicine 2nd year annual courses. |
| 09 July 2021 Friday | Final exam for Faculty of Medicine 1st year annual courses |
| 09 July 2021 Friday | End of Faculty of Medicine 4th year professional practice courses. |
| 12 July 2021 Monday | Final exam for Faculty of Medicine 3rd year annual courses |
| 12-17 July 2021 Monday-Saturday | Make-up exam for Faculty of Medicine 4th year professional practice courses |
| 12 July 2021 Monday | Make-up exam results must be entered into the system without delay, by 12:00 noon on 12 July 2021 at the latest. |
| 12 July 2021 Monday | Updating of GPAs by 23:59 based on the 2020-2021 spring semester make-up exam results. |
| 13-14 July 2021 Tuesday-Wednesday | R/S grade conversions (no grade conversions will be made for any reason after 23:59 on Wednesday, 14 July 2021) |
| 14-16 July 2021 Wednesday-Friday | Applications by associate and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2020-2021 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. |
| 15 July 2021 Thursday | Democracy and National Unity Day (Public holiday) |
| 16 July 2021 Friday | Submission of the rankings of students graduating with honors to the Office of the President and the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB) by decision of the academic unit executive boards. 12:00 noon. The rankings of graduating students cannot be changed after this decision. Rankings for intermediate years are finalized at the end of October of the new academic year. |
| 25-30 July 2021 Sunday-Friday | Graduation Ceremony |
| 26 July 2021 Monday | Make-up exams for Faculty of Medicine Year 1-2-3 annual courses |
| 26-27 July 2021 Monday-Tuesday | Administration of the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2020-2021 spring semester. Grades must be reported immediately. |
| SUMMER SCHOOL | |
| 15 July 2021 Thursday | Democracy and National Unity Day (Public holiday) |
| 16 July 2021 Friday | End of summer school classes of the English Preparatory Program |
| 19 July 2021 Monday | Eve of Eid al-Adha (half-day holiday) |
| 20-23 July 2021 Tuesday-Friday | Eid al-Adha (2-day holiday) |
| 23 July 2021 Friday | Submission of the detailed list of courses to be offered in the 2021-2022 fall semester to the Academic Planning Unit. |
| 27 July 2021 Tuesday | Announcement to students by the Academic Planning Unit of summer school courses that do not meet the conditions for being offered and must be closed; the announcement will be made at 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, 27 July 2021. If a course has been dropped because it was not offered, the student may select another course through the system on Tuesday, 27 July 2021. Courses that do not meet the conditions but must remain open will not count toward teaching load and no payment will be made. |
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26-28 July 2021 Monday-Wednesday |
Summer school course registration. There is no ADD-DROP period or course withdrawal in summer school. |
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28 July 2021 Wednesday |
Last day for students taking 2020-2021 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 canceled. 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, 27 July 2021. |
| 28 July 2021 Wednesday | Start of summer school classes |
| 28 July - 14 September 2021 Wednesday-Tuesday | Summer school period for students in associate and undergraduate programs. Summer school final exams will be held in the last week. There are no make-up exams. |
| 29 July 2021 Thursday | End of summer school classes of the Turkish Preparatory Program |
| 31 July 2021 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam (for English preparatory class students) |
| Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30 | |
| 02 August 2021 Monday | Turkish Proficiency Exam (for Turkish Preparatory Program students) |
| Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30 | |
| 03 August 2021 Tuesday | Online announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 31 July 2021 |
| 04 August 2021 Wednesday | Online announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Monday, 02 August 2021 |
| 30 August 2021 Monday | Victory Day (holiday) |
| 07-14 September 2021 Tuesday-Tuesday | Evaluation and grading period for students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships in summer school. |
| 14 September 2021 Tuesday | Last day of summer school classes |
| 15 September 2021 Wednesday | Classes scheduled for Monday, 30 August 2021 will be held. |
| 16 September 2021 Thursday | Deadline for entering grades for summer school courses (by 17:59). |
| 17 September 2021 Friday | Announcement of grades for summer school courses |
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17-19 September 2021 Friday-Sunday |
R/S grade conversions (no grade conversions will be made for any reason after 23:59 on Sunday, 19 September 2021). |
| 17-19 September 2021 Friday-Sunday | Identification by the relevant academic units of students in associate and undergraduate programs who will be dismissed at the end of the 2020-2021 summer school upon reaching the maximum period of study. |
| 20-21 September 2021 Monday-Tuesday | Dismissal by the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB) of students in associate and undergraduate programs who have reached the maximum period of study at the end of the 2020-2021 summer school. |
| 22-24 September 2021 Wednesday-Friday | Applications by associate and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2020-2021 spring semester and summer school for the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations . |
| 27 September 2021 Monday | Submission of the list of courses for which additional exams will be held and the list of participating students to the Academic Planning Directorate |
| 30 September 2021 Thursday | Announcement of additional exam dates (Academic Planning) |
| 04-08 October 2021 Monday-Friday | Administration of the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2020-2021 spring semester and summer school, and submission of grades by the Deans' Offices to the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB) |
