BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES CALENDAR | |
This academic calendar has been prepared taking current conditions into consideration. Making amendments to the academic calendar or postponing exams according to new developments is at the discretion of the University Administration and Senate. Students, faculty members or academic staff may not make demands or claim rights as regards any changes. | |
FALL SEMESTER | |
16 January-29 September 2023 Monday-Friday |
Admission period for international undergraduate students for the 2023-2024 academic year fall semester |
01 June-02 October 2023 Thursday-Monday |
The final enrollment of associate and bachelor's degree students for the 2023-2024 academic year fall semester |
23 June 2023 Friday |
Dealine for tuition payment for 5th year medical students preparing for internship during the 2023-2024 academic year |
23 June 2023 Friday |
Eid-al-Adha Eve (Half-day holiday) (No classes) |
28 June - 01 July 2023 Wednesday-Saturday |
Eid-al-Adha (4-day holiday) |
03 July 2023 Monday |
Start of Year 6 (Intership) - Faculty of Medicine |
10 July 2023 Monday |
Application submission deadline to the Commission of Education for proposed new courses for the 2023-2024 academic year fall semester. Proposals for new courses after this date will not be put on the agenda. |
15 July 2023 Saturday |
Democracy and National Unity Day (Public holiday) |
31 July 2023 Monday |
Detailed list of courses offered during the 2023-2024 academic year fall semester entered into the record keeping system |
01-15 August 2023 Tuesday-Tuesday |
Transfer applications submissions for undergraduate programs (with the exception of transfers within the institution according to student GPAs). During the application process, English and Turkish Proficency Exams will be administered on 02-04-09-11-16 August, 2023. Students who have submitted all the required documents are eligible to take these exams. For further information regarding Turkish Proficency Exams following the transfer application, please visit the link: [email protected] on our webpage. Students with a valid English/Turkish Proficiency Certificate must attach this document to their application forms. |
14 August 2023 Monday |
Deadline for submitting a detailed list of new courses to be offered during the 2023-2024 academic year fall semester to the Academic Planning Directorate. |
16 August 2023 Wednesday |
Turkish and English Proficiency Exam for students who applied for a lateral transfer between 01-15 August, 2023 (Exam results must be entered into the system by Wednesday,16 August, 2023, 3pm) The results will be announced on the same day. |
16-18 August 2023 Wednesday-Friday |
Applications for lateral transfers assessed by the relevant academic unit (Assessment results must be entered into the system by 2pm on Friday, 18 August, 2023) |
18 August 2023 Friday |
Assessment results for lateral transfer applications can be viewed on the follow link |
18 August 2023 Friday |
Approved applications for lateral transfers entered into the Student Information System (4 pm cutoff) |
21-23 Ağustos 2023 Monday-Wednesday |
Final enrollment for those whose undergraduate transfer applications have been approved |
28 August 2023 Monday |
Start of professional practice courses for 4th and 5th year medical students. The Faculty of Medicine offers professional practice programs for all students and publishes them on the website |
30 August 2023 Wenesday |
Victory Day (National Holiday) |
31 August 2023 Thursday |
Deadline for associate and bachelor's degree students to pay the relevant fees for renewing their registration for the fall semester. The course registration system will be closed for those who fail to do so and they will not be able to register for courses. |
01 September 2023 Friday |
Last day to submit the list of students who have gone abroad with exchange programs such as Erasmus and World Exchange to the Registrar's Office |
05 September 2023 Tuesday |
Turkish Placement Exam (for all newly registered international students who will study in Turkish departments) Exam Time: 10:00 |
06 September 2023 Wednesday |
English Placement Exam (for all newly registered Turkish nationals and international students) Exam Time: 10:00 (Please visit the following link for further details: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15238-exam-information) |
06 September 2023 Wednesday |
Results of the Turkish Placement Exam administered on Tuesday, 05 September, 2023 are published online. |
08 September 2023 Friday |
Deadline for program orientation requests from newly registered BAU students |
08 September 2023 Friday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam. For all students who have been successful in the Turkish Placement Exam held on September 5, 2023 and for students who have attended the Preparatory Program in previous academic year(s) yet failed: |
09 September 2023 Saturday |
Announcement (online) of the results of the English Placement Exam held on Wednesday, 06 September, 2023 and notifying the students (Please visit the following link for the results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15239-exam-results) |
11 September 2023 Monday |
Start of annual classes for 3rd year medical students |
11 September 2023 Monday |
English Proficiency Exam (for newly registered students who passed the English Proficiency Exam held on 06 September, 2023) Written Exam: 09:00; Speaking Exam: 13:30; Place: BAU Future Campus Kemerburgaz (Please visit the following link for further details: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15238-exam-information) |
11 September 2023 Monday |
Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on Friday, 08 September, 2023. |
12 September 2023 Tuesday | |
14-15 September 2023 Thursday-Friday |
The relevant academic units identify the undergraduate students who will be dismissed at the end of the allotted period for the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester and summer school |
14 September 2023 Thursday | |
14 September 2023 Thursday |
Automatic course assignment - Students who are about to start their first year fall semester, and who pass the language proficiency exam(s) will have their courses automatically assigned by the Student Information System this week. Until the end of the Add-Drop period, automatic course assignments continue for new first year students. |
18-22 September 2023 Monday-Friday |
Undergraduate students, including international, Erasmus and World Exchage students register for courses this week on the Student Information System. New first year students are assigned courses by this system. Medical and Dentistry students register for their term classes during this period. |
18 September 2023 Monday |
Start of annual classes for 1st and 2nd year medical students |
18 September 2023 Monday |
The dismissal of undergraduate students who did not meet minimum requirements at the end of the allotted period for the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester and summer school by the Registrar's Office |
19 September 2023 Tuesday |
Deadline for “Theoretical Ground Courses” final grades in the Avition Program. Students who do not pass the exams conducted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Turkey will receive an “F” on the system; these students are required to repeat the courses for which they have receive an “F” during the same semester the following year. |
19-20 September 2023 Tuesday-Wednesday |
Applications for intra-institutional lateral transfers (GPA) |
19-20 September 2023 Tuesday-Wednesday |
Applications for double major and minor programs |
19-20 September 2023 Tuesday-Wednesday |
Application period for associate and bachelor's degree students who have met graduation requirements at the end of the 2022-2023 spring semester and summer school for supplementary exams which they are entitled to take in accordance with academic regulations. |
21 September 2023 Thursday |
English and Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who have applied for an intra-institutional lateral transfer to a different medium program (GPA), to do a double major or minor |
21 September 2023 Thursday |
Announcement (at 2 pm) of the results of the English and Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 21 September, 2023 for students who have applied for an intra-institutional lateral transfer to a different medium program (GPA), to do a double major or minor (the results must be entered into the system by 1:30pm) |
21 September 2023 Thursday |
The Academic Planning Directorate will be sent a list of courses that will have supplementary exams and the names of the students who will take them. |
22-29 September 2023 Friday-Friday |
Supplementary exam period for associate and bachelor's degree students who have met graduation requirements at the end of the 2022-2023 spring semester and summer school for supplementary exams in accordance with academic regulations and the results are sent to the Student Affairs Department. |
24 September 2023 Sunday |
Elective courses that do not meet the minimum criteria to stay open will be closed at 4pm on Sunday, 24 September, 2023 and the affected students will be notified via SMS. The undergraduate students whose courses get dropped will have to register for other courses between 02-06 October, 2023 (add-drop week) on the Student Information System. |
25 September 2023 Monday |
The evaluation of applications for intra-institutional lateral transfers based on GPA, double major and minor programs by the relevant academic unit (Evaluation results must be entered into the system by 2pm Monday, 25 September, 2023) |
25 September 2023 Monday |
Announcement of the results of the application evaluations for intra-institutional lateral transfers based on GPA, double major and minor programs to the students |
25 September 2023 Monday |
Additional exam dates announced (Academic Planning Directorate) |
02 October 2023 Monday |
Start of all undergraduate classes (Please refer to the calendar for the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry) |
02 October 2023 Monday |
Faculty of Dentistry - First day of fall semester compulsory professional annual and semester courses for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year students; and for departmental elective courses for 3rd, 4th and 5th year students |
02 October 2023 Monday |
Opening Ceremony for the 2023-2024 academic year with the participation of students in the English and Turkish Preparatory Schools, Undergraduate and Graduate students; their parents other guests. Time: 16:00 Place: to be announced |
02 October 2023 Monday |
Start of English Preparatory Program classes |
02-06 October 2023 Monday-Cuma |
Orienting new students with the Dean of Students, the Directorate of Corporate Communications and the unit to which the student is enrolled. |
02-06 October 2023 Monday-Cuma |
Adding the course syllabi to the Student Information System. It is important and must be included for every lesson. |
26-27 September 2023 Salı-Çarşamba |
Final enrollment of students admitted to lateral transfer (GPA), double major and minor programs. (Those who do not complete their registration will not be able to sign up for courses) |
07-08 October 2023 Saturday-Sunday |
Core curriculum course EXEMPTION exams for students who have just started their university education (students who have registered for the program for the first time, passed the Language Proficiency Exam and started attending their courses) and the Student Affairs Office being notified of the exemption exam results. Announcements regarding these exams will be made to the students by the relevant departments. The General Education Unit is responsible for organizing and administering exemption exams for courses TLL1005-1006 offered to international students. |
09 October 2023 Monday |
Turkish Preparatory Program - Start of classes |
09-13 October 2023 Monday-Friday |
ADD-DROP week for all undergraduate students |
10 October 2023 Tuesday |
Deadline for the submission of course adjustments into the system including Double Major and Minor programs. Submissions are going to be handled by the departments by 15:00 the latest. |
11 October 2023 Wednesday |
Elective courses with insufficient enrollment after ADD-DROP week will be closed on Wednesday, 11 October, 2023 (16:00), and associate and bachelor's degree students enrolled in these courses will have to choose other courses from the student registration system by Friday, October 13, 2023 at 16:00. Elective course selection and registration will not take place after this date; the system will be closed. Students whose courses were dropped due to closure will be informed via SMS, but it is the student's responsibility to keep informed about the dropped courses by checking the system on Thursday, October 12, 2023. |
13 October 2023 Friday |
Deadline for students to pay their tuition (and other relevant fees.) Course registrations of students who fail to fulfil their financial obligations will be cancelled and these students will be regarded as “not having registered for a course” in that semester. Students themselves are liable for any courses that are not dropped from their schedule by this date, whether the system has assigned the course or the students themselves have registered for that course. Scholarship students are strongly advised to pay due attention to their course registrations. |
20 October 2023 Friday |
APD is notified of requests regarding the planning of fall semester midterm exams, which are entered into the UMIS record keeping system, and then announced. Courses must have at least one midterm exam according to regulations. The Academic Planning Directorate is notified by the Faculty/School board about how midterm exams are to be administered, whether they are writen, take-home, etc. When an objection is made about these exams, there must be a record of it, such as jury report or camera recording. Please refer to the Examination Guidelines. |
06 November 2023 Monday |
The APD is notified of requests regarding final exam schedules and they are entered into the UMIS record keeping system |
08 December 2023 Friday |
Last day to withdraw (W) from fall semester courses without receiving a grade. Students are required to take this course the next time it is offered. |
08 December 2023 Friday |
Application submission deadline to the Commission of Education for proposed new courses for the 2023-2024 academic year fall semester. Proposals for new courses after this date will not be taken into consideration. |
10 November 2023 Friday |
Atatürk Remembrance Day |
11 December 2023 Monday |
Entering the detailed list of the courses to be offered in the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester onto the record keeping collection screen |
20 December 2023 Wednesday |
Deadline for the announcement of the 2023-2024 academic year fall semester final exam schedule to the instructors. The Academic Planning Directorate is notified of errors by the relevant academic units by Friday, December 22, 2023. Requests for personal plan cannot be made. |
23 December 2023 Saturday |
Make-up day for classes that were canceled on Monday, 01 January, 2024. |
25-29 December 2023 Monday-Friday |
Period for evaluating the work of students who did graduation projects, internships, etc. and assigning their final grades. |
25-29 December 2023 Monday-Friday |
Early Final exams for Associate and Undergraduate degree students who are studying at our University within the scope of Erasmus, World exchange or by some other means and for students who will be going abroad within the scope of similar programs. The departure dates of the students who are eligible for these exams must have been finalised and need to be verified by a document from their respective Schools or Faculties. Not all students going abroad are eligible for these exams. Students can take these exams only if there is an overlapping in their academic schedules. The BAU Global Academic Affairs and International Programs Office is required to submit the list of eligible students to the Office of the President by Friday, 22 December, 2023, to be forwarded to the respective Units.The students on these lists are notified of the exam dates scheduled by their respective departments. Students who are entitled to take early final exams are required to take all their final exams during the early final exam period. These students cannot take their final exams during the regular final exam period. |
29 December 2023 Friday |
Deadline for associate and bachelor's degree students to pay any outstanding fees. Those who fail to do so will not be able to view their overall grades after final exams or register for spring semester courses. |
29 December 2023 Friday |
Deadline for submitting a detailed list of new courses to be offered during the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester to the Academic Planning Directorate. |
29 December 2023 Friday |
Announcement of the 2023-2024 fall semester final exam schedule to the students |
01 January 2024 Monday | New Year's Day |
02-07 January 2023 Tuesday-Sunday |
Entering the (NA) grades. Must be completed at most one week before the Final exams of the respective courses. |
05 January 2023 Friday |
Last day of classes for the 2023-2024 academic year fall semester (Faculty of Medicine annual courses and internships continue) |
08-21 January 2024 Monday-Sunday |
2023 - 2024 academic year fall semester final exams for undergraduate (associate and bachelor's) programs. Medical and dental students will have final exams for the single term courses they take in addition to their annual ones during this period. |
12 January 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Dentistry - Last day of fall semester compulsory professional courses for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year students; and for departmental elective courses for 3rd, 4th and 5th year students |
12 January 2024 Friday |
End of English Preparatory Program fall semester classes |
12 January 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Last day of fall semester professional practice courses for 4th year students |
15-21 January 2024 Monday-Sunday |
Faculty of Dentistry - Final exams for fall semester departmental elective courses for 3rd, 4th and 5th year students |
18 January 2024 Thursday |
English Placement Exam for students who suspended their studies during the fall semester - Exam Time: 10:00 am |
15-19 January 2024 Monday-Friday |
Semester break for 4th year medical students |
15-22 January 2024 Monday-Monday |
Applications for lateral inter-institutional and intra-institutional transfers based on English and Turkish Placement Exam score - (Please visit the following link for further details: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15238-exam-information). Those who have valid language proficiency certification must add this document to their application. |
22 January 2024 Monday |
English Proficiency Exam - SPEAKING EXAM Exam Time is 09:00 (Please visit the following link for further details: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15238-exam-information) |
23 January 2024 Tuesday |
English Proficiency Exam - WRITTEN EXAM - Exam Time at 10:00 (Please visit the following link for further details: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15238-exam-information) |
19 January 2024 Friday |
Turkish Placement Exam for students who have suspended their fall semester studies Exam Time: 10:00am |
22 January 2024 Monday |
Faculty of Medicine: First day of fall semester professional practice courses for 4th year students |
23 January 2024 Tuesday |
English and Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who apply for admission between 15-22 January, 2024 without foreign language certification, and who apply to English-medium programs after having received Turkish-medium education |
23 January 2024 Tuesday |
Deadline for entering fall semester final grades (9:00 am cut off) |
23 January 2024 Tuesday |
Announcement of fall semester final grades (23:59 cut off) |
23-24 January 2024 Tuesday-Wednesday |
Assessment of the applications received between 15-19 January, 2024 by the relevant academic units |
24 January 2024 Wednesday |
Announcement of the results of Turkish Proficiency Exams held on Tuesday, 23 January, 2024 after being entered into the system |
24 January 2024 Wednesday |
Announcement of the responses to applications made on 15-19 January, 2024 on the application system |
24-25 January 2024 Wednesday-Thursday |
GPA based interdepartmental undergraduate transfer applications for admission as a special student (Please visit the following link for further details: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15238-exam-information). Students with a valid language proficiency certificate must include this document in their applications. |
25-26 January 2024 Thursday-Friday |
Final enrollment of students who were admitted after applying on 15-19 January, 2024 |
26 January 2024 Friday |
Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam administered on 23 January, 2024 (Please visit the following link for the results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15239-exam-results) |
26 January 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Last day of fall semester annual courses for 1st and 2nd year students |
26 January 2024 Friday |
English and Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who apply for admission between 24-25 January, 2024 without foreign language certification, and who apply to English-medium programs after having received Turkish-medium education |
26 January 2024 Friday |
Deadline for program orientation requests from newly registered BAU students |
29 January - 04 February 2024 Monday-Sunday |
2023-2024 academic year fall semester make-up exams (The system will remain open to enter make-up exam results) |
05 February 2024 Monday |
Start of English Preparatory Program spring semester classes |
29 January 2024 Monday |
End of Turkish Preparatory Program fall semester classes |
29 January -02 February 2024 Monday-Friday |
Semester break for 1st and 2nd year medical students |
29-30 January 2024 Monday-Tuesday |
Assessment of GPA based interdepartmental transfer applications made on 24-25 January, 2024 by the relevant academic units (Deadline for entering the evaluation results of the applications: Tuesday, 30 January, 2024 at 14:00) |
30 January 2024 Tuesday |
Announcement of the responses to the GPA based interdepartmental transfer applications made on 24-25 January, 2024 are posted. |
02 February 2024 Friday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam (Turkish Preparatory School students) |
02 February 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Last day of fall semester 3rd year annual courses |
02 February 2024 Friday |
Last day for meeting financial responsibilities for Spring semester for all students. The student registration system will not be opened for the course registration of the students who do not fulfill their financial responsibilities before the registration period, and these students cannot enroll during the normal course registration. |
05 February 2024 Monday |
Faculty of Medicine - Start of spring semester 1st and 2nd year annual courses |
05 February 2024 Monday |
Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on Friday, 02 February, 2024 are entered into the system and announced. |
05 February 2024 Monday |
Deadline for entering fall semester make-up exam scores (12:00 noon cut off) |
05 February 2024 Monday |
Announcement of fall semester make-up exam results (23:59 cut off) |
05 February 2024 Monday |
GPAs are updated based on the 2023-2024 academic year fall semester make-up exams (Deadline: Monday, 05 February, 2024 at 23:59) |
05-09 February 2024 Monday-Friday |
Semester break for 3rd year medical school students |
05-09 February 2024 Monday-Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exams for 1st and 2nd year annual committee exams administered during the fall semester |
06 February 2024 Tuesday |
Last day to submit the list of students who have gone abroad with exchange programs such as Erasmus and World Exchange to the Registrar's Office |
08 February 2024 Thursday |
The relevant academic units identify the undergraduate students who will be dismissed at the end of the allotted period for the 2023-2024 academic year fall semester. |
19 February 2024 Monday |
Start of Turkish Preparatory Program spring semester classes |
23 February 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Medicine: Last day of fall semester professional practice courses for 5th year students |
SPRING SEMESTER |
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31 January-05 February 2024 Wednesday-Monday |
Final enrollment of students who are accepted as inter-institutional transfers (based on GPA) and special students. Students who do not complete their registration at this time may not do so at another time. Students who complete their registration will visit their departments for orientation. |
06 February 2024 Tuesday |
Automatic course assignment - Students who are about to start their first year fall semester, and who pass the language proficiency exam(s) will have their courses automatically assigned by the Student Information System this week. Until the end of the Add-Drop period, automatic course assignments continue for new first year students. |
07-08 February 2024 Wednesday-Thursday |
Student applications for intra-institutional lateral transfers based on GPA, double major and minor programs The announcement should clearly state how the responses to the applications will be posted. Applicants should upload their transcripts, course content in the curriculum, and any language exemption documents. |
07-11 February 2024 Wednesday-Sunday |
Course Registration - Undergraduate students, including international, Erasmus and World Exchage students sign up for courses this week on the Student Information System. Students who begin their first year during the spring semester (irregular students) effectively take their fall term classes in the spring; the Student Information System automatically assigns them available courses. For their spring term courses however, they must register themselves manually on the same system. Newly registered irregular students can make certain changes to the courses they were assigned during ADD-DROP week. Medical and dental students register for their term classes during this period. |
09 February 2024 Thursday |
English and Turkish Proficiency Exam held on 07-08 February, 2024 for students who have applied for an intra-institutional lateral transfer (GPA), to do a double major or minor (those who do not have foreign language certification and who apply to English-medium programs after having received Turkish-medium education) (The results must be entered into the system by 3pm on Thursday, 09 February, 2024) |
10 February 2024 Friday |
Evaluation of applications for intra-institutional lateral transfers based on GPA, double major and minor programs (The evaluation results must be entered into the system by 2pm, Friday, 10 February, 2024.) |
10 February 2024 Friday |
Announcement of the responses to applications for intra-institutional lateral transfers based on GPA, double major and minor program |
10 February 2024 Friday |
Approved applications for intra-institutional lateral transfers based on GPA, double major and minor programs are entered into the system |
11 February 2024 Sunday |
Elective courses with insufficient enrollment during registration week will be closed on Sunday, 04 February, 2024 (at 16:00), and the affected students will be notified via SMS. Associate and bachelor's degree students enrolled in these courses will have to choose other courses between 12-16 February, 2024 (Add-Drop Week)on the Student Information System. |
12 February 2024 Monday |
2023-2024 Academic Year spring semester first day of classes for associate and bachelor's degree programs |
12 February 2024 Monday |
Faculty of Dentistry - First day of spring semester compulsory professional courses for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year students; and for departmental elective courses for 3rd, 4th and 5th year students |
12 February 2024 Monday |
Faculty of Medicine - Start of 3rd year spring semester annual courses |
12-13 February 2024 Monday-Tuesday |
Final enrollment of students who were approved for an intra-institutional lateral transfer based on GPA, double major, minor. The students who have not completed their course adjustments will register for courses during the add-drop week (26 February-01 March, 2024). |
12-15 February 2023 Monday- Thursday |
Supplementary exams and the submission of their results to the Registrar's Office by the relevant Dean's Office at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year fall semester for undergraduate students who have met their graduation requirements |
14 February 2024 Wednesday |
Supplementary exam dates announced (Academic Planning Directorate) |
16 February 2024 Friday |
Academic Planning Directorate notified of the list of courses at the end of which supplementary exams will be administered and the list of students who will sit them |
19-23 February 2024 Monday - Friday |
ADD-DROP week. Add-Drop week for all associate and bachelor's degree students |
22 February 2024 Thursday |
Elective courses with insufficient enrollment will be closed at 4pm on Thursday, 22 February, 2024, and the affected undergraduate students must sign up online for other courses by 4pm on 23 February, 2024. After this date, there will no more elective course registrations. Students whose courses get dropped will be informed via SMS but they are responsible for keeping informed by logging onto the system on Thursday,22 February, 2024 and verifying their schedules. Courses that do not meet the enrollment criteria to stay open but are in demand are not reflected in the instructor's courseload or pay. |
22 February 2024 Thursday |
Deadline for entering all course changes of students, including double majors and minors, into the system. Course adjustment entries will be made on the system by the Department Adaptation Officers. |
22-28 February 2024, Wednesday- Thursday |
Application period for associate and bachelor's degree students who have met graduation requirements at the end of the 2023-2024 spring semester and summer school for supplementary exams which they are entitled to take in accordance with academic regulations. |
24-25 February 2024 Saturday-Sunday |
Core curriculum course EXEMPTION exams for students who have just started their university education (students who have registered for the program for the first time, passed the Language Proficiency Exam and started attending their courses) and the Student Affairs Office being notified of the exemption exam results. Announcements regarding these exams will be made to the students by the relevant departments. The General Education Unit is responsible for organizing and administering exemption exams for courses TLL1005-1006 offered to international students. |
26 February 2024 Monday |
Faculty of Medicine - Start of spring semester 3rd year classes |
26 February-01 March 2024 Monday-Friday |
Semester break for 5th year medical students |
04 March 2024 Monday |
Start of spring semester professional practice courses for 5th year medical students |
08 March 2024 Friday |
APD is notified of requests regarding the planning of spring semester midterm exams, which are entered into the UMIS record keeping system, and then announced. Courses must have at least one midterm exam according to regulations. The Academic Planning Directorate is notified by the Faculty/School board about how midterm exams are to be administered, whether they are writen, oral, etc. When an objection is made about these exams, there must be a record of it, such as jury report or camera recording. Please refer to the Examination Guidelines. |
08 March 2024 Friday |
APD is notified of requests regarding the planning of final exams, which are then entered into the UMIS record keeping system |
11 March 2024 Monday |
English Proficiency Exam for students who apply to take part in the Erasmus & World Exchange program |
08-14 April 2024-Monday-Sunday |
Classes will not be held. The academic calendar is planned accordingly and no make-up is required for this week's classes. |
09 April 2024 Tuesday |
Ramadan Holiday Eve (no classes) |
10-12 April 2024 Thursday-Friday |
Ramadan Holiday (3-day holiday) |
20 April 2024 Saturday |
Make-up day for classes that were canceled on Tuesday, 23 April, 2024 due to national holiday |
23 April 2024 Tuesday |
National Sovereignty and Children's Day (National Holiday) |
25 April 2024 Thursday |
Detailed list of courses offered during the 2023-2024 academic year summer school entered into the record keeping system |
26 April 2024 Friday |
Last day to withdraw (W) from courses without a grade for the spring semester Students must take these courses during the first term they are offered. . |
26 April 2024 Friday |
Last day to notify the academic staff of the final exam schedule for the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester; in the case of an error, the Academic Planning Directorate must be notified for corrections by 02 May, 2024. Requests for a personal plan can not be made . |
26 April 2024 Friday |
Deadline for the submission of the new courses and program changes for the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester to the Education Commission. Early submission of wide scale changes will facilitate the process. |
27 April 2024 Saturday |
Make-up day for classes that were canceled on Wednesday, 01 May, 2024 due to public holiday |
01 May 2024 Wednesday |
Labour Day (Public Holiday) |
10 May 2024 Friday |
Deadline for submitting the detailed list of courses to be offered during the 2023-2024 academic year summer school to the Academic Planning Directorate |
10 May 2024 Friday |
Announcement of the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester final exam schedule |
13 May- 02 June 2024 Monday-Sunday |
(NA) grade entries must be completed 1 week before the final exam of the relevant course |
13-17 May 2024 Monday-Friday |
Early final exam dates for Erasmus or World Exchange (or other similar programs) students who will be going abroad by way of the same program - To be eligible to sit these exams, students' departure dates must be confirmed and verified by means of a document from their institutions. NOT all students going abroad are eligible to take these exams; only those whose have conflicts or overlaps in their class schedules. The International Programs Office is required to submit a list of students who will be taking these exams to the Office of the President by Thursday ,16 May, 2024. The list will then be sent to the relevant academic unit, which will determine the early exam dates and inform the concerned students, instructors, and departments. These students must take all their final exams on these early dates and are not eligible to sit them during the finals scheduled at the normal time. |
17 May 2024 Friday |
Deadline for undergraduate students to pay any outstanding fees. Those who fail to do so will not be able to view their overall grades after final exams. |
19 May 2024 Sunday |
Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (National Holiday) |
20-24 May 2024 Monday-Friday |
Evaluation period for such work as graduation projects and internships during the spring semester and handing out final grades. |
24 May 2024 Friday |
End of the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester classes. Refer to the relevant calendar for information on the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry |
23 May 2024 Thusrday |
End of spring semester English Preparatory Program classes |
24 May 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Dentistry - Last day of spring semester classes for compulsory professional courses - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students - and for departmental elective courses - 3rd, 4th and 5th year students |
25 May 2024 Saturday | Mayfest |
27-31 May 2024 Monday-Friday |
Faculty of Dentistry - Make-up classes for those canceled during the Ramadan Holiday |
27 May - 09 June 2024 Monday-Sunday |
Spring semester final exams for undergraduate students. Medical and dental students will have final exams for the single term courses they take in addition to their annual ones during this period. |
27-31 May 2024 Monday-Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exams for professional practice courses for 5th year students |
30 May 2024 Thusrday |
English Proficiency Exam - WRITTEN EXAM and SPEAKING EXAM - Exam Time 09:00 am (Please visit the following link for further details: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15238-exam-information) |
31 May 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Last day of professional practice courses for 5th year students |
01-09 June 2024 Monday-Friday |
Faculty of Dentistry - First day of fall semester compulsory professional annual and semester courses for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year students; and for departmental elective courses for 3rd, 4th and 5th year students |
03 June 2024 Monday |
Announcement of the English Proficiency Exam results administered on Thusrday, 30 May, 2024. (Please visit the following link for the results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15239-exam-results) |
03-07 June 2024 Monday-Friday |
Faculty of Dentistry - Final exams for 5th year students |
04 June 2024 Tuesday |
English Preparatory Program - Start of summer school classes |
07 June 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Last day of annual courses for 2nd and 3rd year students |
10-14 June 2024 Monday-Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exams for 4th year professional practice courses |
10-30 June 2024 Monday- Friday |
Faculty of Dentistry - Final exam scores for annual professional and single semester compulsory courses - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students - and for departmental elective courses - 3rd and 4th year students |
11 June 2024 Tuesday |
Deadline to enter final grades for the spring semester (09:00 am cut off) |
11 June 2024 Tuesday |
Announcement of the Final grades for the spring semester (23:59 cut off)) |
12 June 2024 Wednesday |
Turkish Preparatory School - Last day of spring semester classes |
13 June 2024 Thursday |
Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exams for 3rd year annual committee exams administered during the spring semester |
13 June 2024 Thursday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam (Turkish Preparatory School students) |
14 June 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Dentistry - Deadline to enter final exam scores for 5th year students |
14 June 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exams for 2nd year annual committee exams administered during the spring semester |
14 June 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Last day of classes for 4th year professional practice courses |
14 June 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Last day of classes for 1st year annual courses |
14 June 2024 Friday |
Announcement of the Turkish Proficiency Exam results administered on Thursday, 13 June, 2024 are published. |
15 June 2024 Saturday |
Eid-al-Adha Eve (Half-day holiday) (No classes) |
16-19 June 2024 Sunday-Wednesday |
Eid-al-Adha (4-day holiday) |
24 June 2024 Monday |
Start of Turkish Preparatory Program summer school classes |
24-30 June 2024 Monday- Sunday |
Make-up exams for the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester (The system will remian open for make-up exam scores to be entered) |
21 June 2024 Friday |
Deadline for 5th year medical students who will be doing their internships during the 2024-2025 academic year to pay their tuition (and other relevant fees) for that year |
24 - 28 June 2024 Monday-Friday |
Faculty of Dentistry - Make-up exams for 5th year students |
25 June 2024 Tuesday |
Faculty of Medicine - 2nd year annual classes final exam |
26 June 2024 Wednesday |
Faculty of Medicine - make-up exams for spring semester first year annual courses committee exams |
26 June 2024 Wednesday |
Deadline for the Academic Planning Directorate to provide students with the weekly syllabus for planned 2023-2024 academic year summer school courses |
27 June 2024 Thursday |
Faculty of Medicine - 3rd year annual classes final exams |
28 June 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - 1st year annual classes final exams |
30 June 2024 Sunday |
Medical School - End of 6th year/internship |
01 July 2024 Monday |
Faculty of Dentistry - Deadline to enter make-up exam scores for 5th year students |
01 July 2024 Monday |
Medical School - Start of 6th year/new internship |
01 July-28 July 2024 Monday-Sunday |
Faculty of Dentistry Preclinical / Clinical Competency Completion Program (completion of missing competencies during the year) |
02 July 2024 Tuesday |
Deadline to enter make-up exam scores (10:00 am cut off) |
02 July 2024 Tuesday |
GPAs are updated based on the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester make-up exam scores (23:59 cut off) Final make-up grades for the spring semester are published (23:59 cut off) |
04 July 2024 Thursday |
Submission of graduating class student rankings according to the decisions of the Board of Directors of Academic Units to the Office of the President and the Registrar’s Office. Time 12:00 o’clock noon. Rankings of the graduating students cannot be changed after this decision has been finalized. Rankings of intermediate classes are finalized at the end of October of the new academic year. |
04-05 July 2024 Thursday-Friday |
Applications of undergraduate students who are within the normal learning period at the end of the 2023-2024 spring semester to take additional exams |
05 July 2024 Friday |
Additional exam applications made on 4 June, 2024 sent to the relevant departments by the Registrar's Office |
05 July 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Dentistry - Deadline to enter final exam scores for annual professional and single semester compulsory courses for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students |
08-12 July 2024 Monday-Friday |
Supplementary exams for students who are within the normal learning period at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester |
12 July 2024 Friday |
Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exam for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year annual classes |
14 July 2024 Sunday |
Graduation Ceremony |
15 July 2024 Monday |
Democracy and National Unity Day (no classes) |
17 July 2024 Wednesday |
English Preparatory Program summer school - Last day of classes |
SUMMER SCHOOL |
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10-12 July Wednesday-Friday |
Summer school course registrations. There is no ADD-DROP period and no withdrawals from courses in summer school. (Students who request additional exams must also enroll in summer school courses; if they graduate after taking the make up exam, they must cancel their summer school courses from the Student Affairs Office. |
11 July 2024 Thursday |
Summer school courses that do not meet the minimum criteria to stay open will be cancelled by the Academic Planning Directorate around 11:00 am, and the affected students will be notified via SMS. It is the students' responsibility to enter the system one last time, on Thursday, 11 June, 2024 to check the courses in their programs. Those whose courses have been dropped due to course cancellation can register online for other courses on 11 June, 2024. |
12 July 2024 Friday |
Deadline for students who have registered for summer school during the 2023-2024 academic year to pay any outstanding fees. Course registrations of students who have failed to make the required payments will be canceled and these students will be regarded as not having registered for classes. Students whose courses have thus been dropped will not be able to re-register for these courses after Friday, 12 July 2024 whether or not they have settled their outstanding debts. Summer School courses for which there has not been sufficient student registration will be closed. |
16 July 2024 Tuesday |
Summer School - Start of classes |
16 July - 02 September 2024 Tuesday Monday |
Summer school for undergraduate students. Final exams in summer school will take place during the last week. There will be no make-up exam. |
24 July 2024 Wednesday |
English Proficiency Exam - WRITTEN and SPEAKING EXAM - Exam starts at 09:00 (Please visit the following link for further details: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15238-exam-information) |
26 July 2024 Friday |
Turkish Preparatory Program summer school - Last day of classes |
29 July 2024 Monday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam. Exam Time is 09:00 (Please visit the following link for further details: https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15233-turkmer-news-and-announcement) Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30 |
29 July-25 August 2024 Monday - Sunday |
Faculty of Dentistry Pre-Clinical/Clinical Dam Completion Program (3rd and 4th year students can fulfill the credit requirements of the following year) |
29 July 2024 Monday |
Announcement of the English Proficiency Exam results held on Wednesday, 24 July, 2024 are published. (Please visit the following link for the results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/en/15239-exam-results) |
30 July 2024 Tuesday |
Announcement of the Turkish Proficiency Exam results held on Monday, 29 July, 2024 are published online. |
30 July 2024 Tuesday |
Deadline to submit the supplementary exam grade notification forms to the Registrar's Office for students who are within the normal learning period at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester |
02 August 2024 Friday |
Deadline for submitting the detailed list of courses to be offered during the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester to the Academic Planning Directorate |
05 August 2024 Monday |
Entering the detailed list of the courses to be offered during the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester onto the records keeping system |
24 August 2024 Saturday |
Make-up day for classes that were canceled on Friday, 30 August, 2024 due to Victory Day. |
26 August- 02 September 2024 Monday-Monday |
Evaluation period for such work as graduation projects and internships during summer school and handing out final grades. |
26 August-01 September 2024 Monday-Sunday |
Faculty of Dentistry - Make-up exams for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year annual classes |
30 August 2024 Friday |
Victory Day (National Holiday) |
02 September 2024 Monday |
Summer School - Last day of classes |
04 September 2024 Wednesday |
Deadline for entering final summer school grades (17:59 cut off) |
04 September 2024 Wednesday |
Deadline for entering the results of make-up exams for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year annual classes in the Faculty of Dentistry (15:00) |
04-05 September 2024 Wednesday-Thursday |
Applications of undergraduate students who have met their graduation requirements at the end of the 2023-2024 spring semester and summer school to take additional exams in accordance with academic regulations. |
04-06 September 2024 Wednesday-Friday |
The relevant departments determine the undergraduate students who will be dismissed at the end of the allotted period for the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester and summer school |
05 September 2024 Thursday |
Announcement of summer school final grades (10 am) |
06 September 2024 Friday |
Academic Planning Directorate is sent the list of courses at the end of which additional exams will be administered and the list of students who will sit them |
09 September 2024 Monday |
The dismissal of undergraduate students who did not meet minimum requirements at the end of the allotted period for the 2023-2024 academic year spring semester and summer school by the Registrar's Office |
10 September 2024 Tuesday |
Announcement of additional exam dates (Academic Planning Directorate) |
11-17 September 2024 Wednesday- Tuesday |
Additional exams and the submission of their results to the Registrar's Office by the relevant Dean's Office at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year summer school for undergraduate students who have met their graduation requirements |