2023 - 2024 Graduate School Academic Calendar

Admission and registration of international graduate students for the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year.

Applications of Turkish citizen master's candidates for the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year.

Applications of Turkish citizen doctoral candidates for the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year.

Eve of Eid al-Adha (Half-day holiday)

Eid al-Adha (4-day holiday)

Submission to the Education Committee of fully completed forms for new courses planned to be offered in the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. New course proposals will not be considered after this date.

Democracy and National Unity Day (Public holiday)

English Proficiency Exam for candidates applying to graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Friday, 04 August 2023 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 03 August 2023. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Submission of the detailed list of courses to be offered in the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year to the Academic Planning Directorate.

Applications for make-up exams of the resit exams of the 2022-2023 spring semester (to the Graduate School secretariat)

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Friday, 25 August 2023 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 24 August 2023. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Victory Day (Public holiday)

Last day for Turkish citizen and international graduate students to fulfil their financial obligations. Students who do not complete this process will not be able to select courses.

Last day for completing admissions to doctoral programs for the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year and for registering students at the University. Students must be entered into the system for all course registrations. Therefore, the admission and registration procedures of all Turkish citizen students must be completed before course registration begins.

Make-up exams of the resit exams of the 2022-2023 spring semester

Last day for entering grades of the make-up exams of the 2022-2023 spring semester resit exams (by 15:00)

Last day for completing admissions to master's programs for the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year and for registering students at the University. Students must be entered into the system for all course registrations. Therefore, the admission and registration procedures of all Turkish citizen students must be completed before course registration begins.

Fall semester course registration period for students in graduate programs (including international, Erasmus and World Exchange students). Students in master's programs who have reached the thesis stage must select their advisor through the system, obtain approval and select their thesis and seminar courses from the course selection system.

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 23 September 2023. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 28 September 2022 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

Start of fall semester classes in graduate programs.

Opening ceremony of the 2023-2024 academic year 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.

ADD-DROP week. The system opens for students who could not select courses during the 15-20 September 2023 course registration period or who wish to change their courses.

Courses without a sufficient number of students during add-drop week will be closed on Wednesday, 11 October 2023 (16:00), and the courses will be dropped for the students concerned. Students whose courses are closed must select other courses before the system closes on Friday, 13 October 2023. Students whose courses are dropped are notified by SMS; however, it is the student's responsibility to check whether a course has been closed.

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 07 October 2023. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Wednesday, 11 October 2023 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 21 October 2023. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Wednesday, 25 October 2023 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

Last day for leave of absence (registration freeze) applications

Deadline for students who selected the Doctoral Qualifying course to apply for a thesis advisor through the UMIS system.

Eve of Republic Day (no classes).

Republic Day (Public holiday)

Atatürk Commemoration Day.

Admission and registration of international graduate students for the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year.

Application period for graduate programs for the Spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year.

Last day to apply to the Graduate School to withdraw (W) from a course registered in the fall semester.

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 07 December 2023 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 09 December 2023. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Last day for preparing the detailed lists of all courses to be offered in the spring semester and submitting them to the Academic Planning Directorate, and for department chairs to update the departmental elective, non-departmental elective and elective course pools for the Spring semester.

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 21 December 2023. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Early final dates for our students who came to our University through Erasmus, World Exchange or other means and who will go abroad within the same programs. The departure of students taking these exams must be confirmed and documented by their institutions. This exam is not given to every student going abroad; it is given only due to conflicts in academic dates. A list on this matter must be submitted to the Office of the President by the International Academic Relations and Programs Unit by Friday, 22 December 2023 at the latest, to be forwarded to the relevant units. Students on the list forwarded to the units are notified of the exam date planned by the department. Students granted early finals must take all their final exams in the early final period. They cannot take exams in the regular final period.

Deadline for the thesis advisor to send the Turnitin Report, Jury Proposal Form and thesis (PDF and Word) of students who will take the master's or doctoral thesis defense to tezformat@gs.bau.edu.tr for format check.

Deadline for students who will take the Doctoral Qualifying Exam to submit the wet-signed "Doctoral Qualifying Exam Jury Proposal Form" to the Graduate School.

Last day for announcing the fall semester final exam schedule to graduate students.

Last day of fall semester classes in graduate programs.

Classes scheduled for Monday, 01 January 2024 will be held.

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Friday, 11 January 2024 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

Classes scheduled for Saturday, 28 October 2023 will be held.

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 13 January 2024. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

End-of-semester (final) exams of graduate courses offered in the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year.

Last day for holding master's and doctoral thesis defense exams.
Last day for submitting master's projects.
Last day for holding doctoral Thesis Monitoring Committee (TİK) meetings and doctoral qualifying exams.

Deadline for entering fall semester final grades (by 09:00).

Announcement of fall semester final grades (23:59)

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Tuesday, 23 January 2024 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

Doctoral;
• Qualifying,
• Thesis Proposal,
• Thesis Monitoring documents/reports: deadline for submitting them wet-signed to the Graduate School.

Graduate resit exams of the fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year (the system will remain open for resit grade entry).

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 25 January 2024. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Deadline for graduate students with financial problems to resolve them. Students who cannot resolve their financial problems cannot view their course results after the end-of-semester (final) exams and cannot register for spring semester courses.

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 2 February 2024 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

Deadline for entering fall semester resit grades (by 12:00 noon).

Announcement of fall semester resit grades (23:59)

Update of GPAs based on the results of the fall semester resit exams of the 2023-2024 academic year. (Must be completed by 23:59 on Monday, 05 February 2024)

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 17 February 2024. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Deadline for students who passed their master's or doctoral thesis defense to submit the required number of printed and digital copies of their thesis, prepared in accordance with the writing rules, to the Graduate School.

Last day for Turkish citizen and international graduate students to fulfil their financial obligations. Students who do not complete this process will not be able to select courses.

Last day for Turkish citizen and international students admitted to graduate programs for the spring semester to register by fulfilling their financial obligations. If registration is not completed, the system will not open during the course registration period and students cannot register for courses.

Spring semester course registration period for students in graduate programs (including international, Erasmus and World Exchange students). Students in master's programs who have reached the thesis stage must select their advisor through the system, obtain approval and select their thesis and seminar courses from the course selection system.

Elective courses that do not reach a sufficient number of students during registration week will be closed on Sunday, 04 February 2024 (16:00), and students enrolled in the closed electives will be notified by SMS. Graduate students enrolled in these courses must select other courses through the Student Information System between 12-16 February 2024 (add-drop week).

Start of spring semester classes in graduate programs.

ADD-DROP week. The system opens for students who could not select courses during the course registration period (07-11 February 2024) or who wish to change their courses.

Courses without a sufficient number of students during add-drop week will be closed on Thursday, 22 February 2024 (16:00), and the courses will be dropped for the students concerned. Students whose courses are closed must select other courses before the system closes on Friday, 23 February 2024. Students whose courses are dropped are notified by SMS; however, it is the student's responsibility to check whether a course has been closed.

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 07 March 2024 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

Last day for leave of absence (registration freeze) applications

Deadline for students who selected the Doctoral Qualifying course to apply for a thesis advisor through the UMIS system.

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 16 March 2024. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Eve of Eid al-Fitr (no classes)

Eid al-Fitr (3-day holiday)

Last day for the relevant faculty/school to plan the courses to be offered in the summer school of the 2023-2024 academic year and notify the Academic Planning Directorate. Check for conflicts, if any, by the Academic Planning Directorate.

National Sovereignty and Children's Day (Public holiday)

Application period for graduate programs for the Fall semester of the 2024-2025 academic year. (For Turkish citizen and foreign national candidates)

Last day to apply to the Graduate School to withdraw (W) from a course registered in the spring semester.

Classes scheduled for Tuesday, 23 April 2024 will be held (19.00-22.00).

Labor and Solidarity Day (Public holiday)

Classes scheduled for Wednesday, 01 May 2024 will be held (19.00-22.00).

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 9 May 2024 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 11 May 2024. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Early final dates for our students who came to our University through Erasmus, World Exchange or other means and who will go abroad within the same programs. The departure of students taking these exams must be confirmed and documented by their institutions. This exam is not given to every student going abroad; it is given only due to conflicts in academic dates. A list on this matter must be submitted to the Office of the President by the International Office Directorate (UOD) by Thursday, 16 May 2024 at the latest, to be forwarded to the relevant units. The planned exam dates are communicated to the students on the list forwarded to the units, to the course instructor and to the department offering the course. Students granted early finals must take all their final exams in the early final period. They cannot take exams in the regular final period.

Last day for announcing the spring semester final exam schedule to graduate students.

Deadline for students who will take the Doctoral Qualifying Exam to submit the wet-signed "Doctoral Qualifying Exam Jury Proposal Form" to the Graduate School.

Deadline for the thesis advisor to send the Turnitin Report, Jury Proposal Form and thesis (PDF and Word) of students who will take the master's or doctoral thesis defense to tezformat@gs.bau.edu.tr for format check.

Last day of spring semester classes in graduate programs.

Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day

Make-up for the holiday week

May Festival (Mayfest)

Deadline for graduate students with financial problems to resolve them. Students who cannot resolve their financial problems cannot view their course results after the end-of-semester (final) exams.

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Monday, 03 June 2024 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

End-of-semester (final) exams of graduate courses offered in the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year.

Last day for holding master's and doctoral thesis defense exams.
Last day for submitting master's projects.
Last day for holding doctoral Thesis Monitoring Committee (TİK) meetings and doctoral qualifying exams.

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 08 June 2024. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Deadline for entering spring semester final grades (by 09:00)

Announcement of spring semester final grades (23:59)

Doctoral;
• Qualifying,
• Thesis Proposal,
• Thesis Monitoring documents/reports: deadline for submitting them wet-signed to the Graduate School.

Eve of Eid al-Adha (half-day holiday)

Eid al-Adha (4-day holiday)

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Friday, 21 June 2024 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

Graduate resit exams of the spring semester of the 2023-2024 academic year (the system will remain open for resit grade entry)

Deadline for entering resit exam grades (by 10:00)

Update of GPAs by 23:59 based on the results of the spring semester resit exams of the 2023-2024 academic year. Announcement of spring semester resit grades (23:59)

Submission of the rankings of students graduating with honors to the Office of the President and the Department of Student Affairs by decision of the academic unit executive boards. 12:00 noon. The rankings of graduating students cannot be changed after this decision.

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 06 July 2024. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Deadline for students who passed their master's or doctoral thesis defense to submit the required number of printed and digital copies of their thesis, prepared in accordance with the writing rules, to the Graduate School.

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 18 July 2024 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students admitted to Turkish-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler.)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Monday, 29 July 2024 (For results, visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler).

Summer school course registration period for students in graduate programs. ADD-DROP and course withdrawal (W) procedures are not available in summer school.

Dropping of courses of students who have not completed their financial obligations for summer school and closing of courses that do not meet the requirements. Course selection or completion of financial procedures is not possible after this date. Students may register for a new course only because of closed courses. Students whose courses are dropped are notified by SMS; however, it is the student's responsibility to check whether a course has been closed.

Democracy and National Unity Day (holiday)

Start of summer school classes. Summer school finals are held in the last week. There is no resit exam at the end of summer school.

English Proficiency Exam for students admitted to English-taught graduate programs. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 (For information, visit https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri.)

Announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 20 August 2024. (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Deadline for the thesis advisor to send the Turnitin Report, Jury Proposal Form and thesis (PDF and Word) of students who will take the master's thesis defense to tezformat@gs.bau.edu.tr for format check.

Victory Day (Public holiday)

Last day of summer school classes in graduate programs.

Last day for holding master's thesis defense exams.
Last day for submitting master's projects.
Last day for holding doctoral Thesis Monitoring Committee (TİK) meetings.

Deadline for entering grades of summer school courses (by 17:59).

Announcement of grades of summer school courses (10:00)

Deadline for submitting wet-signed doctoral Thesis Monitoring documents/reports to the Graduate School.

Deadline for students who passed their master's thesis defense to submit the required number of printed and digital copies of their thesis, prepared in accordance with the writing rules, to the Graduate School.