2025-2026 Academic Year Associate and Undergraduate Degree Academic Calendar

Admission period for international associate and undergraduate students for the 2025-2026 academic year fall semester

Submission of fully completed forms for new courses planned to be offered in the Fall Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year to the Education Commission. No new course proposals will be considered after this date.

Opening the detailed list of courses to be offered in the summer schooll of the 2025–2026 academic year for entries on the course request collection screen

Closing the entry access to the course request collection screens for the detailed list of courses to be offered in the Fall Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year

Faculty of Medicine - Deadline for fifth-year students who will begin their internship in the 2025–2026 academic year to complete their tuition payments for the 2025–2026 academic year.

Faculty of Medicine - Start date of the sixth year (Internship Period)

Final registrations of international associate and undergraduate students who have been accepted for the Fall Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year.

Democracy and National Unity Day (national holiday)

Deadline for all associate and undergraduate students to complete their financial transactions for the Fall Semester course registration period of the 2025–2026 academic year. Students who do not complete their financial transactions by this date will have their access to the course registration system blocked during the first course registration period, and they will not be able to register for courses.

Course registration period for the Fall Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year. This is the week during which students in associate and undergraduate programs (including international students) complete their course registrations through UMIS. Course assignments for newly admitted students (first-year students) are carried out by the Student Information System. Students of the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry will also register for their semester courses during these dates.

Applications for all types of horizontal transfer, excluding internal (GPA-based) transfers. During the application period, English Proficiency Exams will be held on August 6, 8, 13, and 16, 2025. Only applicants who have submitted complete application documents will be eligible to take these exams. Applicants who already possess a valid language proficiency certificate must attach this document during the application process.

Applications for all types of horizontal transfer, excluding internal (GPA-based) transfers. During the application period, Turkish Proficiency Exams will be held on August 5, 7, 12, and 15, 2025. Only applicants who have submitted complete application documents will be eligible to take these exams. For information about the Turkish exams, applicants must contact [email protected] after submitting their application. Applicants who already possess a valid language proficiency certificate must attach this document during the application process.

Evaluation of applications submitted between August 1–15, 2025 by the relevant academic units (evaluation results must be entered into the system by Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at 14:00)

Final Turkish Proficiency Exams for applicants who applied between August 1–15, 2025, and are transferring to a program with a different language of instruction (for those who did not submit a valid language proficiency certificate during the application). Exam results must be entered into the system by 15:00 on the same day.

Final English Proficiency Exams for applicants who applied between August 1–15, 2025, and are transferring to a program with a different language of instruction (for those who did not submit a valid language proficiency certificate during the application). Exam results must be entered into the system by 15:00 on the same day.

The evaluation results of horizontal transfer applications submitted between August 1–15, 2025, will be available via the application tracking link.

Transfer of students who have been accepted through horizontal transfer applications submitted between August 1–15, 2025, into the Student Information System (the transfer must be completed by 16:00).

Final registrations of students whose horizontal transfer applications submitted between August 1–15, 2025, have been accepted.

Faculty of Medicine - Start of professional practice courses for fifth-year students. The schedule for the professional practice courses will be prepared by the Faculty for all students and will be published on the Faculty’s website.

Deadline for all associate and undergraduate students to complete their financial transactions for the late course registration period of the Fall Semester in the 2025–2026 academic year. Students who do not complete their financial transactions by this deadline will not have access to the system during the late registration period and will not be able to register for courses.

Faculty of Medicine - Start of professional practice courses for fourth-year students. The schedule for the professional practice courses will be prepared by the Faculty for all students and will be published on the Faculty’s website

Deadline for submitting the list of students participating in Erasmus, World Exchange, and other exchange programs to the Student Affairs Department.

Submission of fully completed forms for new courses planned to be offered in the Spring Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year to the Education Commission. No proposals for opening new courses will be considered after this date.

Submission of applications by associate and undergraduate students who are eligible for graduation at the end of the 2024–2025 Spring Semester and Summer School for the additional exams granted under the relevant regulations.

Internal (GPA-based) transfer, double major, and minor program applications.

Evaluation of applications submitted between September 1–5, 2025 by the relevant academic units. (Evaluation results must be entered into the system by Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 14:00.

Automatic assignment of annual courses in Phase I (first, second and third years) of the Faculty of Medicine

Automatic assignment of annual courses for first year students of Faculty of Dentistry

Final registrations of reserve students whose horizontal transfer applications submitted between August 1–15, 2025, have been accepted.

Faculty of Medicine - Start of the second- and third-year annual courses.

English and Turkish Proficiency Exams for applicants who applied to a program with a different language of instruction than their previous program during the application period of September 1–5, 2025 (for those who could not provide a valid language proficiency certificate at the time of application). Exam results must be entered into the system by 3:00 PM on the same day.

English Proficiency Exam (For students who studied in the English Preparatory Program during the 2024–25 academic year but were unsuccessful) Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30 (For detailed information, please visit: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri)

Announcement of the results of applications made between September 1–5, 2025 on the application system

Final registration for those accepted from the applications submitted between September 1–5, 2025. (Students who do not complete their registration will lose their right to enroll.)

English Placement Test. (For all newly enrolled Turkish citizens and international students). Exam Time: 09:30. (For detailed information, please visit: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri)

Turkish Placement Test - (For all newly enrolled international students who will study in Turkish-medium programs) Exam Time: 10:00 (For detailed information, please visit https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler)

Administration of the Additional Exams granted by the regulations for Associate and Undergraduate students who are in graduation status at the end of the 2024–2025 Summer School

Announcement of the English Placement Exam results held on Saturday, September 13, 2025, on the internet and notification to students (For results, please visit: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Announcement of the Results of the Turkish Placement Exam held on Monday, September 15, 2025, on the Internet

English Proficiency Exam (for all newly enrolled students who passed the English Placement Exam held on September 13, 2025) Written Exam: 09:00 Oral Exam: 13:30 (For further information, please visit: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri)

Turkish Proficiency Exam - For all students who were successful in the Turkish Placement Exam held on September 15, 2025, and those who attended the Preparatory Program in previous academic year(s) but were unsuccessful: Written Exam: 09:00 Oral Exam: 13:30 Exam Venue Beşiktaş South Campus (For details, please visit: https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler)

Announcement of English Proficiency Exam results held on September 11 and September 17 on the internet (For results, please visit: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, September 18, 2025

English Preparatory Program - Start of classes

Faculty of Medicine - Start of the first-year annual courses: Tuesday, September 30, 2025.

Faculty of Dentistry - Start of the professional annual compulsory courses (all years – first, second, third, fourth, fifth year) in the fall semester.

Deadline for course adaptation applications for BAU students who will be taking courses for the first time in their registered program.

Entering the results of the additional exams, granted by the regulations, into UMIS for Associate and Undergraduate students who are in graduation status at the end of the 2024-2025 Summer School

Identification of Associate and Undergraduate students who will be dismissed at the end of the maximum period following the 2024–2025 spring and summer terms by the relevant academic units

Automatic course assignment - The fall semester courses of first-year students who are newly admitted to their program and have passed the language proficiency exam(s) will be automatically assigned by the Student Information System. The automatic course assignment process will continue for newly admitted first-year students until the end of the Add-Drop period.

The system will be reopened for necessary course changes for students who registered in July.

Late course registration period for students who were unable to participate in the July course registration for the 2025–2026 academic year Fall semester.

Elective courses that do not reach the required number of enrolled students during the registration week will be closed on Friday, October 03, 2025 (by 16:00). Students registered in these closed electives will be notified via SMS. Associate and undergraduate students enrolled in these courses must select alternative courses from the Student Information System between October 13-17, 2025 (add/drop week)

Start of all undergraduate classes (Please refer to the calendar for the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry)

Faculty of Dentistry - Start of the Fall semester and departmental elective courses (for third-, fourth-, and fifth-year students)

Opening ceremony of the 2025–2026 academic year with the participation of preparatory, associate, undergraduate, graduate students, their parents, and other invited guests. Time: 16:00. The venue will be announced according to the program.

Entering the detailed list of courses to be offered in the Spring semester of the 2025–2026 academic year into the course request collection screen

Start of Turkish Preparatory Program courses

Introduction of the University to newly enrolled students by the Dean of Students, the Directorate of Corporate Communications, and the academic unit in which the student is enrolled.

Uploading the course management plan (syllabus) for each course to the Student Information System. This is important and must be completed for every course.

Deadline for entering the course adjustments of all students whose course adjustments will be processed (including double major and minor programs). Adjustment entries must be made through the system by the Department Adjustment Administrators. (Results must be entered into the system by 15:00.)

For students newly starting their education (those enrolling in the program for the first time and beginning their studies after passing the language proficiency exam), exemption exams for core courses must be administered and their grades reported to the Registrar’s Office. Relevant departments administering the exams will announce the details to the students. The Department of General Education is responsible for organizing and conducting the exemption exams for the TLL1005-1006 courses taken by international students..

ADD-DROP Week: The course add-drop week for all Associate and Undergraduate students

Elective courses that do not have sufficient student enrollment during the ADD-DROP WEEK will be closed on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 16:00. Associate and undergraduate students enrolled in these courses must select alternative courses through the UMIS system by Friday, October 17, 2025, at 16:00. After this date, no further elective course selection or registration will be possible as the system will be closed. Students whose courses are dropped due to closure will be notified via SMS.

Students who fail to fulfill their financial obligations will have their registered courses removed, and for that semester, they will be processed as “did not register for courses.” Whether the course was assigned by the system or registered by the student themselves, the student remains responsible for any courses not removed from their record by this date for any reason. Scholarship students, in particular, must pay careful attention to their course registrations in this regard.

Late registrations of international associate and undergraduate students who have been accepted for the Fall Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year

Entering requests related to the planning of midterm exams into the UMIS exam request collection screen

Republic Day Eve (no classes will be held).

Republic Day (Official holiday)

Classes scheduled for Tuesday, October 28, 2025, will be held as planned.

Faculty of Dentistry - First midterm exams for the annual courses in the Fall Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year.

Entering requests related to the planning of end-of-semester (final) exams into the UMIS exam request collection screen

Classes scheduled for Wednesday, October 29, 2025, will be held as planned.

Atatürk Commemoration Day

Midterm exams for Associate and Undergraduate programs in the Fall Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year. Students of the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry will also take the exams for their semester-based courses, other than their annual courses, as scheduled during this period.

Faculty of Dentistry: Midterm exams of fall semester elective courses (third, fourth and fifth year)

Deadline for announcing the Fall Semester 2025–2026 final exam schedule to the instructors. If there are any errors, corrections must be reported by the relevant units to the Academic Planning Directorate by Monday, December 15, 2025. Requests for personal schedule arrangements will not be accepted.

Last day to withdraw (W) from a course taken during the Fall semester without receiving a grade. This course must be taken in the first semester it is offered in the program.

Deadline for all Associate and Undergraduate students to complete their financial transactions for the Spring semester course registration period. Students who do not complete their financial transactions by this deadline will not have access to the system during the course registration period and will not be able to register for courses.

Course registration period for the 2025-2026 academic year spring semester. Associate and bachelor's program students (including international students) register for courses via UMIS this week. Course assignments for students who have just started their program (first year) are made by the Student Information System. Students of the School of Medicine and Dentistry will register for their semester courses on these dates.

New Year's Day (national holiday)

Faculty of Dentistry - Last day of professional compulsory annual courses (for all years – first, second, third, fourth, and fifth year)

Announcement of the 2025–2026 Fall Semester final exam schedule to students

Period for the evaluation and grading of students’ work in courses such as graduation capstone projects and internships.

Early final exams for Associate and Undergraduate students who are coming to the university through Erasmus, World Exchange, Winter School, or similar programs and who will be going abroad under the same programs. Only students whose departure is confirmed and supported with official documentation from their institutions are eligible for these exams. Early final exams are not granted to every student going abroad—only to those whose academic calendars conflict with the university’s exam period. A list of such students must be submitted by the Office of International Academic Relations and Programs to the Rectorate no later than Friday, December 26, 2025, for distribution to the relevant academic units. The departments will inform the students listed of the scheduled date of their early final exams. Students who are granted early final exam rights must take all their final exams during this early exam period. They cannot take exams during the regular final exam period.

English Placement Exam for students who suspended their studies in the fall semester - Exam Time: 10.00.

Deadline for Associate and Undergraduate students to resolve any financial issues.
Students who do not resolve their financial problems by this date will not be able to view their course grades after the end-of-semester (final) exams and will not be allowed to register for courses in the Spring semester

Classes scheduled for Thursday, January 01, 2026, will be held as planned.

(NA) grade entries must be completed no later than one (1) week before the final exam of the respective course.

English Preparatory Program - End of Fall semester courses

The last day of Fall Semester courses for the 2025–2026 academic year. Please refer to the calendar for the annual courses of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry.

The last day of Fall Semester courses for Faculty of Dentistry -departmental elective courses (third, fourth and fifth years).

Turkish Placement Exam for students who suspended their studies in the fall semester - Exam Time: 10:00.

End of Fall semester courses for the Turkish Preparatory Program.

End-of-semester (final) exams for Associate and Undergraduate programs in the Fall semester of the 2025–2026 academic year. Students of the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry will take the exams for their semester-based courses—excluding annual courses—during this period as scheduled.

Faculty of Dentistry - Final exams of departmental elective courses (for third, fourth, and fifth years) held in the Fall semester

English Proficiency Exam – ORAL EXAM - Exam Time: 09:00 (For information, please visit: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri)

English Proficiency Exam – WRITTEN EXAM - Exam Time: 10:00 (For information, please visit: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri)

Evaluation of applications submitted between January 22–28, 2026, by the relevant academic units

Central placement score-based (Additional Article-1) inter-institutional and intra-institutional transfer applications. English and Turkish (For exam information, please visit: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri) Applicants who have a valid language proficiency certificate must attach this document during the application process.

Entering and announcing the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Monday–Tuesday, January 21-22, 2026, into the system

Faculty of Medicine - Last day of the annual courses for first, second, and third-year students during the Fall semester

Faculty of Medicine - Last day of professional practice courses for fourth- and fifth-year students during the Fall semester

English Preparatory Program - Start of Spring Semester courses

English and Turkish Proficiency Exams for applicants who applied between January 22–28, 2026, to programs with a different language of instruction than their current one (for those who did not submit a valid language proficiency certificate with their application). Exam results must be entered into the system by 15:00 on the same day.

Faculty of Medicine - Semester break for first-, second-, third-, fourth-, and fifth-year students

Final grade submission deadline for the Fall semester (by 09:00).

Announcement of Fall semester final grades (by 20:00)

Deadline for BAU students who will be taking courses from their registered program for the first time to submit their course adjustment requests

Announcement of the results of applications submitted between January 22–28, 2026, in the application system

Deadline for submitting the list of students participating in exchange programs such as Erasmus, World Exchange, etc., to the Student Affairs Office

Deadline for all Associate and Undergraduate students to complete their financial transactions for the 2025–2026 Spring semester course registration period. Students who do not complete their financial transactions by this date will not have access to the system during the second course registration period and will not be able to register for courses.

Final registration of applicants accepted based on the results of applications submitted between January 22–28, 2026.

Turkish Proficiency Exam (for students of the Turkish Preparatory School)

Entering and announcing the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday–Friday, 05-06 February 2026, into the system.

Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exams for the committee exams of annual courses conducted during the Fall semester for first-, second-, and third-year students

2025–2026 Academic Year Fall Semester Make-up Exams (The system will remain open for make-up grade entries.)

Faculty of Dentistry - Make-up exams for departmental elective courses (for third, fourth, and fifth years) held in the Fall Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year. (The system will remain open for make-up grade entries.)

Deadline for entering Fall semester make-up exam grades (by 12:00 noon).

Announcement of Fall semester make-up exam grades (at 20:30).

Updating GPAs (Cumulative Grade Point Averages) based on the results of the 2025–2026 Fall Semester make-up exams. (This process must be completed by 20:00.)

Applications for inter-institutional GPA-based (associate degree) transfer, intra-institutional GPA-based (associate and bachelor’s degree) transfer, double major, minor, and special student status. (For exam information, please visit: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri). Applicants who have a valid language proficiency certificate must attach this document during the application process.

Evaluation of applications submitted on February 19-20, 2026, by the academic units. (The evaluation results must be entered into the system by 14:00 on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.)

Identification by the relevant academic units of Associate and Undergraduate students who will be dismissed at the end of the 2025–2026 Fall semester due to exceeding the maximum period of study

English and Turkish Proficiency Exams for applicants who applied on February 19-20, 2026, to programs with a different language of instruction than their current one (for those who did not submit a valid language proficiency certificate with their application). Exam results must be entered into the system by 15:00 on the same day.

Announcement of the results of applications submitted on February 19-20, 2026

Final registration of applicants accepted based on the results of applications submitted on February 19-20, 2026. Students who do not complete their registration will lose their right to enroll. Students who complete their registration must be reported to the relevant units for course adjustment processing within the same day.

SPRING SEMESTER

Turkish Preparatory Program - Start of Spring Semester courses

Faculty of Dentistry - Start of the Spring semester compulsory professional (third year)/ annual courses (for all classes—first, second, third, fourth, and fifth year)

Faculty of Medicine - Start of the Spring semester annual courses for first-, second-, and third-year students and professional practice courses for fourth- and fifth-year students

Automatic course assignment. Courses from the Fall semester of the first year, if available, will be automatically assigned via the Student Information System during this week for students who have passed the language proficiency exam(s) and are newly starting their first year (program). The automatic course assignment process will continue for newly enrolled first-year students until the end of the Add-Drop period.

The system will be reopened for students who completed course registration during the December registration period to make necessary course changes.

Associate and Undergraduate students who are are in graduation status at the end of the 2025–2026 Fall semester must apply for the ADDITIONAL exams granted by the regulations

Late course registration period for students who were unable to complete course registration in December for the Spring Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year

lective courses that do not reach the required number of enrolled students during the registration week will be closed on Friday, February 27, 2026 (at 16:00), and students enrolled in these closed electives will be notified via SMS. Associate and undergraduate students who were enrolled in these courses must select alternative courses via the Student Information System during the add/drop week, March 09–13, 2026.

Start of classes for Associate and Undergraduate programs for the Spring Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year

Faculty of Dentistry - start date of spring semester departmental elective courses (third, fourth and fifth years)

Administration of the additional examinations (Ek Sınavlar), granted by regulations, for Associate and Undergraduate students who are in graduation status at the end of the 2025–2026 Fall semester, and entry of their grades into the system.

Deadline for entering course adjustments into the system for all students whose exemptions will be processed (including double major and minor programs). Course adjustment entries must be completed via the system by the Department Adjustment Administrators.

English Proficiency Exam for students who have applied to participate in the Erasmus & World Exchange programs.

Administration of exemption exams and grade entry for core courses for newly enrolled students (students who are starting their academic program for the first time after passing the language proficiency exam). Announcements regarding these exams will be made by the respective departments administering the exams. The Department of General Education is responsible for organizing and administering the exemption exams for international students enrolled in the TLL1005-1006 courses.

ADD-DROP Week: The course add-drop period for all Associate and Undergraduate students

Elective courses with insufficient student enrollment will be closed on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 (at 16:00). Associate and undergraduate students enrolled in these courses must select alternative courses via the online system by March 13, 2026, at 16:00. After this date, no elective course selection or registration will be possible. Students whose courses are dropped will be notified via SMS.

Entering requests related to the planning of midterm exams into the UMIS exam request collection screen

Eve of Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan) (half-day holiday, no classes will be held)

Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan) (Friday - public holiday)

The classes scheduled for Thursday, March 19, 2026, will be held as planned.

Faculty of Dentistry - Spring semester compulsory professional (third year) midterm exam and annual courses (for all classes—first, second, third, fourth, and fifth year) Second Midterm Exams for Annual Courses of 2025–2026 Spring Semester

Entering the requests related to end-of-semester (final) exam planning into the UMIS exam request collection screen

Classes scheduled for Friday, March 20, 2026, will be held as planned.

Midterm exams for Associate and Undergraduate programs in the Spring Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year. Students of the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry will also take the exams for their semester-based courses, other than their annual courses, as scheduled during this period.

Faculty of Dentistry: Midterm exams of spring semester elective courses (third, fourth and fifth year)

National Sovereignty and Children's Day (Public holiday)

Labour and Solidarity Day (Public holiday)

The final day for announcing the Spring Semester 2025–2026 end-of-term (final) exam schedule to faculty members. In case of any errors, corrections must be reported to the Academic Planning Directorate by May 08, 2026. Requests for personal schedule arrangements will not be accepted.

Last day to withdraw (W) from a course taken during the Spring semester without receiving a grade. This course must be taken in the first semester it is offered in the program.

English Preparatory Program - End of the Spring Semester Courses

The classes scheduled for Friday, May 1, 2026, will be held as planned.

The deadline for submitting newly proposed courses and program modifications for the Fall Semester of the 2026–2027 academic year to the Education Commission It is recommended that proposals involving broader changes be submitted earlier to facilitate processing.

Classes scheduled for Tuesday, May 19, 2026, will be held as planned.

Opening the entry access to the course request collection screens for the detailed list of courses to be offered in the Fall Semester of the 2026–2027 academic year

Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth, and Sports Day (national holiday)

English Proficiency Exam – WRITTEN and ORAL EXAM – Exam Time: 09:00 (For details, please visit: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri)

Faculty of Medicine - The last day of third-year annual courses

Announcement of the English Proficiency Exam results held on Saturday, May 16, 2026, on the internet (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari).

Faculty of Dentistry - Last day of the compulsory professional (third year) / annual courses (for all classes—first, second, third, fourth, and fifth year) conducted in the Spring Semester

Entering the detailed list of courses to be offered in the 2025–2026 academic year Summer School into the course request collection screen.

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

Eid-al-Adha (holiday)

English Preparatory Program - Start of the Summer School courses

Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exams for the committee exams of third-year annual courses conducted during the spring semester

Faculty of Dentistry - Final exams of the fifth-year professional annual courses

Last day of fifth-year professional practice courses

End of the Spring Semester classes for the Turkish Preparatory Program

Early final exams will be administered for Associate and Undergraduate students who are either incoming through Erasmus, World Exchange, or similar programs, or outgoing within the same frameworks. Students eligible for these exams must have confirmed travel plans and must provide documentation from their institution as proof. Not every student going abroad will be granted early finals—these exams are only given in cases where there is a scheduling conflict with academic calendars. A list of eligible students must be submitted by the International Office Directorate (UOD) to the Rectorate by Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the latest, in order to be forwarded to the relevant departments. The planned exam dates will be communicated to the students on the list, the course instructors, and the departments offering the courses. Students granted the right to take early finals must take all of their final exams during the early final period. They are not permitted to sit for the regular final exams.

Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exams for 5th year professional practice students

Closing the entry access to the course request collection screens for the detailed list of courses to be offered in the Summer School of the 2025–2026 academic year.

Faculty of Dentistry - final exams of compulsory professional (third year) / annual courses - first, second, third and fourth year students

Announcement of the 2025-2026 academic year spring semester final exam schedule to students

Closing of entry access to the course request collection screens for the detailed list of courses to be offered in the Fall Semester of the 2026–2027 academic year.

Turkish Proficiency Exam (for Turkish Preparatory School students)

(NA) grade entries. Must be completed no later than 1 (one) week before the final exam of the related course.

The period for evaluating the work and assigning grades for students enrolled in graduation projects, internships, or similar courses during the spring semester.

Final grade submission deadline for the Spring semester (by 09:00 a.m.).

Spring semester end-of-term (final) grade announcement day (20:30)

Faculty of Medicine - Final exam for the third-year annual courses

Faculty of Dentistry - Deadline for entering the final exam grades of fifth-year students

Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Monday–Tuesday, June 15-16, 2026

Faculty of Medicine - Last day of annual courses for first- and second-year students

The last day of Spring Semester courses for the 2025–2026 academic year. Please refer to the calendar for the annual courses of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry.

Faculty of Dentistry - last day of the departmental elective courses (third, fourth and fifth year) in the spring semester

Turkish Preparatory Program - Start of summer school courses.

Spring semester final exams for Associate and Undergraduate degree programs. Students of the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry will take the final exams for their semester-based courses—excluding their annual medical courses—on the dates scheduled

Faculty of Dentistry - Final exams of the departmental elective courses conducted in the Spring Semester (for third, fourth, and fifth-year students)

Faculty of Medicine - Single course exam for fifth-year professional practice courses

Faculty of Medicine - Deadline for fifth-year students who will be in their internship period during the 2026–2027 academic year to complete their tuition payments

Faculty of Dentistry - Deadline for entering final exam grades for compulsory professional course (third year) and annual courses (first, second, third and fourth year)

Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exams for the committee exams of the first- and second-year annual courses conducted during the spring semester

Faculty of Dentistry Preclinical / Clinical Competence Completion Program (completion of missing competencies during the year)

Faculty of Medicine - End of the sixth year - internship period

Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exam for the third-year annual courses

Faculty of Medicine - Start of the sixth year (new Internship Period)

Final deadline for Associate and Undergraduate students with financial issues to resolve their problems. Students who fail to do so will not be able to view their course performance after the end-of-semester (final) exams.

Faculty of Medicine - Last day of fourth-year professional practice courses

Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exams for fourth-year professional practice courses

English Preparatory Program - End of summer school classes

Democracy and National Unity Day (public holiday)

Faculty of Medicine - Final exam of annual courses for second-year students

Faculty of Medicine - Final exam of annual courses for second-year students

Make-up exams for the Spring Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year (The system will remain open for make-up grade entries)

Faculty of Dentistry - Make-up exams for the Spring Semester of the 2025–2026 academic year- departmental elective courses.
(The system will remain open for make-up grade entries)

English Proficiency Exam – WRITTEN and ORAL EXAM – Exam Time: 09:00 (For further information, please visit: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15236-sinav-bilgilendirmeleri)

Deadline for the entry of make-up exam grades (by 10:00 a.m.)

Updating of GPAs based on the results of the 2025–2026 Spring Semester make-up exams must be completed by 20:00. Announcement of the Spring Semester make-up exam grades will take place at 20:30

Deadline for the Academic Planning Directorate to announce the weekly schedule of the courses planned to be offered in the 2025–2026 academic year summer school to students

Submission of the ranking of graduating students who qualify for honors degrees to the Rectorate and the Directorate of Student Affairs with the decisions of the academic unit administrative boards. Deadline: 12:00 noon. Rankings of graduating students cannot be changed after this decision. The ranking of students in non-graduating years will be finalized by the end of October of the new academic year.

Announcement of the Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam Held on Monday, 20 July 2026, on the Internet

Faculty of Medicine - Make-up exams of annual classes for first-year and second-year students

Faculty of Medicine - Single-course exam for fourth-year professional practice courses

SUMMER SCHOOL

Summer school course registrations. There is no ADD-DROP period or course withdrawal in summer school. (Students who apply for the Additional Exam must also register for summer school courses. If they graduate based on the Additional Exam results, they must have the relevant summer school course(s) removed from their records by the Student Affairs Office.)

Completion of payment transactions for students enrolled in 2025–2026 summer school courses. Students who do not fulfill their financial obligations will have their registered courses removed, and their summer school enrollment will be cancelled. Summer school courses with insufficient enrollment will be closed. Students whose courses are removed due to non-payment cannot have these courses reassigned to them after Friday, 24 July 2026, even if they resolve their payment issues.

Courses that do not meet the opening requirements for the summer school and need to be closed will be removed by the Academic Planning Directorate around 11:00. Students whose courses are dropped will be informed via SMS. Students must check their course schedules on the system one last time on Thursday, 23 July 2026. If a course is dropped due to not opening, the student may select another course through the system on the same day. Courses that do not meet the requirements but remain open will not be counted towards course load and will not be subject to payment.

Turkish Preparatory Program - End of the summer school courses

Start of summer school courses.

Applications for ADDITIONAL exams for students who are within the normal duration of their program at the end of the 2025–2026 Spring Semester

Summer school term for students enrolled in Associate and Undergraduate programs. Final exams for summer school will be held during the last week. There is no make-up exam.

Turkish Proficiency Exam - Exam Time: 09:00 (For announcements, please visit: https://www.bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15232-turkmer-duyuru-ve-haberler) Written Exam: 09:00 Oral Exam: 13:30

Submission of ADDITIONAL exam applications made on July 27-28, 2026, by the Student Affairs Department to the Academic Units

Last day for all Associate and Undergraduate students to complete their financial procedures for Fall Semester course registration for the 2026–2027 academic year. Students who fail to fulfill their financial obligations will not have access to the system during the first course registration period and will not be able to register for coursesr.

Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Wednesday, 29 July 2026, and the announcement of the results online (For results: https://bau.edu.tr/blogs/tr/15237-sinav-sonuclari)

Administration of the ADDITIONAL Exams for students who are within the regular duration of their program at the end of the 2025–2026 Spring Semester

Course registration period for the Fall Semester of the 2026–2027 academic year. This is the week when Associate and Undergraduate program students (including international students) complete their course registrations via the UMIS system. For newly enrolled first-year students, courses will be assigned automatically by the Student Information System. Students of the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry Faculty students will register for their semester-based courses during this period.

Deadline for entering the results of the ADDITIONAL exams into UMIS for students who are within the normal duration of their programs at the end of the 2025–2026 Spring Semester

Faculty of Dentistry - compulsory professional (third year) and make-up exams of annual courses (first, second, third, fourth and fifth year students)

The final grade entry deadline for courses taken during the summer school (by 17:59).

Announcement of grades for courses taken during the summer school (at 12:00).

Faculty of Dentistry - Last day for entering make-up exam grades for compulsory professional (third year) and annual courses (first, second, third, fourth, and fifth years) (09:00)

Faculty of Dentistry. - Application for the Single Course Exam of the 2025–2026 Academic Year
(This exam is applicable to Dentistry students progressing from the 3rd to the 4th year.)

Evaluation period and grade submission for students taking graduation projects, internships, or similar courses during the summer school session.

Last day of summer school courses

Faculty of Dentistry - Administration of the Single Course Exams for the students who applied for the Single Course Exam in the 2025–2026 Academic Year.

Submission of applications for ADDITIONAL Exams recognized by regulations for associate and undergraduate students who are eligible for graduation at the end of the 2025–2026 Spring Semester and Summer School

Faculty of Dentistry - Deadline for entering the grades of the Single Course Exams in the 2025–2026 Academic Year into the system (15:00)

Administration of Additional Exams granted by regulations for Associate and Undergraduate students who are in graduation status at the end of the 2025–2026 Summer School.

Deadline for entering the results of the Additional Exams granted by regulations for Associate and Undergraduate students who are in graduation status at the end of the 2025–2026 Summer School into UMIS.

Deadline for academic units to identify Associate and Undergraduate students whose enrollment will be terminated due to exceeding the maximum duration of study by the end of the 2025–2026 Spring and Summer School terms