BAU 2017-2018 Academic Year Associate and Undergraduate Academic Calendar

BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR ASSOCIATE AND UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC CALENDAR
This academic calendar has been prepared taking current conditions into account. The University administration and Senate have the authority to make changes to the academic calendar and to postpone examinations depending on circumstances that may arise. No student, faculty member or staff member may claim any rights due to such changes.
FALL SEMESTER
21 February - 16 August 2019 Thursday-Friday	Start of admission and registration of international associate and undergraduate students for the fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. Letters of acceptance cannot be sent after 16 August 2019 to international students who need to obtain a visa; they may be sent to students who do not require a visa. Admission, university registration and financial procedures must be completed by Thursday, 29 August 2019. All visa procedures and university registration of international students must be completed by this date.
Friday, 12 July 2019	Submission of the detailed list of courses to be offered in the fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year to the Academic Planning Unit.
Friday, 12 July 2019	Submission of fully completed forms for new courses planned for the fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year to the Education Commission. New course proposals will not be considered after this date.
Monday, 01 July 2019	Start date of the INTERNSHIP PERIOD for 6th-year students of the School of Medicine
Monday, 15 July 2019	Democracy and National Unity Day (Public holiday)
Saturday, 10 August 2019	Eve of Eid al-Adha
11-14 August 2019 Sunday - Wednesday	Eid al-Adha (3-day holiday)
01-19 August 2019 Thursday-Monday	Applications for internal and external transfer and special student status for associate and undergraduate programs; applicants with a valid language proficiency certificate must include it in their application file.
05-19 August 2019 Monday-Monday	Applications for double major and minor programs
19-23 August 2019 Monday-Friday	Registration of students placed in associate and undergraduate programs by ÖSYM.
Tuesday, 20 August 2019	English Proficiency Exam for transfer applicants. Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Exam Venue: Beşiktaş Campus, South Campus, and announcement.
Thursday, 22 August 2019	TURKISH Proficiency Exam and announcement of results for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be announced on the same day.
21-23 August 2019 Wednesday-Friday	Evaluation of transfer, double major and minor applications by the relevant units
26-29 August 2019 Monday - Thursday	Applications by associate and undergraduate students who are eligible to graduate at the end of the 2018-2019 summer school for the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations.
Monday, 26 August 2019	Announcement of the evaluation results of transfer, double major and minor applications and start of written notification to students
27-29 August 2019 Tuesday - Thursday	Final registration of students admitted to transfer, double major and minor programs. Students who do not complete their registration lose their right. The list of students admitted to and registered in transfer, double major and minor programs must be sent to the relevant units on the same day so that course equivalencies can be made. For students registered through external transfer, course equivalencies must be prepared by the relevant units and entered into the system by the unit to which the student has been admitted.
Thursday, 29 August 2019	Last day for all associate and undergraduate students to complete their financial procedures for fall semester registration. The course registration system will be closed during the registration period for students who have not completed their financial procedures, and these students will not be able to register for courses.
Thursday, 29 August 2019	Completion of registration and financial procedures of international associate and undergraduate students. A warning letter should be sent to students who have not registered with the University by this date.
Friday, 30 August 2019	Victory Day (holiday)
Monday, 02 September 2019	Start date of annual courses for 3rd-year students and clerkships for 4th- and 5th-year students of the School of Medicine. The clerkship program for all students will be prepared by the relevant faculty, entered into the system and announced to students.
02-06 September 2019 Monday-Friday	For students registered through external transfer, course equivalencies must be prepared by the relevant units and entered into the system by the unit to which the student has been admitted. Course equivalencies for internal transfer, double major and minor must be sent to the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB), and these courses will be entered into the system by ÖİDB.
Tuesday, 03 September 2019	TURKISH Proficiency Exam and announcement of results for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages.
03-05 September 2019 Tuesday - Thursday	Administration of the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year, and submission of grades by the Deans' Offices to the Registrar's Office.
Sunday, 08 September 2019	English Placement Exam: 10:00 - Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus (for all newly registered Turkish citizen and international students)
Monday, 09 September 2019	Start date of annual courses for 2nd-year students of the School of Medicine
09-13 September 2019 Monday-Friday	Course registration period. Online course registration for students in associate and undergraduate programs (including international, Erasmus and World Exchange students). For students newly registered in the first year in the spring semester (irregular students), some courses will be registered by SAP and others online by the students themselves. Newly registered irregular students may make some corrections to their assigned courses during the ADD-DROP period. School of Medicine students will register for their semester courses on these dates.
Tuesday, 10 September 2019	Online announcement of the results of the English Placement Exam held on 08 September 2019
Wednesday, 11 September 2019	English Proficiency Exam (for all students who passed the English Placement Exam held on 08 September 2019 and students who attended and failed the Preparatory Program in previous academic year(s)) Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus
Friday, 13 September 2019	Online announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on 11 September 2019 and notification of students.
Monday, 16 September 2019	Start of classes for all associate and undergraduate students. (Including 1st-year students of the School of Medicine)
Monday, 16 September 2019	Opening ceremony of the 2019-2020 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.
16-20 September 2019 Monday-Friday	Courses of students who passed the English Proficiency Exam and are starting the first year of their program will be assigned by the Student Information System (SAP). These students will not register for courses. Except for students starting the first year, all other transfer, vertical transfer, international and other students whose course equivalencies have been completed in the system will register themselves online according to the registration rules. They must complete these procedures during the course registration week according to the registration calendar.
16-20 September 2019 Monday-Friday	Introduction of the University to newly registered students by the Office of the Dean of Students, the Directorate of Corporate Communications and the unit in which the student is registered.
16-20 September 2019 Monday-Friday	Students who were unable to register for courses during the course registration period for a serious reason should apply to their own unit between 16-20 September 2019, attaching supporting documents. The names of students whose reasons are found serious and accepted are sent by e-mail to the Department of Financial Affairs, and these students go to the Department of Financial Affairs. Provided that students whose reasons are accepted fulfill their financial obligations, their system is opened DURING THE ADD-DROP PERIOD, and the student is responsible for registering for courses online during the ADD-DROP period in the following week. A student who has paid the registration fee but does not register for courses online by the end of the ADD-DROP period is considered not to have registered for courses for that semester.
16-20 September 2019 Monday-Friday	Uploading of the course management plan (syllabus) of each course to the SAP system. This is important and must be done for every course.
Tuesday, 17 September 2019	Start of fall semester classes of the Preparatory Program
Wednesday, 18 September 2019	TURKISH Proficiency Exam and announcement of results for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages.
21-22 September 2019 Saturday-Sunday	Course exemption exams. EXEMPTION exams in core courses for students starting their education (students registering in the program for the first time and students starting after passing the language proficiency exam; transfer or DGS students cannot benefit from this right), and submission of grades to the Registrar's Office (ÖİDB). The relevant units will make the announcement on this matter to students. The General Education Unit is responsible for organizing and administering the exemption exams for TLL1005-1006 courses taken by international students. The unit to which the course code belongs will administer the exam. Grades must be sent urgently to ÖİDB for manual entry so that students can make changes during the ADD-DROP period.
23-27 September 2019 Monday-Friday	ADD-DROP week. To register for courses during ADD-DROP week, the student must have completed all financial procedures before the add-drop week, have their system opened and must have registered for courses during the regular registration week. Otherwise, the student's system will be closed and they will not be able to register for courses.
Wednesday, 25 September 2019	Elective courses without sufficient enrollment during ADD-DROP week will be closed on Wednesday, 25 September 2019 (at 16:00), and associate and undergraduate students registered for these courses must select other courses themselves online through the SAP system by 16:00 on Friday, 27 September 2019. No elective course selection or registration will be possible after this date; the system will be closed. Students whose courses are dropped due to closure will be informed by SMS, but it is the student's responsibility to check the system on Thursday, 26 September 2019 to follow up on dropped courses. Elective courses without sufficient enrollment that are requested to remain open do not count toward the instructor's teaching load or payment.
Friday, 27 September 2019	Last day for students who have registered for courses by any means to fulfill their financial obligations. Courses of students who do not fulfill their financial obligations are deleted, and these students are recorded as "did not register for courses" for that semester. Whether assigned by the system or registered by the student, the student is responsible for any courses not dropped for any reason by this date. Scholarship students in particular must pay attention to their course registrations in this respect.
Friday, 27 September 2019	SCHOLARSHIP students who did not register for courses themselves because failed courses are assigned by the system MUST log in to the system at the end of the ADD-DROP period and check whether any courses have been assigned to them. Objections or requests made at the end of the semester will not be accepted.
Wednesday, 02 October 2019	English Proficiency Exam for students going abroad with the Erasmus & World Exchange program.
Thursday, 03 October 2019	TURKISH Proficiency Exam for the fall semester and announcement of results for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be announced on the same day.
Friday, 18 October 2019	Scheduling of midterm exams for the spring semester and their announcement by the relevant unit. The regulations require at least one midterm exam for each course. Decisions on midterm exams to be held in a format other than written exams and on the format of semester/year-end exams (oral, assignment, etc.) must be made by the Faculty/School boards and reported to the Academic Planning Unit. A document must be available as evidence in case of objections to these exams (jury report, camera recording, etc.). See the Midterm Exam Directive.
Tuesday, 29 October 2019	Republic Day (holiday) (Monday, 28 October is a half day; there will be no classes on Monday)
Friday, 08 November 2019	Submission of information on the scheduling of end-of-semester exams by the Deans' Offices to the Academic Planning Unit.
Sunday, 10 November 2019	Atatürk Commemoration Day.
Friday, 22 November 2019	Last day for preparing and submitting detailed lists of all courses to be offered in the spring semester to the Academic Planning Unit and for heads of department to update departmental elective, non-departmental elective and elective course pools for the spring semester.
Friday, 22 November 2019	Last day to withdraw from a fall semester course without a grade (W). You must take this course in the first semester it is offered in your program.
Friday, 29 November 2019	Submission of fully completed forms for new courses planned for the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year to the Education Commission. New course proposals will not be considered after this date.
Friday, 29 November 2019	Last day for announcing the 2019-2020 fall semester final exam schedule to instructors. If there are errors, corrections must be reported by the relevant units to the Academic Planning Unit by Wednesday, 04 December 2019. Requests for personal scheduling cannot be submitted.
Thursday, 12 December 2019	TURKISH Proficiency Exam for the spring semester and announcement of results for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be announced on the same day.
Friday, 13 December 2019	Deadline for associate and undergraduate students with financial problems to resolve them. Students who cannot resolve their financial problems will not be able to see their course results after the final exams and will not be able to register for spring semester courses.
16-20 December 2019 Monday-Friday	Early finals for associate and undergraduate students who came to the University through Erasmus, World Exchange, winter school or other means and who will go abroad within the same programs. The departure of students taking these exams must be confirmed and proven with a document from their institution. This exam is not given to every student going abroad; it is given only due to conflicts in academic dates. A list on this matter must be submitted by the International Academic Relations and Programs Unit to the Office of the President by Friday, 06 December 2019 at the latest, to be sent to the relevant units. Students on the list sent to the units are notified of the exam date planned by the department. Students granted the right to early finals must take all their final exams during the early final period. They cannot take exams during the regular final period.
Wednesday, 18 December 2019	Announcement of the 2019-2020 fall semester final exam schedule to students.
Tuesday, 24 December 2019	Last day of fall semester classes of the 2019-2020 academic year. (Annual courses and clerkships of the School of Medicine continue.)
25-27 December 2019 Wednesday-Friday	Evaluation and grading period for students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships.
28 December 2019 - 12 January 2020 Saturday-Sunday	Final exams for associate and undergraduate programs for the fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. School of Medicine students will take the exams of their semester courses, other than their annual courses, on these dates as scheduled.
Wednesday, 01 January 2020	New Year's Holiday, one day.
Friday, 03 January 2020	End of fall semester classes of the Preparatory Program.
Tuesday, 14 January 2020	Deadline for entering fall semester final grades (until 23:59).
Tuesday, 14 January 2020	English Proficiency Exam – Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus
Thursday, 16 January 2020	Announcement of fall semester final grades
Thursday, 16 January 2020	TURKISH Proficiency Exam and announcement of results for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be announced on the same day.
16-29 January 2020 Thursday-Wednesday	Applications for transfer, double major, minor and special student status for associate and undergraduate programs. The announcement must clearly state how the application results will be communicated. Applicants must upload their transcripts, the course contents of their curriculum and, if any, language exemption certificates to the system.
Friday, 17 January 2020	Online announcement of the English Proficiency Exam results
Friday, 17 January 2020	Last day of annual courses held in the fall semester at the School of Medicine.
20-26 January 2020 Monday-Sunday	Make-up exams for the fall semester of the 2019-2020 academic year (The system will remain open for entering make-up grades)
Monday, 27 January 2020	Start of spring semester classes of the Preparatory Program
Tuesday, 28 January 2020	Make-up exam results must be entered into the system without delay, by 10:00 on 28 January 2020 at the latest. Make-up grades are displayed in the system as they are entered.
Tuesday, 28 January 2020	Update of GPAs based on the results of the fall semester make-up exams of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Thursday, 30 January 2020	English Proficiency Exam (for all transfer students without a foreign language certificate). Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus
Friday, 31 January 2020	Online announcement of the English Proficiency Exam results
Thursday, 30 January 2020	Last day for all students to complete their tuition payments for the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. The Student Information System will not be opened for course registration for students who do not fulfill their financial obligations before the registration period, and these students will not be able to register for courses during the regular registration period.
31 January - 04 February 2020 Friday-Tuesday	The last day for entering acceptance or rejection results for transfer, double major and minor applications into the system is Tuesday, 04 February 2020 (entries by academic units end at 15:00); the results are announced by ÖİDB and communicated by SMS and in writing. (Only acceptance or rejection will be communicated here; course equivalencies will be made after registration is completed.)
Monday, 03 February 2020	Start of annual courses for the School of Medicine for the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year.
03-06 February 2020 Monday-Thursday	Course registration period. Online course registration for students in associate and undergraduate programs (including international, Erasmus and World Exchange students). For students newly registered in the first year in the spring semester (irregular students), some courses will be registered by SAP and others online by the students themselves. Newly registered irregular students may make some corrections to their assigned courses during the ADD-DROP period. School of Medicine students will register for their semester courses on these dates.
05-07 February 2020 Wednesday-Friday	Final registration of students admitted to transfer, double major, minor and special student status. Students who do not complete their registration lose their right. Registered students must be reported to the relevant units on the same day for course equivalency.
05-07 February 2020 Wednesday-Friday	For students registered through external transfer, course equivalencies must be prepared by the relevant units (any automatically assigned courses for transfer students should be deleted, and care must be taken that no assigned courses remain when making equivalencies) and entered into the system by the unit to which the student has been admitted. Course equivalencies for internal transfer, double major and minor must be sent to ÖİDB, and these courses will be entered into the system by ÖİDB.
Friday, 07 February 2020	Last day for all students to pay past debts and fulfill their financial obligations for the spring semester. The SAP system will not be opened for course registration for students who do not fulfill their financial obligations before the registration period, and these students will not be able to register for courses during the regular registration period.
Wednesday, 19 February 2020	TURKISH Proficiency Exam and announcement of results for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be announced on the same day.
Monday, 10 February 2020	Start of classes for associate and undergraduate programs for the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year.
10-13 February 2020 Monday - Thursday	Students who were unable to register for courses for a serious reason during the course registration period of 03-06 February 2020 should apply to their own academic unit, attaching supporting documents. The names of those whose reasons are found serious and accepted are sent by e-mail to the Department of Financial Affairs. Provided that students whose reasons are accepted fulfill their financial obligations, their system is opened during the ADD-DROP period, and the student is responsible for registering for courses online during the following ADD-DROP period. A student who has paid the registration fee but does not register for courses online is considered not to have registered for courses for that semester.
11-14 February 2020 Tuesday - Friday	Applications by associate and undergraduate students who are at the graduation stage at the end of the 2019-2020 fall semester for the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations. These students may register for spring semester courses. If they pass the ADDITIONAL exam, they may apply to ÖİDB to have the course they registered for dropped and receive a full refund.
Saturday, 15 February 2020	Scheduling by the relevant unit of the courses in which students entitled to additional exams will take the exam, and notification of the students, the department offering the course and the course instructor.
15-16 February 2020 Saturday - Sunday	EXEMPTION exams in core courses for students starting their education (students registering in the program for the first time and students starting after passing the language proficiency exam; transfer or DGS students cannot benefit from this right), and submission of grades to ÖİDB. The relevant units administering the exams will make the announcement on this matter to students. The Department of General Education is responsible for organizing and administering the exemption exams for TLL1005-1006 courses taken by international students.
17-21 February 2020 Monday - Friday	ADD-DROP week. Course Add-Drop week for all associate and undergraduate students (ADD-DROP week). Students who did not complete any course registration during the regular registration period cannot register for courses during the add-drop period. The SAP system will be closed for these students. Therefore, you must complete your financial procedures by 10 January 2020 and register for courses during the regular course registration period.
18-19 February 2020 Tuesday-Wednesday	Administration of the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate and undergraduate students at the graduation stage. Scheduling will be done by the relevant units and announced to applicants, the head of the department/unit offering the course and the course instructor. The exams must be evaluated urgently, the results announced to students and reported to ÖİDB. Students who fail may register for courses during the ADD-DROP period.
Wednesday, 19 February 2020	Elective courses without sufficient enrollment will be closed on Wednesday, 19 February 2020 (at 16:00), and associate and undergraduate students registered for these courses must select other courses themselves online by 16:00 on 21 February 2020. No elective course selection or registration will be possible after this date. Students whose courses are dropped will be informed by SMS, but it is the student's responsibility to check the system on Thursday, 20 February 2020 to follow up on dropped courses. Elective courses without sufficient enrollment that are requested to remain open do not count toward the instructor's teaching load or payment.
Wednesday, 19 February 2020	Last day for students who have registered for courses by any means to fulfill their financial obligations. Courses of students who do not fulfill their financial obligations are deleted, and these students are recorded as "did not register for courses" for that semester. Whether assigned by the system or registered by the student, the student is responsible for any courses not dropped for any reason by this date. Scholarship students in particular must pay attention to their course registrations in this respect.
Wednesday, 19 February 2020	SCHOLARSHIP students who did not register for courses themselves because failed courses are assigned by the system MUST log in to the system at the end of the ADD-DROP period and check whether any courses have been assigned to them. Objections or requests made at the end of the semester will not be accepted.
Tuesday, 25 February 2020	English Proficiency Exam for students applying to go abroad with the Erasmus & World Exchange program.
Friday, 06 March 2020	Scheduling of midterm exams for the spring semester and their announcement by the relevant units. The regulations require at least one midterm exam for each course. Decisions on midterm exams to be held in a format other than written exams and on the format of semester/year-end exams (oral, written, etc.) must be made by the Faculty/School boards and reported to the Academic Planning Unit. A document must be available as evidence in case of objections to these exams (jury report, camera recording, etc.). Please see the Midterm Exam Directive.
Friday, 03 April 2020	Submission of information on the scheduling of end-of-semester exams by the Deans' Offices to the Academic Planning Unit.
Wednesday, 22 April 2020	Last day for announcing the final exam schedule for the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year to instructors; if there are errors, they must be reported to the Academic Planning Unit for correction by 29 April 2020.
Thursday, 23 April 2020	National Sovereignty and Children's Day (holiday)
Thursday, 30 April 2020	Last day to withdraw from a spring semester course without a grade (W). The student must take this course in the first semester it is offered.
Friday, 01 May 2020	Labor and Solidarity Day (holiday)
Thursday, 07 May 2020	TURKISH Proficiency Exam and announcement of results for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to Turkish-taught programs who do not have a Turkish Proficiency certificate. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam will be scheduled at 09:30 and the oral exam at 13:30, and the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam will apply to the School of Foreign Languages.
Friday, 08 May 2020	Last day for the relevant faculty/school to plan the courses to be offered in the 2019-2020 summer school and report them to the Academic Planning Unit. The Academic Planning Unit checks for any conflicts.
Friday, 08 May 2020	End of spring semester classes of the Preparatory Program
Monday, 18 May 2020	Classes scheduled for Thursday, 23 April 2020 will be held.
Tuesday, 19 May 2020	Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (holiday)
Wednesday, 20 May 2020	English Proficiency Exam (for English preparatory class students)
	Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus
Wednesday, 20 May 2020	Last day of spring semester classes of the 2019-2020 academic year. Classes scheduled for Friday, 01 May 2020 will be held. Annual courses of the School of Medicine continue.
Friday, 22 May 2020	Online announcement of the results of the English Proficiency Exam held on 20 May 2020.
Saturday, 23 May 2020	Eve of Eid al-Fitr
24-26 May 2020 Sunday - Tuesday	Eid al-Fitr (2-day holiday)
Monday, 01 June 2020	Announcement of the final exam schedule for the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year to students.
Monday, 01 June 2020	Start of summer school classes of the Preparatory Program
01-07 June 2020 Monday-Sunday	Make-up of classes not held during the week of 16-22 March 2020
01-14 June 2020 Monday-Sunday	Evaluation and grading period for students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships in the spring semester.
Friday, 12 June 2020	Last day of annual courses for the School of Medicine.
15-28 June 2020 Monday - Sunday	Spring semester final exams for associate and undergraduate programs. Clerkship make-up exams for 5th-year students of the School of Medicine. School of Medicine students will take the final exams of their semester courses, other than their annual medical courses, on these dates as scheduled.
22 June - 03 July 2020 Monday-Friday	Final exams of annual courses given by the School of Medicine.
Monday, 29 June 2020	Last day for the Academic Planning Unit to announce to students the weekly schedule of courses planned for the 2019-2020 summer school.
Tuesday, 30 June 2020	Deadline for entering spring semester final grades (until 23:59)
Tuesday, 30 June 2020	End of the INTERNSHIP PERIOD for 6th-year students of the School of Medicine
Wednesday, 01 July 2020	Announcement of spring semester final grades. GPA calculation must be completed on the same day.
Friday, 03 July 2020	End of summer school classes of the Preparatory Program
06-17 July 2020 Tuesday-Friday	Make-up exams for annual courses given by the School of Medicine and clerkship make-up exams for 4th-year students.
Tuesday, 07 July 2020	Submission of the rankings of students graduating with honors, with the decisions of the academic unit executive boards, to the Office of the President and ÖİDB. The ranking of graduating students cannot be changed after this decision. Rankings for intermediate years are made after the end of October.
08-14 July 2020 Wednesday-Tuesday	Make-up exams for the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year (The system will remain open for entering make-up grades)
Monday, 13 July 2020	English Proficiency Exam (for English preparatory class students)
	Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Exam Venue: Beşiktaş South Campus
Tuesday, 14 July 2020	Last day for submitting new courses and program changes for the fall semester of the 2020-2021 academic year to the Education Commission. Submitting extensive changes earlier will facilitate processing.
Wednesday, 15 July 2020	Democracy and National Unity Day (Public holiday)
Thursday, 16 July 2020	Make-up exam results must be entered into the system without delay, by 14:00 on 16 July 2020 at the latest.
Friday, 17 July 2020	Update of GPAs based on the results of the spring semester make-up exams of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Friday, 17 July 2020	Online announcement of the English Proficiency Exam results
17-20 July 2020 Friday-Monday	Applications by associate and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year for the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations. These students may register for summer school courses. If they pass the ADDITIONAL exam, they may withdraw from the course and receive a full refund.
22-24 July 2020 Wednesday-Friday	Administration of the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. Grades must be reported immediately.
Friday, 24 July 2020	Submission of the detailed list of courses to be offered in the fall semester of the 2020-2021 academic year to the Academic Planning Unit.
SUMMER SCHOOL
20-22 July 2020 Monday-Wednesday	Summer school course registration. There is no ADD-DROP period or course withdrawal in summer school.
Tuesday, 21 July 2020	Announcement to students by the Academic Planning Unit of summer school courses that do not meet the conditions for opening and must be closed; the announcement will be made around 17:00, and students whose courses are dropped will be informed by SMS or other means. Students must check their final courses in the system on Tuesday, 21 July 2020. If a course has been dropped because it was not opened, the student may select another course through the system on Wednesday, 22 July 2020. Courses that do not meet the conditions but must remain open do not count toward teaching load and no payment is made.
Wednesday, 22 July 2020	Last day for students taking 2019-2020 summer school courses to complete their financial procedures. Last day for students who have registered for courses by any means to fulfill their financial obligations. Courses of students who do not fulfill their financial obligations are deleted, and their summer school registration is cancelled. Summer school courses without sufficient enrollment are closed. Courses deleted from students cannot be reassigned after Tuesday, 21 July 2020, even if the students resolve their financial problems.
Thursday, 23 July 2020	Start of summer school classes
23 July - 14 September 2020 Thursday-Monday	Summer school period for students in associate and undergraduate programs. Summer school final exams will be held in the last week. There are no make-up exams.
Thursday, 30 July 2020	Eve of Eid al-Adha (no classes will be held)
31 July - 03 August 2020 Friday - Monday	Eid al-Adha (2-day holiday)
Sunday, 30 August 2020	Victory Day (Holiday)
09-16 September 2020 Wednesday-Wednesday	Evaluation and grading period for students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships in summer school.
Monday, 14 September 2020	Classes scheduled for Monday, 03 August 2020 will be held.
Monday, 14 September 2020	Last day of summer school classes
Tuesday, 15 September 2020	Deadline for entering grades for summer school courses, 16:00.
Wednesday, 16 September 2020	Announcement of grades for summer school courses
17-18 September 2020 Thursday-Friday	Applications by associate and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2019-2020 summer school for the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations.
22-23 September 2020 Tuesday-Wednesday	Administration of the ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate and undergraduate students eligible to graduate at the end of the 2019-2020 spring semester, and submission of grades by the Deans' Offices to the Registrar's Office.
Tuesday, 27 October 2020	Last day for determining the class achievement scholarship lists