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Bahçeşehir University 2015-2016 Academic Year Vocational School and Undergraduate Education Academic Calendar
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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 exams depending on circumstances that may arise. No student, faculty member or staff member may claim any rights due to such changes. |
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2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR FALL SEMESTER |
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13 April - 24 August 2015 Monday-Monday |
Admission and registration of international associate and undergraduate students for the Fall semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. Application, admission and financial procedures must be completed by Monday, 24 August 2015. These students must take the English Placement Exam to be held on 25 August 2015. |
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05 June 2015 Friday |
Submission of the detailed list of courses to be offered in the 2015-2016 Fall Semester to the Directorate of Academic Planning. |
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03-21 August 2015 Monday-Friday |
Applications for horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student status for associate and undergraduate programs. |
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03-07 August 2015 Monday-Friday |
Registration of students placed in associate and undergraduate programs by ÖSYM. |
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17-21 August 2015 Monday-Friday |
Application period for ÖSYM additional placement. |
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20 August 2015 Thursday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to programs taught in Turkish who do not have a Turkish proficiency certificate, and announcement of the results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam is scheduled for 09:30 and the oral exam for 13:30; the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam should apply to the School of Foreign Languages. |
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25 August 2015 Tuesday |
ENGLISH PLACEMENT EXAM (for all newly registered Turkish citizen and international students). The exam will be held at 09:00 on the Beşiktaş and Şişli campuses. |
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26 August 2015 Wednesday |
Forwarding of horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student application documents for associate and undergraduate programs to the relevant units by the Registrar's Office for evaluation. |
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26 August-2 September 2015 Wednesday-Wednesday |
Evaluation of horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student applications for associate and undergraduate programs by the relevant units and notification of the results to the Registrar's Office. This must be done urgently for student course registration and the English Placement Exam. |
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26 August 2015 Wednesday |
Online announcement of the English Placement Exam results |
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27 August 2015 Thursday |
English Proficiency Exam (for students who passed the English Placement Exam and students who attended and failed the Preparatory Program in previous academic year(s)). Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Venue: Şişli Campus |
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28 August 2015 Friday |
Online announcement of the English Proficiency Exam results. |
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31 August-04 September 2015 Monday-Friday |
Introduction of the University to newly registered students by the Directorate of Corporate Communications and the unit in which the student is enrolled. |
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31 August-04 September 2015 Monday-Friday |
University registration of students placed in associate and undergraduate programs by ÖSYM through additional placement. |
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01 September 2015 Tuesday |
Urgent notification by the Registrar's Office, via announcement, internet and SMS, of associate and undergraduate horizontal transfer and special student application results received from the units. These students must complete their course equivalency and course registration procedures by the course registration period. Those without a proficiency certificate must take the English Placement Exam on Saturday, 5 September 2015 and the Turkish exam on Monday, 7 September 2015, and complete their course registration by 12 September 2015. |
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02 September 2015 Wednesday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to programs taught in Turkish who do not have a Turkish proficiency certificate, and announcement of the results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam is scheduled for 09:30 and the oral exam for 13:30; the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam should apply to the School of Foreign Languages. |
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05 September 2015 Saturday |
ENGLISH PLACEMENT EXAM (for additional quota and horizontal transfer students). The exam will be held at 09:00 on the Şişli campus. |
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06 September 2015 Sunday |
Online announcement of the English Placement Exam results (for additional quota and horizontal transfer students) |
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07 September 2015 Monday |
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAM (for additional quota and horizontal transfer students). |
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07- 12 September 2015 Monday- Saturday |
Online course registration for students in associate and undergraduate programs (including international, Erasmus and World Exchange students). Course registration for newly enrolled first-year students will be done by the Student Information System (OIS). A student who has not registered at all during this period cannot carry out any course registration procedures during the ADD-DROP period. Procedures for horizontal and vertical transfer students must be completed urgently, and these students must assign all their courses themselves in the system. |
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08 September 2015 Tuesday |
Online announcement of the English Proficiency Exam results (for additional quota and horizontal transfer students). |
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09 September 2015 Wednesday |
Classes begin for all associate and undergraduate students. |
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09 September 2015 Wednesday |
Course registration by the Student Information System (OIS) for newly enrolled first-year students who passed the English Proficiency Exam. Except for first-year students, horizontal and vertical transfer, international and all other students will complete their own registration online. |
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14 September 2015 Monday |
Opening ceremony of the 2015-2016 academic year at 18:00 in the D - Terrace Hall. |
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14-18 September 2015 Monday-Friday |
Students who were unable to register for courses during the regular registration period of 7-12 September 2015 for a serious reason should apply to their own unit, attaching documents supporting their reason. The documents of those whose reason is found serious and accepted are sent to the Office of the President. The documents of those approved by the Office of the President are forwarded to the Financial Affairs and Student Affairs Departments for course registration. For students whose reason is accepted, the system is opened provided that they fulfill their financial obligations, and the student is responsible for registering for courses online during the add-drop period. A student who has paid the registration fee but has not registered for courses online is considered not to have registered for courses that semester. |
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14 September 2015 Monday |
English Proficiency Exam for students going abroad with the Erasmus and World Exchange programs in the Spring semester. VENUE AND TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED |
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19-20 September 2015 Saturday-Sunday |
EXEMPTION exams in core courses for students starting their studies (enrolling in a program for the first time) and submission of the grades to the Registrar's Office. 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 the TLL1005-1006 courses taken by international students. |
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23-27 September 2015 Wednesday - Sunday |
Eid al-Adha (Eve: Wednesday, 23 September, official holiday in the afternoon; Holiday: 4.5 days). No classes are scheduled for the week of 21-27 September 2015. |
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28 September-2 October 2015 Monday-Friday |
Course Add-Drop week (ADD-DROP week) for all associate and undergraduate students. Students who did not register for any course during the regular registration period cannot register for courses during the add-drop period. The Student Information System (OIS) will be closed for these students. Therefore, you must settle your financial matters by Friday, 28 August 2015 and register for your courses during the regular course registration period. |
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30 September 2015 Wednesday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for international associate, undergraduate and graduate students admitted to programs taught in Turkish who do not have a Turkish proficiency certificate, and announcement of the results. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. The written exam is scheduled for 09:30 and the oral exam for 13:30; the venue will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages, and those wishing to take the exam should apply to the School of Foreign Languages. |
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30 September 2015 Wednesday |
Last day for students who have registered for courses by any means to fulfill their financial obligations. The courses of students who do not fulfill their financial obligations are removed, and these students are recorded as not having registered for courses for that semester. Whether assigned by the system or registered by the student, the student is responsible for any course that has not been dropped for any reason by this date. |
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30 September 2015 Wednesday |
Closure of elective courses without sufficient enrollment (at 18:00); associate and undergraduate students registered for these courses must select other courses online themselves by 17:00 on 2 October 2015. 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, 1 October 2015 for dropped courses. Elective courses kept open despite insufficient enrollment do not count toward the instructor's teaching load. |
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09 October 2015 Friday |
Last day for midterm exam dates for the Fall semester to be scheduled and announced by the Deans' Offices or relevant units. |
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28 - 29 - 30 October 2015 Wednesday-Thursday- Friday |
Republic Day (official holiday on Wednesday afternoon, 28 October, and Thursday, 29 October); no classes are scheduled on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (30 October). |
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06 November 2015 Friday |
Decision by the Faculty/School boards on how end-of-semester/year exams will be held and notification to the Directorate of Academic Planning. |
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10 November 2015 Tuesday |
Atatürk Commemoration Day. |
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13 November 2015 Friday |
Last day for detailed lists of all courses to be offered in the Spring semester to be prepared and submitted to the Directorate of Academic Planning, and for departmental elective, non-departmental elective and elective course pools to be updated by the heads of department. |
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27 November 2015 Friday |
Last day to withdraw from a course you are taking in the Fall semester without a grade (W). You must take this course in the first semester it is offered in your program. |
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09 December 2015 Wednesday |
Last day for the 2015-2016 Fall semester final exam schedule to be announced to instructors, and for any corrections to be made by Tuesday, 15 December 2015. |
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14-19 December 2015 Monday-Saturday |
Early finals for associate and undergraduate students who came to the university through Erasmus, World Exchange or other means and who will go abroad under 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 because of overlapping academic dates. A list on this matter must be submitted by the Directorate of International Office (UOD) to the Office of the President by Monday, 1 December 2015 at the latest, to be sent to the relevant units. Students on the list sent to the units are informed of the exam date planned by the department. If these students wish to take make-up exams, they may take them on the dates announced in the regular academic calendar. No separate make-up exam is given or planned. Students granted early finals must take all their final exams in the early |
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16 December 2015 Wednesday |
Announcement of the 2015-2016 Fall semester final exam schedule to students. |
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25 December 2015 Friday |
Last day of associate and undergraduate classes. |
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25 December 2015 Friday |
Deadline for associate and undergraduate students with financial problems to resolve them. Students who cannot resolve their financial problems cannot see their course results after the end-of-semester (final) exams and therefore cannot take make-up exams. |
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28-30 December 2015 Monday-Wednesday |
Period for evaluating and grading the work of students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships. |
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01 January 2016 Friday |
1 January 2016 New Year's Holiday |
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02-16 January 2016 Saturday-Saturday |
End-of-semester exams for associate and undergraduate programs. There is no excuse exam for the end-of-semester (final) exam under any circumstances. |
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06 January 2016 Wednesday |
English Proficiency Exams for students attending the English Preparatory School. These exams will be held at 09:00 on the Şişli Campus. |
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7 January 2016 Thursday |
Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who will attend Turkish Preparatory. This exam will be held at 09:00 on the Şişli Campus. |
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8 January 2016 Friday |
Announcement of the Turkish Proficiency Exam results. |
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08 January 2016 Friday |
Announcement of students attending the English Preparatory School who passed the English Proficiency Exam and submission of the lists to the Registrar's Office. |
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19 January 2016 Tuesday |
Deadline for entering Fall semester end-of-semester (final) grades (until 18:00). All grades must be entered by the specified date and time so that make-up exams can be planned. |
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21 January 2016 Thursday |
Announcement of Fall semester end-of-semester (final) grades (at 15:00). |
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22 January 2016 Friday |
Last day for all students to complete their tuition payments for the Spring semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. The Student Information System will not be opened for course registration for students who have not fulfilled their financial obligations before the registration period, and these students cannot register for courses during the regular course registration period. |
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22 January 2016 Friday |
Last day of classes for the Fall Semester of the Faculty of Medicine. |
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23-30 January 2016 Saturday-Saturday |
Make-up exams for associate and undergraduate courses offered in the Fall semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. There is no excuse exam for the make-up exam under any circumstances. |
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23 January - 02 February 2016 Saturday-Tuesday |
Entry of make-up exam grades. The OIS system will be open for grade entry during the make-up exam period, and students will be able to see their grades immediately after the instructor enters them in OIS (Final grade entry deadline: 2 February 2016, 18:00). Entering grades without delay will facilitate course registration. YOUR COOPERATION IS KINDLY REQUESTED. |
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2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR SPRING SEMESTER |
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04 January - 02 February 2016 Monday-Tuesday |
Applications for horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student status for associate and undergraduate programs. |
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22 January 2016 Friday |
Last day for all students to fulfill their financial obligations. The OIS system will not be opened for course registration for students who have not fulfilled their financial obligations before the registration period, and these students cannot register for courses during the regular course registration period. |
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01-06 February 2016 Monday-Saturday |
Online course registration for students in associate and undergraduate programs (including international, Erasmus and World Exchange students). For newly enrolled first-year students (irregular students), some courses will be registered by OIS and others by the students themselves online. A student who has not registered at all during this period cannot carry out any course registration procedures during the ADD-DROP period. |
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02 February 2016 Tuesday |
Forwarding of horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student application documents for associate programs to the relevant units by the Registrar's Office for evaluation. |
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03-04 February 2016 Wednesday-Thursday |
Applications by associate and undergraduate students at the graduation stage at the end of the 2015-2016 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 withdraw from the courses they registered for and receive a refund. |
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04 February 2016 Thursday |
Until 17:00, evaluation of horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student applications for associate and undergraduate programs by the relevant units, notification of the results to the Registrar's Office and announcement of the lists. |
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05 February 2016 Friday |
Course registration for students admitted to associate programs through horizontal transfer, double major, minor and special student status.Course equivalency and course registration procedures must be completed by the Add-Drop period at the latest. Students must register for at least one course during the regular registration period to gain access to the OIS system during the ADD-DROP period. |
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08-12 February 2016 Monday-Friday |
Students who were unable to register for courses during the regular registration period of 1-6 February 2016 for a serious reason should apply to their own unit, attaching documents supporting their reason. The documents of those whose reason is found serious and accepted are sent to the Office of the President. The documents of those approved by the Office of the President are forwarded to the Financial Affairs and Student Affairs Departments for course registration. For students whose reason is accepted, the system is opened provided that they fulfill their financial obligations, and the student is responsible for registering for courses online during the add-drop period. A student who has paid the registration fee but has not registered for courses online is considered not to have registered for courses that semester. |
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08 February 2016 Monday |
Spring semester classes begin, including the Faculty of Medicine. |
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09 February 2016 Tuesday |
Students granted horizontal transfer who do not have a proficiency certificate take the English exam at 09:00 on the ŞİŞLİ campus; the results are announced and reported to the Registrar's Office, and the list of admitted students is announced. Course registration for these students will take place on 11-12 February 2015 of the same week. |
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09-11 February 2016 Tuesday-Thursday |
ADDITIONAL exams recognized by the regulations for associate and undergraduate students at the graduation stage. Planning will be done by the relevant units and announced to the applicants. |
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13-14 February 2016 Saturday-Sunday |
EXEMPTION exams in core courses for students starting their studies (enrolling in a program for the first time) and submission of the grades to the Registrar's Office. 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 the TLL1005-1006 courses taken by international students. |
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15-19 February 2016 Monday-Friday |
Course Add-Drop week (ADD-DROP week) for all associate and undergraduate students. Students who did not register for any course during the regular registration period cannot register for courses during the add-drop period. The OIS system will be closed for these students. Therefore, you must settle your financial matters and register for your courses during the regular course registration period. |
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17 February 2016 Wednesday |
Closure of elective courses without sufficient enrollment (at 18:00); associate and undergraduate students registered for these courses must select other courses online themselves by 17:00 on 19 February 2016. 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, 18 February 2016 for dropped courses. Elective courses kept open despite insufficient enrollment do not count toward the instructor's teaching load. |
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19 February 2016 Friday |
Last day for students who have registered for courses by any means to fulfill their financial obligations. The courses of students who do not fulfill their financial obligations are removed, and these students are recorded as not having registered for courses for that semester. Whether assigned by the system or registered by the student, the student is responsible for any course that has not been dropped for any reason by this date. |
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26 February 2016 Friday |
Last day for midterm exam dates for the Spring semester to be scheduled and announced by the Deans' Offices or relevant units. |
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01 March 2016 Tuesday |
English Proficiency Exam for students going abroad with the Erasmus or World Exchange programs in the 2016-2017 Fall semester. |
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15 April 2016 Friday |
Last day to withdraw from a course you are taking in the Spring semester without a grade (W). You must take this course in the first semester it is offered in your program. |
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23 April 2016 Saturday |
National Sovereignty and Children's Day (full-day official holiday on Saturday) |
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27 April 2016 Wednesday |
Last day for the 2015-2016 Spring semester final exam schedule to be announced to instructors, and for any corrections to be made by 3 May 2016 and reported to the Directorate of Academic Planning. |
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01 May 2016 Sunday |
Labor and Solidarity Day (full-day official holiday on Sunday) |
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02-06 May 2016 Monday-Friday |
Early finals for students who came to the university through Erasmus, World Exchange or other means and who will go abroad under 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 because of overlapping academic dates. A list on this matter must be submitted by the Directorate of International Office (UOD) to the Office of the President by Thursday, 21 April 2016 at the latest, to be sent to the relevant units. If these students wish to take make-up exams, they may take them on the dates announced in the regular academic calendar. No separate make-up exam is given or planned. Students granted early finals must take all their final exams in the early final period. They cannot take exams during the regular final period. |
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04 May 2016 Wednesday |
Announcement of the 2015-2016 Spring semester final exam schedule to students. |
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13 May 2016 Friday |
Last day of classes for associate and undergraduate programs. (Instruction continues for Faculty of Medicine students.) |
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16-18 May 2016 Monday-Wednesday |
May Festival (Mayfest) |
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16-18 May 2016 Monday-Wednesday |
Period for evaluating and grading the work of students taking courses such as graduation projects and internships in the Spring semester. |
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19 May 2016 Thursday |
Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (official holiday on Thursday) |
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21 May - 04 June 2016 Saturday-Saturday |
Spring Semester end-of-semester exams for associate and undergraduate programs. |
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27 May 2016 Friday |
Last day for courses to be offered in the 2015-2016 Summer term to be planned and reported to Academic Planning by the relevant faculty/school. |
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31 May 2016 Tuesday |
English Proficiency Exams for students attending the English Preparatory School. These exams will be held at 09:00 on the Şişli Campus. |
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03 June 2016 Friday |
Submission of the detailed list of courses to be offered in the 2016-2017 Fall Semester to the Directorate of Academic Planning. |
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03 June 2016 Friday |
Announcement of students attending the English Preparatory School who passed the English Proficiency Exam and submission of the lists to the Registrar's Office. |
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07 June 2016 Tuesday |
Deadline for entering Spring semester end-of-semester (final) grades (until 18:00). All grades must be entered by the specified date and time so that make-up exams can be planned. |
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09 June 2016 Thursday |
Announcement of Spring semester end-of-semester (final) grades (at 15:00). |
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09 June 2016 Thursday |
Last day for the Directorate of Academic Planning to announce the schedule of courses to be offered in the 2015-2016 Summer term to students. |
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11-18 June 2016 Saturday-Saturday |
Make-up exams for associate and undergraduate courses offered in the Spring semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. There is no excuse exam for the make-up exam under any circumstances. |
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12 June 2016 Sunday |
Graduation Ceremony |
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13-21 June 2016 Monday-Tuesday |
Entry of make-up exam grades Institutional partnerships 
Management system certificates 
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