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Bahçeşehir University 2015-2016 Academic Year Graduate Education Academic Calendar
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FALL SEMESTER |
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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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13 April 2015 Monday |
Start of admission and registration of Turkish citizen and international graduate students for the Fall Semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. Application, admission and financial procedures must be completed by Saturday, 12 September 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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20 August 2015 Thursday |
English Proficiency Exam for all Turkish citizen and international graduate students. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 on the ŞİŞLİ campus. |
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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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24 August 2015 Monday |
Announcement of the results of the graduate English Proficiency Exams held on Thursday, 20 August 2015. |
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02 September 2015 Wednesday |
Last day for the second presentation of students who presented their master's thesis at the end of the 2014-2015 spring semester and received a revision (3-month extension). |
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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 Proficiency Exam for graduate students. The written exam will be held at 09:00 and the oral exam at 13:00 on the ŞİŞLİ campus. |
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08 September 2015 Tuesday |
Announcement of the results of the graduate English Proficiency Exams held on Saturday, 5 September 2015. |
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9 September 2015 Wednesday |
Last day for applications for horizontal transfer, transfer between thesis and non-thesis programs, course exemption and special student admission for graduate students. |
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14 September 2015 Monday |
Opening ceremony of the 2015-2016 academic year with the participation of preparatory, associate, undergraduate and graduate students, all parents and other guests. Time: 18:00. Venue: D - Terrace |
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12 September 2015 Saturday |
English Proficiency Exam for graduate students. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 on the ŞİŞLİ campus. |
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14-19 September 2015 Monday-Saturday |
Online project, thesis and seminar registration and advisor approval for graduate students who have reached the project, thesis and seminar stage. Students who do not register for project, thesis and seminar during the regular registration period cannot register during the ADD-DROP week or afterwards. |
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14-19 September 2015 Monday-Saturday |
Online course registration for students in graduate programs, including international, Erasmus and World Exchange students. A student who has not registered at all during this period cannot carry out any procedures or register during the ADD-DROP period. (The system opens at 11:00 on Monday at the start and closes at 17:00 on Saturday at the end.) |
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15 September 2015 Tuesday |
Announcement of the results of the graduate English Proficiency Exams held on Saturday, 12 September 2015. |
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16 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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19 September 2015 Saturday |
Last day for graduate students to fulfill their financial obligations. This is required for you to select courses online. Courses assigned to the student are deleted, making it difficult to take courses. |
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19 September 2015 Saturday |
Last day for the completion of graduate applications and admissions for the Fall semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. All admission and registration procedures must be completed during the regular course registration period. |
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23-27 September 2015 Wednesday-Sunday |
Eid al-Adha (Eve: Wednesday, 23 September, holiday in the afternoon; Holiday: 4.5 days.) (According to the academic calendar, there will be no classes during the week of 21-27 September 2015.) |
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28 September 2015 Monday |
Fall semester classes begin for all graduate students. |
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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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01 October 2015 Thursday |
English Proficiency Exam for all graduate students. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 on the ŞİŞLİ campus. |
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02 October 2015 Friday |
Last day for the appointment of Thesis Advisors for PhD students starting their 3rd semester. You must prepare the necessary paperwork for the appointment in advance. |
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05 October 2015 Monday |
Announcement of the results of the graduate English Proficiency Exams held on Thursday, 1 October 2015. |
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05 - 10 October 2015 Monday-Saturday |
Course Add-Drop week for all graduate students. Students who did not register for any course during the regular registration period cannot register for courses during the add-drop period; the 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. Courses dropped after this date are considered withdrawals. A fee is paid again for this course or for another course taken in its place. (The system opens at 11:00 on Monday at the start and closes at 21:00 on Saturday at the end.) |
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07 October 2015 Wednesday |
Elective courses without sufficient enrollment will be closed on Wednesday, 7 October 2015 (at 18:00) and dropped from the students taking them. Graduate students registered for closed courses must select other courses by 21:00 on Saturday, 10 October 2015. No elective course selection 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 their courses in the system on Thursday, 8 October 2015 to see whether any course has been dropped. |
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19 October 2015 Monday |
Start of graduate applications and admission registrations for the Spring semester. |
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24 October 2015 Saturday |
Last day to apply for leave of absence for the 2015-16 Fall semester |
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24 October 2015 Saturday |
Start of planning for the timely appointment of thesis advisors for master's students admitted to thesis programs in the 2015-2016 Fall semester. Thesis advisors must be appointed by the end of the Spring Semester at the latest. |
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28-29-30-31 October 2015 Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday |
Republic Day (There will be no classes on Wednesday 28 October, Thursday 29 October, Friday 30 October and Saturday 31 October.) |
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09 November 2015 Monday |
Last day for submitting ongoing and completed PhD Theses to the Graduate School for Initial Format Check. |
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10 November 2015 Tuesday |
Atatürk Commemoration Day. |
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20 November 2015 Friday |
Submission of detailed lists of courses to be offered in the 2015-2016 Spring Semester to the Directorate of Academic Planning. |
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25 November 2015 Wednesday |
Last day for the appointment of the PhD Qualifying Exam jury for students who will take the PhD qualifying exam at the end of the Fall Semester |
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28 November 2015 Saturday |
English Proficiency Exam for graduate students starting in the Spring semester. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 on the ŞİŞLİ campus. |
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01 December 2015 Tuesday |
Announcement of the results of the graduate English Proficiency Exams held on Saturday, 28 November 2015. |
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05 December 2015 Saturday |
Last day to apply to the Registrar's Office for withdrawal (W) from a course registered in the Fall semester. The withdrawn course, a course taken in its place or courses repeated due to failure are subject to additional fees. |
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09 December 2015 Wednesday |
Last day for the evaluation of students registered for the master's thesis for the first time in the Fall Semester of the 2015-2016 academic year, and for the submission by the Graduate Department of the thesis work and jury proposal of students wishing to take the thesis defense exam at the end of the Fall Semester to the Graduate School. Applications made after this date will not be accepted, and students must re-register for the thesis course in the next semester in which it is offered. |
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09 December 2015 Wednesday |
Last day for the Graduate Schools to complete the format check of master's theses to be defended at the end of the Fall Semester of the 2015-2016 academic year and to forward the list of students admitted to the thesis defense and their juries to the Graduate Department Chair for notification to advisors. |
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10 December 2015 Thursday |
Last day for completing the corrections required in the PhD Thesis Format Check and submitting the thesis to the Graduate School. PhD theses submitted after this date will not be admitted to defense in the 2015-2016 Fall semester. |
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11 December 2015 Friday |
Last day for the appointment of the PhD Thesis Defense Jury for PhD theses found suitable in form after the format check |
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14-19 December 2015 Monday-Saturday |
Early final dates for students who came to our 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, for the relevant units, by Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at the latest. 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. |
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19 December 2015 Saturday |
English Proficiency Exam for graduate students starting in the Spring semester. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 on the ŞİŞLİ campus. |
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22 December 2015 Tuesday |
Announcement of the results of the graduate English Proficiency Exams held on Saturday, 19 December 2015. |
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29 December 2015 Tuesday |
Last day for submitting master's projects taken in the Fall semester of the 2015-2016 academic year to advisors for evaluation. |
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01 - 03 January 2016 Friday - Sunday |
3-day New Year holiday. |
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10 January 2016 Sunday |
Last day of classes in graduate programs (Sunday), excluding project and thesis work. |
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11-17 January 2016 Monday-Sunday |
End-of-semester exams for graduate courses offered in the Fall semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. Since there are make-up exams, there are no excuse exams for end-of-semester exams under any circumstances. |
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12 January 2016 Tuesday |
Last day for advisors to submit the results of master's theses registered, defended and evaluated in the 2015-2016 Fall Semester, together with the documents, to the relevant Graduate Department Chair for forwarding to the Graduate School. |
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13 January 2016 Wednesday |
Last day for advisors to evaluate projects taken and completed in the Fall Semester of the 2015-2016 academic year and submit them, together with their grades, to the Coordinator |
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15 January 2016 Friday |
Last Day to Take the PhD Thesis Defense Exam |
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15 January 2016 Friday |
Last day to take the PhD Qualifying Exam in the 2015-2016 Fall semester. The exam date will be planned and announced in advance by the relevant Graduate School. |
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15 January 2016 Friday |
Last day for the Thesis Monitoring Committee to meet in the 2015-2016 Fall semester for ongoing PhD theses. |
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19 January 2016 Tuesday |
Last day for Coordinators to enter into the OIS system, and submit to the relevant Graduate School, the grades of projects evaluated in the Fall semester of the 2015-2016 academic year whose PDF-format CDs, documents and evaluation grades have been submitted to the coordinators. |
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19 January 2016 Tuesday |
Last day for submitting documents and evaluations related to master's thesis work carried out in the Fall Semester of the 2015-2016 academic year to the Graduate School and entering the grades into the OIS system. |
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19 January 2016 Tuesday |
Last day for entering end-of-semester exam grades. 18:00. GRADE ENTRY MUST BE COMPLETED so that students can take make-up exams and the make-up exam schedule can be prepared. |
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20 January 2016 Wednesday |
Last day for submitting the minutes of the PhD Qualifying, PhD Thesis Proposal Defense and PhD Thesis Defense exams evaluated in the 2015-2016 Fall semester, and PhD Thesis Monitoring Reports, to the Graduate School. |
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21 January 2016 Thursday |
Announcement of end-of-semester grades at 15:00. |
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23 January 2016 Saturday |
English Proficiency Exam for graduate students starting in the Spring semester. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 on the ŞİŞLİ campus. |
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23-30 January 2016 Saturday-Saturday |
End-of-semester make-up exams for graduate courses offered in the Fall semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. There are no excuse exams for make-up exams under any circumstances. |
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25 January - 02 February 2016 Monday-Tuesday |
Entry of make-up exam grades. The system will be kept open during the exam period and students will be able to see their grades. Grade entry is open until 18:00 on the last day. The system will be closed afterwards. Since manual grade entry causes some problems, every instructor must enter their grades on time. |
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26 January 2016 Tuesday |
Announcement of the results of the graduate English Proficiency Exams held on Saturday, 23 January 2016. |
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27 January 2016 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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29 January 2016 Friday |
Last day for applications for horizontal transfer, transfer between thesis and non-thesis programs, course exemption and special student admission for graduate students. |
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03 February 2016 Wednesday |
Last day for submitting clerical error corrections and incomplete (I) grades for the Fall semester of the 2015-2016 academic year, 18:00. VERY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS' SPRING SEMESTER COURSE REGISTRATION. |
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12 February 2016 Friday |
Last day for notifying the Registrar's Office of the Graduate School Executive Board decisions concerning graduate students graduating at the end of the 2015-2016 Fall semester. |
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15 February 2016 Monday |
Last day for the appointment of the Thesis Monitoring Committee for PhD students who passed the PhD Qualifying Exam in the 2015-2016 Fall semester |
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SPRING SEMESTER |
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04 February 2016 Thursday |
Last day for applications and admissions to graduate programs for the Spring semester. Admitted students must complete all their financial and academic procedures and register for courses during the regular registration period. |
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05 February 2016 Friday |
Appointment of thesis advisors for thesis-based master's students who started in the 2015-2016 Fall Semester, and selection of their elective courses under the guidance of their thesis advisors. |
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06 February 2016 Saturday |
English Proficiency Exam for graduate students. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 on the ŞİŞLİ campus. |
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08–13 February 2016 Monday-Saturday |
Online course registration for graduate students. Students who do not register for courses during the registration period cannot register during the ADD-DROP period. The system is closed to them. (The system opens at 11:00 on Monday at the start and closes at 17:00 on Saturday at the end.) |
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09 February 2016 Tuesday |
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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09 February 2016 Tuesday |
Announcement of the results of the graduate English Proficiency Exams held on Saturday, 7 February 2016. |
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12 February 2016 Friday |
Last day for the appointment of Thesis Advisors for PhD students starting their 3rd semester (if there are PhD students starting their 3rd semester this term). |
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13 February 2016 Saturday |
Spring semester classes begin for graduate programs. |
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22 - 27 February 2016 Monday-Saturday |
Course Add-Drop week for all graduate students. Students who did not register for any course during the regular registration period cannot register for courses during the add-drop period; the system will be closed for these students. Therefore, you must settle your financial matters in advance and register for your courses during the regular course registration period. Courses dropped after this date are considered withdrawals. A fee is paid again for this course or for another course taken in its place. (The system opens at 11:00 on Monday at the start and closes at 21:00 on Saturday at the end.) |
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24 February 2016 Wednesday |
Elective courses without sufficient enrollment will be closed on Wednesday, 24 February 2016 (at 18:00) and dropped from the students taking them. Graduate students registered for closed courses must select other courses by 21:00 on Saturday, 27 February 2016. No elective course selection 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 their courses in the system on Thursday, 25 February 2016 to see whether any course has been dropped. |
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12 March 2016 Saturday |
Last day to apply for leave of absence for the 2015-2016 Spring semester. |
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04 April 2016 Monday |
Start of admission and registration of Turkish citizen and international graduate students for the Fall Semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. Application, admission and financial procedures must be completed by Saturday, 27 August 2016. |
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14 April 2016 Thursday |
Last day for the second presentation of students who presented their master's thesis at the end of the 2014-2015 fall semester and received a revision (3-month extension). |
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15 April 2016 Friday |
Last day for the submission by the Graduate Department of the thesis work and jury proposal of students registered for the master's thesis in the Spring Semester of the 2015-2016 academic year who wish to take the thesis defense exam at the end of the Spring Semester to the Graduate School. Applications made after this date will not be accepted, and students must re-register for the thesis course in the next semester in which it is offered. |
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19 April 2016 Tuesday |
Last day for submitting ongoing and completed PhD Theses to the Graduate School for Initial Format Check |
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22 April 2016 Friday |
Last day to apply to the Registrar's Office for withdrawal (W) from a course registered in the Spring semester. The withdrawn course, a course taken in its place or courses repeated due to failure are subject to additional fees. |
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23 April 2016 Saturday |
National Sovereignty and Children's Day (Saturday, 23 April 2016 is an official holiday; no exams or classes are held.) |
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01 May 2016 Sunday |
Labor and Solidarity Day (Sunday, 1 May 2016 is an official holiday; no exams or classes are held.) |
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06 May 2016 Friday |
Submission of detailed lists of courses to be offered in the 2015-2016 Summer term to the Directorate of Academic Planning. |
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03 May 2016 Tuesday |
Last day for the appointment of the PhD Qualifying Exam jury for students who will take the PhD qualifying exam. |
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11 May 2016 Wednesday |
Last day for completing the corrections required in the PhD Thesis Format Check and submitting the thesis to the Graduate School. PhD theses submitted after this date will not be admitted to defense at the end of the 2015-2016 Spring Semester. |
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11 May 2016 Wednesday |
Last day for the appointment of the PhD Thesis Defense Jury for PhD theses found suitable in form after the format check |
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12 May 2016 Thursday |
Last day for the Graduate Schools to complete the format check of master's theses to be defended at the end of the Spring Semester of the 2015-2016 academic year and to forward the list of students admitted to the thesis defense and their juries to the Graduate Department Chair for notification to advisors. |
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13 May 2016 Friday |
Last day for submitting master's projects taken in the Spring semester of the 2015-2016 academic year to advisors for evaluation. |
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16 - 19 May 2016 Monday -Thursday |
May Festival (No graduate classes on 16-19 May 2016, Monday-Thursday.) |
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17 May 2016 Tuesday |
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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19 May 2016 Thursday |
Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Official holiday on Thursday; no exams or classes are held.) |
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21 May 2016 Saturday |
English Proficiency Exam for graduate students starting in the 2016-2017 academic year. Written exam at 09:00 and oral exam at 13:00 on the ŞİŞLİ campus. |
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24 May 2016 Tuesday |
Announcement of the results of the graduate English Proficiency Exams held on Saturday, 21 May 2016. |
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26 May 2016 Thursday |
End of classes for graduate programs (including Thursday), excluding project and thesis work. |
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27 May 2016 Friday |
Last day for advisors to submit the results of master's theses registered, defended and evaluated in the 2015-2016 Spring Semester, together with the documents, to the relevant Graduate Department Chair for forwarding to the Graduate School. |
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28 May - 04 June 2016 Saturday-Saturday |
Courses offered in the Spring semester of the 2015-2016 academic year Institutional partnerships 
Management system certificates 
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