| BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY 2020-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR GRADUATE DEGREE EDUCATION |
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| This academic calendar has been prepared taking the current conditions into consideration. Making any amendments in the academic calendar and postponing the exams falls under the discretion of the University administration and the Senate. The students, the faculty and the administrative staff may not lay any claim in case of any amendments. | |
| 01 May-09October 2020 Friday-Friday | Admission and registration of International Graduate degree students begin for the Fall Semester of the 2020-2021 Academic year. An application acceptance letter will not be sent to International students who have not obtained a valid visa by 28 August 2020. However, application acceptance letters may be sent to students who are citizens of non visa requiring countries. All admissions, registrations to the University and financial obligations must be completed by 04 September 2020 Friday. International students are required to complete all their visa and University registration procedures by this date. |
| 13 July 2020 Monday | Deadline for submission of the fully completed forms of the new courses planned to be offered in the Fall Semester of the 2020-2021 Academic year, to the Commission of Education. Proposals for any other new courses will not be put on the agenda after this date. |
| 15 July 2020 Wednesday | Democracy and National Unity Day (National holiday) |
| 29 July 2020 Wednesday | Submission of the detailed list of the new courses to be offered in the 2020-2021 Fall Semester to the Academic Planning Unit. |
| 30 July 2020 Thursday | Sacrifice Holiday Eve (religous holiday starts in the afternoon) |
| 31 July-03 August 2020 Friday- Monday | Sacrifice Holiday |
| 23 September 2020 Wednesday | Deadline for the completion of the Applications of Graduate students for transfers, program changes (between thesis and project programs), course exemption and the applications of Special students for admission to the programs |
| 05 August 2020 Wednesday | Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 07 August 2020 Friday | Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on 05 August 2020 Wednesday through the link “annoucements”on the website "turkmer.bau.edu.tr". |
| 08 August 2020 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 11 August 2020 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (8 August 2020, Saturday) English Proficiency Exam |
| 26 August 2020 Wednesday | Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 28 August 2020 Friday | Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on 26 August 2020, Wednesday through the link “annoucements”on (the website) "turkmer.bau.edu.tr". |
| 29 August 2020 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 30 August 2020 Sunday | Victory Day(national holiday) |
| 31 August 2020 Monday | Deadline for all Turkish (TC /TR citizens) and International Graduate students to fulfill their financial obligations. If students fail to fulfill these requirements in due time, their systems will be closed during the on-line course registration period, and they will not be able to register for any courses. |
| 01 September 2020 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (29 August 2020 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam |
| 24 September 2020 Thursday | Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 25 September 2020 Friday | Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on 24 September 2020, Thursday through the link “annoucements”on (the website) "turkmer.bau.edu.tr". |
| 26 September 2020 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 29 September 2020 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (26 September 2020, Saturday) English Proficiency Exam |
| 30 September 2020 Wednesday | Deadline for completing the assessments of the applications of Graduate students for transfer, program changes (between thesis and project programs), course exemption and applications of Special students for admission to the programs. |
| 05 Octoberr 2020 Monday | English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 07October 2020 Wednesday | Announcement of the results of the (05 October 2020 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam |
| 08October 2020 Thursday | Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 09October 2020 Friday | Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on 08 October 2020, Thursday through the link “annoucements”on (the website) "turkmer.bau.edu.tr". |
| 10October 2020 Saturday | Deadline for completion of the admission procedures to the graduate programs and the registration of students to the University in the Fall Semester of the 2020-2021 Academic year. In order to register for any course , the students must have been entered into the system. Therefore the admission and registration procedures of all Turkish and International students must have been completed before the regular course registration period. |
| 12October 2020 Monday | Opening Ceremony for the 2020-2021 Academic year, with the participation of the students in the English and Turkish Preparatory,Associate, Undergraduate and Graduate degree programs; their parents and all the other guests. Time: 16:00 Place: to be anno unced later according to the program. |
| 12-17October 2020 Monday-Saturday | On-line registration for project, thesis and seminar courses of Graduate students who have fulfilled the requirements for project, thesis and seminar courses. Students who do not register for project, thesis and seminar courses during the regular registration period cannot register during or after the ADD-DROP week. |
| 12-17October 2020 Monday-Saturday | Course registration period for all students attending Graduate degree programs, (including International, Erasmus and World Exchange students). |
| 19October 2020 Monday | Fall Semester courses begin in all Graduate programs. |
| 21October 2020 Wednesday | English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 22October 2020 Thursday | Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 23October 2020 Friday | Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on 22 October 2020, Thursday through the link “annoucements”on (the website) "turkmer.bau.edu.tr". |
| 23October 2020 Friday | Announcement of the results of the (21 October 2020, Wednesday) English Proficiency Exam |
| 26-31October 2021 Monday-Saturday | ADD-DROP week: Graduate students who have not been able to register for their courses during the regular registration period (12-17 October 2020) and who have a justifiable reason for being unable to do so, can apply to the respective Units, together with the documentation of their justifications. The Financial Affairs office will be notified by e-mail to open the system for the students whose justifications have been approved. The system is opened, provided that these students whose justifications have been approved fulfil their financial obligations between the dates (19-23 October 2020); and the students themselves are responsible for registering on-line during the ADD-DROP period in the following week. Students cannot register manually by petition. Course registrations are not considered as having been completed by only paying the course fees. Students who have paid their course fees but have not registered on-line for their courses will be regarded as NOT having completed their course registrations for that semester. Registrations for project/thesis courses also have to be completed during this period. After having completed all their registration procedures, students must enter their system and check which courses they have registered for. Students will be regarded as having withdrawn from the courses that are dropped after this date. |
| 28October 2020 Wednesday | Republic Day Eve (national holiday begins in the afternoon- no classes ) |
| 29October 2020 Thursday | Republic Day (national holiday) |
| 30October 2020 Friday | Elective courses for which there has not been sufficient student registration during the ADD-DROP week will be cancelled on 30-October- 2020 Friday Wednesday, at (13:00). If a student has previously registered to such an elective course, these students will be regarded as having dropped the cancelled course. Graduate students who have previously registered to a cancelled course are required to register to another elective course by 31-October- 2020 Saturday (until 20:59). Students will not be able to register for any elective courses after this date. Students whose courses have been dropped shall be notified by SMS that they are regarded as having dropped the cancelled elective courses. However, it is the responsibility of the students to enter the system on 30-October- 2020 Friday and check the courses in their programs and see if there are any courses they may have dropped. |
| 03 November 2020 Tuesday | English Proficiency Exam for students going abroad with Erasmus & World Exchange programs |
| 10 November 2020 Tuesday | Commemoration of Atatürk |
| 13 November 2020 Friday | Last day for the submssion of Registration Freezing Applications. |
| 18 November 2020 Wednesday | Beginning of applications and admissions of Graduate degree students for the Spring Semester. |
| 03 December 2020 Thursday | Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 4 December 2020 Friday | Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on 03 December 2020, Thursday through the link “annoucements”on (the website) "turkmer.bau.edu.tr". |
| 05 December 2020 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 08 December 2020 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (05 October 2020 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam |
| 25 December 2020 Friday | Deadline for submission of the Thesis Defence Committee Recommendation Forms and the approved copies of the theses for Format check to the Graduate Schools. |
| 25 December 2020 Friday | Deadline for applying to the Registrar's Office to withdraw (W) from a course that the student has registered for in the Fall Semester. Students cannot withdraw from a course after this date. |
| 25 December 2020 Friday | Deadline for preparing the detailed lists of all the courses to be offered in the Spring Semester and submitting them to the Academic Planning Directorate and updating of departmental electives, unrestricted electives and elective course pools by the heads of the respective departments. |
| 01 January 2021 Friday | New Year's Day (holiday - one day) |
| 07 January 2021 Thursday | Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 08 January 2021 Friday | Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on 07 January 2021, Thursday through the link “annoucements”on (the website) "turkmer.bau.edu.tr". |
| 09 January 2021 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 11 January 2021 Monday | Last day for the announcement of the Fall Semester Final exam schedule to the Graduate students |
| 12 January 2021 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (09 January 2021 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam |
| 18-23 January 2021 Monday-Saturday | Early final exam dates for International students who are studying at our University within the scope of Erasmus, World exchange or other similar programs and for our students who will be going abroad within the scope of these programs. The courses of the trips of the students who will be eligible to take these exams and their departure dates of must have been finalised and need to be verified by means of a document from their respective Graduate Schools. NOT all the students going abroad are eligible for these exams. Students can take these exams only if there is an overlapping in their academic schedules. The International Students Office (UOD) is required to submit the list of the students who are eligible to take these exams to the Office of the President by 28 December 2020 Monday at the latest. |
| 23 January 2021 Saturday | Last day of the Fall Semester classes in the Graduate programs, except for ongoing studies related to projects and theses. |
| 25 January 2021 Monday | Classes scheduled for 28 October 2020 will be held on this date. |
| 26 January 2021 Tuesday | Classes scheduled for 29 October 2020 will be held on this date. |
| 27 January 2021 Wednesday | Classes scheduled for 01 January 2021 will be held on this date. |
| 27 January 2021 Wednesday | Deadline for Graduate degree students who have financial problems to resolve their problems. Students who have not been able to settle their financial problems by this date will not be able to see/display their academic standings after the Final exams and they will not be able to register for any courses in the Spring Semester. |
| 01-07 February 2021 Monday-Sunday | Final Exams for the Graduate courses offered in the Fall Semester of the 2020-2021 Academic year. |
| 05 February 2021 Friday | Deadline for administering the Master’s Project and Thesis Defence (exams) and submission of the results to the respective Graduate Schools. Deadline for the assessment of the PhD ThesisSupervision Reports, PhD Thesis Defence and PhD Proficiency Exams and submission of the results to the respectiveGraduate Schools. |
| 09 February 2021 Tuesday | Deadline for entering the Fall Semester Final exam grades (until 23:59). |
| 11 February 2021 Thursday | Announcement of the Fall Semester Final exam results. |
| 12 February 2021 Friday | Deadline for Graduate degree students to complete their applications for transfer, program change between thesis and project programs, course exemption and admission to the programs as Special students . |
| 15 February 2021 Monday | English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 15-21 February 2021 Monday-Sunday | Make-up Exams for Graduate courses in the Fall Semester of 2020-2021 Academic year (the system will be open for entering the Make-up Exams results.) |
| 16 February 2021 Tuesday | Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 17 February 2021 Wednesday | Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on 16 February 2021, Tuesday through the link “annoucements”on (the website) "turkmer.bau.edu.tr". |
| 18October- 29 January 2021 Wednesday - Friday | International students who have been admitted to Graduate degree programs for the Spring Semester of the 2020-2021 Academic year but have not obtained a valid visa by this date will not be sent an acceptance letter.. However, application acceptance letters may be sent to students who are citizens of non visa requiring countries. All admissions, registrations to the University and financial obligations must be completed by 19 February 2021 Friday. International students are required to complete all their visa and University registration procedures by this date. |
| 17 February 2021 Wednesday | Announcement of the results of the (15 February 2021 Monday) English Proficiency Exam |
| 19 February 2021 Friday | Deadline for the completion of the Applications of Graduate students for transfers, program changes (between thesis and project programs), course exemption and the applications of Special students for admission to the programs |
| 23 February 2021 Tuesday | Deadline for entering the 2020-2021 Academic year Fall Semester Make-up exam results to the system. (must be completed until 09:00) |
| 23 February 2021 Tuesday | Updating the GPAs according to the results of the 2020-2021 Academic year Fall Semester Make up exam results.(updating must be completed by 23:59) |
| 23 February 2021 Tuesday | Deadline for submitting the correction of errors and conversion of Incomplete (I) grades to formal grades in the Fall Semester of the 2020-2021 Academic Year (until 17:59, at the latest). THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER REGISTRATION OF THE STUDENTS |
| 26 February 2021 Friday | Deadline for preparing the PhD Thesis Supervision Committee Reports, administering the PhD Thesis Defence Exams and PhD Qualifying Exams and submission of the results to the respective Graduate Schools. |
| 05 March 2021 Friday | Deadline for students who have successfully passed their Master's Thesis Defence to submit the required number of printed copies and the digital copy of their theses in approved format, to the respective Graduate Schools. |
| SPRING SEMESTER | |
| 23 February 2021 Tuesday | Deadline for all Turkish (TC/TR citizens) and International students who have been admitted to Graduate programs to fulfill their financial obligations and complete their registrations. If students fail to fulfill these requirements in due time, their systems will be closed during the on-line course registration period, and they will not be able to register for any courses. |
| 01-06 March 2021 Monday-Saturday | Course registration period for all students attending Graduate degree programs in the Spring Semester (including International, Erasmus and World Exchange students). |
| 06 March 2021 Saturday | English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 08 March 2021 Monday | Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium Graduate Programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00 |
| 08 March 2021 Monday | Start of Spring Semester courses in the Graduate programs. |
| 09 March 2021 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on 08 March 2021, Monday through the link “annoucements”on (the website) "turkmer.bau.edu.tr". |
| 09 March 2021 Tuesday | Announcement of the results of the (06 March 2021 Saturday) English Proficiency Exam |
| 15-20 March 2021 Monday-Saturday | ADD-DROP week: Graduate students who have not been able to register for their courses during the regular registration period (01-06 March 2021) and who have a justifiable reason for being unable to do so, can apply to the respective Units, together with the documentation of their justifications. The Financial Affairs office will be notified by e-mail to open the system for the students whose justifications have been approved. The system is opened, provided that these students whose justifications have been approved fulfil their financial obligations between the dates (08-12 March 2021); and the students themselves are responsible for registering on-line during the ADD-DROP period in the following week. Students cannot register manually by petition. Course registrations are not considered as having been completed by only paying the course fees. Students who have paid their course fees but have not registered on-line for their courses will be regarded as NOT having completed their course registrations for that semester. Registrations for project/thesis courses also have to be completed during this period. After having completed all their registration procedures, students must enter their system and check which courses they have registered for. Students will be regarded as having withdrawn from the courses that are dropped after |
| 19 March 2021 Friday | Elective courses for which there has not been sufficient student registration d
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