2024 - 2025 Graduate School Academic Calendar

2024-2025 academic year fall semester application period for international graduate students

Application submission deadline to the Commission of Education for proposed new courses for the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester - Proposals for new courses after this date will not be put on the agenda.

Detailed list of courses offered during the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester is opened for entries in the record keeping system

Application period for the 2024-2025 Academic Year Fall Semester Graduate Doctorate programs for Turkish citizens.

Application period for Turkish nationals for the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester master's programs

Detailed list of courses offered during the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester is closed for entries in the record keeping system

Admission and registration of international graduate students for the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester - admission to the University, course registration, tuition payments, and all visa procedures must be completed during this period for international students

Democracy and National Unity Day (national holiday)

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs - Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Turkish Proficiency Exam for International students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs - Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the English Proficiency Exam administered on Thursday, August 1st, 2024 are announced.

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on Thursday, August 1st, 2024 are announced.

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs - Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Turkish Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs - Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the English Proficiency Exam administered on Saturday, August 17th, 2024 are announced.

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam administered on Monday, August 19th, 2024 are announced.

Deadline for tuition (and other relevant fees) payment for Turkish and international graduate students. Students who have not paid by this date will not be able to register for courses.

Victory Day (national holiday)

Submission deadline of the list of exchange program students, (Erasmus, World Exchange etc.,) to the Registrar's Office

Application submission deadline to the Commission of Education for proposed new courses for the 2024-2025 academic year spring semester - Proposals for new courses after this date will not be put on the agenda.

Deadline for completing admissions and enrolling students in PhD programs for the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester - For all course registrations, students must be entered into the system. Therefore, admission and enrollment of Turkish nationals must be completed before course registration begins.

Deadline for completing admissions and enrolling students in master's programs for the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester - For all course registrations, students must be entered into the system. Therefore, admission and enrollment of Turkish nationals must be completed before course registration begins.

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs - Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Students working on their thesis must choose an advisor and receive approval through the system between these dates. Those who receive approval must select their thesis courses during registration week (23-27 September 2024).

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Monday, 16 September, 2024 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs - Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Fall semester course registration period for students in graduate programs, (including international, Erasmus, World Exchange students). Students beginning their thesis in master's programs are required to select an advisor through the system, obtain approval, and select thesis and seminar courses from the course selection system.

Opening Ceremony for the 2024-2025 academic year with the participation of students in the preparatory schools, undergraduate and graduate students, their parents and other guests. Time: 16:00 Place: to be announced

English Preparatory Program classes start.

Detailed list of courses offered during the 2024-2025 academic year spring semester is entered in the record keeping system.

Results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 21 September, 2024 are announced.

Elective courses that do not get the minimum number of students signing up during registration week will be closed on Friday, September 27, 2024 (at 16:00) and the affected students will be informed via SMS. Graduate students enrolled in these courses must select other courses from the Student Information System between 07-11 October, 2024 (add-drop week).

Start of classes for the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester graduate courses

Start of Turkish Preparatory Program classes

Adding the course management plan (syllabus) to the Student Information System. It is imperative to include the syllabus of every lesson.

ADD-DROP week - The system is opened to students who did not sign up for courses during the 23-27 September, 2024 course registration period, or who want to make changes to their course schedule.

Courses that do not get enough registrations during add-drop week will be closed on Wednesday, 09 October, 2024 at 4 pm and the affected students will have dropped the class. These students will have to sign up for a new course on Friday, October 11th, 2024 before the system closes. They will be notified of course closures by SMS but they are responsible for keeping informed of changes in the curriculum.

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs - Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Wednesday, 09 October, 2024 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

Deadline for students to pay their tuition (and other relevant or outstanding fees). Course registrations of students who fail to fulfil their financial obligations will be cancelled and these students will be regarded as “not having registered for a course” in that semester. Students themselves are liable for any courses that are not dropped from their schedule by this date, whether the system has assigned the course or the students themselves have registered for it. Scholarship students are strongly advised to pay due attention to their course registrations.

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs - Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Requests regarding the planning of midterm exams are entered into the UMIS exam request collection screen.

Results of the English Proficiency Exam administered on Saturday, 12 October, 2024 are announced.

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs - Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Wednesday, 23 October, 2024 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

Deadline for submitting applications to suspend fall semester studies during the 2024-2025 academic year

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs
Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Republic Day Eve (no classes).

Republic Day (national holiday)

Results of the English Proficiency Exam administered on Saturday, 26 October, 2024 are announced.

Make-up day for classes that were cancelled on Monday, 28 October, 2024 due to holiday - Classes will be held online (14:00-17:00).

Make-up day for classes that were cancelled on Tuesday, 29 October, 2024 due to holiday - Classes will be held online (18:00-21:00).

Requests regarding the planning of final exams are entered into the UMIS exam request collection screen.

Graduate program application period for international students to for the 2024-2025 academic year spring term

Atatürk Commemoration Day

Graduate program application period for the 2024-2025 academic year spring term

Deadline to submit applications for withdrawal (W) from spring semester courses to the Institute of Graduate Studies

Deadline for students registered for the doctoral qualifying course to apply for a thesis advisor on UMIS

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 12 December, 2024 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

Early final exam dates for Erasmus or World Exchange (or other similar programs) students who will be going abroad by way of the same program - To be eligible to sit these exams, students' departure dates must be confirmed and verified by means of a document from their institutions. NOT all students going abroad are eligible to take these exams; only those whose have conflicts or overlaps in their class schedules. The Global Academic Affairs and Programs Office is required to submit a list of students who will be taking these exams to the Office of the President by Friday,13 December, 2024. The list will then be sent to the relevant departments, which will determine and announce the early exam dates to the concerned students. These students must take all their final exams on these early dates and are not eligible to sit them during the finals scheduled at the normal time.

Deadline for the submission of the Turnitin Report, Jury Proposal Form, and the PDF and Word versions of the master's and doctoral thesis by the thesis advisor to tezformat@gs.bau.edu.tr for format checks for students preparing for their thesis defense.

Deadline for the submission of the signed Doctoral Qualifying Exam Jury Proposal Form to the Institute of Graduate Studies for students preparing to take the Doctoral Qualifying Exam

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs
Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

2024-2025 academic year fall semester final exam schedule is announced to students.

Results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 21 December, 2024 are announced.

(NA) grade entries - Entries must be made 1 week before the final exam at the latest.

No graduate classes

New Year's Day (no classes)

Last day of fall semester English Preparatory Program classes

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs
Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Last day of fall semester classes for the 2024-2025 academic year

Make-up day for classes that were cancelled on Tuesday, 31 December, 2024 due to holiday - Classes will be held online (14:00-17:00).

Make-up day for classes that were cancelled on Wednesday, 01 January, 2025 due to holiday - Classes will be held online (18:00-21:00).

Final exams for 2024-2025 academic year fall semester graduate programs

Results of the English Proficiency Exams held on Saturday, 04 January, 2024 are announced.

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs - Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 09 January, 2025 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

Last day of master's and doctoral thesis defense exams Deadline for master's projects submissions
Last day of PhD Thesis Monitoring Committee and PhD qualifying exams

Deadline for entering fall semester final grades (09:00 cut-off).

Fall semester final grades are announced. (20:00)

Admission and registration of international graduate students for the 2024-2025 academic year fall semester - admission to the University, course registration, tuition payments, and all visa procedures must be completed during this period for international students

Last day of fall semester classes for the Turkish Preparatory Program

Deadline for the submission of doctoral qualification requirements, thesis proposals, and the signed thesis monitoring documents/reports to the Institute of Graduate Studies

2024-2025 academic year fall semester make-up exams (The system will remain open to enter make-up grades.)

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs
Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 23 January, 2025 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

Results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 23 January, 2025 are posted.

Deadline for entering fall semester make-up grades (12:00 cut-off).

Fall semester final make-up grades are announced. (20:00)

GPAs are updated according to the 2024-2025 academic year spring semester make-up exam results (Monday, 27, January, 2025 - 20:00 cut-off).

Deadline for the submission of the list of students who will be going abroad with programs like Erasmus, World Exchange, etc. to the Student Affairs Office.

Deadline for the submission of the required written and digital copies of the master's and doctoral theses of students who have successfully defended their thesis to the Institute of Graduate Studies

SPRING SEMESTER

Start of English Preparatory Program spring semester classes

Deadline for all students to pay their spring semester tuition and any outstanding fees - Students who have not paid by this date will not be able to register for courses duirng the regular registration week as UMIS will not enable this option.

Deadline for Turkish nationals and international graduate students to pay any outstanding fees and register for courses - If the registration is not completed by this date, students will not be able to register for courses as the system will not be opened during the course registration period.

Start of Turkish Preparatory Program spring semester classes

Turkish Proficiency Exam for International students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs - Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 06 February, 2025 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs
Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 08 February, 2025 are announced.

Spring semester course registration period for students in graduate programs, (including international, Erasmus, World Exchange students). Students beginning their thesis in master's programs are required to select an advisor through the system, obtain approval, and select thesis and seminar courses from the course selection system.

Elective courses that do not get enough students signing up during registration week will be closed on Friday, 14 February, 2025 at 4 pm and the affected students will be notified by SMS. These students will have to sign up for new courses between 24-29 February, 2025 (add-drop week) on the Student Information System.

Start of spring semester classes for graduate courses

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs
Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 20 February, 2025 are announced.

ADD-DROP week. The system will be open to students who were not able to sign up for courses during the 10-14 February, 2025 registration period, or who would like to make changes to their class schedules.

English Proficiency Exam for Erasmus & World Exchange applicants

Elective courses with insufficient enrollment will be closed on Wednesday, 26 February, 2025 (16:00), and associate and bachelor's degree students enrolled in these courses will have to choose other courses online by 28 February, 2025 at 16:00. Elective course selection and registration will not take place after this date; the system will be closed. Students whose courses were dropped due to closure will be informed via SMS.

Requests regarding the planning of midterm exams are entered into the UMIS exam request collection screen.

Application period for the 2025-2026 academic year fall semester graduate programs for international students

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 06 March, 2025 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

Deadline to submit applications for suspending studies during the 2024-2025 academic year spring semester

Requests regarding the planning of final exams are entered into the UMIS exam request collection screen.

Eve of Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan) - (no classes)

Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan) (religious holiday - Monday and Tuesday)

Make-up day for classes that were cancelled on Saturday, 29 March, 2025 due to holiday - Classes will be held online (19:00-22:00).

Make-up day for classes that were cancelled on Monday, 31 March, 2025 due to holiday - Classes will be held online (19:00-22:00).

Make-up day for classes that were cancelled on Tuesday, 01 April, 2025 due to holiday - Classes will be held online (19:00-22:00).

National Sovereignty and Children's Day (national holiday)

Deadline to submit applications for withdrawal (W) from spring semester courses to the Institute of Graduate Studies

Deadline for students who choose the PhD qualifying course to apply for thesis advisors through the UMIS system.

Make-up day for classes that were cancelled on Wednesday, 23 April, 2025, due to holiday - Classes will be held online (19:00-22:00).

Fall semester graduate program application period for the 2025-2026 academic year

Detailed list of courses offered during the 2024-2025 academic year summer school is entered in the record keeping system

Last day to submit changes to be made in new courses and programs to be opened in the 2025-2026 academic year fall semester to the Education Commission. Submitting wide-ranging changes at earlier dates will facilitate the process.

Labour and Solidarity Day (public holiday)

Make-up day for classes that were cancelled on Thursday, 01 May, 2025 due to holiday - Classes will be held online (19:00-22:00).

Detailed list of courses offered during the 2024-2025 academic year summer school is opened for entries on the record keeping system.

Detailed list of courses offered during the 2025-2026 academic year fall semester is opened for entries on the record keeping system

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Early final exam dates for Erasmus or World Exchange (or other similar programs) associate and bachelor's degree students who will be going abroad by way of the same program - To be eligible to sit these exams, students' departure dates must be confirmed and verified by means of a document from their institutions. NOT all students going abroad are eligible to take these exams; only those who have conflicts or overlaps in their class schedules. The International Programs Office is required to submit a list of students who will be taking these exams to the Office of the President by Thursday, 8 May, 2025. The concerned students, instructors, and departments will be notified of the planned exam dates. These students must take all their final exams on these early dates and are not eligible to sit them during the finals scheduled at the normal time.

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Monday, 05 May, 2025 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

Deadline for the submission of the Turnitin Report, Jury Proposal Form and the PDF and Word versions of the master's and doctoral thesis by the thesis advisor to tezformat@gs.bau.edu.tr for format checks for students preparing for their thesis defense.

Deadline for the submission of the signed Doctoral Qualifying Exam Jury Proposal Form to the Institute of Graduate Studies for students preparing to take the Doctoral Qualifying Exam

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs
Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

2024-2025 academic year spring semester final exam schedule is announced to students.

Results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 10 May, 2025 are announced.

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

(NA) grade entries - Entries must be made 1 week before the final exam at the latest.

Last day of spring semester classes for the Turkish Preparatory Program

Last day of spring semester classes for the English Preparatory Program

Deadline for graduate students to pay any outstanding fees. Those who fail to do so will not be able to view their overall grades after final exams.

Make-up day for classes that were cancelled on Monday,19 May, 2025 due to holiday. The classes will be held online (19:00-22:00).

Last day of spring semester classes for the 2024-2025 academic year

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Final exams for 2024-2025 academic year spring semester graduate courses

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Monday, 26 May, 2025 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

Detailed list of courses offered during the 2024-2025 academic year summer school is closed for entries in the record keeping system.

Last day of master's and doctoral thesis defense exams Deadline for master's projects submissions
Last day of PhD Thesis Monitoring Committee and PhD qualifying exams

Detailed list of courses offered during the 2025-2026 academic year fall semester is closed for entries in the record keeping system.

Start of Turkish Preparatory Program summer school classes

Deadline for entering final spring semester grades (09:00 am cut-off)

Final spring semester grades are announced (20:00)

Eid-al-Adha Eve (half-day)

Eid-al-Adha (religious holiday)

Deadline for the submission of doctoral qualification requirements, thesis proposals, and the signed thesis monitoring documents/reports to the Institute of Graduate Studies

Start of English Preparatory Program summer school classes

2024-2025 academic year spring semester make-up exams (System will remain open for the entry of make-up exam grades.)

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs
Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Saturday, 14 June, 2025 are announced.

Deadline for entering make-up exam grades (10:00 am cut-off)

Announcement of make-up grades for the spring semester (23:59)

GPAs are updated according to the 2024-2025 academic year spring semester make-up exam results (20:00 cut-off). Announcement of spring semester final make-up grades (20:00)

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 19 June, 2025 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

Deadline for the Academic Planning Directorate to announce the 2024-2025 academic year summer school weekly course schedules to students

Submission of graduating class student rankings according to the decisions of the boards of directors of the relevant academic units to the Office of the President and the Registrar’s Office. Time 12:00 o’clock noon. Rankings of the students cannot be changed after this decision has been finalized. The rankings of intermediate classes will be finalized at the end of October of the new academic year.

Deadline for students who have successfully defended their master's or doctoral thesis to submit the required number of properly formatted printed and digital copies of their thesis to the Institute of Graduate Studies

Last day Turkish Preparatory Program summer school classes

Last day English Preparatory Program summer school classes

SUMMER SCHOOL

Summer school course registrations - There is no ADD-DROP period and no withdrawals (W) from courses in summer school.

Summer school courses that do not meet the minimum criteria to stay open will be cancelled by the Academic Planning Directorate around 11:00 am, and the affected students will be notified via SMS. It is the students' responsibility to enter the system one last time, on Thursday, 3 July, 2025 to check the courses in their programs. Those whose courses have been dropped due to course cancellation can register online for other courses on 3 July, 2025. Courses that must remain open, despite not having met the registration requirements to stay open, will not be regarded as part of the students' courseload, nor will they be reflected in their tuition fees.

Deadline for students who have registered for summer school during the 2024-2025 academic year to pay any outstanding fees. Course registrations of students who have failed to make the required payments will be canceled, including summer school enrollment. Summer School courses for which there has not been sufficient student registration will be closed. Students whose courses have thus been dropped will not be able to re-register for these courses after Friday, 4 July, 2025 whether or not they have settled their outstanding debts.

Start of summer school classes

Summer school for graduate students. Final exams in summer school will take place during the last week. There will be no make-up exam.

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Wednesday, 09 July, 2025 are posted on turkmer.bau.edu.tr under "Announcements"

Democracy and National Unity Day (public holiday)

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs
Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Turkish Proficiency Exam for international students who have been accepted to Turkish-medium graduate programs
Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Results of the Turkish Proficiency Exam held on Thursday, 24 July, 2025 are posted online.

Results of the English Proficiency Exam held on Wednesday, 23 July, 2025 are announced online.

English Proficiency Exam for students who have been accepted to English-medium graduate programs
Written Exam: 09:00 Speaking Exam: 13:00

Deadline for the submission of the Turnitin Report, Jury Proposal Form and the PDF and Word versions of the Master's thesis by the thesis advisor to tezformat@gs.bau.edu.tr for format checks for students preparing for their thesis defense.

Make-up day for classes that were canceled on Tuesday, 15 July, 2025 due to public holiday - The classes will be held online between 19:00-22:00

Results of the English Proficiency Exam administered on Friday, August 15th, 2025 are announced.

Last day of master's thesis defense exams Deadline for master's projects submissions
Last day of PhD Thesis Monitoring Committee exams

Last day of summer school classes

Deadline to enter final summer school grades into the system (17:59 cut-off)

Final summer school grades are announced (12:00 pm).

Victory Day (national holiday)

Deadline for the submission of the required number of written and digital copies of the properly formatted master's and doctoral theses of students who have successfully defended their thesis to the Institute of Graduate Studies