BAU Academic Calendar for Vocational School and Undergraduate Education Program of 2017 - 2018 Academic Year

BAU Academic Calendar for Vocational School and Undergraduate Education Program of 2017 - 2018 Academic Year


This academic calendar has been prepared according to today’s conditions. It is under the authority of the University Administration and Senate to change the academic calendar in respect to the situations needed, postpone the exams. No student, instructor, or officer can claim any rights on the change.

2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR FALL SEMESTER

05 June - 04 August 2017 Monday-Friday

The application and acceptance processes should be completed for the acceptance and registration processes of international vocational school and undergraduate students for 2017-2018 academic year fall semester, and acceptance documents should be sent. After this date, acceptance documents cannot be sent to the students.

05 June 2017 Monday

A detailed list of the courses that will be opened in 2017-2018 fall semester will be handed in to the Academic Planning Directorate.

16 June 2017 Friday   

The fully completed forms of the new courses that are planned to open in 2017-2018 fall semester will be handed in to the Education Committee. After this date, no proposals for opening a new course will be put on the agenda.

01-15 August 2017 Tuesday-Tuesday 

Applications of special student and in house and interenterprise undergraduate transfer for Vocational School and Undergraduate Programs will be made, and the individuals, who have a valid language competency certificate, must attach this document to the application file while applying.

14-18 August 2017 Monday-Friday    

Enrolment of students positioned by ASPC to programs of Vocational School and Undergraduate

14-18 August 2017 Monday-Friday    

Double major and sub-branch applications

17 August 2017 Thursday       

English proficiency exam for undergraduate transfer students.Written Exam: 09:00 Oral Exam: 13:30 Location: Besiktas  South Campus

18 August2017 Friday 

Announcement of the English Proficiency Exam for the undergraduate transfer students.

21-25 August 2017 Monday-Friday    

Applications of students, who will graduate at the end of summer school, to the Registrar’s Office for their additional exam rights. Notification of the students, who have the additional exam rights, to their departments, and making notification to the students.

21 August 2017 Monday         

Sending undergraduate transfer application form by Registrar’s Office to the relevant departments for Vocational School and Undergraduate Programs to evaluate

21 August 2017 Monday         

Sending Double Major, Sub-branch, and special student application forms by Registrar’s Office to the relevant departments to evaluate

21-24 August 2017 Monday-Thursday

Evaluation of the undergraduate transfer applications for Vocational School and Undergraduate programs by relevant departments, and the notification of results to the Registrar’s Office. (24 August 2017 is the last day for evaluating whether only the application is accepted or not, and the course orientations should be notified by the relevant departments to the Registrar’s Office until 05 September 2017 Tuesday, and the course orientations should be entered into OIS system by the relevant departments until the end of work on 08 September 2017 Friday by notifying the names of the students enrolled by the Registrar’s Office to the relevant departments).

22 -25 August 2017 Tuesday-Friday

Evaluation of the Double Major, Sub-branch, and special applications by relevant departments, and the notification of acceptance results to the Registrar’s Office. (It is only evaluation whether the application is accepted or not, and the course orientations should be notified by the relevant departments to the Registrar’s Office until 05 September 2017 Tuesday, and the course orientations should be entered into OIS system by the relevant departments until the end of work on 08 September 2017 Friday by notifying the names of the students enrolled by the Registrar’s Office to the relevant departments).   

24 August 2017 Thursday       

TURKISH proficiency exam will be made for the students, who don’t have Turkish language competence certificate from international vocational schools and undergraduate and graduate students receiving the acceptance to the programs giving Turkish Education, the results will be notified. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. Written exam will be planned at 09:30, oral exam will be planned at 13:30 and the location will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages and those, who want to enter the exam, will make their applications to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be declared in the same day.

25 August2017 Friday 

Declaration of applications of the vocational school, undergraduate and undergraduate transfer and special students received from the departments by the Registrar’s Office to the relevant students. It should be declared on the website, notified by SMS in written.

25 August - 05 September 2017 Friday-Tuesday           

Application time for additional placement to ASPC.

30 August 2017 Wednesday    

Victory Day (holiday)

31 August 2017 Thursday       

Feast of the Sacrifice Holiday Eve (holiday afternoon)

01-04 September 2017 Friday-Monday           

Feast of the Sacrifice Holiday

06 September 2017 Wednesday          

Declaration of Double Major and Sub-branch application results on the internet.

06-08 September 2017 Wednesday-Friday      

The final registration processes of Double Major, Sub-branch and special students.

06-08 September 2017 Wednesday-Friday      

The Final registration processes of students who have gained the right for registry to the Vocational School and Undergraduate programs through undergraduate transfer.

07 September 2017 Thursday  

It is the last day for fall semester registration processes of all Vocational School and Undergraduate students. Students who have not completed their financial transactions, will not be able to register for a course because their course registering system will be closed during the course registering period.

07 September 2017 Thursday  

Completion of registration processes and financial transactions of International Vocational School and Undergraduate students.  A warning letter must be sent to students who have not registered until this date.

07 September 2017 Thursday 

English Placement Exam: 10:00 – Location: Besiktas South Campus (for all new TC citizens and international students) 

08 September 2017 Friday 

Declaration of results of the English Placement Exam on the internet 

08 September 2017 Friday 

TURKISH proficiency exam will be made for the students, who don’t have Turkish language competence certificate from international vocational schools and undergraduate and graduate students receiving the acceptance to the programs giving Turkish Education, the results will be notified. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. Written exam will be planned at 09:30, oral exam will be planned at 13:30 and the location will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages and those, who want to enter the exam, will make their applications to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be declared in the same day. 

11-16 September 2017 Monday-Saturday 

Courses of students, who succeeded in the English Proficiency Exam and are starting their first year, will be assigned in the system by the Student Operating System. These students will not make course registration process. Except the students newly registered to the first class, undergraduate transfer, vertical transfer, international students and all others will make their own registration according to the registration rules via internet. They have to do these processes according to the registration calendar. Medical Faculty Students will also register to their semester and yearly courses in these dates. 

11 September 2017 Monday 

Beginning of 4th year Medical Faculty students’ internship period. 

12-13 September 2017 Tuesday - Wednesday 

Making the additional exams of the students, who will graduate at the end of the summer school, and notification of the grades to the Registrar’s Office through Deanship/Directorate 

12 September 2017 Tuesday 

English Proficiency Exam (For students who succeeded in the English Placement Exam and those who have failed the Preparatory Program for the previous academic years). Written Exam: 09:00; Oral Exam: 13:30; Location: Besiktas South Campus

 

13 -19 September 2017 Wednesday - Tuesday 

University registration dates for Additional placements. 

13 September 2017 Wednesday 

TURKISH proficiency exam will be made for the students, who don’t have Turkish language competence certificate from international vocational schools and undergraduate and graduate students receiving the acceptance to the programs giving Turkish Education, the results will be notified. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. Written exam will be planned at 09:30, oral exam will be planned at 13:30 and the location will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages and those, who want to enter the exam, will make their applications to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be declared in the same day. 

15-19 September 2017 Friday-Tuesday 

Application of the students, who could not register any courses because of a significant reason on 11-16 September 2017 normal registration period, to their own departments by adding their reason documents. The documents of students, whose reasons are found to be acceptable, will be sent to Financial Affairs by e-mail. The system of the students, whose reasons are accepted, will be opened and they can register themselves for courses through internet in the following ADD-DROP week providing that they fulfil their fiscal responsibility. A student, who has paid registration fee but has not registered any courses through the internet, will be accepted as having no course registrations. 

15 September 2017 Friday 

Declaration of results of the English Proficiency Exam on the internet. 

18-22 September 2017 Monday-Friday 

Introduction of University for new students registered newly to the University by the Dean’s Office of Students, the Directorate of Corporate Communications and the department in which the student have registered. 

18 September 2017 Monday 

Beginning of the courses for all vocational school and undergraduate students. Including Faculty of Medicine. 

18 September 2017 Monday 

2017-2018 Academic Year Ceremony at 18:00 pm in D-Terrace. 

18 September 2017 Monday 

Beginning of Fall Semester Preparatory Program Courses 

20 September 2017 Wednesday 

English Placement Test (For students who have been placed with additional placement and those who were late with any reason). Exam time: 10:00; Location: Besiktas South Campus (L- Block) 

21 September 2017 Thursday 

Declaration of results of the English Placement Examinations on the internet. (For students who have been placed with additional placement and those who were late for any reason) 

22 September 2017 Friday 

English Proficiency Exam (For students who succeed in the English Placement Exam, Additional Placement students and those who were late for any reason). Written exam: 09:00; Oral exam: 13:30; Location: Besiktas South Campus (L-Block) 

23 September 2017 Saturday 

Declaration of the results of the English Proficiency Exam on the internet (for students who are registered with additional placement and for those who were late for any reason). 

23-24 September 2017 Saturday-Sunday 

Giving exemption exams of basic courses to the students and declaration of grades of students who have started education to the Registrar’s Office (those who are newly registered and who were successful in the language proficiency exam) (undergraduate transfer students or vertical transfer students cannot benefit from this right.) Announcements about this subject will be made by relative departments to the students. General Education Department is responsible for organizing and carrying out the exemption exams of TLL1005-1006 course that international students take. 

25 -29 September 2017 Monday-Friday 

ADD-DROP week. Completing the financial affairs of students who came with additional placement and making course registration on the system. Courses of first year students will be assigned by the system automatically. 

25 -29 September 2017 Monday-Friday 

ADD-DROP week. The student must finalize all fiscal responsibilities before add-drop week and certainly register courses in the normal course registration week in order that students are able to make the course registration in this week. Otherwise system of the student will be closed and cannot make any registration. 

26 September 2017 Tuesday 

English Proficiency Exam (Erasmus&World Exchange (outgoing students) 

27 September 2017 Wednesday 

Elective courses that did not fill the quota in the add-drop week will be closed (at 18:00) and vocational school and undergraduate students who have elected this course should elect a new course until Friday, 29 September 2017, at 17:00 over the internet. After this date, the selection or registration of courses cannot be made, the system will be closed. Students will be notified with SMS if a course has been dropped due to closing the system, but it is the students’ responsibility to keep track of courses by following the system in the date of 28 September 2017 Thursday. Elective courses that are required to remain open from the courses not having enough student will not be considered as course load to the instructor. 

29 September 2017 Friday 

Last day for students, who have done their course registration, to finish up financial processes. Courses will be erased from students, who have not completed their fiscal responsibilities, and they will be transacted as “did not register for any course” in the system. The student is responsible for any courses that are either elected by them or assigned by the system. Especially scholarship students need to pay attention to this. 

13 October 2017 Friday 

Last day for announcement of the fall semester mid-term dates by Deaconship’s or relative departments. 

28 - 29 October 2017 Saturday-Sunday 

Republic Day (28 October Saturday afternoon and 29 October Sunday is public holiday) 

03 November 2017 Friday 

Midterm/final examination will be decided (written or oral) by the Faculties/Vocational Schools and the decisions will be noted to the Academic Planning Directorate. 

10 November 2017 Friday 

Atatürk Remembrance Day. 

17 November 2017 Friday 

Last day for preparing detailed lists of all the courses to be opened in spring semester and transmitting them to Academic Planning Directorate, also updating the departmental elective, elective and non-departmental elective course pools. 

17 November 2017 Friday 

Transmitting the fully completed forms of new courses planned for 2017-2018 Academic year spring semester to the Education Commission. After this date no application for opening a new course will be put on the agenda. 

24 November 2017 Friday 

Last day for withdrawal (W) from a course in fall semester. You are obliged to take this course in the first semester that will open in your program. 

01 December 2017 Friday 

Last day for announcement of final examination program in 2017-2018 Fall semester to the instructors and if any mistake, making any corrections of mistakes until 06 December 2017 Wednesday. 

11-15 December 2017 Monday-Friday 

Early finals for vocational school and undergraduate students, who came to the university with Erasmus, world exchange, winter school or any other way and will go abroad under the same programs. The leaving of these students, who will take this exams, is conclusive and this must be proven by institutions with a document. This exam is not given to all students who go abroad. This exam is only given because of overlapping course dates. A list made by International Office Directorate must be prepared and sent to the Rectorship until the latest 04 December 2017 Monday in order to be sent to relative departments. Students, who are on the student list transferred to the departments, will be notified about the exam date. Students, who have the right for early final examination, must take all their final exams on early final examination period. They cannot enter the finals on normal final examination weeks. Students, who have early final exam right cannot use their excuse examination rights apart from the normal excuse examination program. 

13 December 2017 Wednesday 

Announcement of 2017-2018 fall semester final examination dates to students. 

14 December 2017 Thursday 

Turkish proficiency exam will be carried out for the international vocational school, undergraduate and graduate students, who don’t have Turkish language credentials but are accepted to programs in Turkish, and the exam results will be declared. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. Written exam will be planned at 09:30, oral exam will be planned at 13:30 and the location will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages and those who want to enter the exam will make their application to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be declared the same day. 

22 December 2017 Friday 

Last day of Vocational School and Undergraduate courses. Courses of Faculty of Medicine continue. 

22 December 2017 Friday 

Last day for Vocational School and Undergraduate students to solve their financial problems. Students, who cannot solve these financial problems, cannot see their academic standing after end of half year (final) exams and cannot register for spring semester courses. 

25-28 December 2017 Monday-Thursday 

Period of examining and grading works of students who took graduation dissertation and internship courses. 

01 January 2018 Monday 

New Year holiday, one day. 

02-15 January 2018 Tuesday-Monday 

Exams of end of semester for Vocational School and Undergraduate programs. Medical Faculty students will take the exams of semester courses other than their yearly courses as planned on these dates. Read the instructions about end of half-year (final) exam excuses. 

02 - 19 January 2018 Tuesday - Friday 

Making the undergraduate transfer, double major, sub-branch and special student applications for the Vocational and Undergraduate Students. It should be clearly stated in the notification how the results of the applications will be announced. 

05 January 2018 Friday 

Finalization of Preparatory Program Fall Semester Courses 

11 January 2018 Thursday 

TURKISH proficiency exam will be made for the students, who don’t have Turkish language competence certificate from international vocational schools and undergraduate and graduate students receiving the acceptance to the programs giving Turkish Education, the results will be notified. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. Written exam will be planned at 09:30, oral exam will be planned at 13:30 and the location will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages and those, who want to enter the exam, will make their applications to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be declared in the same day. 

16 January 2018 Tuesday 

English Proficiency Exam – Written exam: 09:00; Oral exam: 13:30; Location: Besiktas South Campus 

17 January 2018 Wednesday 

Last day for entering fall semester (final) grades (until 18:00pm). All grades must be finalized by the date and time stated in order to plan the excuse examinations. 

18 January 2018 Thursday 

Declaration of fall semester (final) grades (at 15:00). 

19 January 2018 Friday 

Declaration of English Proficiency Exam results on the internet. 

19 January 2018 Friday 

Last day for Medical Faculty fall semester courses. 

23-25 January 2018 Tuesday - Thursday 

Excuse exams of Vocational School and Undergraduate courses for 2017-2018 Academic Year Fall Semester 

26 January 2018 Friday 

Last day for all students to complete 2017-2018 Academic year spring semester tuition fee. Student Operating System will not open for students, who have not completed their fiscal responsibilities, and these students cannot register for any courses during course registration period. 

26 January 2018 Friday 

Entering the excuse exams grades. Grades must be transmitted to Registrar’s Office until 26 January 2018, at 14:00. Entering grades without waiting will make course registrations easier. KINDLY REQUESTED

2017-2018 ACADEMIC YEAR SPRING SEMESTER

02 - 19 January 2018 Tuesday - Friday           

Making the undergraduate transfer, double major, sub-branch and special student  applications for Vocational School and Undergraduate programs. It should be clearly stated in the notice how the results will be announced. (Re-announcement)

22 January 2018 Monday

Transferring the undergraduate transfer, double major, sub-branch and special student applications to the relevant departments for Vocational School and Undergraduate programs.

22 January 2018 Monday        

Announcement of English Proficiency Exam and the results on the internet (for undergraduate transfer students) Written exam: 09:00; Oral exam: 13:30; Location: Besiktas South Campus

23 January 2018 Tuesday        

TURKISH proficiency exam will be made for the students, who don’t have Turkish language competence certificate from international vocational schools and undergraduate and graduate students receiving the acceptance to the programs giving Turkish Education, the results will be notified. The exam will be organized by the School of Foreign Languages. Written exam will be planned at 09:30, oral exam will be planned at 13:30 and the location will be announced. The announcement will be made by the School of Foreign Languages and those, who want to enter the exam, will make their applications to the School of Foreign Languages. Exam results will be declared in the same day.

25 January 2018 Thursday      

Evaluation of the Double Major, Sub-branch, and special applications by relevant departments, and the notification of them to the Registrar’s Office (at 15:00). Registrar’ Office will announce the results to the relevant departments through web internet, SMS and in written. (Course orientation processes of students, who are accepted, must be completed and transmitted to the Registrar’s Office until latest 25 January 2018 Thursday, registered student information must be transmitted to relevant academic departments by the Registrar’s Office and their course orientation must be put in the OİS system until latest 29 January 2018 Friday. These students will choose the courses they have to take in the course registration period themselves).

 26-29 January 2018 Friday- Monday  

Making the registrations of the undergraduate transfer, double major, sub-branch and special students, whose applications are accepted, for Vocational School and Undergraduate programs.

26 January 2018 Friday           

Last day for all students to complete financial transactions in the fall semester registration. OIS system of students, who have not completed their financial transactions before the registration period, is not opened and these students cannot make course registration during normal course registration.

29 January 2018 Monday        

Beginning of Preparatory Program Spring Semester Courses

29 January - 03 February 2018 Monday-Saturday            

Students in the Vocational School and Undergraduate programs (International, Erasmus and World Exchange students included) will make their course registration over the internet. Some course registrations of students, who have enrolled in first grade on spring semester (irregular students) will be made partly by the OIS system and partly by themselves over the internet. Irregular students newly enrolled can make some adjustments on the courses assigned to them in ADD-DROP week. During this period, students, who have never registered, cannot make any changes about course registration in ADD-DROP week. Medical Faculty students will register to their semester courses in these dates.

05 February 2018 Monday      

Beginning of SPRING SEMESTER courses for all vocational school and undergraduate students. Including Faculty of Medicine.

05-10 February 2018 Monday-Saturday          

Application of the students, who could not register any courses because of a significant reason in 29 January -03 February 2018 normal registration period, to their own departments by adding their reason documents. The documents of students, whose reasons are found to be acceptable, will be sent to Financial Affairs by e-mail. The system of the students, whose reasons are accepted, will be opened and they can register themselves for courses through internet in the following ADD-DROP week providing that they fulfil their fiscal responsibility. A student, who has paid registration fee but has not registered any courses through the internet, will be accepted as having no course registrations.

07-09 February 2018 Wednesday-Friday          

Vocational School and Undergraduate students, who will graduate after 2017-2018 fall semester, will apply for additional exams recognized by the instructions. These students can register for spring semester courses. If they are successful in the additional examinations, they can withdraw from these courses and take back their money.

10 - 11 February 2018 Saturday-Sunday          

Giving exemption exams of basic courses to the students and declaration of grades of students, who have started education, to the Registrar’s Office (those who are newly registered and who were successful in the language proficiency exam) (undergraduate transfer students or vertical transfer students cannot benefit from this right.) Announcements about this subject will be made by relative departments to the students. General Education Department is responsible for organizing and carrying out the exemption exams of TLL1005-1006 course that international students take.

12 - 16 February 2018 Monday - Friday         

ADD-DROP week. Add-drop week for all vocational school and undergraduate students. The student, who do not make any course registration process during normal registration period, cannot make the course registration for the period of add-drop. OIS system will be closed for these students. Therefore, the stude