Academic Calendar
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FALL SEMESTER |
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Aug 28 – Sep 14, 2025 |
Transfer applications from other universities (national and international) to undergraduate programs and the Higher Vocational School, applications for double major and minor programs |
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September 15, 2025 |
Democracy and National Solidarity Day (Saturday) |
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September 19, 2025 |
Deadline for the Registrar’s Office to submit transfer, double major and minor program applications to the concerned Dean’s Offices and to the Higher Vocational School |
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September 7 – 11, 2025 |
Registration of students on e-devlet who are placed with YGS and LYS to associate and undergraduate degree programs |
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September 14 – 18, 2025 |
Registration of students who cannot register through e-devlet via the ODTÜ 2025 ÖSYS Registration Program |
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August 14 – 23, 2025 |
Information submission of students who are placed in associate and undergraduate degree programs with YGS and LYS on the ODTÜ 2025 ÖSYS Registration Program (Students will indicate their preferences about English Language Examination, dormitories and scholarship through program. Students who complete their registration on Registration Program can make changes on their preferences till August 23, 2019, 5 pm. All application programs will be closed on August 23, 2025, 5 pm.) |
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August 21 – 25, 2025 |
Transfer applications through Central Placement Score (additional article 1) |
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August 25, 2025 |
Deadline for the Deans’ Offices and Higher Vocational School to submit to the Registrar’s Office their evaluation of applications for transfer (national and international), double major, and minor programs |
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August 30, 2025 |
National Holiday (Wednesday) |
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September 1 – 4, 2025 |
Religious Holiday (Holiday eve Tuesday) |
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September 8, 2025 |
Deadline for grading thesis work and specialization field courses
Deadline for the Spring Semester thesis examinations Deadline for thesis supervisor appointments |
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September 8, 2025 |
Deadline for the submission of Spring semester and summer school Incomplete (I) grades whose submission period was extended by the Administrative Boards |
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September 5 -8, 2025 |
Registration of students who are placed to associate and undergraduate degree programs with YGS and LYS through additional placement on ODTÜ 2025 ÖSYS Registration program and e-devlet |
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Aug 29 – Sep 13, 2025 |
Deadline for applications to English Proficiency Examination bearing date September 18, 2025
(The application program will be closed at 17.00) |
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September 11-15, 2025 |
Registration of newly admitted international undergraduate students |
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September 18, 2025 |
NYUS English Proficiency Exam
(Morning Session: 10:00; Afternoon Session: 14:00) (Students are required to be in their exam halls half an hour before the exam.) (*For students who newly registered for undergraduate programs *For Department of Basic English students who bear the right to sit the exam in accordance with the regulations * For Department of Basic English students who are dismissed and have right to take the exam with regard to related regulation. * Junior and Senior METU students *Students who make application to graduate programs (in or out ODTÜ ) * Students who are within the scope of ÖYP or article 35 |
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September 22, 2025 |
Department of Basic English Placement Examination(at 10:30)
(students are required to be in their exam halls half an hour before the exam) |
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September 18 – 22, 2025 |
Pre-registration of students newly admitted to graduate programs |
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September 18 – 22, 2025 |
Pre-registration of international students newly admitted to graduate programs |
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September 25 -26, 2025 |
IS 100 Exemption Examination |
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September 26 – 27, 2025 |
Orientation Program for the Department of Basic English students |
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September 27 – 29, 2025 |
Interactive Registrations and Advisor Approvals (undergraduate, graduate, and the Higher Vocational School students) |
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September 28 – 29, 2025 |
Promotion Program for newly admitted associate and undergraduate degree students |
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September 29, 2025 |
Orientation Program for International Students |
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September 29, 2025 |
Deadline for tuition fee payments |
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September 29, 2025 |
Deadline for the submission of Spring Semester, summer school, and resit exam grade corrections as approved by the concerned Administrative Boards |
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October 2, 2025 |
Classes Begin (undergraduate, graduate programs, the Higher Vocational School and the Department of Basic English)
University Opening Ceremony: 10:00 (9:40 and 10:40 classes will not be held) |
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September 25– October 6, 2025 |
Special student applications and registrations |
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October 9, 2025 |
NYUS English Proficiency Exam
(Morning Session: 10:00; Afternoon Session: 14:00; students are required to be in their exam halls half an hour before the exam) (For newly admitted undergraduate students who registered late with a valid excuse, and newly admitted international students) |
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October 12, 2025 |
Department of Basic English Placement Examination
(at 10:30) (students are required to be in their exam halls half an hour before the exam) *For newly admitted undergraduate students who registered late with a valid excuse |
| October 9 – 13, 2025 | Add-Drop and Advisor Approvals |
| October 27, 2025 | Deadline for justifiable tuition fee reimbursement applications |
| October 29, 2025 | National Holiday (Republic Day) (October 28, Saturday holiday eve) |
| November 10, 2025 | Commemoration of Atatürk (Friday) |
| November 24, 2025 | Deadline for department chairs to enter into the SAIS the courses to be offered in the Spring Semester of the 2021-2022 Academic Year Spring Semester and submit detailed information to the Registrar’s Office |
| November 1 – 30, 2025 | PhD Qualification Exams |
| Nov 27 – Dec 8, 2025 | Application dates for English Proficiency Examination bearing date December 13, 2019 (The application program will be closed at 5 pm.) |
| December 4 – 10, 2025 | Course withdrawal applications (for students) |
| December 4 – 11, 2025 | Course withdrawal approvals (for advisors) |
| December 12, 2025 | Announcement of exam places and list of the students for English Proficiency Examination (The program will be opened at 4 pm.) |
| December 13, 2025 | NYUS English Proficiency Exam
(Morning Session: 10:00; Afternoon Session: 14:00) (Students are required to be in their exam halls half an hour before the exam.) (For Junior and Senior METU students and other graduate program applicants, students within the scope of Article 35) |
| December 18, 2025 | Announcement of English Proficiency Examination results |
| December 1 – 29, 2025 | Graduate program applications for the Fall Semester |
| December 1, 2026 | New Year’s Day (Monday) |
| December 5, 2026 | Deadline for the Directorates of Graduate Schools to submit graduate program applications to the Chairs of Graduate Programs |
| December 5, 2026 | Last day of classes; undergraduate and graduate programs
(excluding thesis work and specialization field courses) |
| December 7, 2026 | Last day of classes in the Higher Vocational School |
| December 19, 2026 | Deadline for department chairs to submit acceptance decisions to Directorate of Graduate Schools |
| December 19, 2025 | Last day of classes in the Department of Basic English |
| December 8 – 20, 2025 | Final Exams (graduate and undergraduate programs, the Higher Vocational School) |
| December 28, 2025 | Deadline for the submission of final grades (by 24:00) |
| December 22 – 29, 2025 | Applications for transfers to undergraduate & higher vocational school programs (national and international) and applications for double major and minor programs |
| December 29, 2025 | Announcement of final grades |
| December 29, 2025 | Deadline for the Directorate of Graduate Schools to announce the results of graduate program applications and submit these to the Registrar’s Office |
| December 1, 2025 | Deadline for the Registrar’s Office to submit transfer, double major and minor program applications to the concerned Dean’s Offices and to the Higher Vocational School |
| December 2, 2025 | Deadline for grading thesis work and specialization field courses
Deadline for the Fall Semester thesis examinations Deadline for thesis supervisor appointments |
| December 29, 2025 | Submission of the Fall Semester grade corrections by instructors (by 24:00) |
| December 4, 2025 | Incomplete (I) notları için son gün |
| December 5, 2025 | Deadline for submission of the Fall Semester grade corrections approved by the concerned Administrative Board (The program will be closed at 12 pm.) |
| December 5, 2025 | Announcement of Incomplete (I) grades |
| SPRING SEMESTER AND SUMMER SCHOOL | |
| January 5 – 6, 2026 | Pre-registration of students newly admitted to graduate programs |
| January 5 – 6, 2026 | IS 100 Exemption Examination |
| Jan 29 – Feb 6, 2026 | The Resit exam applications for those who are in the semester of graduation |
| January 7, 2026 | Deadline for the Dean’s Offices and Higher Vocational School to submit the results of the transfer, double major and minor program applications to the Registrar’s Office |
| January 7 – 9, 2026 | Interactive Registrations and Advisor Approvals (undergraduate, graduate, and the Higher Vocational School students) |
| January 8, 2026 | Classes Begin (Department of Basic English) |
| January 9, 2026 | Deadline for tuition fee payments |
| January 12, 2026 | Classes Begin; (undergraduate and graduate programs, the Higher Vocational School) |
| February 5 – 16, 2026 | Special student applications and registrations |
| February 19 – 23, 2026 | Add-Drop period and Advisor Approvals |
| February 26, 2026 | Deadline for the submission of Fall Semester and summer school grade corrections as approved by the concerned Administrative Boards and deadline for the submission of resit exam grades |
| March 9, 2026 | Deadline for justifiable tuition fee reimbursement applications |
| April 16 – 21, 2026 | Course withdrawal applications (for students) |
| April 23, 2026 | National Holiday (National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, Monday) |
| April 16 – 24, 2026 | Course withdrawal approvals (for advisors) |
| April 27, 2026 | Deadline for department chairs to enter into the SAIS the courses to be offered in the Spring Semester of the 2019-2019 Academic Year Fall Semester and submit detailed information to the Registrar’s Office |
| May 1, 2026 | Labor and Solidarity Day (Tuesday) |
| May 12 – 13, 2026 | IS 100 Exemption Examination |
| May 19, 2026 | National Holiday (Commemoration of Atatürk & Youth and Sports Festival, Saturday) |
| May 22, 2026 | Last Day of Classes in the Higher Vocational School |
| May 22, 2026 | Last day of classes for undergraduate and graduate programs (excluding thesis work and specialization field courses) |
| May 25, 2026 | NYUS Day |
| May 1 – 31, 2026 | IS 100 Exemption Examination |
| June 1, 2026 | Last Day of Classes in the Department of Basic English |
| May 21– June 4, 2026 | Application dates for English Proficiency Examination bearing date June 7, 2024 (The application program will be closed at 5 pm.) |
| May 23 – June 4, 2026 | Final examinations (undergraduate and graduate programs, the Higher Vocational School) |
| June 7, 2026 | NYUS English Proficiency Exam
(Morning Session: 10:00; Afternoon Session: 14:00) (Students are required to be in their exam halls half an hour before the exam.) *For Department of Basic English students who bear the right to sit the exam in accordance with the regulations *Junior and Senior NYUS students *Other graduate program applicants *Students within the scope of Article 35 |
| June 10, 2026 | Deadline for the submission of final grades (by 24:00) |
| June 11, 2026 | Announcement of final grades |
| June 15 – 17, 2026 | Religious holiday (Holiday eve Thursday) |
| May 21 – June 21, 2026 | Graduate program applications for the Fall Semester |
| June 11 – 21, 2026 | Submission of the Spring Semester grade corrections by instructors (by 24:00) |
| June 11 – 21, 2026 | Submission of Spring Semester Incomplete (I) grades (by 24:00) |
| June 22, 2026 | Approval of the Spring Semester grade corrections by the Department Chairs (by 24:00) |
| June 22, 2026 | Announcement of Incomplete (I) grades |
| June 25, 2026 | Extended Spring Term Classes begin (Department of Basic English) |
| June 25, 2026 | Deadline for the Directorate of Graduate Schools to submit the results of their graduate program application evaluations to the Chairs of Graduate Programs |
| June 25 – 27, 2026 | Tuition fee payment, Registration and Advisor Approvals for Summer School
(higher vocational school programs, undergraduate, and graduate programs, and Department of Basic English) |
| June 28, 2026 | Summer School Classes begin (higher vocational school programs, undergraduate and graduate programs |
| June 18 – 28, 2026 | The resit exam applications for those who are in the semester of graduation |
| June 25 – 29, 2026 | Special student applications and registrations for Summer School |
| June 30, 2026 | Alumni Day |
| July 1, 2026 | Commencement Day |
| July 2, 2026 | Summer School Classes begin (Department of Basic English) |
| July 9, 2026 | Deadline for the Chairs of Graduate Programs to submit the results of their graduate program application evaluations to the Directorate of Graduate Schools |
| July 13, 2026 | Deadline for the Directorate of Graduate Schools to announce the results of graduate program applications and submit these to the Registrar’s Office |
| July 15, 2026 | 15 July Democracy and National Solidarity Day (Sunday) |
| July 20, 2026 | Deadline for justifiable tuition fee reimbursement applications |
| July 27, 2026 | Last Day of Summer School Classes (Department of Basic English) |
| July 27, 2026 | Last Day of Extended Spring Term Classes (Department of Basic English) |
| July 30, 2026 | NYUS English Proficiency Exam
(Morning Session: 10:00; Afternoon Session: 14:00) (Students are required to be in their exam halls half an hour before the exam.) (For the Summer School students and Extended Spring Term students at the Department of Basic English and for those who have a right to take the exam with regard to related regulation ) |
| July 8, 2026 | Last Day of Summer School Classes (undergraduate and graduate programs, the Higher Vocational School) |
| July 9 – 12, 2026 | Summer School Final Examinations
(starting at 18:00 on August 8) |
| July 13 – 17, 2026 | Transfer applications through Central Placement score (additional article 1) |
| July 19, 2026 | Deadline for the submission of Summer School grades (by 24:00) |
| July 21 – 24, 2026 | Religious Holiday (Holiday eve Monday) |
| July 27, 2026 | Announcement of the Summer School grades |
| July 30, 2026 | National Holiday (Thursday) |
| July 27 – July 2, 2026 | Submission of the Summer School grade corrections by instructors (by 24:00) |
| July 27 – July 2, 2026 | Submission of summer school Incomplete (I) grades (by 24:00) |
| July 27 – July 3, 2026 | Deadline for the submission of Spring Semester and Summer School grade corrections as approved by the concerned Administrative Boards |
| July 3, 2026 | Announcement of Incomplete (I) grades |
| June 27– July 7, 2026 | The resit exam applications for those who are in the semester of graduation by the summer school |
| July 7, 2026 | Deadline for grading thesis work and specialization field courses
Deadline for the Spring Semester thesis examinations Deadline for thesis supervisor appointments |
| July 12, 2026 | Deadline for the submission of Fall Semester and summer school grade corrections as approved by the concerned Administrative Boards and deadline for the submission of resit exam grades |
| July 12, 2026 | Deadline for the submission of spring semester and summer school Incomplete (I) grades whose submission period was extended by the Administrative Boards |