| SPRING SEMESTER |
| February |
16-20 |
2026 |
Start of 2025 – 2026 Academic Year Spring Semester Online Course Registrations |
| February |
23-27 |
2026 |
Course Registration Period (with Advisor) |
| Course Confirmation Days |
| Final day for Department/Programme change applications |
| February |
23-27 |
2026 |
English Placement and Proficiency Exam |
| March |
2 |
2026 |
Classes Commence |
| Late Registration Start (with Penalty) |
| March |
13 |
2026 |
Deadline for Late Registrations (with Penalty) |
| March |
19 |
2026 |
Eve of Ramadan Bairam |
| March |
20-22 |
2026 |
Ramadan Bairam |
| March |
24 |
2026 |
Deadline for Adding / Dropping Courses |
| Final Day for Exemption Applications |
| First day of thesis defense for students who do not register for a course/seminar |
| April |
23 |
2026 |
National Sovereignty and Children’s Day |
| April |
24 |
2026 |
Deadline for submitting the ‘Thesis Monitoring Committee Appointment Forms’ to the Graduate School for PhD students who will defend their thesis proposals |
| Deadline for submitting the ‘PhD qualifying examination application forms’ to the Graduate School for PhD students who will participate in the Proficiency Exam |
| May |
1 |
2026 |
Labour and Spring Day |
| May |
11-25 |
2026 |
PhD Qualifying Exam Period |
| Thesis Monitoring Committee period for students whose thesis topics are approved |
| May |
19 |
2026 |
Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day |
| May |
22 |
2026 |
Deadline for submitting 2024 – 2025 Summer School Courses to the Graduate School |
| May |
25 |
2026 |
Final Day to Withdraw |
| Last Day for Freeze Registration |
| Final day for postgraduate students who are at the end of the II. semester to submit their thesis proposal forms to the Ethics Committee |
| Last Day for Doctoral Students to Apply for Thesis Defense |
|
| 26 |
2026 |
Kurban Bairam Eve |
| May |
27-30 |
2026 |
Kurban Bairam |
| June |
1 |
2026 |
Final day for the Ethics Committee to announce the results of the evaluation of thesis proposals |
| Deadline for the submission of thesis advisor assignment forms for graduate students who are at the end of the I. Semester |
| Deadline for submission of thesis advisor assignment forms for doctoral students who are at the end of the II. Semester |
| June |
10 |
2026 |
Deadline for 2025 – 2026 Summer School Courses to be Entered into the System |
| Final day for submitting thesis defense forms of master students to the institute |
| June |
16 |
2026 |
Final Lecture Day |
| Deadline for submitting thesis proposal forms of graduate students who are at the end of the II. semester to the institute |
| Deadline for submitting thesis proposal forms of doctoral students who are at the end of the III.semester to the Graduate School |
| Final day of submission of PhD Proficiency reports to the Graduate School |
| Final Day for Submission of Doctoral Thesis Monitoring Reports to the Graduate School |
| June |
18-25 |
2026 |
Spring Term Final Exams |
| June |
18-25 |
2026 |
End of Term English Proficiency Exam |
| June |
25 |
2026 |
Final Day for Thesis Defense |
| June |
30 |
2026 |
Deadline for Submission of Grades |
| July |
1-3 |
2026 |
Application Period for Re-Sit Exams |
| July |
7-8 |
2026 |
Spring Semester Re- Sit Exams |
| July |
10 |
2026 |
Deadline for Submission of Spring Semester Re-Sit Exams Grades |
| 2025-2026 Deadline for Submission of Spring Term Incomplete Grades (I) Letter Grade Changes to Registrar’s Office |
| July |
15 |
2026 |
Deadline for Submission of Graduation Decisions to the Registrar’s Office |
