Academic Calender

Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University
2025–2026 ACADEMIC YEAR ACADEMIC CALENDAR
(Except Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Law, Mengen Vocational School and Graduate Education Institute)
 

FALL SEMESTER

September 1 – 12, 2025 Applications for Double Major and Minor Programs.
September 22-28, 2025 Course registrations and advisor approvals.
September 29, 2025 START OF CLASSES
September 29 – October 3, 2025 Adding and dropping courses
October 24, 2025 Last day to enter success evaluation activities and course syllabuses into the student information system
December 1 – 31, 2025 Updating the course information catalogue contents for the following academic semester by the faculty members
January 2, 2026 Last day to enter mid-term activity grades into the student information system
END OF COURSES (Except foreign language preparatory classes)
January 5 – 16, 2026 End-of-term exams (Midterm exams for annual courses) *
January 21, 2026 Entering final exam grades into the student information system and
Last day to submit the works to the Department
January 26-30, 2026 Supplemental exams
February 2, 2026 Last day to enter make-up exam grades into the student information system and submit them to the ÖİDB
February 4, 2026 Last day to apply for odd-even exams and maximum end-of-study exams
February 5 – 7, 2026 Odd-even exams
1st additional exams at the end of the maximum study period
February 11-13, 2026 2nd additional exams at the end of the maximum study period

SPRING SEMESTER

February 2nd – 4th, 2026 Applications for Double Major and Minor Programs.
February 16 – 22, 2026 Course registrations and advisor approvals (excluding annual courses)
February 23, 2026 START OF CLASSES 
February 23-27, 2026 Adding and dropping courses
March 13, 2026 Last day to enter success evaluation activities and course syllabuses into the student information system
April 1 – 30, 2026 Updating the course information catalogue contents for the following academic semester by the faculty members
May 30, 2026 Last day to enter mid-term activity grades into the student information system
June 5, 2026 END OF COURSES ( Except foreign language preparatory classes)
June 8 – 19, 2026 End-of-term exams *
June 24, 2026 Entering final exam grades into the student information system and
Last day to submit the works to the Department
June 29 – July 3, 2026 Supplemental exams
July 6, 2026 Last day to enter make-up exam grades into the student information system and submit them to the ÖİDB
July 8, 2026 Last day to apply for odd-even exams
July 9 – 11, 2026 Odd-even exams
August 6, 2026 Award ceremony for the winning students
September 7, 2026 Last day to apply for final exams
September 9 – 12, 2026 1st additional exams at the end of the maximum study period
September 16-19, 2026 2nd additional exams at the end of the maximum study period

SUMMER SCHOOL

July 7 – 9, 2026 Summer school course registrations
July 13 – August 28, 2026 Summer school
August 28, 2026 Last day to enter mid-term activity grades into the student information system
August 31 – September 2, 2026 Summer school end exams
September 4, 2026 Entering summer school grades into the student information system and Student Affairs
Last day for submission to the Department

STUDENT ADMISSION PROCEDURES FALL SEMESTER

July 14-20, 2025 Internal and external horizontal transfer applications
August 1 – 15, 2025 Horizontal transfer applications based on central placement score (Additional Article-1)
August 4, 2025 Last day to notify the Student Affairs Office of the list of students who have earned the right to final registration as a result of internal and external transfer applications and their adaptation decisions.
August 12-15, 2025 Final registration of students who have been granted internal and external transfer rights
August 22, 2025 Last day to notify the Student Affairs Department of the list of students who have been granted horizontal transfer according to their central placement score (Additional Article-1) and their adaptation decisions.
September 1 – 5, 2025 Final registration of students who are eligible for horizontal transfer based on their central placement score (Additional Article-1)
To be announced by ÖSYM Final registration of newly admitted students to our university

SPRING SEMESTER

January 26 – 31, 2026 associate degree programs (intra-institutional, inter-institutional)
February 6, 2026 Last day to notify the Student Affairs Office of the list of students who have earned the right to register as a result of their internal and external transfer applications for associate degree programs and their adjustment decisions.
February 11-13, 2026 Final registration of students who have been granted internal and external transfer rights

FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND PREPARATORY CLASS PROCEDURES FALL SEMESTER

August 25 – September 12, 2025 Applications for the English and Arabic proficiency exams for the beginning of the academic year for foreign language preparatory classes
September 22-24, 2025 Applications for the Compulsory Foreign Language Courses I-II Exemption Exam
September 22, 2025 English proficiency exam for foreign language preparatory class at the beginning of the academic year
September 23, 2025 Academic year beginning foreign language preparatory class Arabic proficiency exam
September 26, 2025 Compulsory Foreign Language Courses I-II Exemption Exam
September 30 – October 1, 2025 English and Arabic Preparatory Programs Level Determination Exam
September 22 – 30, 2025 Foreign language proficiency exam applications for students who want to benefit from Erasmus+ Student Mobility and Mevlana Exchange Program
October 17, 2025 Foreign language proficiency exam for students who want to benefit from Erasmus+ Student Mobility and Mevlana Exchange Program
January 9, 2026 End of English and Arabic preparatory classes
January 20, 2026 Academic semester foreign language preparatory class English proficiency exam
January 21, 2026 Academic semester foreign language preparatory class Arabic proficiency exam

SPRING SEMESTER

June 12, 2026 End of English and Arabic preparatory classes
June 16, 2026 Academic year-end foreign language preparatory class English proficiency exam
June 17, 2026 Academic year-end foreign language preparatory class Arabic proficiency exam
* It can be held on Saturdays and Sundays, provided that there are no ÖSYS, Open Education and National Exams.
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