2018 – 2019 Academic Calendar Graduate Schools

20 August 2018 Monday THE SACRIFICE FEAST EVE
21-24 August 2018 (Tue-Wed) THE SACRIFICE FEAST
30 August 2018 (Thursday) VICTORY DAY
17 September 2018 (Monday) The last day of the applications of in-house transfer
Applications must be made to Institute Secretary with the related documents
The last day of submitting petitions for exemption to the Graduate School management
Applications must be made to Graduate School Secretary with the related documents
17 September 2018 (Monday) The last day of submitting qualifying exam petitions to Heads of the Departments (fall semester)
Online Course Enrollments and Supervisor Approvals
Opening Ceremony of Academic Year (10:00)
First day of Classes (Fall Semester)
24 September - 05 October 2018 Add-Drop and Supervisor Approvals
(Monday-Friday)
26 October 2018  (13:00-Friday)  The Last day of withdrawal
 Applications must be made to Graduate School Secretary with the related documents
27 October 2017 (Friday)  The last day of submitting course enrollment documents to Heads of Departments by supervisors
October or November 2018 Qualifying Exam period (Fall Semester)
Days shall be determined and announced by the Head of the Department
Within a month after the Qualifying Exam Announcement of the faculty members appointed to thesis monitoring committee for the students who have passed the qualifying exam
29 October 2018 (Monday) REPUBLIC DAY
10 November 2018 (Saturday) COMMEMORATION OF ATATURK
December 2018 - February 2019 Online application, interwiev, evaluation and final enrollment period for 2018-2019 Spring Semester
 (Details shall be on Graduate School's web page) 
28 December 2018 (Friday) Last Day of  Classes (Fall Semester)
01 January 2019 (Tuesday) NEW YEAR'S DAY
02 - 15 January 2019 (Wed-Tue) Final Examinations (Fall Semester)
Within 5 working days after announcing the results of examinations Official objection period to exam results 
18 January 2019 (Friday) Deadline-Handing in Grades (Finals)
16 - 22 January 2019 (Wed-Tue) Alibis for Final Examinations (If approved, students shall take make-up examinations)
23 - 29 January 2019 (Wed-Tue) Make-up examinations (fall semester)
01 February 2019 (Friday)  The last day of the applications of inter-instituonal lateral transfer
Applications must be made to Institute Secretary with the related documents
The last day of submitting petitions for exemption to the institute management
Applications must be made to Institute Secretary with the related documents
01 February 2019 (Friday) The last day of submitting qualifying exam petitions to Heads of the Departments (spring semester)
04 - 08 February 2019 (Monday-Friday) Online Course Enrollments and Supervisor Approvals (spring semester)
11 February 2019 (Monday) First day of Classes (Spring Semester)
11 - 22 February 2019 (Monday- Friday) Add-Drop and Supervisor Approvals
15 March 2019 (13:00-Fri)  The Last day of withdrawal
April ve May 2019 Qualifying Exam period (Spring Semester)
Days shall be determined and announced by the Head of the Department
Within a month after the Qualifying Exam Announcement of the faculty members appointed to thesis monitoring committee for the students who have passed the qualifying exam
23 April 2019 (Tue) National Sovereignity and Children's Day
May - September 2019 Online application, interwiev, evaluation and final enrollment period for 2019-2020 Fall Semester
 (Details shall be on Graduate School's web page) 
01 May 2019 (Wed) Labor and Solidarity Day
17 May 2019 (Fri) The Last day of classes (Spring term)
19 May 2019 (Sunday) Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
20 - 31 May 2019 (Mon-Fri) Final Examinations (Spring term)
Within 5 working days after announcing the results of examinations Official objection period to exam results 
04 June 2019 (Tue) RAMADAN FEAST EVE
05 - 07 June 2019 (Wed-Fri) RAMADAN FEAST
10 June 2019 (Mon) Deadline-Handing in Grades (Finals)
10 - 14 June 2019 (Mon- Tue) Alibis for Final Examinations (If approved, students shall take make-up examinations)
17 - 21 June 2019 (Mon-June) Make-up examinations (spring term)
29 June 2019 (Saturday) GRADUATION CEREMONY 
15 June 2019 (Mon) NATIONAL DAY
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