Important Dates

IMPORTANT DATES FOR INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS

Academic calendar: http://www.sabanciuniv.edu/en/academic-calendar

2023-2024 Academic Year

For 2023-2024 Fall Semester*

ATTENTION: The 2023-2024 Academic Calendar has been postponed. All the dates below are subject to change!

• Online course registrations: 18-20 September 2023
• Dormitory Applications: 01 August-01 September 2023
• Dormitory Payment: 11 September - 15 October 2023
• Earliest Dormitory Entrance Date : 23 September 2023
• University Enrollment: 18-29 September 2023
• Orientation week: 27-28 September 2023
• Start of MBA Courses: 02 September 2023
• Start of Courses: 02 September 2023
• Add-Drop period: 16-17 October 2023
• National Holiday: 29 October 2023(full day)
• Last day of classes: 05 January 2024
• End of MBA courses: 05 January 2024
• New Year Holiday: 01 January 2024
• Final exams: 06-19 January 2024
• Final Exams for MBA: 06-19 January 2024
• Grade Submission: 25 January 2024

(Transcripts will be sent within 5 weeks after the grade submission)  

For 2023-2024 Spring Semester

• Online course registrations: TBA
• Earliest Dormitory Entrance Date : TBA
• Dormitory Application Deadline: TBA
• Dormitory Payment Deadline: TBA
• University Enrollment: 31 January-01 February 2024
• Orientation week: 08-09 February 2024
• Start of MBA Courses: 15 February 2024
• Start of Courses: 15 February 2024
• Add- Drop period: TBA
• Spring Break: 08-12 April 2024
• National Holiday: 23 April 2024(Full Day)
• National Holiday: 1 May 2024(Full Day)
• National Holiday: 19 May 2024(Full Day)
• Last day of classes: 29 May 2024
• End of MBA courses: 29 May 2024
• Final exams: 30 May-09 July 2024
• Final Exams for MBA: 30 May-09 July 2024

Previous Academic Years

For 2022-2023 Summer Semester 

• Dormitory Applications Start: 15 May 2023
• Dormitory Applications End: 11 June 2023
• University Enrollment : 19-20 June 2023
• Online course registrations: 21-22 June 2023
• Earliest Dormitory Entrance Date: 1 July 2023
• Orientation week: 07 July 2023
• Start of Courses:  10 July 2023
• Add-Drop period: 18-19 July2023
• National Holiday: 15 July 2023
• Last day of Classes: 25 August 2023
• Final exams: 26-29 August 2023
• Grade Submission: 5 September 2023

 *The dates are subject to change.

(Transcripts will be sent within 5 weeks after the grade submission)  

For 2022-2023 Fall Semester

• Online course registrations: 19-21 September 2022
• Earliest Dormitory Entrance Date : 24 September 2022
• University Enrollment: 27-29 September 2022
• Orientation week: 28-30 September 2022
• Dormitory Application Deadline: 11 September 2022
• Dormitory Payment Deadline: 07 October 2022
• Start of MBA Courses: 03 October 2022
• Start of Courses: 03 October 2022
• National Holiday:October 28-29 October 2022 (full day)
• Add- Drop period: 17-18 October 2022
• New Year Holiday: 01 January 2023
• Last day of classes: 06 January 2023
• End of MBA courses: 06 January 2023
• Final exams: 07-20 January 2023
• Final Exams for MBA:14-20 January 2023

(Transcripts will be sent within 5 weeks after the grade submission) 

For 2022-2023 Spring Semester 

• Dormitory Applications Start: 09 January 2023
• Dormitory Applications End: 05 February 2023
• Online course registrations: 6-7 February 2023
• Earliest Dormitory Entrance Date : 10 February 2023
• Orientation week: 14-16 February 2023
• University Enrollment : 14-16 February 2023
• Start of MBA Courses: 27 February 2023
• Start of Courses:  27 February 2023
• Add-Drop period: 13-14 March 2023
• Dormitorty Payment Deadline: 15 March 2023
• Spring Break: 20-23 April 2023
• National Holiday: 1 May 2023
• National Holiday: 19 May 2023
• Last day of Classes: 31 May 2023
• End of MBA courses: 31 May 2023
• Final exams: 01-11 June 2023
• Final Exams for MBA: 01-11 June 2023

 *The dates are subject to change due to Covid-19

(Transcripts will be sent within 5 weeks after the grade submission) 

For 2021-2022 Fall Semester

• Online course registrations: 13-15 September 2021
• University Enrollment: 21-23 September 2021
• Orientation week: 23-24 September 2021
• Start of MBA Courses: 27 September 2021
• Start of Courses:  27 September 2021
• Holiday: 28 October 2021 (Classes will not be held)
• National Holiday:29 October 2021 
• Add- Drop period: 11-12 October 2021 (online)
• End of courses: 30 December 2021
• End of MBA courses: 30 December 2021
• New Year Holiday: 1 January 2021
• Final exams: 3 January 2022-14 January 2022 (extended till 21 January,2022)
• Final Exams for MBA: 3 January 2022-14 January 2022 (extended till 21 January,2022)

(Transcripts will be sent within 5 weeks after the grade submission) 

For 2021-2022 Spring Semester 

• Online course registrations: 14-15-16 February 2022
• Dormitory payment deadline: 28 February 2022
• Earliest Dormitory Entrance Date : 20 February 2022
• Orientation week: 23-24 February 2022
• University Enrollment :22-24 February 2022
• Start of MBA Courses: 28 February 2022
• Start of Courses:  28 February 2022
• Add- Drop period: 14-15 March 2022 (online)
• National Holiday:23 April 2022
• National Holiday: 1 May 2022
• Spring Break: 2-8 May 2022
• Religious Holiday:2-4 May 2022
• National Holiday: 19 May 2022
• Holiday: 20 May 2022 (Classes will not be held)
• End of courses: 10 June 2022
• End of MBA courses: 10 June 2022 
• Final exams: 10-23 June 2022
• Final Exams for MBA: 11-18 June 2022

(Transcripts will be sent within 5 weeks after the grade submission, Spring MBA/MIF transcripts will be sent by September since MBA/MIF grade submission is in August. If you are bachelor level student and take MBA MIF courses, your grade submission will be in August as well.)