MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
NORTHERN CYPRUS CAMPUS
2025 - 2026 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
| 2025 - 2026 FALL SEMESTER | |
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| 15.07.2025 | 15 July Democracy and National Solidarity Day (Monday) |
| 20.07.2025 | National Holiday (TRNC Peace and Freedom Day) (Saturday) |
| 29.07.2025 | School of Foreign Languages English Proficiency Exam, Exam Start Time: 10:00, * For students who have a right to take the exam with regard to related regulations at the English Preparatory Program (Summer School EPE) * The exam will be held on campus * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/sfl/general-information-about-epe. |
| 01.08.2025 | National Holiday (TRNC Social Resistance Day and Date of Establishment of TMT) (Friday) |
| 01.08.2025 - 15.08.2025 | Transfer applications through Central Placement Score (Additional article 1) |
| 01.08.2025 - 15.08.2025 | Transfer (Based on grade point average within the institution), minor and campus exchange applications |
| 14.08.2025 - 27.08.2025 | September 9, 2025 English Proficiency Exam Applications * For those who have lost their right to continue under the School of Foreign Languages English Preparation Program Regulations but are eligible to take the exam * Students eligible under Article 35 * The exam will be held on campus * Detailed information about the exam can be accessed at ncc.metu.edu.tr/tr/sfl/iys_genel_bilgiler (Newly enrolled students will take the exam without applying) |
| 22.08.2025 | Deadline for the the Student Affairs Directorate to forward applications for transfer, minor and campus exchange programs to the relevant Academic Board. |
| 30.08.2025 | National Holiday (Saturday) |
| 01.09.2025 | Deadline for grading thesis work and specialization field courses * Deadline for the Spring Semester thesis examinations * Deadline for thesis supervisor appointments |
| 04.09.2025 | National Holiday (Thursday) |
| 05.09.2025 | The deadline for Academic Board's to submit their evaluations of applications for transfer, minor, and campus exchange programs to the Student Affairs Directorate. |
| 09.09.2025 | School of Foreign Languages English Proficiency Exam Exam Start Time: 10.00 * For students who newly registered for undergraduate programs * For English Preparatory Program students who bear the right to sit the exam in accordance with the regulations * Those who have lost their right to continue under the English Preparatory Program regulation but are eligible to take the exam * Students eligible under Article 35 of the Regulation. * Students who will take the exam must consider the following: *Students should read the EPE Exam Guide carefully. * The exam will be held on campus. * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/tr/sfl/ingilizce-yeterlik-sinavi. |
| 15.09.2025 | Document registration for students newly admitted to undergraduate and graduate programs with international student quotas. |
| 16.09.2025 | METU English Proficiency Exam Exam Start Time: 10.00 * For international students admitted to undergraduate programs * The exam will be held on campus * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/sfl/general-information-about-epe. |
| 22.09.2025 | Mathematics Proficiency Exam (Exam Start Time: 10:00) * The exam will be held on campus |
| 22.09.2025 - 26.09.2025 | Current Student Tuition Fee Payments |
| 22.09.2025 - 29.09.2025 | Special student applications and registrations |
| 24.09.2025 - 26.09.2025 | Interactive Registrations and Advisor Approvals (Undergraduate, graduate programs) |
| 26.09.2025 | Online Placement Exam, * Students who are newly enrolled and repeating the year are required to take the exam. * International students newly placed in undergraduate programs. * The exam will be held on campus. |
| 28.09.2025 | CNG 100 exemption exam (Exam Start Time: 09:00). * The exam will be conducted online |
| 29.09.2025 | Classes commence (Undergraduate and graduate programs) |
| 29.09.2025 | Classes commence (English Preparatory Program) |
| 01.10.2025 | METU English Proficiency Exam Exam Start Time: 10.00 * For newly admitted undergraduate students who registered late with a valid excuse * Students who will take the exam must consider the followings: Students should read the EPE Exam Guide carefully * The exam will be held on campus * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/tr/sfl/ingilizce-yeterlik-sinavi |
| 02.10.2025 | Online Placement Exam, * For newly admitted undergraduate students who registered late with a valid excuse |
| 06.10.2025 - 10.10.2025 | Add-Drop and Advisor Approvals |
| 13.10.2025 - 24.10.2025 | Justifiable tuition fee reimbursement applications |
| 29.10.2025 | Republic Holiday (Tuesday) |
| 10.11.2025 | Commemoration of Atatürk (Sunday) |
| 15.11.2025 | Foundation Anniversary of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
| 17.11.2025 - 28.11.2025 | Applications for students who will take the 9 December 2025 English Proficiency Exam (Application programs will close on 28 November 2025 at 17:00) * For graduate program applicants who are METU students and students outside METU * Students eligible under Article 35 of the Regulation * The exam will be held on campus * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/tr/sfl/ingilizce-yeterlik-sinavi |
| 01.12.2025 - 07.12.2025 | Course withdrawal applications (for students) |
| 01.12.2025 - 08.12.2025 | Course withdrawal approvals (for advisors) |
| 09.12.2025 | School of Foreign Languages English Proficiency Exam. Exam Start Time: 09:00 * For graduate program applicants who are METU students and students outside METU * Students eligible under Article 35 of the Regulation * The exam will be held on campus * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/tr/sfl/ingilizce-yeterlik-sinavi |
| 01.01.2026 | New Year’s Day (Thursday) |
| 02.01.2026 | Last day of classes; undergraduate and graduate programs (excluding thesis work and specialization field courses) |
| 05.01.2026 - 17.01.2026 | Final Exams (undergraduate and graduate programs) |
| 14.01.2026 | School of Foreign Languages English Proficiency Exam * For students who have a right to take the exam with regard to related regulations at the English Preparatory Program * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/tr/sfl/ingilizce-yeterlik-sinavi |
| 16.01.2026 | Last day of classes in the English Preparatory Program |
| 23.01.2026 | Deadline for grading thesis work and specialization field courses. Deadline for the Fall Semester thesis examinations. Deadline for thesis supervisor appointments |
| 25.01.2026 | Deadline for the submission of final grades (The program will close by 23:00) |
| 26.01.2026 | The announcement of final grades |
| 26.01.2026 - 30.01.2026 | Transfer (Based on grade point average within the institution), minor and campus exchange applications |
| 26.01.2026 - 01.02.2026 | Deadline for the submission of Fall Semester Incomplete (I) grades (The program will close on 1 February 2026 at 23:00) |
| 26.01.2026 - 01.02.2026 | Submission of the Fall Semester grade corrections by instructors (The program will close on 1 February 2025 at 23:00) |
| 26.01.2026 - 02.02.2026 | Approval of the Fall Semester grade corrections by the program coordinators (The program will close on 2 February 2026 at 23:00) |
| 26.01.2026 - 02.02.2026 | The resit exam applications for those who are in the semester of graduation |
| 26.01.2026 - 09.02.2026 | Submission of Fall Semester resit grades (The program will close on 9 February 2026 at 23:00) |
| 2025 - 2026 SPRING SEMESTER AND SUMMER SCHOOL | |
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| 29.01.2026 - 13.02.2026 | Tuition fee payments |
| 03.02.2026 | English Language Proficiency Exam for International Students Newly Admitted to Undergraduate Programs (Exam Start Time: 10.00 am) |
| 04.02.2026 | Placement Exam for International Students Newly Admitted to Undergraduate Programs |
| 06.02.2026 | Deadline for the the Student Affairs Directorate to forward applications for transfer (Based on grade point average within the institution), minor and campus exchange programs to the relevant Academic Board. |
| 09.02.2026 | Mathematics Proficiency Exam (Exam Start Time: 10:00) * The exam will be held on campus |
| 09.02.2026 | Classes commence (English Preparatory Program) |
| 09.02.2026 - 16.02.2026 | Special student applications and registrations |
| 10.02.2026 | The deadline for Academic Board's to submit their evaluations of applications for transfer (Based on grade point average within the institution), minor, and campus exchange programs to the Student Affairs Directorate. |
| 11.02.2026 - 13.02.2026 | Interactive Registrations and Advisor Approvals (undergraduate, graduate programs) |
| 14.02.2026 | CNG 100 exemption exam (Exam Start Time: 09:00). * The exam will be conducted online |
| 16.02.2026 | Classes commence (Undergraduate and Graduate Programs) |
| 23.02.2026 | Deadline for the submission of Fall Semester grade corrections and resit grades as approved by the concerned Academic Boards |
| 23.02.2026 - 27.02.2026 | Add-Drop and Advisor Approvals |
| 02.03.2026 - 09.03.2026 | Justifiable tuition fee reimbursement applications |
| 20.03.2026 - 22.03.2026 | Religious holiday (Holiday eve Thursday 19 March 2026) |
| 13.04.2026 - 24.04.2026 | Applications for students who will take the 5 May 2026 English Proficiency Exam, * For graduate program applicants who are METU students and students outside METU, * Students eligible under Article 35 of the Regulation, * The exam will be held on campus, * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/sfl/general-information-about-epe |
| 23.04.2026 | National Holiday (National Sovereignty and Children's Day, Thursday) |
| 27.04.2026 - 03.05.2026 | Course withdrawal applications (for students) |
| 27.04.2026 - 04.05.2026 | Course withdrawal approvals (for advisors) |
| 01.05.2026 | Labor and Solidarity Day (Thursday) |
| 05.05.2026 | School of Foreign Languages English Proficiency Exam, Exam Start Time: 10:00, * For graduate program applicants who are METU students and students outside METU, * Students eligible under Article 35 of the Regulation, * The exam will be held on campus, * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/sfl/general-information-about-epe |
| 11.05.2026 - 25.05.2026 | Applications for English Proficiency Examination bearing date 9 June 2026, * Students currently studying at the English Preparatory Program who have the right to take the exam with regard to related regulation, * For transfer applicants outside METU (additional article 1, additional article 2, METU Transfer Directive), * The exam will be held on campus, * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/sfl/general-information-about-epe. |
| 19.05.2026 | National Holiday (Commemoration of Atatürk & Youth and Sports Festival, Tuesday) |
| 22.05.2026 | METU day |
| 27.05.2026 - 30.05.2026 | Religious holiday (Holiday eve Tuesday 26 May 2026) |
| 05.06.2026 | Last day of classes; undergraduate and graduate programs (excluding thesis work and specialization field courses) |
| 05.06.2026 | Last day of classes in the English Preparatory Program |
| 08.06.2026 - 20.06.2026 | Final Exams (graduate and undergraduate programs) |
| 09.06.2026 | School of Foreign Languages English Proficiency Exam, Exam Start Time: 10:00, * Students currently studying at the English Preparatory Program who have the right to take the exam with regard to related regulation, * For transfer applicants outside METU (additional article 1, additional article 2, METU Transfer Directive), * The exam will be held on campus * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/sfl/english-proficiency-exam |
| 15.06.2026 - 22.06.2026 | Tuition Fee Payments for Summer School (For English Preparatory Program Students) |
| 28.06.2026 | Deadline for the submission of final grades (The program will close on 28 June 2026 at 24:00) |
| 29.06.2026 | The announcement of final grades |
| 29.06.2026 - 02.07.2026 | Submission of the Spring Semester grade corrections by instructors (The program will close on 2 July 2026 at 24:00) |
| 29.06.2026 - 02.07.2026 | Submission of Spring Semester Incomplete (I) grades (The program will close on 2 July 2026 at 24:00) |
| 29.06.2026 - 03.07.2026 | Approval of the Fall Semester grade corrections by the program coordinators (The program will close on 3 July 2026 at 24:00) |
| 29.06.2026 - 05.07.2026 | The resit exam applications for those who are in the semester of graduation |
| 29.06.2026 - 10.07.2026 | Tuition Fee Payments for Summer School (undergraduate and graduate programs) |
| 29.06.2026 - 03.07.2026 | Justifiable tuition fee reimbursement applications for Summer School (English Preparatory Program) |
| 29.06.2026 | Summer School Classes begin (English Preparatory Program) |
| 08.07.2026 - 10.07.2026 | Interactive Registrations and Advisor Approvals for Summer School (undergraduate and graduate programs) |
| 13.07.2026 | Summer School Classes begin (Undergraduate and Graduate programs) |
| 13.07.2026 - 24.07.2026 | Justifiable tuition fee reimbursement applications |
| 15.07.2026 | 15 July Democracy and National Solidarity Day (Wednesday) |
| 20.07.2026 | National Holiday (TRNC Peace and Freedom Day) (Sunday) |
| 27.07.2026 | Last Day of Summer School Classes (English Preparatory Program) |
| 28.07.2026 | School of Foreign Languages English Proficiency Exam, Exam Start Time: 10:00, * For students who have a right to take the exam with regard to related regulations at the English Preparatory Program (Summer School EPE), * The exam will be held on campus, * Detailed information about the exam can be found at ncc.metu.edu.tr/sfl/general-information-about-epe. |
| 01.08.2026 | National Holiday (TRNC Social Resistance Day and Date of Establishment of TMT) (Saturday) |
| 03.08.2026 - 14.08.2026 | Transfer applications through Central Placement Score (additional article 1) |
| 03.08.2026 - 14.08.2026 | Transfer (Based on grade point average within the institution), minor and campus exchange applications |
| 21.08.2026 | Last Day of Summer School Classes (Undergraduate and Graduate programs) |
| 21.08.2026 | Deadline for the the Student Affairs Directorate to forward applications for transfer, minor and campus exchange programs to the relevant Academic Board. |
| 24.08.2026 | Summer school classes that can not be held on July 15, 2026, Democracy and National Unity Day, will be held. |
| 25.08.2026 - 27.08.2026 | Summer School Final Examinations (starting at 18:00 on 24 August 2026) |
| 28.08.2026 | Deadline for the the Student Affairs Directorate to forward applications for transfer, minor and campus exchange programs to the relevant Academic Board. |
| 30.08.2026 | National Holiday (Sunday) |
| 03.09.2026 | Deadline for the submission of Summer School grades (by 24:00) |
| 04.09.2026 | Deadline for grading thesis work and specialization field courses. Deadline for the Spring Semester thesis examinations. Deadline for thesis supervisor appointments. |
| 04.09.2026 | The announcement of the Summer School grades |
| 04.09.2026 - 07.09.2026 | The resit exam applications for those who are in the semester of graduation by the Summer School |
| 04.09.2026 - 10.09.2026 | Submission of Summer School Incomplete (I) grades (The program will close on 10 September 2026 at 24:00) |
| 04.09.2026 - 10.09.2026 | Submission of Summer School Incomplete (I) grades (The program will close on 10 September 2026 at 24:00) |
| 04.09.2026 - 11.09.2026 | Approval of Summer School grade corrections as approved by the concerned Program Coordinators (The program will close on 11 September 2026 at 24:00) |
| 10.09.2026 | Deadline for the submission of spring semester and summer school Incomplete (I) grades whose submission period was extended by the Academic Boards |
| 10.09.2026 | Deadline for the submission of Spring Semester and summer school grade corrections as approved by the concerned Academic Boards and deadline for the submission of resit exam grades |
| 23.09.2026 - 25.09.2026 | Interactive Registrations and Advisor Approvals (undergraduate, graduate, and the English Preparatory Program students) |
| 28.09.2026 | Classes Begin (undergraduate, graduate programs, the English Preparatory Program) |
(*)The dates and arragement of Alumni Day and Diploma Ceremony will be announced later.
(**) 2025 - 2026 Academic Year YKS registration dates will be updated after the exam dates are announced by Higher Education Institutions.