Kerti Sönmez
International Relations Office

Schedule 28.-29. January 2016
Thursday, room SOC-209
09:30-10:00 Registration
10:05-10:20 Opening words
10:20-10:50 General study regulations
10:50-11:30 Exchange issues
11:30-12:00 Presentation by ESN Tallinn
12:00-12:30 Tour at TUT buildings
12:30-13:30 Lunchtime
13:30-13:45 Sport Center
13:45-14:15 Library
14:15-14:25 Student Councelor
14:25-14:40 Public Transportation in Tallinn
14:40-15:15 About Estonia
15:15-15:40 ESN TUT International Club
Estonian night at Student house
Friday, room NRG-131
12:00-13:00 Filling in living place registration documents for non visa students
13:00-15:00 Start of Photohunt (Ehitajate tee 5 building lobby)
15:00-16:00 Lunch at Library Cafeteria

Exchange student
• Erasmus+ exchange
• Other bilateral agreements
• Free-movers
• NB! You have the same rights as TUT degree students, at the same time you hold the status of your home university student, and you are here only for ONE semester!!!

Academic calendar
Beginning of Spring Semester
COURSES WILL START
(16 weeks)
01.02.2016
Course registration deadlines
Economics, international relations
(TSEBA), IT, Power Engineering
11.02. at 5 p.m
.
Chemical and Materials,
Mechanics, Social (Law), Science,
Civil Engineering
Examination session
Additional examination session
Results will be sent
12.02 at 5 p.m.
23.05-11.06.16
13.06-18.06.16
In July

Learning Agreement
• The Agreement is made between you, your university and Tallinn University of
Technology
• Consists data of you, your home university and us as host university
• Course selection
• Before, During and After Mobility part
• If you have to change the fist course selection, then…

Changing Learning Agreement
• Agree changes with your home university!!!
• Changes to Original Proposed Learning
Agreement - From 15. February 2016
• IRO will sign, the student will send back to home university by him/herself
• In the Changes document, only add the new courses and delete the courses you can’t take
• More information at web page: www.ttu.ee/exchange >During
Mobility>Changing Learning Agreement

WEB BASED STUDY SYSTEM OIS
• Course descriptions
• Study Programmes
• Timetables
• Your personal account
• Course registration
• Feedback / Help

http://ois.ttu.ee

Courses in English

Timetable

Course registration
• Based on your first Learning Agreement
• Picking up the courses form the time table.
If you use „SEARCH“ you get course also which are delivered in Estonian.
• You need personal username and password, you get it from room SOC-132
• Filling in the OIS information and registration the courses in OIS
Later
• Making the changes to the Originally
Proposed Learning Agreement
• Allowed to do 30 days from the beginning of your studies.

Lectures and results
• The first lecture is the most important
• Be sure from the beginning what do the lecturer requires
• Lecture and exam time and rules will be arranged by the lecturer
• The lecturer is the person, who gives the grade
• TUT has Passed/failed courses, no grade!
• After your studies you will get an official document with your exam results
• These will be sent in July

Grading at TUT
Grading system:
• 5 „A“– excellent
• 4 „B“– very good
• 3 „C“– good
• 2 „D“– satisfactory
• 1 „E“– sufficient
• 0 „F“- failed
• A – assessed (passed) – no grade!
One ECTS corresponds to twenty six (26) hours of studies (lectures, seminars, practice, home works) performed by student.

Additional course information
• English for Special Purposes I
(Business English)
TSK0025 Bachelor level
Lecturers Mall Kulasalu, Mare Kala
• These courses were not in the offer list:
AMM3060 Electrical Machines 6ECTS, exam
• HLI0011 Swedish for Foreigners I.
3 ECTS, non graded assesment

English courses at Language
Center
• HLI2040 Web based English course, no lectures, assessment!
• Register in OIS, you will get instructions and password
• HLI0020 English for Academic Purposes for
Bachelor level students
• HLI3001 Giving Presentations in English
• In first lecture, first week of February, you have to present your B2 level English
Certificate to be accepted.
• www.ttu.ee/keeltekeskus

Before mobility
During mobility
After mobility
FAQ
Contacts of IRO

https://moodle.e-ope.ee/
• Choose English>Click HOME
• Create and save your new account
• Log in using your username and password
• You will get password from us on 1st of
February
• If you have any questions regarding registration, please turn to moodle@hitsa.ee
• If you have any questions during your studies, please turn to your Lecturer

How to find the right room?
• TUT room marking system consists of the building number, floor and room number.
For example, IRO U02-201
2nd building, II floor (in Estonia Ist floor is ground lever floor), room no 01.
• Extensions of buildings are marked with letter B after the building no.

Student’s ABC
• Different service for degree and exchange students
• Basic information about the university, studies, services at and near TUT
• Laundry: Akadeemia tee 5 – basement, also at Endla 4 (2 machines)
• ISIC Card from U01-127
• Doctor contact
• Academic hostel issues – SILENCE!
• 112 Emergency, Police
• Correct e-mail address and name

Student from EU
• Please register your living place
• Apply for ID card within one month at the
Police and Boarder Guard Bureau
• http://www.politsei.ee/en/teenused/ isikut-toendavad-dokumendid
• Filling in the living place registration documents tomorrow at 12:00 room is
NRG-131!

Non EU student
• Students with temporary living permit
(TRP) from the beginning
• Students who arrive with visa don’t get the
ID card, no more bureaucracy
• Students who apply for TRP in Estonia
• Students who apply for TRP or visa outside of Estonia
• http://www.ttu.ee/incoming-exchangestudents/homepage/visaresidence-permit/
• Consultation, filling in the documents-
Please agree the time with us

FAQ
• How will I make my individual study plan? –
Step by step, searching your courses out from the timetable
• If I don’t find the course from the timetable? – Inform us by e-mail
• If the courses are overlapping? –
Choose the one you prefer
• If I want to change courses after the
„Course registration day?“- Until 15th of
February
• Who will help me? – IRO, IC, your buddy,
Dean’s Office, lecturer.

Helping each other
• IRO is sharing the non academic information: where to go, how to find the right person, right link or web page, right room, signing documents
• Dean’s Office: OIS questions
• Lecturer: Academic issues
• Buddy: social life questions
NB! They work voluntarily

The first things to do at TUT
• Choose the courses from the timetable
• Make your personal study plan
• Visit the lectures from 01.02.2016
• Take an OIS password from SOC-132
• Submit your study plan by course registration day
• Add courses to OIS and SUBMIT your study plan
AND
• Don’t leave your urgent issues on the last moment, please!
• 

WE ARE IN THE
OFFICE
JUST WALK IN!
DO NOT KNOCK AND PULL VERY
HARD. THE DOOR IS VERY HEAVY
WE ARE NOT IN THE
OFFICE
COME BACK AFTER SOME TIME

Contact
International Relations Office
Mon-Fri 8:30-17:00
Closed every Friday until 11:00,
Kerti Sönmez, Siyi Ma U02-201 kerti.sonmez@ttu.ee
siyi.ma@ttu.ee
It may-be, that we are out at meetings or trainings, then we ask you to come back later.
TUT Spring 2016