1. SOGOLAS Information session
Tuuli Oder, Head of Studies

2. Welcome! School of Governance, Law and Society SOGOLAS
Study Areas:
Society/About-us/Study-Areas

3. Study counsellors and specialists
Located in Mare building (Uus-Sadama 5), 5th floor
Contacts of study counsellors, lecturers and administrators of programmes:
Society/About-us/Contact

4. Means of communication
Information will only be sent to your TU account (gmail.tlu.ee). Please check it once a week minimally
Please also ensure to check your Study Information System (ÕIS) account regularly, minimally once a week
If you have not created a TU and ÕIS user account yet, visit Brigitta Kivisaar (S-203)

5. Academic calendar
All important dates are available in the academic calendar (NB! See the full academic calendar):
Gateway/Academic-Calendar

6. Important dates in autumn 2017/2018
Autumn semester:
1st period:
Intermediate week:
2nd period:
Exam session: and

7. TU study regulations
This is the most important document that regulates all study related activities:

8. Curriculum
Remember the name and code of the curriculum. The number behind the code shows the year of starting studies:
Law BA: AKLB17, Liberal Arts BA: KKLSB17, Politics and Governance BA: RIPGB17, International Relations: RIRAM17
Each curriculum has its own nominal division:
and-Society/Studies/Course-Timetables
NB! Law students – see the nominal for AKLB (Tallinn)

9. What is ECTS? European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System:
transfer-and-accumulation-system.aspx
Volume of learning:
1 ECTS = 26 hours of work, both lectures and independent work

10. BA and MA level curriculums
BA level: 180 ECTS (nominal study period: 3 years, eg. 6 semesters)
MA level: 120 ECTS (nominal study period: 2 years, eg. 4 semesters)
NB! BA level courses begin with a 6 and MA level courses with a 7
In order to graduate a students needs to fulfill the curriculum. Randomly gathered credits that do not belong to the curriculum do not count.

11. Credits in the 1st semester
In the 1st semester students need to add at least 23 credits to the study plan and by the end of the autumn semester they need to pass at least 15 credits
If a student has less than 15 credits by the end of , they will be deleted from the matriculation registry
NB! Re-exams and re-assessments taken in the intermediate week are considered into the study load of spring, not autumn

12. Study load: full time and part time studies
In order to stay studying as a full-time student a student needs to have at least 45 curricular credits by the end of study year
In order to stay studying as a part-time studies student needs at least 30 curricular credits by the end of the study year
Study load is calculated once a year during the summer break

13. Information systems - ÕIS-2: Study Information System
ASIO (each Campus house has its own name, the first letter is reflected in ASIO and the first number indicates the floor (for example M213: Mare building, 2nd floor)
In ASIO you see your timetable when searching according to your course code and number 1 (1st year students)
NB! Law students in Tallinn – see the light green lectures in the timetable!

14. Course cards / course programmes
Course programmes – only available for the students who have registered to the course

15. Submitting the study plan: 28.08.2017-11.09.2017
The study plan is submitted for one semester.
Students need to choose the courses that are in their nominal divison
Ensure to submit before – the system will be very slow on the last day

16. Exams and assessments
Students must register to exams and assessment in ÕIS at least 24h before the exam / assessment
Students who haven’t registered will not be allowed to the exam / assessment
Exams and assessments can both be taken twice (one time at the main exam/assessment, second time at the re-take). There are two main dates that students can choose from for exams and one main date for assessments.
Re-exams take place in the intermediate week of the following semester

17. Evaluation assessments
Exams are evaulated on the following scale: positive results A, B, C, D, E; negative result: F
Assessment are evaluated on the following scale: P (pass), MA (negative, not passed)
MI – not shown up (if a student doesn’t show up or doesn’t register to the exam)
If a student fails a compulsory course for the 2nd time he or she will be expelled
Individual agreements with lecturers about exam/assessment dates that are not in ÕIS are not allowed

18. 38 credit rule
If a student has more than 1 negative result in his or her study results he or she may not register to more than 38 credits per semester
Negative results are F, MA, MI

19. Paying the tuiton fee
Tuition fee deadline is the 25th, bill is submitted 7 days before.
If the payment does not arrive by the set deadline, deletion from the matriculation register will follow

20. Erasmus Triin Tõnurist, M-564 E-mail: triin.tonurist@tlu.ee,
Tel

21. Scholarships
If you want a scholarship, you need to do the research yourself:

22. ELU: Enhanced Learning Unlimited
Only for International Relations MA students this semester!
Representative from SOGOLAS: Catlyn Kirna
Webpage:

23. Visa and residence permit
Your main contact for visas and residence permits is the Police and Border Guard Board
Part-time students might not be able to get a residence permit

24. Questions and answers