1. TALLINN UNIVERSITY
Orientation Day

2. Contact information
Catlyn Kirna, administrator of the programme and lecturer of international relations: , A-343, meetings on prior agreement.
Anna-Stina Kangro, study counsellor and specialist, , M-565, Mon-Fri ,

3. Study year Study year consists of two semesters:
Autumn semester
Spring semester
One semester consists of:
Semesters’ pre-week
First study period (7 weeks)
Intermediate week
Second study period (7 weeks)
Exam session (3 weeks)

4. Academic Calender Autumn semester 29.08.2016-22.01.2017:
until 5:00 p.m. Deadline for registration to courses via ÕIS
Intermediate week (exams, intensive courses)
Start of exam session
Christmas holiday
Exam session continues
End of the autumn semester

5. Academic Calender Spring semester 23.01 - 30.06.2017:
Online registration in the Spring Semester courses
Intermediate week (exams+ re-exams and re-assessments)
End of the right to take 2016/2017 study year autumn semester courses’ exams
Exam session
End of the spring semester
Summer holiday

6. Curriculum
180 ECTS
Nominal duration of the studies is 3 years
Your study programme code is KKLSB/16
Curriculum is up in ÕIS
To study as a full-time student and graduate in standard
period of time you should pass:
In each semester approximately 30 ECTS
In each study year approximately 60 ECTS
Not less than 45 ECTS per year
1 ECTS= 26 hours of work (about 8 hours of lectures&18 hours of independent work)

7. Curriculum University Wide Courses: 18 ECTS Core Courses: 86 ECTS
Core Elective courses: 24 ECTS
Institute subjects: 24 ECTS
Practical Training: 6 ECTS

8. Curriculum Open electives: 16 ECTS – choose any course
Bachelor’s Examination: 6 ECTS

9. Graduation requirements
Complete the curriculum in determined load,
e.g. pass all compulsory courses and the elective
courses in the load determined by the curriculum
And do the BA exam

10. Study Regulations
As a first year student you must register for studies worth at least 23 ECTS credit points in the first semester by the deadline set in the academic calendar and pass at least 15 ECTS by the end of this semester. If you don’t follow these rules you will be deleted from the matriculation register.

11. Study Regulations Full-time and part-time studies
In full-time study, a student shall complete curricular subjects a
minimum of 45 ECTS credits per study year. If a student has less
than 45 ECTS he/she will be transferred into part-time study. As
a part-time student you won’t get any grants.
In part-time study, a student shall complete curricular subjects
a minimum of 30 ECTS credits per study year. If a student has
less than 30 ECTS he/she will be deleted from the matriculation
register.
At the end of each study year, the University shall determine
the study load of the student for the following study year, based
on the results of the previous study period.

12. Study Regulations
You have the right to be admitted to Autumn semester courses’ exams and pass/fail assessments up to two times till the end of spring semesters’ intermediate.
You are allowed to take exams only at the time of exam period!
When taking exam or pass-fail test, you must register yourself through Study Information System (ÕIS)! You can register for examinations or pass/fail assessments only if you do not have any unpaid tuition fees.
If you have registered yourself for the exam or pass-fail test, but for some reason you cannot go, then you must unregister. You must do that at least 24 hours before the exam or test takes place!
If you don’t pass the course after second time, you must re-take the whole course.
After re-taking and still not passing the course you will be deleted from the matriculation register.

13. Do this week:
TU user account and address because we send the information only there
Register yourself to autumn semester courses and look at your timetable
By registering student undertakes to sit an exam or pass/fail evaluation for the respective course.
When you decide that you don’t want some course then it’s important to cancel the registration on time (latest until 5:00 p.m.
You cannot register yourself to more than 38 credit points in case you have not passed more than one course from your previous studies
Don’t leave registration for the last minute because the ÕIS will be overloaded!
Visit our webpage and read the study regulations!

14. How to register
Take your study plan from our homepage:
Log into ÕIS
Study plans
My study plans
Click
Agree to start your study plan
Search for a course by course code
Add
When you have finished electing your courses click SUBMIT
After that you can see your timetable in ASIO by clicking My timetable
ASIO – link on TU webpage, your code for this year KKLSB-1

15. Tuition fee
The bill for the tuition fee will be submitted to you via ÕIS around 2 weeks before the deadline
The fee must be paid by the deadline indicated in the bill (not later)
If you do not pay the fee you will be deleted from the matriculation registry
You can either pay by doing a bank transfer or pay by cash in the Finance Office

16. Thank you for listening!