First semester at the FIT BUT? Don’t worry, we're here to help you!
Enrolment
What do I bring to enrolment?
Have you met all the admission requirements? Congratulations! It's only by enrolling that you become a regular student of the FIT. You will need the following for the enrolment:
(optional) one 3.5x4.5 cm photograph, legibly signed and provided with your personal identification number on the reverse side (if this is easier for you than supplying the photograph electronically on the website. A decent selfie against a light monochromatic background is sufficient);
officially authenticated copy of your school-leaving certificate - you cannot be enrolled without providing a proof of secondary education nostrification clause.
In the enrolment, you will sign to confirm an affidavit, you should study its contents in advance
Enrolment on 21 June
The date of enrolment is indicated in the electronic application or in the news on the faculty's homepage. The place and time of the enrolment will also be announced to the candidate in the invitation to enrol. If you cannot enrol in person, you can be enrolled by an authorised representative.
Additional dates
If you cannot attend the enrolment yourself, you can enroll through a legal representative with a power of attorney. Additional dates for enrolling will be 10 July and 18 September.
After enrolment
BUT Information System
As soon as your enrolment has been processed, your initial password for BUT's school-wide information system will become accessible in your electronic application. Using this password and your personal identification number (foreign nationals will use their birth code which is available in the Completed Data tab), you can activate your account for the BUT information system on the initialisation page of the IS BUT by setting the BUTpassword. You will learn your personal number and BUTlogin upon activation. You will then use the BUTlogin (or personal number - the two are interchangeable) for the school-wide agendas.
IS FIT
The Faculty has its own information system accessible using the faculty account. A summary on when to use which account is provided in the document on accounts; the homepage of the information system contains a link to the faculty login and password.
Request for Accomodation
Students are supposed to book an accommodation on-line by completing the Request for Accommodation. It is extremely important to apply for accommodation well in advance. Furhtermore, students with a visa obligation have to attach confirmation on accommodation to their visa application - the confirmation will be sent to student via email and to the particular embassy via data box after the delivery of all the visa application materials. For detailed information about the application (including deadlines), please refer to the ACS pages.
Student Identity Card
Another important step is to order a student identity card. On this page you can upload your photograph and select whether you wish to obtain a BUT student identity card or an ISIC card at a reduced price. You must provide a photograph and you must order a card. If you order your card in time (ideally by the end of July), you will receive it at the beginning of September. Otherwise, you will have no card during the first week of the semester (your colleagues will have to open the doors for you and you will not receive lunch in the canteen). Your student identity card serves as proof of study pursuant to the law (Section 57 (1)(a) of the Act on Higher Education Institutions).
Before the beginning of teaching
Courses
You will be automatically entrolled into all compulsory courses. Before the semester starts, you can look over the courses offered in the summer semester and, if you want, register elective courses. Registration for elective courses starts in the middle of September and ends at the end of the first week of the semester.
Recognition of passing an examination in the English language
As a rule, classes in the winter semester begin the last but one week in September (in 2019 this will be the week beginning Monday 23 September); the exact date is determined by the Academic Calendar. You can visit the faculty and collect your BUT student identity card or ISIC starting from approximately the first week in September (the exact date and instructions will be made available in the Study News).
Let's start!
Start@FIT
The traditional Start@FIT event starts on the 19 September 2019, it introduces new students to the faculty and to one another. The students will receive basic information about their studies and learn how to use available information systems. They will also learn how to search for information that might be needed during their studies. We recommend that that the participants move into the dormitories on 18 September 2019. Thise option should be available online;if not, it can be arranged by phone or in person with the contact persons at the Halls of Residence. Just mention that you are attending Start@FIT.
Introduction to academia, Beer with Academics
You are invited to the FIT courtyard (in front of Building D; if it rains, in lecture room D105), whre you will meet academics and employees of FIT. After a brief introduction to the academic environment and FIT, you can enjoy the rest of the evening, chat and meet academics. Refreshments are included.
Matriculation
Matriculation, which takes place on the last Friday before the beginning of classes in winter semester, is an academic ceremony which takes place on the occasion of admitting students for their studies. Attendance in matriculation is de facto compulsory. For detailed information and division into groups, please refer to the Study News.
Guided Tours of the Faculty
After every block of matriculations, the Student Union will host guided tours of the faculty; the Student Club "U kachničky" (U Kachničky - At the Duckling) will be opened, too.
Training Lessons
The event will begin with two training lessons (Friday, 5:30 PM). These tutorials serve to introduce you to schedules and registrations in courses and activities, which will start on Friday evening. Check back later to find out the times of lessons in English. The trainings will include basic information about study, the Operating Regulations of the Computer Centre and introduction to the Student Union of FIT, how to use information systems of FIT and the entire BUT and how to make your first schedule.
Training on the Operating Regulations of the Computer Centre is compulsory. Before the first laboratory (at the beginning of said laboratiry, at the latest), you must pass a test in the information system to prove that you've familiarised yourself with the Operating Regulations. If a student is unable attend the training, he/she can watch a recording later. However, this recording will only be available during the following week (updates can be expected as compared to previous years).
After the training, every student who has not yet done so can collect his/her BUT student identity card or ISIC in one of the rooms where the training takes place.
Entertainment activities, Tour de Pub
The entertainment programme organised by the Student Union will follow on Saturday (for example, the Tour the Pub event).
Barbecue and Getting to Know Brno
On Sunday, you can play "Brnění" (a game about getting to know Brno) from 11 AM until 3 PM and you can barbecue with Student Union of FIT and FEEC students.
For students of each year SU FIT will create 2 groups on the Facebook - for students who start their bachelor's study in 2019/2020, they are VUT FIT BIT 2019-2022 (for study related problems) and VUT FIT BIT 2019-2022 teambuilding (for student life, etc.). The Student Union also has a channel on Discord.
Note for students who are not new at BUT
Students who have studied at BUT before need not (and in fact cannot) set their BUTpassword. The password they used most recently remains valid. In addition, their previous faculty account is only reactivated. If a student has a student identity card (from any faculty), he/she need not order a new card. The identity card is activated at the time of enrolment; for the identity card to be used as proof of study, it is necessary to have the validation stamp glued to it at the Study Department. The ISIC validation stamp should be ordered at the BUT portal, whereas the BUT validation stamp can be collected in person. The BUT stamp can also be used to validate ISIC, thus reducing it to a BUT card.