For Freshmen

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:

    • identity card (other identity document, passport);
    • officially authenticated copy of your school-leaving certificate - you cannot be enrolled without providing a proof of secondary education nostrification clause.

    Enrollment will be handled in person. We will inform you in e-application and by letters.

  • Enrolment on 15 June

    During enrolment you will also meet with representatives of the Students' Union who will give you the FIT Freshmen Handbook (available only in Czech). We recommend reading it. Occupational Health and Safety training and Fire Protection training, which are compulsory, will take place online via the BUT IS.

  • 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 7 July and 13 September.

After enrolment

  • BUT Information System

    After your admission, you can access the personal number, initial password and a birth code for foreigners. Using this password, personal number or the birth code, you can activate your BUT account by setting a so called BUTPassword. Personal number and BUTPassword are going to be used for the school-wide agendas.

  • FIT Information System

    The Faculty has its own information system (WIS) 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. The access to the FIT IS is granted after the enrollements are processed, which might take a while. You are not going to use this IS for day to day study agendas.

  • 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. If you order your card in time (ideally by the end of July), you will receive it at the beginning of September (note: Dopravní podnik města Brna requires ISIC card or online verification of student status).

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.

    In addition to compulsory courses, IKK will be automatically enrolled for 0 credits. However, it is not a traditional elective course, but registration for circular consultations, which are meetings between first-year students and academics who will provide them with valuable advice and information needed at the beginning and throughout their studies. In the IKK virtual course, students register in circles of 20, each completing a minimum of three one-hour consultations with an academic.

  • Elective courses

    • Seminar of Mathematics (ISM) - is intended to supplement the knowledge from high school for the completion of compulsory courses in further studies,
    • Seminar of Physics (IFS) - is intended to supplement the knowledge from high school for completing the compulsory course Electronics for Information Technology (IEL),
    • Informační výchova a gramotnost (IVG) - an e-learning course focused on finding relevant information, recognizing quality information and processing it,
    • PC Seminar (ISC) - is intended for supplementing the knowledge of computer science,
    • Humanities courses - if you find the compulsory winter term courses easy, then you can earn credits in one of the humanities courses.

  • Recognition of passing an examination in the English language

    If you have a certificate of completion of a general state or international English language examination - the State General English Language Examination, the international First Certificate in English (FCE), Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE), you can submit an application for recognition of completion of the compulsory English language examination according to the UJAZ FEKT decree in BUT IS. Should there be any requests for an exception to recognizing different certificates, please consult the study advisor at the Department of Languages at FEEC for FIT - PaedDr. Baumgartnerová.

  • Collecting your BUT Student Identity Card

    As a rule, classes in the winter semester begin the last but one week in September (in 2022 this will be the week beginning Monday 19 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). We recommend that you pick up your card after the morning training at Start@FIT.

Start@FIT

  • Before the start of the semester, Start@FIT is waiting for you: a welcome, training, familiarisation and fun event for freshers, organised by our Student Union. The event runs from Thursday 14 September to Sunday 17 September.

    At the faculty, you will be welcomed by your new lecturers, after which your older colleagues will explain how to set up your timetable and register your lessons, how to use the information systems, where to look and what to look out for when studying. You'll take part in matriculation ceremonies, the academic ceremony of being admitted to study. You will meet your new classmates, chat with your teachers. You'll have the opportunity to explore parts of the faculty not normally accessible to you, or take part in lots of interesting activities where you might find colleagues for group work while you study.

    The complete programme can be found on the website startatfit.cz

    • On Thursday, you will receive an initial welcome and basic training on studying, timetable and information systems. Don't miss it! In the afternoon, you will pick up your student ID cards and meet your new teachers in the courtyard. Visit the event website for a complete schedule.

    • On Friday you will attend the compulsory matriculation. Do not forget to bring appropriate formal attire (suit, dress, etc.) to Brno. Afterwards you can join the tournaments at the club U Kachničky, for ladies we are preparing a Girls@FIT meeting. In the evening you can get to know Brno's businesses at the Tour de Pub event.

    • Tune in to the Student Union livestream on Saturday morning, where we'll discuss our experience of life at the faculty and answer all your questions. In the afternoon, you will be able to register for classes (timetable) in the information system.

    • On Sunday, the second part of the training on studying will take place. Along with them, don't miss the all-day start-fest: a packed programme in the courtyard, great student bands, food, drinks and fun before the start of the semester.

Don't get lost freshman year!

Freshman Handbook SU FIT signpost for freshmen

(texts available only in Czech)

Additional Information

Student Advisory and Student Union

You can find more information on the student counselling page. We recommend that you check the list of tasks that all first-year student should remember.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can also contact the Student Union of FIT. SU FIT is a group of students interested in the goings-on at FIT. The group participates in the decision-making of the faculty and represents the students. They also organize Start@FIT event.

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.

Useful links

Responsibility: Ing. Jaroslav Dytrych, Ph.D., Ing. Kristýna Zaklová a Ing. Petr Veigend
Last update: 2023-08-13 13:34:58
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