Access to distance learning for foreign students

Announcement of the Vice-Rector for Education of Lodz University of Technology on access to distance learning for foreign students registered at TUL in the summer semester of the year 2019/2020, 27 March 2020

1. This announcement covers all groups of foreign students registered for exchange programs at the Lodz University of Technology in the summer semester of the year 2019/2020, in particular:

1.1. foreign exchange students who left Poland before 16 March 2020 and received the Confirmation of Stay and do not intend to return to Poland.

1.2. foreign exchange students who left Poland after 16 March 2020 (repatriation) and notified the International Cooperation Centre, received or did not receive the Confirmation of Stay and intend to return to Poland.

1.3. foreign exchange students who plan to return to their country in the near future have informed the International Cooperation Centre, but intend to continue participating in online courses organized by Lodz University of Technology.

1.4. foreign exchange students who plan to stay at the Lodz University of Technology until the end of the assumed mobility period and continue their studies..

2. Each student from the above mentioned groups should be given the opportunity to participate in all the classes conducted by means of distance learning. This will be organised in the following way:

2.1. A foreign student together with his or her home university will receive a list of courses conducted using the methods of distance learning at TUL in the summer semester 2019/2020.

2.2. A foreign student listed in points 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 and the home university will be informed that due to the current situation there is a risk that the courses containing the practical part (e.g. laboratories) may not be fully completed. In such cases, the student will receive a confirmation of attendance and credit for the part of the course that was delivered using distance learning methods, while the practical part should be delivered at the home university (the student should apply for such a possibility at the home university in advance).

2.3. An e-mail from a foreign student will be considered as an application for participation in the course, indicating the planned courses in which the student intends to take part. The last day of application shall be 3 April this year.

2.4. The list of selected courses should be in accordance with the Learning Agreement signed by both universities, except when the course has not opened. In such a situation, the student will be able to sign up for another course, to which he or she will be assigned only after obtaining the consent of the competent Dean and the course instructor.

2.5. Each teacher shall receive, no later than by 8 April this year, a full list of the foreign students referred to in point 1, who should be given access to the classes conducted. The Vice Dean for Student Affairs of the relevant faculty is responsible for monitoring the implementation of point 2.5. of the above announcement.

Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik, DSc, PhD, MSc,

Vice Rector for Education

Head of the TUL Crisis Management Centre