Academic calendar
Session d’automne 2026-2027 runs Sep 21, 2026 – Jan 25, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Session d’automne 2026-2027Relevant now
Campus language
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Showing 17 of 17 terms
A
- ADE
- Association des Élèves; the primary student council responsible for campus life and events.
B
- Buvette
- The small on-campus cafeteria or snack bar used for quick meals and coffee between classes.
C
- Cité Saiss
- The specific residential complex serving the Saiss campus area, including FST students.
- Club Biotech
- A student organization specifically for students in the Biotechnology department.
D
- Dar Talib
- Commonly refers to student boarding houses or specific student hostels nearby.
- DS
- Devoir Surveillé; mid-term exams or graded class tests that occur throughout the semester.
E
- Enactus
- A student club focused on social entrepreneurship and community impact projects.
F
- FSTiste
- A nickname used to refer to a student of the Faculté des Sciences et Techniques.
I
- IEEE
- The IEEE Student Branch at FST Fès, focusing on technical and engineering projects.
J
- JEC
- Junior Entreprise FST Fès; a student-led organization focused on professional development and consulting.
L
- La Cité
- The public university residence (Cité Universitaire Saiss) where most out-of-town students live.
M
- Major
- The student who ranks first in their class or specific engineering branch.
P
- Poly
- Polycopié; the printed course booklets or handouts provided by professors.
R
- Ratt
- Short for 'Rattrapage'; the high-stakes retake exams held for students who did not pass the first session.
- Restau U
- Short for Restaurant Universitaire, the subsidized student dining hall located near the dorms.
T
- TD
- Travaux Dirigés; tutorial sessions where students solve exercise sheets (Fiches de TD).
- TP
- Travaux Pratiques; mandatory laboratory or practical application sessions.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Affichage
- The practice of checking physical bulletin boards for exam results and schedules, though many are moving online.
- Amphi Al-Khwarizmi
- One of the main large lecture halls, named after the famous mathematician.
- Amphi Ibn Al-Haytham
- A central lecture theater used for large-scale classes and conferences.
- Apogée
- The national academic management system used to track student registrations and official transcripts.
- Biblio
- Short for Bibliothèque; the campus library used for study sessions.
- Bloc A
- Primary academic block housing classrooms and faculty offices.
- Bloc B
- Building primarily used for laboratory sessions and practical work (TP).
- Carte d'étudiant
- The mandatory student ID card required for campus entry and borrowing library books.
- ENT
- Espace Numérique de Travail; the digital student portal for accessing grades and administrative documents.
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- Restaurant Universitaire Dhar El-Mahraz
- restaurant_universitaire_saiss_1
- Restaurant Universitaire Saiss 1
- restaurant_universitaire_saiss_2
- Restaurant Universitaire Saiss 2
- S1/S2
- Shorthand for Semester 1 and Semester 2; the primary divisions of the academic year.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Session d’automne 2026-2027 runs Sep 21, 2026 – Jan 25, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 17 approved campus terms and 13 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.