Estonia

International bachelor’s programmes

2018

Est. 1632

Located in Tartu, Estonia with departments in

Tallinn, Pärnu, Narva, Viljandi

4 faculties, 13 000 students (1300 international)

Biggest library in Estonia

University clinics, museums, botanical garden

Nobel Prize in 1909 (Wilhelm Ostwald, founder of

Physical Chemistry)

University of Tartu

THE World University Rankings (2018): 300-350

QS World University Rankings (2018): 314

QS World University Rankings by subject (2016):

• Communication and Media Studies: 101-150

• Linguistics: 101-150

• English Language and Literature: 251-300

• Modern Languages: 251-300

• Medicine: 251-300

• Computer Science and Information Systems: 401-450

TOP 1.2% & #1 in the Baltics

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1300 international students from more than 90 countries

International students TOP countries

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Title Business Administration Language English

Level of study Bachelor's Location Tartu, Estonia

Degree awarded Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences Tuition fee 3400 EUR/year

Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences Scholarships 5 tuition waivers

Duration 3 years

Credits 180 ECTS

Study-form Full-time regular studies

Business Administration

• Extensive practical learning includes company visits, lectures by company

representatives, drafting business plans.

• Students are expected to complete internships in various companies as part of the

programme.

• Springboard for entering into local or international labour market or continuing

at master’s level.

3 reasons why BBA

67 students from:

Estonia, USA, United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium,

Egypt, Georgia, Hong Kong, Egypt, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Mauritius, Latvia,

Moldova, Romania, Finland, UK, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Russia

Current students

• Obligatory base modules (48 ECTS):• Fundamentals of Business (24 ECTS) (incl. Practical training)

• Economics Methodology (24 ECTS)

• Narrow field modules (48 ECTS):• Business Environment (24 ECTS)

• Management (24 ECTS)

• Specialisation modules (48 ECTS):• Finance and Accounting (24 ECTS)

• Marketing and Management (24 ECTS)

• Elective modules (12 ECTS)

• Optional subjects (12 ECTS)

• Graduation exam (10 ECTS)

Curriculum structure (180 ECTS)

New building in 2020

• Idea Lab

• sTARTUp Day conference

• AIESEC

• Various open lectures

• Your own startup? ☺

Extra-curricular activities

• Entry requirements

• Secondary education (must be obtained by the end of July)

• English language proficiency

• Applications are evaluated based on

• the state exam result/final grade in Mathematics (yields 40% of the final score)

• the score of the motivation letter (yields 60% of the final score)

General admission conditions

Title Science and Technology Language English

Level of study Bachelor's Location Tartu, Estonia

Degree awarded Bachelor of Science Tuition fee 3500 EUR/year

Faculty Faculty of Science and Technology Scholarships 10 tuition waivers

Duration 3 years Study places 35

Credits 180 ECTS

Study-form Full-time regular studies

Science and Technology

• You do not have to choose a specialisation right away: try out different fields

and make your choice in the second year.

• Wide range of study-related extracurricular activities, incl. participation in

Estonia’s first student satellite project ESTCube and UT Robotics Club.

• Graduates have an option to continue studies in any natural science or work for

technology companies in Estonia and abroad.

3 reasons why ST

44 students from:

Estonia, USA, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Latvia, Georgia,

Turkey, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Vietnam, Belarus, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Russia,

Mauritius, Brazil, Canada, Nepal and India

Current students

• General requirements

• Completed secondary education (before the academic year starts)

• English language proficiency

• Applicants are ranked based on the following 3 indicators:

• state exam result/final grade in Mathematics (yields 40% of the final score)

• state exan result/final grade in either Biology, Chemistry or Physics – highest result will be considered (yields 40% of the final score)

• score of the motivation letter (yields 20% of the final score)

General admission conditions

Ilona Faustova, Programme Director of the Year 2017

• Base modules I & II (48 ECTS)

• Narrow field module (24 ECTS)

• Specialty module (72 ECTS):• Genetics and biotechnology modules

• Bioengineering and robotics modules

• Chemistry and materials science modules

• Elective module (12 ECTS)• an option to choose from a fixed list of courses

• Optional courses (12 ECTS)

• all courses available at the University of Tartu and other universities

• Bachelor’s thesis (12 ECTS)

Curriculum structure (180 ECTS)

Bioengeneering and Robotics 1 (24 ECTS)• Bioinformatics for Bioengineers (6 ECTS)

• Biomolecular Catalysis and Signaling (4 ECTS)

• Applied Synthetic Biology (6 ECTS)

• Synthetic Biology Lab I (4 ECTS)

• Synthetic Biology Lab II (4 ECTS)

Bioengeneering and Robotics 2 (24 ECTS)• Robotics (6 ECTS)

• Practical works in Robotics (6 ECTS)

• Molecular Systems Biology (3 ECTS)

• Systems Modeling (practical course)(3 ECTS)

• Working with Modern Lab Equipment (6 ECTS)

Bioengeneering and Robotics 3 (24 ECTS)• Digital Signal processing(6 ECTS)

• Biomedical Engineering (6 ECTS)

• Control Systems Engineering (3 ECTS)

• Biomechanical Engineering (5 ECTS)

• Introduction to Digital image processing (4 ECTS)

Specialisation: Bioengineering and Robotics

▪Genetics and Biotechnology 1 (24 ECTS):• Microbiology (6 ECTS)• Cell Biology (6 ECTS)• Biotechnology (6 ECTS)• Bioinformatics and Genomics (6 ECTS)

▪Genetics and Biotechnology 2 (24 ECTS):• Plant Physiology (3 ECTS)• Microbiology/Virology Practicum (6 ECTS)• Genetics Practicum (6 ECTS)• Biochemistry/Plant Physiology Practicum (6 ECTS)• Cell Biology Practicum (3 ECTS)

▪Genetics and Biotechnology 3 (24 ECTS):• Biotechnology Practicum (6 ECTS)• Developmental Biology (6 ECTS)• Evolutionary Processes (6 ECTS)• Bio-entreprise (6 ECTS)

Specialisation: Genetics and Biotechnology

▪Chemistry and Materials Science 1 (24 ECTS)

• Inorganic Chemistry (6 ECTS)• Physical Chemistry (6 ECTS)• Material Science (6 ECTS)• Analytical Chemistry (6 ECTS)

▪Chemistry and Materials Science 2 (24 ECTS)

• Computational Chemistry (3 ECTS)• Bioorganic Chemistry (3 ECTS)• Applied Electrochemistry (3 ECTS)• Colloid and Surface Chemistry (3 ECTS)• Physical Material Technologies (3 ECTS)• Structural Analysis (3 ECTS)• Practical Work in Organic Chemistry (6 ECTS)

▪Chemistry and Materials Science 3 (24 ECTS)

• Environmental Chemistry (3 ECTS)• Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (6

ECTS)• Fundamentals of Spectroscopy (3 ECTS)• Materials Science (6 ECTS)• Thin Film Technology (3 ECTS)• Measuring and Instrumentation (3 ECTS)

Specialisation: Chemistry and Material Science

Informatics for bioengineers 6

Working with Modern Lab

Equipment 6

Biomolecular catalysis and

signaling 4

Synthetic biology lab 1 4

Digital Signal processing 6

Introduction to Digital Image

Processing 4

TOTAL 30 ECTS

Inorganic chemistry 6

Liquid Chromatography and Mass

Spectrometry 6

Physical Chemistry 6

Organic Chemistry Lab 6

Materials Science 6

TOTAL 30 ECTS

Cell biology 6

Bioinformatics and genomics 6

Biochemistry/plantphysiology Lab

6

Cell Biology Lab 3

Evolutionary Processes 6

TOTAL 30 ECTS

Spring 2018 – an example of courses

Additional interesting

courses

• Laboratory projects

• Practical Work in Robotics – ROBOTEX

• Neural Networks

• Electronics projects

• Language courses

• Anger Management (Faculty of Arts and

Humanities)

iGEM - International

Genetically Engineered

Machine Competition

Possibility to participate in a worldwide synthetic biology

competition

Creation of living cells with new function(s)

Takes place in Boston, USA

~ 400 teams

First Estonian team

Giant Jamboree 2017

Follow on FB: Estonia iGEM

Questions: alissa.agerova@gmail.com

Title Medicine Language English*

Level of study Integrated Bachelor's and Master's studies

Location Tartu, Estonia

Degree awarded Degree in Medicine (MD) Tuition fee 11 000 EUR/year

Faculty Faculty of Medicine Scholarships not available

Duration 6 years Study places 24

Credits 360 ECTS

Study-form Full-time regular studies

Medicine

• You will acquire practical skills on real patients in the largest provider of

medical care in Estonia - Tartu University Hospital.

• The university belongs to the TOP 1% of the world’s most cited universities

and scientific institutions in the field of clinical medicine.

• Graduates can work as doctors, enter postgraduate specialist medical training or a

PhD programme in Medicine.

3 reasons why MD

134 students from:

Estonia, USA, Cayman Islands, Malaysia, Poland, Sweden, Finland,

UK, Czechia, Russia

Current students

The basic studies in medicine are carried out in a system of courses, with the

subjects being studied in a pre-determined order:

• Compulsory subjects (274 ECTS)

• Estonian language (18 ECTS)

• Practice (55 ECTS)

• Elective and optional subjects (8 ECTS)

• Final examination (5 ECTS)

Curriculum structure (360 ECTS)

• Entry requirements

• Secondary education

• SAT Subject Test in Biology E/M (minimum score 680)

• Taking the SAT Subject Test in Biology E/M also proves applicant's proficiency in English language, therefore submitting a proof of

English language proficiency is not required.

• Applications are evaluated based on

• SAT Subject Test in Biology E/M score (yields 70% of the final score)

• the score of the motivation letter (yields 30% of the final score)

General admission conditions

1. Apply online via:

• International students: DreamApply

• Estonian students: SAIS

Application deadline: April 15, 2018

Application fee: 50 EUR if you apply via DreamApply

Results: June 15

How to apply? (1)

2. Send us your documents by post only if you are accepted within 3

weeks after you received an admission offer.

Academic year starts on the 3rd of September, 2018.

How to apply? (2)

• Online application

• Motivation letter

• Proof of English language proficiency (e.g. TOEFL 75, IELTS 5.5) (only for

Business Administration and Science & Technology)

• SAT in Biology E/M (only Medicine)

• Official copies & translation into English of previous education documents

• Copy of passport page stating personal info

List of documents

4 centuries of student life

• Tutors & international student coordinators

• Erasmus Student Network

• Autumn & Spring Student Days

• Various student organisations, e.g. IdeaLab,

International Student Ambassadors, EstCube

• UT Sports Club

Dorms

• Up to 150 EUR/month

• Deposit 150 EUR

• Apply: www.campus.ee

• 2/room, 6/apartment

• Wifi, parking, laundry

Average monthly living costs: 301-400 EUR

Dorms

• Current international degree students – contact them!

International Student Ambassadors – isa.ut.ee

Thank you!

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