Scholarships to Study in Estonia

There are various scholarships that are available for international students in Estonia. The scholarships are divided course wise and students pursuing bachelor courses, masters courses, doctoral programmes, short term courses are all benefited by these various scholarships. Here given details about some important scholarships in Estonia.

Bachelor Degree Scholarships in Estonia

• Scholarships of Estonian Government

  The Estonian national scholarship programme is for all international students at their first level of higher education. It intends to support the all international students pursuing degree program at the institutions of higher education in Estonian.
  
  Subjects: All studies who are pursuing higher education in the areas related to Estonian culture and language can apply for the Estonian national scholarship.
  
  Scholarship amount: The scholarship amount for Estonian national scholarship 350 EUR per month.
  
  Period and conditions
  This scholarship is paid for twelve months each academic year, but in the last academic year of the degree programme, the scholarship is given for ten months. One should be a full time student to avail the scholarship.
  

• Study IT in Estonia specialty scholarship

  The Study IT scholarship aims at to give a total of €800 000 as scholarships to Master's, Bachelor's and Doctoral students at the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology. It is given twice a year in the month of October and February.
  
  Scholarship amount: The scholarship amount for the Study IT in Estonia is €160-240 per one month, and the students are given away the scholarship for the whole academic year.
  

• LHV Bank Scholarship for ICT students

  LHV Bank Scholarship aims at to encourage all students graduating from ICT courses in the 2014-15 academic years to apply their specialized knowledge and skills outside of the ICT sector.
  
  Scholarship amount: The scholarship amount In bachelor student is 1500 euros
  

Scholarships for Researchers in Estonia

• Estonian national scholarship

  The Estonian national scholarship programme is for researchers and it aims at to support the visit of researchers to various higher education courses in Estonia.
  
  Period and conditions
  The Estonian national scholarship is divided into the long-term scholarship (10 month) and short term (1 to 9 days).
  
  For the short-term visit the scholarship rate per day is 45 EUR. The recipient must stay in Estonia during the whole period of the scholarship payment.
  
  Required Documents
  Given below is the list of documents that is to be submitted while applying for the scholarship
  - The Application Form.
  - The CV where the list of publications should be mentioned (in the EUROPASS format).
  - A complete Work plan (it should be a maximum 2 A4 pages).
  - Letter of recommendation (from the employer).
  - Copy of ID-card or passport.
  - A Certificate from the foreign university which approves the applicant in the foreign university.
  - One confirmation letter of the Estonian institution stating the reason why it is interested to admit the student in their institution.
  
  All the required documents should be in the Estonian language or English.
  

Scholarships for Exchange Studies in Estonia

• Bachelor exchange study scholarships

  This scholarship is for international students and researchers at the first level of higher education. This scholarship aims at to support international students exchange study at the Estonian Institutions of higher education.
  
  Subject area: Studies in the areas that is related to Estonian culture and language.
  
  Scholarship amount: The scholarship amount for the Bachelor exchange study scholarship is 350 EUR per month.
  
  Period and conditions: The stipend duration is 1 to 10 months starting from the month of September to June.
  

• Master exchange study scholarships

  The masters exchange study scholarship aims to support international students pursuing master’s exchange study at the institutions of higher education in Estonia.
  
  Scholarship amount: The Master exchange study scholarships amount per month is 350 EUR.
  
  Period and conditions: The stipend duration is 1 to 10 months starting from the month of September to June.
  

• Doctoral exchange study scholarships

  The Estonian national scholarship programme aims at to support international students to pursue PhD exchange study or research at the institutions of higher education in Estonia.
  
  Scholarship amount: The Master exchange study scholarships amount per month is 422 EUR.
  
  Period and conditions: The stipend duration is 1 to 10 months starting from the month of September to June.
  

Scholarships for short courses in Estonia

• Estonian governmental scholarships

  This scholarships intends to support the participation in summer course short term courses of Estonian culture and language as well as in courses related to English-language curricula of degree study in Estonia that is offered at winter and summer schools.
  
  Scholarship amount: The scholarship amount includes in it the 500 EUR of the course fee, 25 EUR per day for the accommodation costs for 28 days per secondment in a calendar year.
  
  The list of courses that are covered under the Estonia governmental scholarship for short term courses are:
  - Estonian Language in Tallinn University
  - Estonian Language Summer Courses  in University of Tartu
  - Estonian language and culture courses
  

• Estophilus scholarship

  The Estophilus scholarship is for international students who is a doctoral degree or a master’s degree holders or for someone pursuing doctoral study and writing a research paper on a topic related to Estonia. The Knowledge about the Estonian language is an advantage for this scholarship but at the same point not a requirement.
  
  Scholarship Amount: The scholarship covers the costs that are directly related with the research, the tuition fees, and subsistence expenses for a period ranging from 5-10 months. The five month period scholarship is 2500 EUR and is financed by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research and is administered by the Estonian Institute.