Master Degree in Europe
Have you thought about getting a master degree in Europe?
European education system is famous for its unique and quality master degree programmes all over the world.
Universities in Europe offer all kind of study programmes for local and foreign students.
The academic year in Europe usually starts at the beginning of September or October and it is divided into two semesters. In most cases international students are admitted to the autumn semester.
The nominal length of the master degree studies in Estonia is usually 1-2 years and the studies are worth a total of 60 – 120 ECTS (ECTS – European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits, but together with the bachelor’s studies the student should not study less than five years and obtain not less than 300 ECTS credits.
When it comes to Estonian education system, then in addition to the two-cycle general structure, the study programmes for medicine, dentistry, pharmaceutical studies, veterinarian studies, architecture and civil engineering (these study programmes are only in Estonian) are single long-cycle studies with a nominal length of 5 – 6 years for 300 – 360 ECTS credits.
Estonian universities have more than 50 master degree programmes in English.
Some of the most popular study programmes are:
- Animation
- Anthropology
- Applied Measurement Science
- Baltic Sea Region Studies
- Biodiversity and Landscapes Management
- Business Administration
- Communication Management
- Communicative Electronics
- Comparative Literature and Cultural Semiotics
- Crossmedia Production
- Cultural Management
- Cyber Security
- Design and Development of Virtual Environments
- Design and Engineering
- Digital Library Learning
- Economy, State and Society
- Environmental Management and Cleaner Production
- Europeanization of Governance and Politics
- European Union - Russian Studies
- Film Arts
- Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
- Health Care Technology
- Human Rights and Democratisation
- Industrial Design
- Industrial Engineering and Management
- Interactive Media and Knowledge Environments
- International Law
- International Relations
- Landscape Architecture
- Language Policy
- Languages and Literature
- Materials and Processes of Sustainable Energetics
- Audiovisual Media
- Music
- Security and Mobile Computing
- Semiotics
- Social and Cultural Antropology
- Sound Engineering Arts
- Software Engineering
- Technology Governance
- Urban Studies
- Wellness and Spa Service Design and Management
Admissions to the study programmes are administrated by the universities (link).
You can get more information from our study programme database (link)
Come to study in Estonia, one of the fastest developing countries in Europe!




