Based on the guidelines of the ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia. Applications from candidates who are citizens of the Russian Federation or Belarus will not be accepted in the application round for the 2026/2027 academic year. |
- Scholarships for participation in summer schools
The scholarship supports the participation of foreign students in summer schools of the Estonian universities. Scholarships can be applied by the foreign bachelor's, master's and PhD students who, by the time of applying, have studied in their universities for at least one year (including former study levels). - 2026 application period will be open from 1st of April 2026 until May 1st (23:59, Estonian time). Please send your application form and required documents to [email protected].
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- Grant for researchers and academic staff
Grant can be applied by researchers and teaching staff of foreign university for their activity at Estonian institutions of higher education. The end user of the grant must hold an academic position at the foreign institution of higher education. 2026 application period will be open from 1st of April 2026 until May 1st (23:59, Estonian time). Please send your application form and required documents to [email protected].
- Scholarship for degree and exchange study in Estonia
The scholarship supports foreign students in their studies at the Estonian higher education institutions. The scholarship can be applied for by the foreign students who wish to study at a higher education institution in Estonia during the 2025/2026 academic year at formal studies or as an exchange student. The scholarship supports master's and PhD studies in all fields. In the first stage of higher education, (BA) the scholarship can only be applied for fields that are related to Estonian language and culture. On doctoral level, students with active junior researcher employment contract with the Estonian HEI, are not eligible for the scholarship.
- 2025/26 application period will be open from September 2 until October 1st. The updated application form will be uploaded by September 1st. Applications will be accepted only from students from countries whose citizenship is in one of the countries listed. The application should include a confirmation letter concerning the students’ admission to an Estonian higher education institution with reference to 2025/26 academic year. The scholarship results will be announced personally via email by December 1.
Read More - The guidelines for awarding and applying the Estonian national scholarships can be found (in Estonian) here.
Scholarships for Summer Schools
The purpose of the scholarship is to support foreign students participation in short summer school courses of Estonian language and culture courses organized by the Estonian institutions of higher education as well as in summer schools related to the degree programmes taught in English.
The scholarship can be awarded to the BA, MA and PhD students who are enrolled to the higher education institution abroad at least one year by the time of application. The candidate should pre-register to the course for applying for the scholarship.
Estonian universities offer various international short summer courses (1–4 weeks), language studies, IT, media, international relations etc. Contact with the programme coordinator directly if you find a suitable programme for you. In the application round of the 2025 summer school, you can also apply for a scholarship to cover the participation fee for online courses.
Courses eligible for scholarship application
University of Tartu
- Strengthening Democracies: Building Resilience and Resistance to Information Disorders
- The Science of Influence: Applied Neuromarketing Research for Marketing Strategy
- Entrepreneurship in Arts and Creative Industries
- Gentle Introduction to R
- Genetic Variants to Risk Prediction: Methods in Genetic Epidemiology
- Hands-On Data Engineering
- Synthetic Biology and Its Applications
- Designing Social Robots Summer School 2026
- Atomic Layer Deposition – the Intersection of Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry and Industry
- Who Are You? Persons, Brains, and the Selves
- Tales, Legends, and Demons in Contemporary Culture and Ukrainian Folklore
- Estonian Summer Courses
Tallinn University
- Gamification Workshop
- Design of Serious Games
- Basics of Game Development
- Design of Digital Services for Health Behaviour Change
- Experimental Interaction Design
- The Formation of Global Norms in a Changing World Order
- Innovate and Educate
- Storytelling In Marketing
- Estonian Language
Tallinn University of Technology
1. AI summer school
2. Digital Innovation
Estonian Business School: Digitalisation and Sustainability
2026 application period will be open from 1st of April 2026 until May 1st (23:59, Estonian time). Please send your application and required documents to [email protected] (for application only).
The application form cannot be changed, and the form must be sent to the email aadress in word format. It is not necessary to sign it. Additional documents can be in PDF or ohter format.
Additional info:
Liis Uulman
Senior Specialist, Scholarships and Grants Office
Education and Youth Board
+372 5917 2251
[email protected]
Applying for a summer school scholarship
The scholarship includes a course fee in the amount of up to 700 EUR (one course per applicant) and the cost of accommodation in the amount of up to 25 EUR per night for a maximum period of 4 weeks. The board concludes a contract and makes the transfer directly to the university organizing the course. The Estonian university organizing the summer school offers accommodation or makes the scholarship payment to the student. Course fee is also paid to the university.
The following documents shall be submitted when applying for the scholarship for short courses:
- application form including motivation letter;
- confirmation of registration from home university containing information on the applicant's level of study, normal period of studies and progress towards the degree;
- confirmation letter from course organizing university (can be sent by e-mail) specifying the one exact course for scholarship application;
- copy of passport or ID-card.
The application form cannot be changed, and the form must be sent to the email aadress in word format. It is not necessary to sign it. Additional documents can be in PDF or ohter format.
The decision to award a scholarship to the applicant does not guarantee his/her admittance to the institution of interest. The applicant should submit the necessary documents directly to the host institution and register to summer school course. The decision on admission should be taken before the scholarship decision.
2026 application period will be open from 1st of April 2026 until May 1st (23:59, Estonian time). Please send your application form and required documents to [email protected] (for application only).
Scholarship application results will be announced in June.
Note!
- All submitted documents shall be in English or Estonian. Documents in other languages shall be submitted with the translation to one of these languages.
- Applications that are incomplete, drafted offhand, include false information, omit relevant information or have been submitted after the deadline will not be considered for assessment.
- An application that is not accompanied a confirmation letter of admission to summer school will not be processed.
Education and Youth Board shall pay the scholarship to the host university within 21 days from the conclusion of the respective contract. During the period of paying the scholarship, the grantee must stay in Estonia (except for attending online summer school courses).
The report about the use of the scholarship is submitted to the Education and Youth Board by the host institution. A free-form report about the activities and costs is submitted within one month after the end of the summer or winter school.
Grant for researchers and academic staff
Grants for researchers can be awarded to the researchers and academic staff of higher education institutions abroad for their activity at Estonian institutions of higher education. The person using the grant shall hold an academic position at her/his home institutions. For example, the following are considered academic positions: professor, associate professor, teacher, reader, research fellow, lecturer, assistant. PhD students can apply for the scholarship for students only. Under this program, grants for postdoctoral studies are not offered. The grant can be used for research, teaching, collaboration with colleagues etc.
2026 application period will be open from 1st of April 2026 until May 1st (23:59, Estonian time).
Please send your application form and required documents to [email protected] (for application only).
The application form cannot be changed, and the form must be sent to the email aadress in word format. It is not necessary to sign it. Additional documents can be in PDF or ohter format.
Additional info:
Liis Uulman
Senior Specialist, Scholarships and Grants Office
Education and Youth Board
+372 5917 2251
[email protected]
Applying for a researchers and academic staff grants
Grants for researchers are divided into short-term (1-9 days) and long-term (10 days – 10 calendar months) grants. The subsistence rates are 45 EUR per day and 660 EUR per month respectively. Any period of 30 days is regarded as month. The grant period is the period from the first day of work up to the last day of work according to the dates mentioned in the letter of confirmation of the recipient institution. During the period of payment the grantee should stay in Estonia.
The scholarship holder's period of stay in Estonia must commence and conclude within the academic year following the application deadline.
For the application of grant the formal application along with the following additional documents are submitted:
- academic CV (EUROPASS format preferred);
- letter of confirmation from hosting institution regarding hosting and the period of employment in Estonia.
The decision to award a grant to the applicant does not guarantee his/her admittance to the institution of interest. The applicant should submit the necessary documents directly to the host institution and the decision on admission shall be taken before the scholarship decision.
The application with the supporting documents should be submitted via email to [email protected] (for application only). Additional documents can be in PDF or ohter format.
Applications are evaluated and the decision about the grants is made by the Education and Youth Board of Estonia.
Note!
- Applications that have not been accompanied by a confirmation of hosting Estonian higher education institution by the application deadline will not be processed.
- All submitted documents shall be in English or Estonian. Documents in other languages shall be submitted with the translation to one of these languages.
- Applications that are incomplete, drafted offhand, include false information, omit relevant information or have been submitted after the deadline will not be considered for assessment.
Estonian Education and Youth Board concludes a scholarship agreement with the scholarship holder. Education and Youth Board pays the scholarship to the scholarship holder monthly to the scholarship recipient's bank account.
The payment schedule for scholarship installments is agreed upon in the scholarship agreement. Changes to the scholarship period after the results have been confirmed are possible only with the Education and Youth Board's written consent. The amount of the scholarship will not be increased.
During the period of paying the support, the grantee must stay in Estonia.
Changing the support period after confirmation of the results of the scholarship application round is possible only with the written consent of the Education and Youth Board.
The report about the use of the grant is submitted to the Education and Youth Board by the host institution.
Scholarship for degree and exchange study in Estonia
The application dates for the 2026/27 academic year will be announced by August 2026 at the latest. The updated application form will be uploaded by September 1st. Applications will be accepted only from students from countries whose citizenship is in one of the countries listed. The application should include a confirmation letter concerning the students’ admission to an Estonian higher education institution with reference to 2026/27 academic year. The scholarship results will be announced personally via email by December 1. |
Scholarships can be applied by foreign students who wish to study at Estonian higher education institution in the 2025/2026 academic year as a degree or exchange student. At the master's and doctoral level, studies are supported in all fields. At the first level of higher education (BA), scholarships can be applied for only in fields related to Estonian language and culture. On doctoral level, students with active junior researcher employment contract with the Estonian HEI, are not eligible for the scholarship.
Applications will be accepted from students from countries whose citizenship is in one of the countries listed:
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Egypt
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Israel
Italy
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Mexico
Moldova
People's Republic of China
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Slovenia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United States of America
| The application with all the required annexes shall be submitted electronically within the period of September 2nd until October 1 at 23:59 Estonian time to the following email: [email protected] entitled "Scholarship for degree and exchange study in Estonia". Please find the application form and the document requirements in the subsection Application procedure (open the link in new tab). |
The application form cannot be changed, and the form must be sent to the email aadress in word format. It is not necessary to sign it.
Please be aware that the scholarship program is highly competitive. Historically, only about 10% of applicants receive the scholarship each year. Therefore, it is worth considering other sources of funding for your studies and not relying solely on this scholarship competition.
The application email (rvo.dokumendid) is for submitting complete applications only.
Additional info:
Liis Uulman
Senior Specialist, Scholarships and Grants Office
Education and Youth Board
+372 5917 2251
[email protected]
Applying for scholarships for degree and exchange study in Estonia
The scholarship can be used for both exchange and degree studies. An exchange student is paid a scholarship during the period of studying in Estonia, but not more than ten (10) calendar months a year. The scholarship is paid for exchange studies lasting more than one month. The scholarship is paid from the first day of studies until the last day of studies according to the dates approved by the host higher education institution.
Scholarships are paid to undergraduate students for 12 months of the academic year, except for the final nominal year when the scholarship is paid for 10 months of the academic year. Scholarship is assigned for one academic year. Degree studies scholarship applicant from 2nd year upwards has to be enrolled in full time studies.
The decision to award a scholarship to an applicant does not guarantee his or her admission to the desired higher education institution. The applicant must submit the required documents to the higher education institution in accordance with the requirements for admission to the higher education institution. The final scholarship decision will be made after confirmation of admission.
Scholarship amount:
- the rate of the scholarship for first-cycle (BA level) higher education and master's studies is 350 euros per month;
- the rate of the doctoral scholarship is 660 euros per month;
- other costs are not covered.
The application is submitted in English within the period of September 2nd until October 1 at 23:59 Estonian time to the following email: [email protected] entitled "Scholarship for degree and exchange study in Estonia".
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The application must be submitted with the following 3 annexes (3 separate files attached to one application email):
- degree or exchange student status in 2025/26 academic year; - level of study; - curriculum; - start and end date of study. - If you are a PhD level applicant: the confirmation letter should contain proof that you do not have an active (junior) researcher employment contract with the Estonian HEI. - If you are a Degree studies scholarship applicant enrolled before 2025/26 academic year, your Estonian HEI confirmation letter should contain proof that you are studying full-time during 2025/26 academic year. |
If the additional documents are not in Estonian or English, they must be provided with translations into either English or Estonian.
All documents must be attached to the email. Documents signed on paper are submitted scanned. The Education and Youth Board has the right to check the conformity of the submitted documents with the originals.
Applications that don't have attached a confirmation letter of admission to an Estonian higher education institution, by the application deadline, will not be processed.
Applications are evaluated and the decision about granting the scholarship is made by the scholarship Commission.
Note!
- All submitted documents must be in English or Estonian. Documents in other languages shall be submitted with the translation to one of these languages.
- Applications that are incomplete, drafted offhand, include false information, omit relevant information or have been submitted after the deadline will not be considered for assessment.
- The application email (rvo.dokumendid) is for submitting complete applications only.
Education and Youth Board will transfer the scholarship to the host university within 21 days from the conclusion of the respective contract.
Modification of scholarship periods after confirmation of the results of the scholarship is possible only with the written consent of the Board and provided that the total amount of the scholarship does not increase.
A report on the scholarships used shall be submitted to the Board by the host institution.
Last updated: 19.05.2026
