Based on subsection 2 (2) of Regulation No 1 of 15 February 2022 of the Senate of Tallinn University of Technology “Requirements for the Admission to the First and Second Level of Studies at Tallinn University of Technology”,
1. I hereby establish the admission calendar for I and level II studies in the academic year 2026/2027 as follows:
Submission of applications and other documents required for admission by foreign nationals for study programmes taught in English via the international student admission information system DreamApply
| 1 March – 1 April | by third-country nationals |
| 1 February – 1 May | by the citizens of the OECD member states, Ukraine and Georgia and third-country nationals, who have a legal basis for staying in Estonia |
| 1 February – 1 June | by the citizens of the EU/EEA and Switzerland |
| 1 February – 1 August | for study programmes of the School of Business and Governance by the citizens of Finland, Latvia and Lithuania |
Admission tests for foreign nationals applying via DreamApply will take place during the admission period by agreement with the programme director.
Submission of applications and other documents required for admission by permanent residents of Estonia and for study programmes taught in Estonian by foreign nationals:
| 1 March – 6 July at 12.00 (midday) | submission of applications via the admission information system SAIS |
| 29 June – 6 July at 12.00 (midday) | reception of applications and documents on-site in TalTech |
Admission tests for persons applying via the admission information system SAIS
| 1 March – 25 June at 12.00 (midday) | registration for the mathematics and Estonian language admission tests for applicants pursuing first-level studies |
| 6 – 12 April | 1st period of admission tests, registration in the admission information system SAIS |
| 11 – 17 May | 2nd period of admission tests, registration in the admission information system SAIS |
| 25 June | mathematics counselling for the applicants who have applied for the admission test by the deadline |
| 26 June | admission test in mathematics for the applicants who have applied for the admission test by the deadline |
| 29 June | admission test in the Estonian language for the applicants who have applied for the admission test by the deadline |
| 8 – 12 July | 3rd period of admission tests, registration in the admission information system SAIS |
Receiving an offer of and confirming a study place*, matriculation, the pre-week
| 1 February – 15 August | study places are offered to international applicants who have applied via DreamApply and meet the requirements |
| 1 March – 13 July | in specialities with threshold-based admission, study places are offered to applicants who have applied via SAIS and meet the requirements |
| 7 – 13 July | in specialities with admission limits, study places are first offered to applicants who have applied via SAIS and meet the requirements |
| 15 July | deadline for confirming the study place by the candidates who have been offered a study place via SAIS before 14 July |
| 14 August | deadline for offering study places to applicants who have applied via SAIS and meet the requirements for filling vacant study places in specialities with admission limits** |
| 17 – 24 August | matriculation of admitted applicants*** |
| 20 August | deadline for confirming the study place for international applicants who have applied via DreamApply |
| 24 August | beginning of the pre-week (incl. lectures introducing TalTech and the academic policies) for students admitted to daytime studies in bachelor’s, integrated and professional higher education programmes for the academic year 2026/2027 |
*If the graduation of an educational institution abroad takes place after 6 July 2026, the applicant who submitted an application and the required documents by the deadline and whose application status in the admission information system SAIS is “conditional admission” is offered a study place based on the submitted graduation certificate and recognition of the ENIC/NARIC Centre until 11 August 2026.
**A candidate who has been offered a study place must confirm the study place by the deadline indicated in the notification sent via SAIS.
***Matriculation of international applicants to study programmes taught in English takes place until the deadline for submission of the semester’s individual study plan, or, based on the dean’s decision, until 15 September, except for the MVGN study programme, where matriculation can take place until 30 September.
Additional admission to the Entrepreneurial Management MBA study programme
| 24 – 28 August | submission of applications and other documents* required for admission by citizens of Finland, Latvia and Lithuania via the international student admission information system DreamApply and by permanent residents of Estonia via the admission information system SAIS |
| 25 – 31 August | the period during which the admission test takes place |
| 1 September | study places are offered to applicants who meet the requirements |
| 3 September | deadline for confirming the study place |
| 7 September | deadline for matriculation of admitted applicants |
*incl. recognition of the ENIC/NARIC Centre of the required qualifications by the application deadline if higher education was not acquired in Estonia.
2. The directive shall enter into force upon signature.