Based on clause 8) of § 9 of the Statutes of Tallinn University of Technology
the Senate DECIDED:
1. to approve the tuition fee rates for I and II level students in degree study and external students in the academic year 2024/2025 (annexed).
2. The decision shall enter into force upon signature.
APPROVED
by Resolution No 50 of 12 December 2023
of the Senate of Tallinn University of Technology
Tuition fee rates for I and II level students in degree study and external students in the academic year 2024/2025
1. Full-time students studying in study programmes taught in English, including students studying during academic leave, shall pay a semester fee during the nominal period of studies in the following amount regardless of the amount of declared credit points:
| School | Study programme | Semester fee in euros applied to students enrolled from the 2019/2020 academic year to the 2021/2022 academic year | Semester fee in euros for students enrolled in the 2022/2023 academic year | Semester fee in euros for students enrolled in the 2023/2024 academic year
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Semester fee in euros for students enrolled in the 2024/2025 academic year or later | |
| 1.1 | School of Business and Governance | |||||
| 1.1.1 | TVTB, HAJB, TVTM | 1700 | 1900 | 2100 | TVTB 2350 HAJB 2100 TVTM 2350 |
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| 1.1.2 | HAJM | 1500 | 1650 | 1800 | 1800 | |
| 1.1.3 | HAGM | 1250 | 1400 | 1550 | 1700 | |
| 1.1.4 | MAEM | 2750 euros in the first three semesters of the nominal period of studies and 1650 euros in the subsequent semesters | 3000 euros in the first three semesters of the nominal period of studies and 1650 euros in the subsequent semesters | 3000 euros in the first three semesters of the nominal period of studies and 1650 euros in the subsequent semesters | 3500 | |
| 1.2 | School of Engineering | 1800 | 2000 | 2200 | 2500 | |
| 1.2.1 | EAHM | – | – | 3000 | 3000 | |
| 1.3 | School of Information Technologies | 3000 | 3000 | 3000 | 3000 | |
| 1.4 | School of Science | 1800 | 2000 | – | – | |
| 1.5 | Estonian Maritime Academy | – | – | 3000 | 3000 |
Students from outside the European Union shall pay the tuition fee for two semesters before enrolment.
2. The semester fee is not applied to full-time students studying in study programmes taught in English who are:
2.1 citizens of one of the Member States of the European Union or permanent residents of Estonia and are studying in the School of Engineering, School of Information Technologies, School of Science or Estonian Maritime Academy.
2.2 citizens of one of the countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or citizens of one of the member states of the European Economic Area and have been enrolled in the School of Engineering, School of Information Technologies or School of Science in the 2022/2023 academic year.
3. If a student referred to in clause 2.1 or 2.2 has interrupted his or her studies before the 2024/2025 academic year and re-commences studies in the 2024/2025 academic year, the student shall pay the tuition fee in accordance with § 4 of the Admission Requirements for the entire study programme at the rate set out in clause 1.
4. The tuition fee rate for one ECTS credit point applied to students enrolled in the 2019/2020 academic year or later and studying in study programmes taught in English part-time, incl. during study leave, and to students who have paid a semester fee during the nominal period of studies from the end of the nominal period of studies is:
| School | Study programme | Credit point fee in euros applied to students enrolled from the 2019/2020 academic year to the 2021/2022 academic year (incl.) | Credit point fee in euros applied to students enrolled in the 2022/2023 academic year | Credit point fee in euros applied to students enrolled in the 2023/2024 academic year | Credit point fee in euros applied to students enrolled in 2024/2025 or later | |
| 4.1 | School of Business and Governance | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | |
| 4.1.1 | MAEM | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| 4.2 | School of Engineering | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | |
| 4.2.1 | EAHM | – | – | 100 | 100 | |
| 4.3 | School of Science | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | |
| 4.4 | School of Information Technologies | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| 4.5 | Estonian Maritime Academy | – | – | 100 | 100 |
5. For students studying part-time in study programmes taught in Estonian or in self-paid study places, incl. for students studying during academic leave, the tuition fee rate for 1ECTS credit point of a course in euros is the following:
| School | Tuition fee rate | |
| 5.1 | Study programmes of the School of Engineering (excluding the students enrolled in professional higher education study before the 2017/18 academic year) Students enrolled in professional higher education study before the 2017/18 academic year |
50 49 |
| 5.2 | Study programmes of the School of Business and Governance (excluding the study programme Public Sector Innovation and e-Governance¹) | 50 |
| 5.3 | Study programmes of the School of Information Technologies | 50 |
| 5.4 | Study programmes of the School of Science | 50 |
| 5.5 | Study programmes of the Estonian Maritime Academy | 50 |
6. For students enrolled until 2018/ 2019 studying part-time in study programmes taught in English or who have lost the right to a tuition fee waiver scholarship, incl. those whose studies exceed the nominal period of study, or students in self-paid study places, inc. students studying during academic leave, the tuition fee rate for 1 ECTS credit point of a course in euros is the following:
| School | Tuition fee rate | |
| 6.1 | Study programmes of the School of Engineering | 60 |
| 6.2 | Study programmes of the School of Business and Governance | 60 |
| 6.3 | Study programmes of the School of Information Technologies: Students enrolled in the 2017/18 academic year or later Students enrolled before the 2017/18 academic year (excluding Cyber Security Engineering²) |
100
60³ |
| 6.4 | Study programmes of the School of Science | 60 |
| 6.5 | Study programmes of the Estonian Maritime Academy | – |
7. The credit point fee for a graduation thesis and final exam is 50% of the credit point fee rate of the relevant study programme of the School (excluding in the joint study programme Public Sector Innovation and eGovernance).
7.1 the fee for a student’s graduation thesis or the final exam is calculated based on the tuition fee rate of the relevant study programme applied in the year of the student’s enrolment;
7.2 the fee for an external student’s graduation thesis or the final examination is calculated based on the fee rate of part-time studies of the relevant study programme applied in the semester when the graduation thesis is defended, or the final exam is taken4;
7.3 in the study programmes with a semester fee, the fee for the graduation thesis and final exam is included in the semester fee during the nominal period of studies.
8. Full-time students studying in study programmes taught in Estonian or English free of charge, including at a student place funded by tuition fee waiver scholarship and students specified in clause 2), who fail to complete the required cumulative semester load, shall pay the tuition fee rate 44 euros for 1 ECTS credit point for the credit points by which they fall short of the nominal load, excluding the credit points for a graduation thesis/final exam.
9. A full-time student enrolled in a study programme taught in Estonian on 1 August 2024 or later, who interrupts his/her studies later than 70 days from the beginning of the semester, is obliged to pay the fee for the credits the student falls short from the declared courses as of the day of interruption of studies in the amount of EUR 44 for 1 ECTS credit point. The date of submission of the student’s application for self-initiated exmatriculation in the study information system is deemed to be the date of interruption of studies.
10. A full-time student enrolled in a tuition-free study programme taught in English or a student place funded by tuition fee waiver scholarship on 1 August 2024 or later, who interrupts his/her studies later than 70 days from the beginning of the semester, is obliged to pay the fee for the credits the student falls short from the declared courses as of the day of interruption of studies in the amount of EUR 44 for 1 ECTS credit point. The date of submission of the student’s application for self-initiated exmatriculation in the study information system is deemed to be the date of interruption of studies.
11. The tuition fee rates laid down in this resolution do not apply to foreign students with Ukrainian citizenship enrolled in or before the 2022/2023 academic year. The abovementioned students study free of charge in all the study programmes.
¹In the international joint study programme Public Sector Innovation and e-Governance the costs of tuition are covered, and the tuition fees are settled between the universities in accordance with the consortium agreement entered into between the partner universities and the Erasmus Mundus agreement entered into between the EU Commission and the consortium.
²Students studying in the study programme Cyber Security Engineering shall pay a semester fee in the amount of 1200 euros regardless of the amount of declared credit points.
³Applied only in part-time studies.
4The rate 83 euros for 1 ECTS credit point is applied when calculating the ECTS rate for the graduation thesis of an external student completing the study programme Entrepreneurial Leadership, MBA.