Tuition fee rates for I and II level students and external students in degree study in the 2025/2026 academic year

Approved by Resolution No 44 of 10 December 2024 of the Senate of Tallinn University of Technology

In force from: 12.12.2024

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  Semester fee in euros for students enrolled in the 2024/2025 academic year Semester fee in euros for students enrolled in the 2025/2026 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
2500
 1.1.2 HAJM 1500 1650 1800 1800 2300
 1.1.3 HAGM 1250 1400 1550 1700 1900
 1.1.4 MAEM 2,750 euros in the first three semesters of the nominal period of studies and 1,650 euros in the subsequent semesters 3,000 euros in the first three semesters of the nominal period of studies and 1,650 euros in the subsequent semesters 3,000 euros in the first three semesters of the nominal period of studies and 1,650 euros in the subsequent semesters 3500 3900
 1.2 School of Engineering 1800 2000 2200 2500 2750
 1.2.1 EAHM 3000 3000 3000
 1.3 School of Information Technologies 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000
1.4 School of Science 1800 2000
1.5 Estonian Maritime Academy 3000 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 started his/ her prior studies before the 2024/2025 academic year and is re-enrolled in the 2025/2026 academic year, the student shall pay the tuition fee in the cases specified in clauses 4 (1) (2)-(4) of the Admission Requirements for I and II Level Higher Education Students until the end of the 2026/2027 academic year at the rate set out in clause 1 only if the student has studied at the same level of higher education for free more than fifty per cent of the nominal duration of the study programme.

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 the tuition fee rate for one ECTS credit point applied from the end of the nominal period of studies to students who have paid a semester fee during the nominal period of studies is as follows:

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 the 2024/2025 academic year Credit point fee in euros applied to students enrolled in the 2025/2026 academic year or later
 4.1 School of Business and Governance 60 70 80 90 100
 4.1.1 MAEM 100 100 100 100 130
 4.2 School of Engineering 60 70 80 90 100
 4.3 School of Science 60 70 80 90 100
 4.4 School of Information Technologies 100 100 100 100 100
 4.5 Estonian Maritime Academy 100 100 100

5. For students studying part-time in study programmes taught in Estonian or in self-funded study places, incl. those studying during academic leave, the tuition fee rate for 1ECTS credit point of a course in euros is as follows:

School Tuition fee rate
5.1 Study programmes of the School of Engineering
Students enrolled in professional higher education study before the 2017/18 academic year
55
53
5.2 Study programmes of the School of Business and Governance (excluding the study programmes Sustainability Governance (MAKM) and Public Sector Innovation and e-Governance¹) 55
5.2.1 MAKM study programme of the School of Business and Governance 100
5.3 Study programmes of the School of Information Technologies 55
5.4 Study programmes of the School of Science 55
5.5 Study programmes of the Estonian Maritime Academy 55

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-funded study places, inc. students studying during academic leave, the tuition fee rate for 1 ECTS credit point of a course in euros is as follows:

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 exam 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 taken ;
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 for free in study programmes taught in Estonian or English, 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 48 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 48 euros for 1 ECTS credit point. The date when the student submits an application in the study information system for exmatriculation at his/her request 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 after the deadline for submission of the semester’s individual study plan 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 48 euros for 1 ECTS credit point. The date when the student submits an application in the study information system for exmatriculation at his/her request 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.

12. If a student has started his/ her prior studies before the 2024/2025 academic year and is re-enrolled in a study programme taught in Estonian in the 2025/2026 academic year, the student shall pay the tuition fee in the cases specified in clauses 4 (1) (2)-(4) of the Admission Requirements for I and II Level Higher Education Students until the end of the 2026/2027 academic year at the rate set out in clause 4 only if the student has studied at the same level of higher education for free more than fifty per cent of the nominal duration of the study programme.


1 In 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.
2 Students studying in the study programme Cyber Security Engineering shall pay a semester fee in the amount of 1,200 euros regardless of the amount of declared credit points
3 Applied only in part-time studies.
4  The 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.