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 2023/2024 (annexed).
2. The decision shall enter into force upon signature.
APPROVED
by Resolution No 29 of 15 November 2022
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 2023/2024 academic year
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 applied to students enrolled in the 2022/2023 academic year | Semester fee in euros applied to students enrolled in 2023/2024 or later | |
| 1.1 | School of Business and Governance | ||||
| 1.1.1 | TVTB, HAJB, TVTM | 1700 | 1900 | 2100 | |
| 1.1.2 | HAJM | 1500 | 1650 | 1800 | |
| 1.1.3 | HAGM | 1250 | 1400 | 1550 | |
| 1.1.4 | MAEM | 2750 euros in the first three semesters of the nominal period of study and 1650 euros in the subsequent semesters | 3000 euros in the first three semesters of the nominal period of study and 1650 euros in the subsequent semesters | 3000 euros in the first three semesters of the nominal period of study and 1650 euros in the subsequent semesters | |
| 1.2 | School of Engineering | 1800 | 2000 | 2200 | |
| 1.2.1 | EAHM | – | – | 3000 | |
| 1.3 | School of Information Technologies | 3000 | 3000 | 3000 | |
| 1.4 | School of Science | 1800 | 2000 | – | |
| 1.5 | Estonian Maritime Academy | – | – | 3000 |
Students from outside the European Union shall pay the tuition fee for two semesters before matriculation.
2. The semester fee is not applied to full-time students 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 who were enrolled in the School of Engineering, School of Information Technologies or School of Science in the 2022/2023 academic year.
3. If a student specified in clause 2.1 or 2.2:
3.1 has been exmatriculated from his/her study programme and re-commences studies in the same study programme within two years, or
3.2 re-commences studies at the same level of higher education before the triple nominal duration of studies of the study programme where the student studied previously has passed and the student has not covered the tuition costs of at least fifty per cent of the nominal period of the study programme, the student shall pay semester fee at the rate laid down in clause 1.
4. For students enrolled in the 2019/2020 academic year or later and studying in study programmes taught in English part-time, incl. during study leave, the tuition fee rate for one ECTS credit point is the following:
| 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 2023/2024 or later | |
| 4.1 | School of Business and Governance | 60 | 70 | 80 | |
| 4.1.1 | MAEM | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| 4.2 | School of Engineering | 60 | 70 | 80 | |
| 4.2.1 | EAHM | – | – | 100 | |
| 4.3 | School of Science | 60 | 70 | 80 | |
| 4.4 | School of Information Technologies | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| 4.5 | Estonian Maritime Academy | – | – | 100 |
4.6 From the end of the nominal period of studies the tuition fee rate laid down in clauses from 4.1 to 4.5 applies also to students who have paid a semester fee during the nominal period of studies.
5. For students enrolled in the 2023/2024 academic year or later studying part-time in study programmes taught in Estonian, incl. students studying during academic leave, and for students in self-paid study places, the tuition fee rate for 1 ECTS credit point of a course in euros is the following:
| School | Tuition fee rate | |
| 5.1 | Study programmes of the School of Engineering | 50 |
| 5.2 | Study programmes of the School of Business and Governance | |
| Bachelor’s studies | 50 | |
| Master′s studies (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 |
| 5.4 | Study programmes of the Estonian Maritime Academy | 50 |
6. For students enrolled in the 2017/2018 academic year or later studying part-time, incl. students studying during academic leave, who have lost the right to a tuition fee waiver scholarship and for students in self-paid study places, the tuition fee rate for 1 ECTS credit point of a course in euros is the following:
| School | Study programmes taught in Estonian before the 2022/2023 academic year | Study programmes taught in English before the academic year 2018/2019
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| 6.1 | Study programmes of the School of Engineering | 48 | 60 |
| 6.2 | Study programmes of the School of Business and Governance | ||
| Bachelor’s studies | 50 | 60 | |
| Master′s studies (excluding the study programme Public Sector Innovation and e-Governance2) | 50 | 60/553 | |
| 6.3 | Study programmes of the School of Information Technologies | 48 | 1004 |
| 6.4 | Study programmes of the School of Science | 48 | 60 |
| 6.5 | Study programmes of the Estonian Maritime Academy | 48 | – |
| School | Before the 2017/2018 academic year | |
| 7.1 | Study programmes of the School of Engineering | |
| Professional higher education studies | 45 | |
| Bachelor’s studies, integrated studies, Master’s studies | 48 | |
| 7.2 | Study programmes of the School of Business and Governance | 50 |
| 7.3 | Study programmes of the School of Information Technologies | 48 |
| 7.4 | Study programmes of the School of Science | 48 |
| 7.5 | Study programmes of the Estonian Maritime Academy | 48 |
8. For students enrolled before the 2017/2018 academic year studying part-time or in self-paid study places in study programmes taught in English, including for students studying during academic leave, the tuition fee rate for 1 ECTS credit point of a course in euros is the following:
| School | Before the academic year 2017/2018 | |
| 8.1 | Study programmes of the School of Engineering | 60 |
| 8.2 | Study programmes of the School of Business and Governance | 60 |
| 8.3 | Study programmes of the School of Information Technologies (excluding Cyber Security Engineering5) | 606 |
| 8.4 | Study programmes of the School of Science | 60 |
9. The credit point fee for a graduation thesis and final examination 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).
9.1 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 matriculation;
9.2 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 taken7;
9.3 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 and no separate fee is charged for them.
10. 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.
11. The tuition fee rates laid down in this resolution do not apply to international students with Ukrainian citizenship who continue their studies in the 2021/2022 academic year or later and war refugees with Ukrainian citizenship who have been granted temporary protection and were enrolled at the university in the 2022/2023 academic year. The abovementioned students study free of charge in all the study programmes.
2 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.
3 The lower tuition fee rate is applied to students enrolled in the 2017/2018 academic year in the Master′s study programme Technology Governance and Sustainable Development.
4 Students 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.
5 Students 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.
6 Applied only in part-time studies
7 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.