PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 

• Estonia has over 2000 islands and is comprised of almost 50% forested land (and almost a quarter is protected nature areas). Outdoor enthusiasts will love hunting for mushrooms in the pine-filled forests or swimming in a bog lake in the Estonia wilderness.  
• Founded in the 1600s, the University of Tartu is the national university of Estonia and ranked in the top 1.2% globally! Tartu offers an extensive catalog of classes in English in many of the highest-demand subject areas. 
• Connect with your peers upon arrival by joining the University of Tartu buddy program. This program pairs you with an international degree-seeking student who might become your new best friend and can help you navigate through life abroad. 
• Take part in the social program on campus, which will allow you to participate in a range of fun and engaging cultural activities with other local and international students. Day trips and events include movie nights, a Tartu city tour, a street art scavenger hunt, museum visits, and a lot more! 

LIFE ABROAD 
Ideal for music and art lovers, explore the various venues throughout the city to listen to DJs, rock bands, and house music or the artistic vibes of the city’s murals and street art. There are also many art and music festivals to enjoy throughout the year, including the popular Song and Dance Celebration, which is the reason Estonia is often referred to as the singing nation. 

What We Love About Tartu 
A university town and a hub of creative and intellectual culture, Tartu is an ideal place to discover theatre performances, concerts, and festivals at an affordable price. The town also offers many events that are popular with students including an international food festival, film nights, opportunities for sledding and skiing, sauna days, and bog walking weekends. We also love the access to a less-traveled parts of Europe such as the Estonian countryside, Latvia, and Lithuania.  

LEARN MORE 
Visit the Program Page for Study in Estonia to learn more. 

GET STARTED 
You can meet with the ISEP Coordinator at your home campus or speak with an ISEP Student Services Officer, who will guide you through the application process, pre-departure, your time abroad, and your return. To connect with ISEP, visit our website. 

  


Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia and can be rightfully called a City of Youth – roughly one fifth of its citizens are university students. Tartu has a unique atmosphere of a true European university town and feels like one big campus. ISEP-Direct students have the choice of three different programs:

Russian Studies Program: The module includes courses in the Russian language, literature, culture and history and is meant for students with a good level of the Russian language who want to improve their command of the language and broaden their understanding of Russian culture and history. Instruction is in Russian in most courses of the module. The spring semester module has a course instructed in English along with courses instructed in Russian. Students admitted to the program study alongside Estonian and international students.

Baltic Sea Region Studies Program: The Baltic Sea Region Studies program is a one- or two-semester program. It offers a range of academic courses that concentrate on political, cultural, economical and ecological particularities of the Baltic Sea Region. The aim of the program is to introduce to international students distinctive features of regional history, culture, politics, society, economy and nature. Estonian context of the module is emphasized by language studies, presently offering Estonian and Russian language courses on different levels, and culture courses that focus more narrowly on issues in Estonian cultural space. Students can freely combine the courses and construct their own set of courses. The semester offer of the Baltic Sea Region Studies program is primarily intended for students majoring in the humanities or social sciences, but it is open to students from all academic fields. All the courses in the Baltic Studies program are conducted in English and are designed for graduate level but are also available for undergraduate students whose field of study concerns small nations and the cultures of the Baltic Sea Region.

European Union-Russia Studies: The EU-Russia Studies program is a unique multidisciplinary program combining different disciplines such as political science (comparative politics, international relations), economics, law, history and cultural studies. The program binds together the study of two main regions, giving an understanding about the political, social and economic developments in the European Union and its member states as well as in Russia and its neighboring countries in Eastern Europe and in the Caucasus (Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan). All the courses in EU-Russia Studies program are conducted in English and are open for all study levels.