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In total, you can learn more than 20 different languages at the University of Tartu College of Foreign Languages and Cultures. Many of them are taught on the basis of Estonian, but a variety of courses are also taught on the basis of English, including Arabic, Chinese, Czech, English, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish.
Pick the language you would like to learn and read more about the courses taking place this semester.
All course schedules are based on the university's academic calendar. The academic school year starts at the end of August/beginning of September. Registration for the courses held in spring starts on December 15th and registration for the courses in autumn starts on May 15th. All language courses usually last for 15-16 weeks.
Below, you can find more information on how to register to the courses as a student (incl. international exchange students or visiting students at the University of Tartu), non-student (continuing education learner) or as a visiting student from another Estonian university or higher education institution. Participating as a continuing education learner is available for everyone interested learning languages with us.
Learning a language – It's fun, it's a challenge and it's worth it!
In autumn 2017, the Rectors' Scholarship was established by the rectors of the University of Tartu, the University of Latvia and Vilnius University to promote the learning and teaching of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian language and culture. The scholarship competition is open for all full-time students (including visiting students) of any curricula at the three universities. Applicants must know one of the Baltic countries’ languages (Estonian, Latvian or Lithuanian) at least at C1 level and the other two languages at least at A2 level. The amount of the annual scholarship is 2000 euros.
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