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The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Programme (EMJM) in Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Societies focuses on sustainability, artificial intelligence, data-driven decision making and participatory design methods that actively engage citizens. The programme is delivered jointly by three universities: Tallinn University, School of Digital Technologies, Tampere University, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, and Lusófona University, Department of Computer Engineering and Information Systems at the University Lusófona (Porto University Centre). Graduates learn to analyse societal challenges and design human-centred, data-driven, and sustainable AI solutions in collaboration with diverse stakeholders.

In Estonia, the term "creative arts therapies" is used as a synonym for arts therapies. A creative arts therapist is a specialist in psychotherapy and rehabilitation with a master's degree in arts therapies or equivalent. This is a two-year master's programme that is taught in Estonian. Arts therapies programme includes three specialisations: art therapy, dance and movement therapy, music therapy.

The programme facilitates two modes of study: creative practice based audiovisual arts studies and empirical media studies. The curriculum focuses on contemporary forms and phenomena of media and audiovisual arts, first and foremost media content and media production research. Special focus is given to the processes of change in media and arts.

We offer an international education with a study programme dedicated to film, audiovisual storytelling for different distribution platforms starting from the Internet and ending with cinemas. We believe in a team based film making model with do it yourself approach leaning into creative & indie narrative driven stories and creating live and pre recorded TV to high broadcast standard. You can master the technical field by studying editing, cinematography, lighting, color grading, sound recording and sound design or venture onto the creative track gaining skills in producing, screenwriting, assistant directing and directing.

How do you manage internal communication within an organization? How can you anticipate crises and manage them? How do you develop a communication strategy and build good relationships with stakeholders? These questions will be answered when studying in the Communication Management Master’s Programme.

The study programme is aimed at those who are interested in various problems in the field of natural and exact sciences, life sciences and environmental sciences.

Crossmedia combines the areas of media production, storytelling and marketing, offering both theoretical groundworks and exciting practical assignments. Studying crossmedia means learning how to tell a story that unfolds in many directions. For example, a story is introduced as a web series, then expanded on social media, and then further explored as a live performance.

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
Cost: Free
Language of Instruction: English, Estonian
Field of Study: Social Sciences, Business and Law 
Conferred Degree: PhD (Demography)

Digital Learning Games is an interdisciplinary programme that combines game design with educational sciences and psychology. In DLG, we recognise that video games are more than entertainment: they also offer unique ways of tackling educational and societal issues. We welcome educators, designers, developers, artists, and everyone else interested in creating innovative games that can help make the world a better place.

The Documentary MA programme focuses on the auteur concept of creative documentary filmmaking. During the two-year programme, students are guided in finding their authorial voice and developing their storytelling skills. Each student creates a short documentary every semester.

Understand Eastern Europe from a Baltic vantage point

Education is at the forefront of societal progress, requiring leaders who can introduce transformative strategies and innovative practices. The Educational Innovation and Leadership Master's Programme at Tallinn University prepares you to be one of these leaders. Rooted in the excellence of Estonia's education system, our programme is designed for those eager to drive change and improve learning outcomes worldwide.

Our doctoral programme is all about creating conditions for achieving professionalism in the field of educational sciences and conducting independent research on an internationally recognized level. We support doctoral students in becoming highly qualified university teachers, scientists and experts in the field of education.

Understand Estonia through language, culture, and history

The Doctoral Programme in Government and Politics PhD is designed for future researchers, academics, and top-level specialists who seek to conceptualize and study politics, governance, and welfare state developments in a rapidly changing, multi-level world. The programme combines strong theoretical training, methodological diversity, and close integration with international top-level research.

During the programme, the students are taught the principles of carrying out research and its practical application to pursue a career in higher education, research and development institutions and in health care system by integrating knowledge with health technologies that meet present-day expectations, taking into account the peculiarities of health administration.

The History PhD programme aims to prepare researchers, lecturers and other academic staff in the broad fields of history, including archaeology and art history.

Legal Expertise for a Digital World

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a research-based programme that brings together computing, interaction design, and cognitive psychology. The programme prepares specialists who can analyse human behaviour, design meaningful digital experiences, and create interactive systems grounded in theory and evidence. HCI offers a strong combination of technical, design, and research skills that students consistently value for its depth and international perspective.

This doctoral programme provides conditions for preparing specialists with the highest scientific qualification in ICT area. It supports development of research based and innovative approaches for working on appropriate positions as well as readiness for continuous personal professional development and supports development of competences for working on academic positions (researcher, lecturer) or as senior specialist in public, private or third sector.

Are you interested in Interaction Design and prefer online studies? Interaction Design is a 100% online joint master’s programme offered by Tallinn University and Cyprus University of Technology. The programme is designed for students who seek the flexibility to study from anywhere in the world while developing strong, practical skills in human-centered design.

Where International Relations theory meets lived experience

Your Foundation for a Global Legal Career

Are you interested in history and culture, literature and languages, anthropology and environmental humanities? Are you struggling to choose just one? With the Liberal Arts in
Humanities BA programme, you do not have to. This programme lets you explore all these fields in a flexible, international setting where your curiosity drives your studies.

Where Social Sciences Meet

The goal of the Linguistics PhD programme is to train researchers and instructors in the field of linguistics.

Understand Culture Across Media

Understand How Politics Shapes Society

The School of Natural Sciences and Health is home to researchers and lecturers who work on an international level in developmental, cultural, and school psychology and also the new psychology paradigm – idiographic psychology.

Create Meaningful Change Through Entrepreneurial Solutions

Educated social workers are in demand across the public, private, and non-profit sectors in various fields, including social welfare, education, the justice system, and healthcare. You can also become an entrepreneur - achieve success through social entrepreneurship or, after completing your studies, find a meaningful professional role that contributes to society. As the field is still relatively young, there is an ongoing shortage of adequately trained specialists to carry out this highly important and rewarding work. Join us and begin your studies at the School of Governance, Law and Society of Tallinn University!

Sociology focuses on the study of society, human behavior, and social relationships. We welcome students who are curious about the world around them and who wish to acquire knowledge that enables them to understand and analyze how interpersonal relationships, social groups, and institutions function, and how social structures and cultural norms shape people’s lives.

Our Studies of Cultures is an umbrella PhD study programme covering fields like Cultural Theory, Estonian Literature and Culture, English Literature and Culture, German Literature and Culture, Romance Studies, Russian Literature and Culture, Middle Eastern and Asian Literatures and Cultures, Cultural Geography, Philosophy, and Social and Cultural Anthropology.