Study Business Administration in Estonia: programmes, fees and entry requirements

Estonia has 12 undergraduate programmes in Business Administration at 9 universities in 6 cities. At public institutions EU students typically pay no tuition fee (€0–€4,200); non-EU students no tuition fee (€0–€4,200).

Always check current information on the official website of the university before you apply.

All Business Administration programmes in Estonia

ProgrammeUniversityCityLanguageLengthEU fee / yearNon-EU fee / year
Ettevõtlus ja ärijuhtimineEstonian Business SchoolTallinnEstonian3 yr€8,100€8,100
Impactful EntrepreneurshipEstonian Business SchoolTallinnEnglish3 yr€7,730€7,730
Product and Technology ManagementEstonian Business SchoolTallinnEnglish3 yr€8,100€8,100
Creativity and Business InnovationEstonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied SciencesTallinnEnglish3 yr€7,820€8,320
Creativity and Business Innovations (Joint Programme)Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied SciencesTallinnEnglish3 yr€6,200€6,700
Maamajanduslik ettevõtlus ja finantsjuhtimineEstonian University of Life SciencesTartuEstonian3 yr€0€0
Jätkusuutlik ettevõtlus ja ringmajandusTallinn University of Technology (Kohtla-Järve)Kohtla-JärveEstonian3 yr€0€0
ÄrindusTallinn University of Technology (Tallinn)TallinnEstonian3 yr€0€0
Äriarendus ja -juhtimineTTK University of Applied Sciences (Mõdriku)MõdrikuEstonian3 yr€0€0
Ettevõtlus ja projektijuhtimineUniversity of Tartu (Pärnu)PärnuEstonian3 yr€0€0
Business AdministrationUniversity of Tartu (Tartu)TartuEnglish3 yr€4,200€4,200
KultuurikorraldusUniversity of Tartu (Viljandi)ViljandiEstonian4 yr€0€0

How admission works in Estonia

Applications for most bachelor's, professional higher education and integrated programmes go through SAIS (sais.ee), the national admission information system run by the Ministry of Education and Research; a few institutions also take applicants with foreign diplomas through their own systems. You need a completed secondary education (an Estonian upper secondary certificate or an equivalent foreign qualification); each programme ranks applicants by its own criteria — Estonian state exam results, entrance exams, interviews or portfolios — and admits them up to its number of places, so there is no national cut-off score. For the autumn 2026 intake most Estonian-taught programmes closed at the end of June or in early July (30 June at the University of Tartu, 6 July at TalTech), while English-taught programmes closed earlier (TalTech 1 February for applicants with foreign diplomas, University of Tartu 15 April); the dates for autumn 2027 are set by each institution and published in SAIS.

See also: Study in Estonia · Business Administration in other countries

Sources

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