Tallinn University offers two statuses of PhD places:

 

  • * A Junior Research Fellow is a student and an employee of the university at the same time. The exact workload and nominal study time depends on Individual Study and Research Plan and can be from 4 to 8 years. The minimum salary by the workload 1,0 is 1800 euros per month (in the academic year 2024/2025).
  • ** A Doctoral Student has a status of a student. The nominal study time depends from Individual Study and Research Plan and can be from 4 to 8 years. A Doctoral Student is not entitled to receive a Doctoral Allowance nor the TLU Doctoral scholarship.  

Available study places are shown next to every programme and project. If the programme has places to both statuses and the applicant wishes to apply to both places, an application must be submitted to both competitions on Dream Apply.

School of Digital Technologies

Programme Description Contact person Exam information
Information Society Technologies

Computational Interaction

Study Counsellor: Maria Saar

08.11.2024

Information about the entrance exam and the assessment is available on the programme's web page

Information Society Technologies Enhancing Student Learning Experience Using Large Language Models Study Counsellor: Maria Saar

08.11.2024

Information about the entrance exam and the assessment is available on the programme's web page

Information Society Technologies Real-Time Data Pipelines to Enable Forecasting the Nature of Work, Labor-Market Needs and Required Competences Study Counsellor: Maria Saar

08.11.2024

Information about the entrance exam and the assessment is available on the programme's web page

School of Educational Sciences

 

Programme Description Contact person Exam information

Educational Sciences

Open topic

Study Counsellor: Elina van der Toorn

05.11.2024

Information about the entrance exam and the assessment is available on the programme's web page.

School of Humanities

Programme Description Contact person Exam information
History The “Soviet West” Revisited: Individual and Collective Agency in the Contact Zones of Everyday Life in the Estonian SSR Study Counsellor: Maris Peters

01.11.2024

Candidates will be notified of the exact time and place of the entrance exam via e-mail.

Information about the entrance exam and the assessment is available on the programme's web page.

Submit your application here

Minimum programme enrolment threshold: 75 points out of 100.

Changes may occur in the schedule.
Additional information

Phone (in English): 640 9234

E-mail: admissions@tlu.ee