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TalTech (PhD)
Tallinn University of Technology · Tallinn, Estonia
Accreditation: not yet checkedPhDEnglish-taught3 years€0/yearEst. 1918
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Overview
Estonian PhD study does not work like bachelor's or master's study: there is no tuition fee for anyone, and international doctoral candidates are hired as salaried 'Early Stage Researchers' rather than paying to study.
Programme shown
Doctoral study, any field with an available supervisor
Degree level
PhD
Language of instruction
English
Duration
3 years
Most European PhD contracts run 3-4 years; exact length depends on your specific position, funding source, and how quickly you complete your dissertation — this is an approximate guide, not a fixed figure.
Accreditation
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Enrollment & international mix
ETER ingestion for this institution is not built yet.
Student residence permits issued in Estonia
Eurostat migr_resedu ingestion for Estonia is not built yet.
No approval rate is published for any European country. Eurostat's migr_resedu dataset reports permits issued by citizenship, not applications refused — there is no denominator, so no approval or rejection percentage exists in the source data. When this section goes live it will show volume and trend for your nationality only.
International (non-EU) tuition
€0/year
for No tuition fee for doctoral study, any nationality. PhD candidates are instead paid a monthly salary of at least the Estonian average wage, pro-rated to their employment workload, as an Early Stage Researcher — this is a paid job, not a fee you owe.
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The €0 shown here is tuition, not your cost of living — you are earning a salary, not paying a fee. Exact take-home pay depends on your specific contract and workload; confirm directly with your prospective supervisor/department.
Estimated cost of living in Tallinn
€700/month
Estimated, not verifiedEstimate for a frugal international student: shared room, home cooking, public transport, basic phone/internet.
This is a rough planning ballpark, not a sourced, verified figure like the tuition above — there is no single official database for per-city student living costs. Your actual spending depends heavily on housing choice, lifestyle, and exchange-rate movement. Adjust it yourself in the full cost calculator →
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