Admissions
Applications for entry in the 2025/26 academic year will open on 1 February 2025.
Click here to begin the application process via DreamApply (for international students) or SAIS (for applicants who have obtained a previous degree in Estonia ).
The admission deadline for international applicants is 3 March 2025.
Admission interview will be held on 20 March 2025.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Suitable MSc candidate has a bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in architecture, landscape architecture, geography, construction, art history, sociology, urban planning, political science, or other arts & humanities fields.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
NB! All the required documents, including the English language proficiency certificate, have to be submitted with the application by 3 March 2025.
— Application (submitted via DreamApply/SAIS between 01.02–03.03.2025)
— 80€ application fee (paid via bank transfer)
— Copy of your bachelor’s degree certificate or equivalent, and its translation into Estonian or English (both the copy and translation have to be attested)
— Copy of your transcript of records, and its translation into Estonian or English (both the copy and translation have to be attested)
— English language proficiency certificate, please check the requirements HERE
— Copy of the data page of your passport or ID-card
— CV (max 3 pages)
— Sample of your previous work can be one of the following:
- Architecture/urban design portfolio (single PDF document, max 20 pages, max 12 MB)
- Writing sample (single PDF document, max 6000 words)
- A combined sample of your design and written work
— Motivation letter (max 500 words) should explain how you understand the terms “city,” “urbanism,” and “urbanization”. How does your education/experience prepare you for the programme? How would you benefit from, and contribute to, the programme? Discuss.
ASSESSING CRITERIA
The selection process has two rounds. First, the candidates are evaluated on the basis of their CV, previous study performance, motivation letter, and architectural/urban design portfolio or/and writing sample.
Depending on their previous education/experience, the candidates present an architecture/urban design portfolio, or/and a writing sample (realized/published work is not required, but is an advantage) in a field relevant to urban studies (architecture, urbanism, urban planning, geography, sociology, political sciences, art history, etc.).
The application should demonstrate intellectual curiosity and an imaginative grasp of the urban question. We require that the candidates have a strong academic record, and a clear idea of how their education and experience have prepared them for the urban studies program. They will display that they can think independently and work collaboratively, and pursue studies across urban theory and design. It is necessary to have a good command of the English language.
Shortlisted candidates are then invited for an interview.
INTERVIEW
In the second round, in-depth interviews are conducted with prospective candidates. The interview will be conducted in person or via Zoom. The exact interview time for each applicant will be announced to him/her via e-mail a few days ahead.
