Tallinn University of Technology

Nomination and application deadlines

Nomination deadlines for exchange studies at TalTech:

  • for Autumn Semester May 1
  • for Spring Semester November 1

Application deadlines for exchange students at TalTech:

  • for Autumn Semester May 15
  • for Spring Semester November 15
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Nomination requirements for the students home university

Home University has to send the nomination. TalTech uses an online mobility platform SoleMove.
All our partners have got credentials to the SoleMove platform. If you have not got them or have any questions, please contact incoming@taltech.ee
Nomination bases on the existing agreement. Please nominate only the the field and number of students, what is agreed in the bilateral agreement. The agreement is followed strictly; students can study and be nominated to only the field that they study at home (and the field we have set in place in the agreement).
Following information regarding your student(s) is required in SoleMove:

  • Full name(s)
  • Birth date
  • Gender
  • Current E-mail Address
  • Semester (Autumn/Spring or Academic Year)
  • Study field
  • Study period

 

Application process and required documents

All nominated students will get login credentials to our mobility platform SoleMove, including the manual by e-mail after nomination.
Please do not send the application before the course offer is published.
The acceptance of applications for autumn semester begins in April and for the spring semester in October.
 

Learning/Training Agreement has to be signed by the student and their home universities responsible person before attaching it to TalTech application.
TalTech does not offer individual supervision (thesis, internships, projects). You can read more about the internship options here.

  • In the Erasmus+ Online Learning Agreements (OLA) aka a virtually sent and signed document insert all the courses you wish to take. When preparing the learning agreement, please mark Pillemari Lilleorg (pillemari.lilleorg@taltech.ee) as the contact person. Make sure that the university that the document is sent to is Tallinn University of Technology with the Erasmus+ code EE TALLINN 04.
    • When you send an OLA, you do not need to attach it to the application as we will receive automatically online. You can upload a blank placeholder document instead.
  • If your university does not do online learning agreements, then you can upload the document in a PDF format.


To get access to your OLA, please contact to your home universities exchange coordinator.

Contains the list of all the passed courses at your university until now. Master level students should include their Bachelor studies transcript.
If you choose the courses with the prerequisites, passed already at home university, please highlight these courses in your Academic Transcript.

The minimum English level that we accept is B2 but no skill level can be under B1. All tests must reflect the scores for all four skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking). Tests, that we accept are the following:

  • The minimum overall score of the TOEFL (72 iBT).
  • Requested IELTS score: 5,5 or above
  • TOEIC test score: 785 or above
  • FCE (Cambridge First Certificate in English): A, B
  • Pearson test 51
  • High School Diploma, shown language level B2 at least
  • Home university Certificate, indicating your English B2 level: reading, listening, writing, speaking. The true Certificate has to be issued before the application deadline.
  • DAAD Language Certificate

We do not accept quick and short online test results (for example the Duolingo language test). The organization issuing the language certificate must be accredited.

A copy of a students passport or identification card. Drivers licence cards are not accepted as it is not a valid travel document. Please make sure that the document is valid for the whole duration of the exchange + 6 months.

Non-EU citizens must upload a copy of passport for or valid study residence card or study visa at your host EU country.

CV can be in any format. The CV is a good place to bring out information about your prior experience to apply for a course that has prerequisites (for example if you have not studied cyber security in university but have worked in that field or you can bring out all programming languages that you know).

Required in specific cases. 

In the course catalogue there are some art courses (connected to the architecture department) that require students to submit a motivation letter and/or a portfolio so the professors can confirm the students prior experience.

Please upload the enclosures while filling in the online application, we are going to process applications only with attachments provided! The application has to be in the sent stage as we can't see the applications that have not been officially sent through the system.
The applications without attachments will be checked in the end of the application period.

Please note that all non-EU citizens need a visa for studies in Estonia. You can find more detailed information about the Citizenship and residence issues here. 

All the required documents have to be in English.

We are checking applications from 15.04-15.06 for Autumn Semester and 01.11-15.12 for Spring Semester. If the application is incomplete, we will contact to you by e-mail or through the SoleMove platform. Once you are accepted, an online Letter of Acceptance will be issued to you. The last step is for you to confirm the acceptance. 

Good to know

Communication is via e-mail. Our working hours are at weekdays from 8:30 to 17:00 (+2 CET) and the same time slot applies to answering e-mails.
For example, when you write to us on Saturday morning, the earliest time to receive the answer from us is on Monday.
When you don't get answer from us, please check your junk mail also!

If you have any questions, please, first take a look the FAQ section.

Working hours during summer (23. June-20. August) are from 8:00 to 16:00, Monday to Thursday, Friday until 14:00.