The scholarship supports the participation of foreign students in summer schools of the Estonian universities. Scholarships can be applied by the foreign bachelor’s, master’s and PhD students who, by the time of applying, have studied in their universities for at least one year (including former study levels).

The purpose of the scholarship is to support foreign students participation in short summer school courses of Estonian language and culture courses organized by the Estonian institutions of higher education as well as in summer schools related to the degree programmes taught in English. Estonian universities offer various international short summer courses (1–4 weeks), language studies, IT, media, international relations etc. Contact with the programme coordinator directly if you find a suitable programme for you. In the application round of the 2026 summer school, you can also apply for a scholarship to cover the participation fee for online courses.

Estonia Government Scholarship Training

Aim and Benefits of Estonia Government Scholarship Training

• The scholarship includes a course fee in the amount of up to 700 EUR (one course per applicant) and the cost of accommodation in the amount of up to 25 EUR per night for a maximum period of 4 weeks.
• The board concludes a contract and makes the transfer directly to the university organizing the course.
• The Estonian university organizing the summer school offers accommodation or makes the scholarship payment to the student. Course fee is also paid to the university.

Requirements for Estonia Government Scholarship Training Qualification

• The scholarship can be awarded to the BA, MA and PhD students who are enrolled to the higher education institution abroad at least one year by the time of application.
• The candidate should pre-register to the course for applying for the scholarship.

Courses eligible for scholarship application

University of Tartu

1. Strengthening Democracies: Building Resilience and Resistance to Information Disorders
2. The Science of Influence: Applied Neuromarketing Research for Marketing Strategy
3. Entrepreneurship in Arts and Creative Industries
4. Gentle Introduction to R
5. Genetic Variants to Risk Prediction: Methods in Genetic Epidemiology
6. Hands-On Data Engineering
7. Synthetic Biology and Its Applications
8. Designing Social Robots Summer School 2026
9. Atomic Layer Deposition – the Intersection of Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry and Industry
10. Who Are You? Persons, Brains, and the Selves
11. Tales, Legends, and Demons in Contemporary Culture and Ukrainian Folklore
12. Estonian Summer Courses  

Tallinn University

1. Gamification Workshop
2. Design of Serious Games
3. Basics of Game Development
4. Design of Digital Services for Health Behaviour Change
5. Experimental Interaction Design
6. The Formation of Global Norms in a Changing World Order
7. Innovate and Educate
8. Storytelling In Marketing
9. Estonian Language

Tallinn University of Technology

1. AI summer school
2. Digital Innovation

Estonian Business School

1. Digitalisation and Sustainability

Interview date, Process and Venue for Estonia Government Scholarship Training

• The decision to award a scholarship to the applicant does not guarantee his/her admittance to the institution of interest. The applicant should submit the necessary documents directly to the host institution and register to summer school course. The decision on admission should be taken before the scholarship decision.
• Scholarship application results will be announced in June.

Documents Required for Application

The following documents shall be submitted when applying for the scholarship for short courses:

• application form including motivation letter;
• confirmation of registration from home university containing information on the applicant’s level of study, normal period of studies and progress towards the degree;
• confirmation letter from course organizing university (can be sent by e-mail) specifying the one exact course for scholarship application;
• copy of passport or ID-card.

Note!

• All submitted documents shall be in English or Estonian. Documents in other languages shall be submitted with the translation to one of these languages.
• Applications that are incomplete, drafted offhand, include false information, omit relevant information or have been submitted after the deadline will not be considered for assessment.
• An application that is not accompanied a confirmation letter of admission to summer school will not be processed.

Application Deadline

May 1, 2026

How to Apply

• Please send your application  Appendix 1_summer school application form 2026.docx | 193.85 KB | docx  and required documents to rvo.dokumendid@harno.ee (for application only).

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