Accreditations

The Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) is accredited institutionally by the Estonian Quality Agency for Education (HAKA). The most recent accreditation was signed by the international expert group on September 29, 2017 for seven years.

Since January 1, 2012, only institutions of higher education which have passed the evaluation of quality of studies are allowed to provide higher education.

In the HAKA database, you can get acquainted with:

EKA’s Research, Development and Creative (RDC) activities received positive results in the regular national R&D evaluations in the field of humanities and arts in 2017 and in the field of engineering and technology (architecture and urban planning) in 2021. The next R&D evaluation will take place in 2024.

EKA has the right to provide instruction in the following curriculum groups:

1. Arts (Bachelor`s programme) – indefinite term
The curriculum group includes the following curricula:
Art History and Visual Culture; Animation; Cultural Heritage and Conservation; Design and Innovation; Fashion, Textile and Accessory Design; Fine Arts; Glass, Ceramics, Jewellery and Blacksmithing; Graphic Design; Industrial and Digital Product Design; Interior Architecture; Media Graphics (instruction in Russian); Photography; Scenography.

2. Arts (Master`s programme) – indefinite term

The curriculum group includes the following curricula:

 

Animation (instruction in English); Art History and Visual Culture: Circular Design; Contemporary Art (instruction in English); Craft Studies (instruction in English); Cultural Heritage and Conservation; Design and Crafts (instruction in English); Graphic Design (instruction in English); Interaction Design (instruction in English); Interior Architecture; Product Design; Scenography; Social Design.

3. Arts (Doctoral programme) – indefinite term

The curriculum group includes the following curricula: Art and Design; Art History and Visual Culture; Cultural Heritage and Conservation.

4. Architecture and Construction (Integrated Bachelor’s and Master’s programme) – indefinite term

The curriculum group includes the following curriculum: Architecture and Urban Design

5. Architecture and Construction (Master`s programme) – indefinite term

The curriculum group includes the following curriculum: Urban Studies (instruction in English)

6. Architecture and Construction (Doctoral programme) – indefinite term

The curriculum group includes the following curriculum: Architecture and Urban Design.

7. Teacher training and educational research (Master’s programme)

The curriculum group includes the following curriculum: Art Teacher / joint curriculum with Tallinn University

8. Engineering, manufacturing and technology (Master’s programme)

The curriculum group includes the following curriculum: Design and Engineering / joint curriculum with Tallinn University of Technology (instruction in English).