Application fee & Tuition

Applications are only processed after the application fee (80 EUR) is received by the Estonian Academy of Arts. Please upload the payment receipt to your application on DreamApply.

Applicants who have obtained a previous degree in Estonia or whose qualifications have been approved by ENIC/NARIC are waived from the application fee.

In order to make a transfer to EKA’s bank account you will need the following details:

Eesti Kunstiakadeemia
Registration no. 74000624
IBAN: EE931010002006966000
Bank: SEB Pank
Legal address: Tornimäe 2, 15010 Tallinn, Estonia
SWIFT/BIC: EEUHEE2X
Description: Application fee – your name and the name of the programme you are applying to

Payment should be made in Euros and without charges to the beneficiary. The application fee is non-refundable. 

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Tuition:

Tuition fee for the first semester needs to be paid upon admission by May 5th. Afterwards the payments need to be made twice a year, by October 30th for the fall semester and by March 30th for the spring semester.

Here are current tuition fees:

Programme	Enrolled in 2025/26
Animation MA	3100 euros per year for citizens of EU*, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, UK and Switzerland; 3800 euros per year for non-EU citizens
Contemporary Art MA	1900 euros per year for citizens of EU*, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, UK and Switzerland; 2900 euros per year for non-EU citizens
Craft Studies MA	2900 euros per year
Graphic Design MA	2900 euros per year
Interaction Design MA	3100 euros per year for citizens of EU*, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, UK and Switzerland; 4000 euros per year for non-EU citizens
Urban Studies MSc	2100 euros per year
Literature, Visual Culture and Film Studies MA (joint programme with Tallinn University)	1900 euros per semester
Service Design Strategies and Innovations MA (joint Erasmus Mundus programme with University of Lapland and Art Academy of Latvia)	4000 euros per year for students from EU/EEA and Switzerland. 8000 EUR per year for students from the rest of the world. No fees for Erasmus Mundus scholarship holders.